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From August 14 to 31 another edition of the largest meeting of the 2x4 world, with free shows, great powers, classes, products, fairs, street festivals and milongas, will take place in Buenos Aires.
With the presence of great figures such as Leopoldo Federico, Juan Carlos Copes, Susana Rinaldi, Néstor Marconi, Elena Roger, Iñaki Urlezaga, Chico Novarro, Rodolfo Mederos, Miguel Angel Zotto, Mora Godoy, Soledad Villamil and Virginia Luque, to name only some of 500 artists from 14 to August 31, Argentina's capital returns to host the World Tango Festival and Tango Dance.
The event, organized by the Ministry of Culture of the City, will offer a varied program, with a privileged meeting point in the historical building of Harrods, which will open daily between 11 and 21 pm. And activities in different rooms Teatro Avenida, Teatro May 25, Teatro General San Martin, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Ciudad Cultural Konex, Planetario Galileo Galilei, Tango Porteño, The Hidden and the Luna Park Stadium, which will carry out the Grand Final of the World Cup.
The schedule of performances includes major achievements own, exclusive concerts, tributes, premieres, milongas, tango festival of electronic presentations of foreign artists. Simultaneously, the World Festival and display a calendar of classes and dance workshops, conferences, clinics, music, book presentations, meetings of collectors and film screenings related to tango. There will also be permanent exhibitions of photographs, illustrations, and a fair of products open to Harrods.
Entries are free and can be withdrawn at different locations of the event.
Tango Festival
The special production section will consist of 14 concerts to be held in Harrods and in the Avenue Theater, designed to enhance the works and historical styles, the renewal of the repertoire, the crossing of languages and artistic events. Among the productions is the debut all in the opening night of the Festival Orchestra Tipica El Porvenir-composed of sixty boys Priority Action Program arranged by Poppi Spatocco, Juan Carlos and Pablo Agri Cuacci, and great guests such as Gabriel "Chula" Clausi, Susana Rinaldi, Néstor Marconi, Luis Salinas, Raul Lavie, Guillermo Fernandez, Carlos Copello, Friday August 14 at 19 pm. at Teatro Avenida. Other productions are special highlights: the meeting of sub-25 players in the Bandoneonazo, Saturday 15 at 15 pm at Harrods, the top-jazzera Franzetti tango-Marconi-Bergalli-Aslan, on Thursday 20 at Harrods, the Pugliese Night special evening on Saturday 15 at the Teatro Avenida Canaro night and on Tuesday at the Teatro Avenida 18 and the audio-visual slice of heaven on Sunday 23 in the Planetarium.
Concerts Exclusivos include presentations by key figures such as Luis Salinas, and his Orquesta Leopoldo Federico, Rodolfo Mederos, Néstor Marconi, and Susana Rinaldi.
The Panorama section brings together more than thirty concerts by artists representing the various trends and expressions now live on the scene of the genus include: Sexteto Mayor Miguel Angel Zotto, Julio Pane, The Yotivenco, Orquesta El Arranque, Machina del Tango ( Poland), Roger Davison (United States), Quinteto Tango Extremo (Netherlands), Triestango (Italy), Aurora Orchestra (Japan), and Le Cam Jerez (France).
Tango Vivo near Montevideo Uruguayan artists such as guitarist Zitarrosa "Toto" Mendez, the songwriter Stephen Klisich, and emblematic of murgueras voices "Zurdo" Besio, "Pinocchio" and Routin "Smurf" Lombardo-assembled especially for the Festival.
World Dance
Compete with the best dancers 23 and August 31 for the world title in the categories Tango Salon and Stage Tango. Hundreds of couples, Argentina and other twenty countries, will be measured against a panel of notables. The large end will be under the legendary Luna Park stadium, with convenors and shows the special participation of Osvaldo Principi.
Sunday 23 at 19 pm. Harrods will be held in the large opening milonga, with the exclusive debut of Guillermo Fernandez and his Orquesta Tipica.
Opening night will be an opportunity for the World Grand Tribute to Juan Carlos Copes, the creator changed the history of tango dance. Especially for this occasion and Johana Copes Aurora Lubiz gathered a selection of dancers to recreate fragments of their works. There will be surprise guests. This presentation will take place on Sunday August 23 at 20PM. at Teatro Avenida.
Salon Tango is the final on Saturday 29 at the Estadio Luna Park, where the world champions will be chosen. Besides competition, there will be a unique show, the singer and composer Chico Novarro, was first presented at the Festival and shared the stage with notable singer Julia Zenko. Final Tango Escenario, for its part, will be 31 on Monday, also at the Luna Park and will have an unprecedented summit: Elena Roger and Raul Lavié, together with Jose "Pepe" Colangelo. Another high-profile figure, the dancer Mora Godoy, direct your company in a choreography of the closing to be incorporated, to show their quality, the brand new World Champions of Tango Escenario.
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