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Códigos (milonga codes)

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Traditional rules dictate how dancers choose their dancing partners and navigate the floor.† Códigos (milonga codes): After accepting, both dancers commit to dancing the whole tanda.†

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  • 20:41Sums up the codes of the milonga as a social matter, not a tango-specific one, contrasting it with today's ruder street manners; says he still prefers to cabeceo rather than approach a table directly, while accepting that times and social norms have changed.HORACIO GODOY "EL PEBETE"... Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazon) -Video 01/03
  • 6:20Capital, province, and the codes of the milonga"MARIA NIEVES REGO... Tengo una pregunta para vos" por Pepa Palazon 3/3
  • 17:10The codes of the milongaTOTO FARALDO Tengo una pregunta para vos.. ENGLISH subtitles / Русские субтитры (by PEPA PALAZON)
  • 15:18Milonga codes and the surrenderMiguel Ángel Zotto - La entrevista
  • 15:11Milonga codes"MILENA PLEBS... Tengo una pregunta para vos"" por Pepa Palazon 2/3
  • 31:28First dance, and the codes of the milongaFabian Peralta "У меня к Вам вопрос" с русскими субтитрами от Pepa Palazon
  • 29:54Milonga codes and the cabeceoInterview to Hernan Rodriguez y Florencia Labiano.
  • 54:43The codes of the milongaDANA FRIGOLI... Tengo una PREGUNTA PARA VOS with ENGLISH subtitles (2023)
  • 6:20The codes of the milongaEntrevista a Javier Rodriguez, bailarín de tango, en RT
  • 54:56Which milonga codes to keepMOIRA CASTELLANO "Tengo una pregunta para vos" with ENGLISH SUBTITLES (2024)
  • 55:37The codes of the milongaONLINE 116 - Entrevista a OLGA BESIO

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Glossary meaning Traditional rules dictate how dancers choose their dancing partners and navigate the floor.

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After accepting, both dancers commit to dancing the whole tanda.

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