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AND THE WINNERS ARE…

Last saturday´s night –icy yet cosy indoors– took place at Teatro del Colegio the great final of the 7th City Dance Championship, the competition that drew 605 couples to contest in 22 traditional milongas throughout the city of Buenos Aires and that constitutes the prelude to the Dance World Cup to be held in parallel with the Tango Festival, from 14 to 31 August.

As well as the classic categories of Salon Tango (subdivided into Adult and Senior) and Milonga, this new edition of the Championship featured a newcomer: the Waltz category, drawing 162 participating couples.

It was almost midnight when the winners where announced. Director of the Festival and Dance World Cup Gustavo Mozzi granted a prize of ten thousand Argentine pesos to the winners of the Adult Tango category, Jorge Mariño and Sara Parnigoni, who also qualified for the Dance World Cup Final. Nestor Castillo and Mónica Ponce from the Senior Tango category received the same prize. In turn, Lida Mantovani and Cristian Sosa were the winners of the categories Milonga and Waltz, with a prize sum of six thousand Argentine pesos each.

The members of the Jury of the 7th City Dance Championship were Sergio Cortazzo, Johann Copes, Carlos Bohórquez, Nélida Rodriguez, Silvia Toscazo, Zoraida Fontclara and Osvaldo Natucchi. Gachi Fernandez and Juan Manuel Fernández were the supervisors.