The Festival is recognized around the world to celebrate the Tango in Buenos Aires and because this amaizng city is home to the World dance.
Thousands of dancers and audiences around the world flock to the city to participate and experience the various activities offered at this event.
The passion for tango increases year after year, not only in Argentina but also in the world, and strengthens the commitment to the historical heritage, growth and projection of the Tango in all its expressions. The City is the tango machine, is the powerhouse of dance is the tango industry, is what inspires the creation of this discipline that makes us so distinctive and recognized worldwide. We will wait for you.

• Colon Theater
Tickets for the function of Monday, August 10 Wednesday August 5 must be removed from 12 am at the box office of the Teatro Colon.

• Luna Park
Tickets for the Finals of the categories Tango and Stage Tango Track, to be held at the Luna Park stadium on 26 and 27 respectively, will be presented on Monday, August 17 at 11 am at the box office of the House of Culture Av. de Mayo 575, while supplies localities. May remove two (2) tickets per person for each event.

• Usina del Arte
Tickets for the concerts scheduled in the Auditorium and the Chamber Hall, as well as tickets for the semifinals on 24 and 25 carried, delivered 1 (one) hour before the event at the Information Desk of Usina Art. May remove two (2) tickets per person. Admission to the Qualifying Rounds requires no prior withdrawal of tickets and will be in strict order of arrival.

• Theatre May 25
Tickets for the shows at this venue may withdraw from the 18 h of the day of the performance at the Information Desk of the Teatro 25 de Mayo. May withdraw up to two (2) tickets per person.

• Urban Tennis
Tickets for the concerts scheduled at this venue delivered 1 (one) hour before each performance at the Information Desk of Urban Track.

• Film Museum
Tickets for the films programmed in the Film Museum may remove one (1) hour before each performance at the Information Desk. 1 ticket per person will be given (one).
Admission to the talks scheduled in the room does not require prior removal of entries and will be in strict order of arrival.

History

World Tango Dance Championship is an international competition among tango dancers held annually since 2003, during the month of August in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They compete in two categories: stage tango and tango track. The championship takes place within the event Tango Buenos Aires Festival and World. In the 2013 edition it was attended by 550,000 people and 556 couples competed from 37 countries, selected preclasificatorias rounds in various parts of the world.

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Characteristics

World Tango Dance Championship held annually in Buenos Aires during the month of August and is part of the theater Buenos Aires Tango Festival and Dance World Cup, which runs for two weeks.
The World Cup takes place since 2003, Mayor of the City of Buenos Aires in that entonces.1 The 2013 edition was attended by 550,000 people and 556 couples competed from 37 countries, selected preclasificatorias rounds in various parts of the world. Participation is free and open to amateurs and professionals.

Developing

The dancers represent cities or countries can register for free and without any requirement of professionalism. The regulation does not impose any restriction concerning the gender of the dancers, or the composition of couples. The competition consists of three stages: qualifying, semifinals and final.
The World Championship has a preclasificatoria stage with offices in various parts of the world. In 2013 preclasificatorias competitions in the United States (San Francisco), Italy (Terracina), Russia (Moscow), China (Beijing), Chile (Chillán) and Uruguay (Montevideo) they were performed. Competitors arising from such preclasificatorias rounds and preclasificatorias offices located in all provinces.
The semifinals are held by official co-host of the Championship, and selected to represent each of these locations. In the semifinals, couples representing the City of Buenos Aires are those who have obtained between second and fifth place in the Championship City Dance and first place in the category World Milongueros the same tournament. The winning couples Buenos Aires Championship and the European Championship of Tango go directly to the final.
The jury, in both categories, is composed of five members in the qualifying stages, six members and seven members semifinals in the final. Each member classified individually with a score of 1 to 10, and then an average that is the final grade is established. In each category a winning couple as well as the second and third positions were established. The prize for the winning pair was 40,000 pesos in 2013 (equivalent to US $ 8,000).
The skills developed in two categories: track and tango tango scene. The end of both procedures are performed last Saturday and Sunday of the festival, respectively. In the final 40 couples arrive in track mode tango and 20 pairs in the tango scene mode.

Tango track

The tango track mode is characterized by preserving the popular tango style not being allowed to break the embrace or jump. They dance in rounds of 10 couples, who do not choose music.
The tango track (formerly called tango salon) takes place in groups of 10 couples dancing simultaneously, without choosing the music. Couples should be placed in a circle and rotate counter-clockwise. The competition consists of four rounds in which three songs by round dance. At the final stage of the championship 40 couples arrive.
This method seeks to respect the essential characteristics of the tango dance and lays down stricter rules coregráficas tango scene mode:
• The embrace can not be broken while the music lasts, meaning that hug one of the dancers should always be “contained” by the embrace of another member, an elastic sense;
• jumps are prohibited;
• The dress is not taken as a parameter of qualification.
By regulation, the jury is required to qualify mainly taking “into account the musicality, the connection between the couple and the elegance of the walk.” In this mode the improvisation and the use of popular choreographic figures (cuts, broken, runs, swept, put on the floor, enrosques, etc.) is essential.

Tango scene

The tango scene mode is characterized by the free and acrobatic choreographic style, which includes not allowed moves in tango track, such as jumping and breaking the hug. It is individually dances to the music chosen by each couple.
The tango scene is developed with couples dancing alone and choose the music. Each dance four minutes. It is characterized by dramatic and choreographic deployment of each pair. In the final 20 couples arrive.
This mode, unlike the tango track, find the choreographic freedom and expression of multiple variations with which the tango dance is presented in the world, but without losing its identity:
• You may break the embrace but also warns that the regulation should have “rationale and (made) for the benefit of the filing”;
• jumps are permitted and use resources from other dances, but no more than a third of the time of filing;
• The choreography should include “classic tango figures: the eight, turns, long walks, volleys, hooks and “milonga embrace”
• The dress can be a point of evaluation.