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Juan Carlos Copes & María Nieves

Footage: ElCachafaz07. Watch it on its own
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  1. 3:39They met as teenagers at the dances of Club Atlanta. In 1951 they won a contest at Luna Park against some 300 couples.
  2. 3:48Quejas de bandoneón, by Juan de Dios Filiberto.
  3. 3:58In 1955 Copes premiered a full theatre show of choreographed tango: the start of tango as a stage art.
  4. 4:08María Nieves practised to D'Arienzo with a broom. Her birthday, 6 September, is Buenos Aires' Día de la Bailarina de Tango.
Sources
  1. JUAN CARLOS COPES y MARIA NIEVES - BUENOS AIRES 1974 -[HQ], ElCachafaz07 (YouTube)