THE MILONGA (Pa' que bailen los muchachos)

In 1942 Enrique Cadícamo wrote for the music of Anibal Troilo the tango Pa' que bailen los muchachos (To Make the Boys Dance):

"To make the boys dance,
I'm gonna play you, bandoneón.
Life is a milonga"

This pantomime, inspired by the tango Pa' que bailen los muchachos, tells of a night in a milonga (that is, a hall where people in Buenos Aires meet to dance tango. Milongas are mainly divided into two types: the more homely ones to which mainly go established couples, and the Solas y solos (singles) to which singles go: in this last type it is common to see men and women seated separately at individual tables. The way to invite a woman to dance is with a flick of the head, a cabeceo. When a man and a woman's eyes meet, the man makes this gesture as an invitation.