[Tango-L] Ballroom Dancing in BsAs

Mon Dec 18 09:42:59 EST 2006

Hi there all listeros/as

  Concerning the enquiry of ballroom dancing in Buenos Aires 

  1) the oficial tango site , that has a related link to the town hall government of buenos aires , is the www.tangodata.com.ar  
  It does not say a word about this World Council tournamente.
  Maybe because the town hall government  it is focused on the International tango-not-as-a-ballroom-dancing-just the ye old 2x4- stomping , that will start on february 27th 2007.

  2) the sheraton hotel  buenos aires, hosts this tournament, as some of their amenities , but it does not seem an open entertainment, just a subject in their pretty tight agenda of events , with conventions, workshops and other activities not tango related. As far as I know, the sheraton buenos aires, is still the largest hotel downtown in quantity of rooms , therefore their management of events is huge, it can host many events from different origin at the same time.

  3) concerning the tango ballroom awareness in buenos aires  , well... yes, there is an increasing interest, mostly by a popular program in an open air channel , hosts by Marcelo Tinelli, an entrepreneur that has several projects named " singing for a dream " , "dancing for a dream" and from 2007 "skating for a dream" .

  Dancing for a dream, is a well known scheme borrowed from european an american TV ( italian RAI channel has something very alike called " dancing with the stars")

  An unknown person presents his/her project & dream , which could be to build a house for elder people, cure a sick child with leukemia, etc.etc.. ( generally there is an emotional apelative to audience, in the projects/dreams)

  The unknown person ( unknown= not a professional dancer or singer or whoever, an amateur) is teamed with an actress or dancer or vedette/stage dancer , and they have to perform several styles of ballroom, such as latin , salsa, disco, etc..etc.. 
  There is tango also included, in an acrobatic fashion

  Some couples are good, there was one with a young man and an actress, Maria del Carmen Valenzuela ,  with an impressive performance, considering she is 52 years old, and was out of the stage for a while. 

  All couples have professional coaches that train them during the week to rehearse for the style they have to dance , different from european and american ballroom competition, on the same night there are not different styles, just one style, all couples involved, that are given punctuation by a jury, and they are chosen to stay or to leave, from time to time , in a special night of " stay/get out" where the audience vote their opinion  thorugh a 0 -600 prepay system , where the TV viewers cast their phone voat.

  This is a very popular program, with the top rating for the night it runs , it can be very seldom in a second place, only if there is a special soccer event, as it was the world cup fifa 2006 . It is on the prime time hour, from 22 to 24 pm.

  warm regards
  alberto

   Lapadula <clubstyletango at yahoo.com> escribió:
  You are right!.There are many places to go learn ballroom.
An other one is Elizabeth Guerrero studio were you have tango,latin and international ballroom..
Best regards.
Daniel Lapadula
www.tangoestilodelcentro.com

june es wrote:
Ballroom dancing does exist in Buenos Aires. In the Carlos Copello studio in 
Abasto, an Argentine couple runs ballroom classes and they do have a good 
number of men and women participating.
During my last visit to Bs As (Aug-Sep 2006), among other items on my 
agenda, I made an effort to find out whether they dance the ballroom version 
of tango.
Yes, they do - the class I attended happened to be a samba and ballroom 
tango class. The men and women I talked to mentioned that they preferred 
this version of tango because it was more elegant. Interesting! I enjoyed 
the class, the people were friendly. At the end of the class, the male 
instructor even danced a Viennese waltz with me . Whoopee!

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>Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:13:11 -0500
>From: "Keith" 
>Subject: [Tango-L] Ballroom Dancing in BsAs
>To: tango-l at mit.edu
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> The World Dance Council (WDC), which is responsible for the World
> Ballroom and Latin Championships, will be holding their 2007 World
> Po-Am Championship in Buenos Aires in February 2007. The
> competition, and associated events, will be held in the Sheraton
> and Park Tower Hotel. Can anyone is BsAs say whether this event is
> being publicised and whether there’s any connection with the Tango
> community. I know that Adrian Veredice and Alejandra Hobart will be
> performing, as will some of the top professional Latin couples from
> around the world.
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> On previous visits to BsAs, it seemed that Ballroom and Latin dance
> styles were virtually unknown to the tango community. I dance
> demonstration Waltz and Foxtrot in a couple of private milongas and
> even gave a Rumba performance in Club Sin Rumbo. Everybody always
> loved it. Of course, I never dared show them what Ballroom Tango
> looks like :-).
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> I haven’t been back for 3-years but has Ballroom and Latin dancing
> taken hold in BsAs? The WDC is a very powerful and wealthy
> organisation, which efficiently promotes Ballroom and Latin dancing
> around the world, including providing scholarships to aspiring and
> talented dancers. The holding of such a major event in BsAs
> indicates that they intend to make inroads in Argentina.
>
> Keith
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