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Two dancers of Argentine tango on the street in Buenos Aires. Argentine tango is a musical genre and accompanying social dance originating at the end of the 19th century in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. [1] It typically has a 2 4 or 4 4 rhythmic time signature, and two or three parts repeating in patterns such as ABAB or ABCAC.
Nieves and Juan Carlos Copes brought the tango and the milonga to audiences throughout the world. [3] By 1956 Nieves and Copes had created a dance based on music by Astor Piazzolla but it was after touring through Central America, Venezuela, Brazil, Mexico and Cuba that they were asked to meet Piazzolla in Mexico City.
Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries from a combination of Argentine Milonga , Spanish-Cuban Habanera , and Uruguayan Candombe celebrations. [ 1 ]
In 2002 she was again honored at the Teatro Colón and at the IV Festival Buenos Aires Tango, where she danced with Juan Carlos Copes. [1] To mark her 100th birthday, Calderón performed a tango, with Jorge Dispari as partner, her final public performance. [4] This event also featured an exhibit of her outfits and unreleased videos of her life. [4]
Juan Carlos Copes (31 May 1931 – 16 January 2021) was an Argentine tango dancer, choreographer, and performer. He started dancing with Maria Nieves when he was 17 and she 14, and the pair later married.
Maria del Carmen Rodriguez de Rivarola, better known by her artistic name Maria Rivarola (born in Buenos Aires, ca. 1957) is an outstanding professional dancer, social dancer, and choreographer of the Argentine Tango. She is known for performing a specific style of Argentine Tango known as Milonguero Tango. [1]
Mariana Montes (born on Monday, 5 March 1979, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine tango dancer and teacher. Since 1998, she has been pairing with Sebastián Arce and have travelled the world teaching and performing. [1] [2] As of 2011, they have visited more than 140 cities in 35 countries.
Lorena Ermocida is an internationally renowned Argentine Tango dancer, teacher and choreographer. [1] [2] [3] In 1992, she graduated from the National Classic and Contemporary Dance School Maria Ruanova in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and has played key roles in various international musical theatre productions, such as Sólo Tango, Gotan (dancer and assistant choreographer), Tango x 2, [4] [5 ...