Wednesday, September 5, 2007

5th Tango Dance World Championship review


From August 16th to 26th, 2007 the Buenos Aires Ministry of Culture held the 5th Tango Dance World Championship. Since 2003 this contest gathers in Argentina the best tango dancers of the world. Year after year this competition has turned more international. 479 couples from 154 cities from around the world participated this year, 11 of them were from Japan (the biggest representation of a non-latinamerican country).
The Tango Dance World Championship final was held on the Rural Society with more than 3,000 people enjoying the show. Argentine contestants Inés Muzzopappa and Dante Sánchez won the Salon Tango category. Between the finalists excelled many couples from Colombia, Russia, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan and USA.
This contest comprises two categories, Salon Tango and Stage Tango. The Salon Tango category consist in all the tradicional way of dancing tango. On the other side, the Stage Tango category is sort of "fantasy tango" and includes artistic and synchronized tango dance moves.
In ten rounds, the couples danced along with music from great orchestras playing songs from famous tango composers such as Anibal Troilo and Osvaldo Pugliese. The jury was captivated by the winning argentine couple, both 20 years old. They danced amazingly with elegance and style in every step on the dance floor. Finally they won the cup and a 2,000 dollars check.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Interesting to know.