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Juan Carlos Copes & María Nieves

Footage: Silvia Toscano. Watch it on its own
What to watch for
  1. 0:10María Nieves practised to D'Arienzo with a broom. Her birthday, 6 September, is Buenos Aires' Día de la Bailarina de Tango.
  2. 0:19Quejas de bandoneón, by Juan de Dios Filiberto.
  3. 0:28In the early 1960s they danced on the Ed Sullivan Show.
  4. 0:37They were partners on stage and, for a time, husband and wife.
Sources
  1. Juan Carlos Copes y María Nieves _ Japón 1987 _ Quejas de Bandoneón, Silvia Toscano (YouTube)