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Juan Carlos Copes & María Nieves

Footage: CLUB TANGO. Watch it on its own
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  1. 0:07Copes is widely called the father of stage tango: he took figures from the milonga and built them into choreography.
  2. 0:20They met as teenagers at the dances of Club Atlanta. In 1951 they won a contest at Luna Park against some 300 couples.
  3. 0:33In 1955 Copes premiered a full theatre show of choreographed tango: the start of tango as a stage art.
Sources
  1. Historical Juan Carlos Copes & Maria Nieves, CLUB TANGO (YouTube)