TANGO BUENOS AIRES: REGISTRATION CONTINUES

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.

AUGUST IS TANGO IN BUENOS AIRES

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 FOR THE FINAL

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.

LAST QUALIFYING ROUNDS

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.

LET THE DANCE CONTINUE

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.

RESULTS OF THE FIRST CLASSIFICATORY ROUND

The selected dancers competing in the first qualifying round of the eighth

City Dance Championship- arranged last Thursday night at El Arranque milonga located in San Nicolas neighbourhood- are already known. The presence of the argentine-japanese pair Juan Carlos Katsuren-Saeko Miyasaki, is the most important in the first election in the three competing categories. In “Salon Tango-Adult”, besides Katsuren-Myyasaky, the Alejandro Luna–María Ayelén Maldonado pair was also selected. In “Salon Tango-Senior”, Ricardo Giménez-Victoria Terella y Héctor Dohnke-Manuela Requena also classified. In “Milonga” category, besides the pairs aforementioned, Hur Yoon Chul-Saito Rui y Jonathan Sotto-Glenda Salas Lozano also participate in the semifinals. And in “Waltz”, Dongjun Kim-Young Ah Yang, Hur Yoon Chul-Saito Rui yand Sergio Fernández-Flora Sanchez are the ones that classified. And of course Katsuren-Miyasaki.

AUGUST IS TANGO IN BUENOS AIRES

The Dance World Championship and Festival will take place from August 13 to August 31, 2010. The conceptual bases will be the rescue of the historical heritage, artistic excellence, and the stimulus to creation. Different generations of artists, music fans, and general audience will participate in an extensive programme which finds its roots in the centennial tradition of a culture which defines Buenos Aires: concerts, special shows, popular milongas, book presentations, round tables, products fair, classes for beginners and for advanced dancers, and the best dancing couples – in the categories “Stage Tango” and “Salon Tango” – from Argentina and from the rest of the world in an unparalleled succession of music, dance, and feeling.