12th BAFICI News

TANGO BUENOS AIRES, that will take place between the 13th and 31st of August 2010, announces the dates for the qualifying rounds, semifinals and finals of the Dance World Cup in the categories “Salon Tango” and “Stage Tango”. The qualifying rounds will take place at La Trastienda club, located in San Telmo neighbourhood. The category Salon Tango will be carried out on Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th, and the category Stage Tango on Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th. The Semifinals will take place at Teatro Coliseo –Barrio Norte neighbourhood- on Saturday 28th, beginning with “Salon Tango” and following with “Stage Tango”. The final rounds -at the Luna Park Stadium’s big stage – will take place on Monday 30th (Salon) and Tuesday 31st (Stage).

TANGO BUENOS AIRES -that will take place between the 13th and 31st of August 2010- continues registration process to participate in the biggest dance global contest in tango, open until Thursday August 5. Registration for the Dance World Cup can be made through this web page, by clicking in the “Inscription Mundial 2010” button, right on the left of this screen. TANGO BUENOS AIRES is the world's biggest tango event, with an increasing call and international repercussion. Thousands of dancers, musicians, music lovers, and audience, -from Buenos Aires and tourists from all over the world- will participate during those days in a remarkable program of activities that reaffirms the romance between a unique music style and its beloved city.

BUENOS AIRES TANGO: WORLD DANCE CUP AND FESTIVAL will offer from August 13th to 31st, among many other attractions, an eye-catching and complete Products Fair related to Buenos Aires tango culture. In order to exhibit products, publishers, record companies, designers, producers and creative people are summoned to participate at this fair. People who are interested must enter in the “Products Fair” section, located in the section columns at the left side of this web page: there are presented the conditions, documents and the most important thing, “Folder Presentation File” must be downloaded. Reception of applications will be from Monday 12th to Friday 30th, July at the Management Office of Festivals and Central Events front desk – 832 Roque Sáenz Peña Street, 6º floors-, from 12 AM to 4 PM. For further information or questions regarding folder with documents to present, send an e-mail to:

feriadeproductos@festivales.gob.ar.

Tango Buenos Aires will take place between the 13th and 31st of August 2010, having as its central themes the recovery of historic heritage, artistic excellence and the stimulus towards creation of the musical genre that defines Buenos Aires. Tango artists, music fans and the general public (thousands of tourists and Buenos Aires residents) will take part once again in the greatest tango event in the world. The Dance World Cup and Festival reaffirm the identity of a proudly tango city with a free wide programming that includes concerts, public “milongas”, book presentations, round tables, films, tango products fair, dance lessons for beginners and experts and the world cup with the best dance couples in Argentina and the world.

Tickets delivered at Casa de la Cultura to attend the eighth City Dance Championship final -which ends on Saturday at 10:00PM at San José School (Azcuénaga 158, Balvanera) - were sold out in less than an hour and a half. There will be nine pairs in “Milonga”, other nine en "Vals", eight in “Salon Tango-Senior”, and ten in “Salon Tango- Adult”, all of them competing to get world titles and important awards: 15 thousand pesos for the winners of “Salon Tango” in both categories, and 8 thousand pesos for the winners of “Milonga and Waltz”. Besides, winners of “Salon Tango” automatically get into the final of the eighth Dance World Championship which will take place on August, and pairs in 2nd and 4th place would be able to compete in the semifinal of the World Championship. Los Reyes del Tango Orchestra and Victoria Moran will play music at the milonga taking place at the school so as to set music to the championship.

This Wednesday and Thursday, the 110 pairs- selected in the qualifying rounds-will compete to get into the final of the eighth City Dance Championship in “Salon Tango” (Adult/Senior), “Milonga” and “Waltz” categories. These will be two unique and once in a life time events -due to the quality of the participants, as well as the mystic that tango possesses- not only for the participants but also for the audience that wishes to attend both events. Semifinals will start this Wednesday at midnight at La Viruta (Armenia 1366), entrance costs 20 pesos; and on Thursday at 10:00PM at Pial (Ramón L. Falcón 2750), entrance costs 10 pesos.

The last four qualifying rounds of the eighth City Dance Championship will take place this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the milongas located in Flores, Mataderos and Villa Urquiza. On Friday, the event will take place at 11:30PM at La Baldosa located in Flores (Ramón L. Falcón 2750). Dancers will compete in the following categories: “Salon Tango” --Adult-Senior--, “Milonga” and "Vals". Entrance costs 20 pesos. All categories will be competing on Saturday- including “Waltz”- at 11:30PM at Sunderland Club located in Villa Urquiza (Lugones 3162). Entrance costs 25 pesos. On Saturday midnight the event will take place at Glorias Argentinas (Bragado 6875, Mataderos). Entrance costs 18 pesos. The closing ceremony of the qualifying rounds will be celebrated with a milonga at El Pial located in Flores (Ramón L. Falcón 3750) at 10:00PM. Entrance costs 13 pesos.

This Thursday, “Salon Tango” (Adult and Senior) and “Milonga” categories will be competing in the qualifying rounds of the eighth City Dance Championship at Villa Crespo and San Nicolás. The competing pairs will start dancing at 10PM in the historical coffee shop La Ideal (Suipacha 384). Entrance costs 20 pesos. The competition will start at 10:30PM at Fulgor located in Villa Crespo (Loyola 828), the entrance costs 15 pesos. Registration is very simple: it can be made minutes before the event only being necessary to show an ID. After ten qualifying rounds, there will be 72 pairs selected to compete in the semifinals. Complete details regarding the classified pairs, in PDF file, can be consulted in this web site: within “classified pairs” belonging to “2010 City Dance Championship” section.

This Tuesday at midnight, qualifying rounds of the eighth City Dance Championship will continue. The event will take place at El Parakultural milonga (Av. Scalabrini Ortiz 1331, Palermo), in the three categories of the competition: “Salon Tango” (Adults and Senior), “Milonga” and “Waltz”. The entrance costs 20 pesos. Registration can be made minutes before the event only being necessary to show an ID. After seven qualifying rounds that have been taking place since last Thursday, there

are already 32 pairs selected to compete in the semifinals on Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th. Complete details regarding the classified pairs, in PDF file, can be consulted in this web site: within “classified pairs” belonging to “2010 City Dance Championship” section.