This was it. The last day of the competition and the festival – and it was a grand one! The finals of the competition to crown the UK Stage and Pista Tango Champions finally arrived and all the competitors gave their very best in front of the scrutinizing gaze of the 6 judges: Josefina Bermudez and Fabian Peralta; Noelia Hurtado and Carlos Espinoza; Cecilia Berra and Horacio Godoy. Let’s not delay a moment longer! Here …
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And finally it was the opening night of the much-awaited UK Tango Festival and Championship 2018! This year promised to be even better than before, with a new location and many more hours of dancing. And it delivered! The grand Porchester Hall in Bayswater has the perfect space and floor for the most demanding dancers. And it was full – people from all over Europe, locals and some from across the ocean too. The championship …
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Free tango bliss!! That’s exactly what it was. “Tango on the Road” featured another blissful evening of free tango classes, performances and social dances, in a perfectly central location – Borough market. The “Tango on the Road” events at Borough market have been running since 2014 and every year more teachers and students take part. This year six couples of teachers/performers were involved and they all gave a spectacular taste of what tango can be like. Every …
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Who would think that Raphael (the Italian painter of the Renaissance) would go together with tango (the Argentinian music and social dance)? Well, they did. And splendidly well too. At the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, where tango dancing took place in the splendid Raphael room – surrounded by paintings and beautiful works of art. Late Friday at the V&A with tango in the Raphael room was a really special event. Elizabeth Knock and …
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Who said that tango can only be enjoyed in a dim-lit room with wooden floor?? You can really dance tango everywhere. To celebrate the first direct BA flight from London to Buenos Aires tango went to Heathrow T5. There was a small orchestra playing the best tango tunes to take passengers and T5 passers-by along the beautiful notes of D’Arienzo, Di Sarli, Pugliese and many other tango composers, which make couple dream while embracing and …
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Cecilia Berra began her career as a Tango dancer in 1998 and as a teacher in 2001. She has a broad background across different disciplines such as contemporary dance, circus and contact improvisation. Cecilia learned Tango from the greatest maestros such as Walter Gomez, Luciana Valle, Dina Martinez, Gustavo Naveira, Claudio Gonzalez, Melina Brufman, Mariela Sametband, Gaston Torelli, Cecilia García. Her tango therefore evolved along the years and she developed her own style and techniques. …
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