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Los Angeles Milongas: Best of the Best

December 21, 2018 by Laura Tate

Polling has been reopened to give a fair chance to other milongas not listed earlier and to spread the message about the poll to those milongas further south. Re Milonga Corazon, which is moving to The Tango Room, please vote for all aspects possible when it was at Sophie’s.

When I first started dancing the tango more than ten years ago, there were only two places to go: Saturday nights at El Encuentro, located at an Arthur Murray studio, and Thursdays and Sundays at the Argentine Association in Burbank.

Now, there is somewhere to dance the tango almost every night in Los Angeles and nearby areas, whether a practica or a full-on milonga.

We have many choices, and different milongas attract us for various reasons. Whether it is the location, the music, the food, the floor, or where people we know gather, we tend to be drawn to certain ones.

What is it about a milonga that attracts us?

To find out, I thought it would be fun to conduct a poll to see what aspects of milongas in Los Angeles and nearby areas local tango dancers like best and for what reasons.

Please cast your votes for the best floor, music, food, decor, etcetera. Leave a comment below if you have something further to add.

Please cast your votes for the best floor, music, food, decor, and more at local milongas.#tango #milongas Click To Tweet

Some milongas are at the same studios, but choose the one you attend when voting for aspects such as “best dance floor”.

Also, some venues have closed in the past year, and I might have missed one or two, so please let me know, and I’ll adjust the poll. Let me know if you think I should add other categories to the poll. You can send me a message here. 

Remember, this is in no way an effort to cast a negative light on any milonga or host.

Organizing and hosting a milonga takes great work, which many people do not realize. You do not make much money from organizing a milonga, as I intimately know, having hosted several in the past. Most tango organizers do it for the love of the dance and the community.

However, milongas organizers might glean some useful information from what people find important when going out to dance the tango.

Please be constructive and considerate when you leave a comment.

Voting is now ongoing! Cast your vote:

Best of Milongas

What milongas offer the best floor, the best consistent music, best buffet .... cast your vote:
  • What milonga(s) offers the best floor for dancing? Not sticky, not too slick, no cracks/snags in the floor, good on the feet (sprung floors). Some milongas are at the same dance studios, so please select all if they share a common aspect such as "dance floor." If you don't see a milonga, please choose other and enter the name.
  • Whether alternative or traditional, does the milonga host(s) bring in DJs who not only offer great music but who also know how to adjust the playlist according to the mood of dancers on the floor? Do the DJs pay attention to the energy in the room?
  • You might prefer brighter lights so you can see who to cabaceo or darker lighting to set the mood for dancing, whatever the choice, what milonga to you has the best overall lighting?
  • What milonga has the best seating arrangement so you can clearly see someone to cabaceo them, whether they are across the room or two tables away?
  • Some milongas are at the same dance studios, so please select all if they share a common aspect such as "dance floor." If you don't see a milonga, please choose other and enter the name.
  • What milonga consistently has the best dance flow where everyone follows the line of dance and it never seems too crowded, no matter the number of people.
  • How easy is it to navigate between tables/chairs, around the dance floor to go to the other side of the room or anywhere else, without interrupting the dancers and without tripping over people's feet, and stuff on the floor?
  • How easy is it to enter the dance floor without bottlenecks or having to navigate between tables etc. Are there multiple entry points to the floor?
  • Looking at the overall components of the milonga --from the hosts, the space, the decor, and the music to the dancers who attend, what Milonga do you generally leave feeling great not just because of the dances you had but because of the overall atmosphere?
  • Taking all the above into consideration, what milonga offers the most interesting or unique style that makes it stand out from others?

Share our poll with the tango community!

I just cast my vote for the Best of the Best Los Angeles Milongas. Check it out:#tango #milongas Click To Tweet

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