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Carlos Gavito & Marcela Durán

Footage: kenanfromtr. Watch it on its own
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  1. 0:12Many dancers learned from him to wait for the music instead of filling it with steps.
  2. 0:20Pata ancha, by Mario Demarco, in Osvaldo Pugliese's version.
  3. 0:29Before tango was his living, Carlos Gavito sold newspapers, studied bandoneón and worked in Patagonia's oil fields.
  4. 0:37He worked with Juan Carlos Copes in 1974, then spent many years touring abroad.
Sources
  1. "Pata Ancha" Carlos Gavito & Marcela Duran, kenanfromtr (YouTube)