Milonga Chique Evgeny Morozow
Milonga Chique provided first alternative dance floor in Moscow . On February 20 , 2017 , it celebrated its first anniversary . Milonga Chique is the only milonga in Moscow , where the dancers have a choice of two dance floors — one for the traditional music and a second floor for alternative music . The alternative dance floor is located on the second floor , for the tangueros , who prefer tango nuevo , neotango , alternative , tango rarities , non-Argentinian tango , or orquestas moderna . The design of the milonga also has its differences . For example , there is a light projections and a smoke machine .
The second floor in Milonga Chique is visited by a as many as twenty-five couples , simultaneously on the dance floor . The most popular time is from 22:00 to 01:30 in the morning . During the evening , dancers freely change between the dance floors . Dancers always have the opportunity to go to the first floor for a traditional dance to one of the famous and beloved tangos of La Guardia Nueva . The choice of music and atmosphere is very important ! Dancers can always refresh their memories .
It should be noted that the Moscow tango community has been and remains quite conservative in terms of music . Mostly milongas are traditional Argentine tango of the Golden Age ( La Guardia Nueva ), from time period between 1935 and 1955 . Some DJs insert in the one or two unusual or modern tandas into their playlests , usually near the end of the milongas .
Audio recordings of classical tango are now widely available to Moscow DJs . The efforts of many Russian and foreign enthusiasts have created a catalog of classical tango music . Moscow DJs freely exchange information about records . They each have large collection of tangos . There are many new faces , with a healthy competition among DJs and motivation to improve the quality of their work . The dancers have several choices of traditional milongas where you can hear many good tandas ..
In Europe , milongas of different formats existed , giving more freedom to DJs . For example , at one of the milongas in Budapest , apart from tango-waltz-milonga sequence of tandas , a fourth tanda was introduced with non-traditional music . The classics successfully went together with nuevo , electronics , ambience , latin , blues , French waltzes and completely different music .
All this was absolutely easy to dance with the use of biomechanics of tango . It was well and skillfully arranged . The milonga usually had about a hundred of participants , which is quite a lot for such a format . It was clear that such a format could work in Moscow also . Therefore , I began to try to promote this idea among the organizers .
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