11th. Tango Festival 2009

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Evaluation Criteria

  1. Salon Tango (unrestricted entry for amateurs and professional dancers) 

Once a couple is formed, the partners must not separate as long as the music is playing. This means that the embrace, which is considered the tango dance position, must not be broken.

For the position to be considered correct, the body of one of the members must be constantly held by the other by means of the embrace. In certain figures this may be flexible, but this should not continue throughout the entire piece.

All movements must be performed within the space allowed by the couple’s embrace.

The judges will evaluate the couple’s musicality and walking style as fundamental to the qualification.

Within these guidelines, contestants may perform any figure commonly used, including barridas (sweeps), sacadas al piso (close to the floor), enrosques (twists), etc.

Ganchos (leaps), saltos (jumps), trepadas (climbs) and any other typical choreographic stage tango possibility shall be completely excluded.

Couples, as in a real dancehall, shall constantly move anti-clockwise and try to avoid remaining in the same place for too long, obstructing the normal circulation of dancers around the dance floor.

No contestant may raise his/her legs above the knee line.

  2. Stage Tango (unrestricted entry for amateur and professional dancers) 

Contestants will be able to express their personal view on the Argentine tango dance. This implies that they may resort to movements, figures and applications not usually related to traditional tango, but the classic tango figures must be present in the choreography: ochos, caminatas largas (long walks), boleas, ganchos and the “milonga embrace”. Couples may break the embrace and use additional techniques derived from other dance disciplines, as long as these are justified and performed for the benefit of a particular performance.

Tricks, aerial movements and other movements typical of other dance styles should not be used excessively, i.e. they should not exceed the third part of the performance. The couple should move around the entire stage.
 

Competition

Both categories of the 7th Dance World Championship will consist of three stages:

a) The Qualifying Round,
b) The Semi-final and
c) The Final.

Qualifying Round: all the couples that entered the competition will participate at this stage, with two performances per couple.

Semi-final: for the couples selected during the Qualifying rounds and the couples that won the various competitions endorsed by the 7th Dance World Championship. At this stage, couples will perform once.
 
The Autonomous City of Buenos Aires will be represented in the Semi-finals of the Salon Tango category by the couples that took places two to four in the 7th City Dance Championship, held in April and May 2009.
 
Final: for the couples selected in the Semi-final.
 
At this stage, in the Salon Tango category, the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires will be represented by the couples that took places two to four in the 7th City Dance Championship, held in April and May 2009.
 
Couples will compete in group performances, dancing three pieces, either with recorded or live music, selected by the Management.
 
In the Stage Tango Category each couple will appear one at a time, dancing to a song of their choice. The song must not exceed four minutes of duration and must be submitted on a CD (2 original copies in good condition). Since the judges will take into account the variety of choreographies exhibited, we recommend that participants present different songs, one for each round, this not being exclusive.