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Notes
- 1) A milonga is the social setting, often in a large hall, where Argentine tango is danced. The term milonga is also used to describe one dance at the milonga.
- 2) This style of dance has shifted, and, as a result, today’s milonguero style includes complicated figures.
- 3) A man who dances tango is referred to as a tanguero and/or milonguero; a women is referred to as a tanguera and/or/milonguera. Both dress well in order to impress. There are large pillars in some of the rooms where milongas are held in Buenos Aires. If one is seated at a table next to one of these pillars, the pillar will not only obstruct the view of the person seated at it, but also the ability of one trying to make eye contact with the person seated there.
- 4) A cortina (several measures from a song) signals the end of the tanda and allows the dancers sufficient time to leave the floor and return to his/her seat.
- 5) This description reinforces the idea that the tango is danced as a conversation–not with one person dominating but rather a give-and-take experience of both dancers.
- 6) There are numerous types of embellishments by both men and women.
- 7) See Guim (2001) for its use in the ontology of social organization as it applies to Argentine tango.

