What is "Tango

Milonguero"?

I“Milonga” is not only a dance/music but also a term used to describe a gathering, a social dance, a place where people can spend the evening dancing tango till the early hours of the morning. “Milongueros” are the people attending the Milongas. Some of them drift from one venue to another following their favourite D. J., orchestra or music style played in a specific place at different times of the night. "Tango Milonguero" or "Milonguero style" is a “way” of dancing adopted by the Milongueros going back to the 50’s. It is not a competitive dance or a performance for an audience. It is a close up, emotional and personal experience on crowded Tango Bar floors where “bailarins” utilise the limited room available by skilfully dancing in close embrace, with short steps, quick turns on the spot and always within their inner space.

Welcome

This site is dedicated to Tango Milonguero, its  world, the culture of the tango bars and  to all the milongueros who have chosen it as their  dance style.

It goes well beyond the technicality of

posture and apile, with the music

becoming the catalyst for the bonding

of two persons’ as one, in an unbroken

and elegant embrace of two bodies

perfectly synchronised.

Translated in simple words and

transported in our part of the world,

Tango Milonguero is a social  dance

where you can dance at your chosen

level, without competition or

performance pressure.

Once you have learnt a few basic steps,

you will be able to dance socially

without the need of being an acrobat or

having to remember any complicated

choreography, complex routines and

steps, and with the added bonus of a

gentle physical exercise in tune with

the traditional music from Buenos

Aires.  

The mind is stimulated by the need of concentrating on choice of steps and the music, not just the beat.