Monday, July 13, 2015

Ta-ta, Tango!

Tonight was the last night of tangoing in the piazza, sadly. We have really enjoyed going out every night to watch the artists.

Last night were the finals, and tonight was dancing just for fun.

Obviously, it's not easy to photograph a tango, but I filmed a portion of one of the contestants doing a "stage" piece. It turns out that there are two types of competition tango (at least, here): "stage" and "floor" ("piste"). "Stage" is a choreographed number to a specific piece (generally incorporating more acrobatics), and "floor" is an improvisation.

This is a shot of one of the rounds of the "piste" competition...it looked like a crowded ballroom of lovely dancers, so the photo doesn't really do it justice.

These are some shots of a "stage" routine, and I also have a video fragment.





At the end, everyone crowded onto the smaller stage (the larger stage was being used to hold chairs for spectators to the final rounds):


Live music!

Awards! The winners will be sent to Buenos Aires for the international tango championships!






And things will be back to normal in the Piazza for the time being...

Love,

Alexandra

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