Arguments against cortinas

I'm in the mood to go against the current.

Generally, I don't like frequent cortinas. I also strongly dislike ghastly cortinas that are either confusing (because it's similar to tango) or just simply crappy (because it's unpleasant to listen to). It doesn't stop me from going to a milonga necessarily, but I would rather if there weren't any or not very frequent at least. I totally understand that from a DJ's point of view, it is useful to use them. Some people do use them well.

The reasons why I don't like cortinas:

1) When I've been dancing & connecting really well with someone, and I'm in this lovely bubble, you want to carry on without a "back-to-reality" or "must-talk-but-a-bit-awkward" interference. I find that a cortina can be a mood-breaker.

2) When you don't like dancing with someone, and you want to end it before the 3rd dance, you END it, regardless of whether there is an interference (cortina) or not.

3) I personally prefer to have a number of tandas, then have one big break (a whole song or two) so that I can actually have a substantial conversation with someone (or dance salsa or whatever, if you like). Rather than a few seconds of cortina, where you can't really converse properly.

4) I like the continuous influx and efflux of people on the dance floor. It seems more natural.

5) Why should my breaks be dictated by the DJ? Sometimes it takes 4 or 5 dances to get me going. Why should I be stopped?

So, just because they have cortinas in Buenos Aires, it doesn't mean we have to, right?

Cortinas - tango palate cleaners

I didn't use to like cortinas. Maybe because I wasn't properly educated in that sense but when some external DJ came to Edinburgh I always found myself dancing to cortinas and making a fool of myself. But I realised why I didn't like them - because most people play really crap cortinas. Cortinas should not be danceable, they should be a short stretch of music that you don't feel like dancing to. This way you also lose the rhythm from the previous tanda. And for DJs is great. You can alternate between Firpo and Bajofondo - nobody will mind the drastic music style change!