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400 THOUSAND PEOPLE IN TWO UNFORGETTABLE WEEKS

The outcome of Buenos Aires Tango Festival and Dance World Cup 2011 is certainly positive: in total, 400 thousand people attended the shows and activities held at the Centro de Exposiciones, CCC Teatro 25 de Mayo in Villa Urquiza and Teatro de la Ribera in La Boca. “I’m very satisfied because Tango Buenos Aires is growing year after year: comparing number of visitors, number of registered couples for the Dance World Cup; and also shows to be more in tune with today’s tango: for instance, this year, the Panorama section – with the participation of the most influential cultural entrepreneurs and young artists of the current scene – brought to a massive stage the new languages of our music, adding a breath of fresh air to the scene and mixing together new audiences. So that encounter of generations that we look for has occurred, between up-and-coming and established artists. They are the two general objectives that we set for ourselves. Heritage recovery and tango’s expansion into the future. Such is the spirit of the festival, and in this edition it was clearly manifested,” stated with obvious satisfaction Gustavo Mozzi, the artistic director of the world’s greatest tango event.

Two full-on tango weeks have gone by, with notable and young artists on the various stages, talented dancers displaying and teaching their skillful art, experts and collectors talking about what they know best, a series of first-rate documentary films, an attractive and varied product fair, and a permanent exhibition dedicated to the great myth of tango, Carlos Gardel, all of which attracted the attention of thousands of Buenos Aires locals, Argentine and foreign tourists eager to feel the music that best defines Buenos Aires. “This year, the Centro de Exposiciones as the main venue of the Festival and World Cup – boasting two stages, the main dance floor, the dance classes, the product fair, the permanent exhibition – enhanced the idea of popular celebration which is one of our aims. To be festive, popular, inclusive, to show the diversity of a culture that is much more than only music. That was successfully carried out and developed in a common, inclusive space, which showed the diversity of the genre and promoted the synergy between all the actors. Therefore, the place became a common space where people were gathered by an ongoing activity: one could spend the day enjoying the wide range of tango cultural events.”