Graciella – The Milonga The ‘Milonga’ is a Latin American distinct dance style of tango. Argentina, Buenos Aires is home to the Milonga as well as many other famous styles of tango. The milonga has three different meanings: a milonga can be a tango dance party, a type of a music or a Argentina dance style. It’s dance history emerged from the tango. The direct origin of tango can be found in Milonga. There are two styles of Milonga, Milonga Lisa and Milonga Traspie. The Milonga Lisa is referred to more relaxed style of milonga with the dancer consisting of stepping on every beat of the music. The Milonga Traspie uses traspies or contrapasos which the dancer changes the weight of one foot to the other and back again in double time or three steps …show more content…
The shoe needs to be able to pivot and the top of the shoe should be a curved/pointy end. No square ends. This help with the shaping of the movements. The two main instruments played in Milonga are the bandoneon and the guitar. The bandoneon was brought to Argentina by emigrants and was then adapted into a descendant of the Milonga. The Milonga dance style is very fast in tempo. There is a lack of pauses in the dance however the short pauses in the music indicates that there is a short pause in the dance as well. It is played and danced in 2/4 beat ranging with 150-240 beats per minute. Differing from the tango, Milonga is danced more rhythmically than dramatically. The two styles of Milonga, Milonga Lisa and Milonga Traspie, determine weather the dance is stepped on each beat of the music(Milonga Lisa) or the weight of each foot is transferred to eachother in double time or three steps in two beats to reflect the music. A common movement used when dancing the Milonga is where the follower(the female) will slide her left foot back and the male will lead his right foot forward. Another movement is a sudden pause. These suggestive pauses are called ‘Cortes’. The movement suddenly breaks the flow of the dance by a totally sudden