As the sun set behind the Buenos Aires Obelisk, dozens of tango dancers from around the world turned the avenue Diagonal Norte into a milonga on Saturday afternoon for the final of the Tango World Cup. Duo Suyay Quiroga and Jhonny Carvajal, representing Buenos Aires City, won the classic tango (tango de pista) category. Julián Sánchez and Bruna Estellita, also representing the capital, were the champions of stage tango (tango de escenario), the more acrobatic variant in which participants are allowed to jump and break their embrace. “It’s more unstructured, or less uniform.”Finalists dance tango in front of the Obelisk in Buenos Aires. Brizzi believes the quality of the acts on display in Buenos Aires this week shows that tango is flourishing around the world.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald September 05, 2023 15:03 UTC