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Originally Posted by Gav 
2. I was talking about etiquette with a teacher at a Practica and she said that at a Milonga, everyone moves in the line of dance and strictly no overtaking, but at a practica, no-one really cares, cut across the room, overtake, dodge in and out.
Assuming this is generally accepted and assuming that there is an answer to this one, would an Argentine Tango room at an MJ weekender be considered to be a Practica or a Milonga?
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I think it would be a Milonga but might degenerate into a practica. At a Milonga I think the idea is that each dance should be an enjoyable social interlude which should not be interrupted for teaching purposes, or fragmented by repetition of steps, or anything which prevents the flow of the dance. So anything that requires discussion, practice, repetition, making mistakes, messing about, experimenting etc should be done in a practica.
At the classes I go to the large room is divided by a set of tables (after the lesson part is over) and the proper dancing is done on one side and the practising done on the other. I get the feeling they're a bit strict and old-fashioned there, however.