Cortina - EasyTango

Definition

curtain

A brief musical interlude between tandas at a milonga

(from batango.com (http://www.batango.com/Loomis.htm))

In Buenos Aires, a cortina is always a short piece of non-tango, or even non-danceable, music played to signal the end of a tanda. This music acts as the cue for escorting the woman back to her seat.

(from tangonadamas.com (http://www.tangonadamas.com/abouttango.cfm))

In Buenos Aires everyone...leaves the dance floor while the cortina is playing. They return to their seats and have a smoke. They don't immediately leap onto the floor when the next song starts playing, they listen to it for a little bit, decide if they like it and then decide who they would like to dance it with.

(from tangocanberra.asn.au (http://www.tangocanberra.asn.au/words.htm#Tanda%20and%20Cortina))

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