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Baruch Performing Arts Center BPAC, Nagelberg Theater enter East 25th Street (Lexington & 3rd Ave) NYC
8th Original USA Tango Championship & Celebrate Tango Show - NYC Friday 2014
CELEBRATE TANGO SHOW
The championship will be interspersed with the Celebrate Tango Show featuring....
Painting Tango- Art: Vicky Barranguet, Piano: Gustavo Casenave.
Performances - Tamara Bisceglia * Claudio Asprea, Silvina Valz * Guillermo Salvat, Anton Gazenbeek & Jody Person....
Celebrate Tango is proud to present the 7th Original USA Tango Championship & Celebrate Tango Show.
Entry is open to all couples legally in the USA from any country, nationality, orientation or gender(s). Entry fees and deadlines on Official Entry form. click category Forms button to access Entry form, category and event rules. Print and mail or scan with valid ID and fee to 220 East 26 St #6L NY NY 10010.
We held the first Official USA Tango Championship in 2007 and our winners entered and were finalists in the Mundial Campeonato in Buenos Aires.
To our knowledge we are the only Championship with an Amateur Salon category.
All Categories: Fourth, fifth and sixth will receive ribbons. All competitors & semi-finalists will be awarded a certificate of participation or achievement. Cash prizes given in a check.
Stage Category
Open to all levels of dancers, Amateurs and Professionals in any combination i.e. a teacher can enter with a student. If you love performance tango, secretly dream of being on Camera or a Stage, or your dancing includes ganchos, leaps, and trepadas, you should sign up for the stage.
1ST place - $800 Cash, Medals and a Trophy.
2ND place - $250 Cash & Medals
3RD place - $150 Cash & Medals
Open Salon Category
Open to all levels of dancers, Amateurs and Professionals in any combination i.e. a teacher can enter with a student. Perfect for dancers who love Tango, but don't want to be performers.
1ST place - $1000 Cash, Medals and a Trophy.
2ND place - $ 350 Cash & Medals
3RD place - $ 250 Cash & Medals
Amateur Salon Category
Open to all levels of social dancers. Amateurs only NO Professionals. Have fun, get your feet wet, show off?
1ST place - Trophy, Medals & Open Salon entry.
2ND place - Medals
3RD place - Medals
2013 OFFICIALS Confirmed
Adjudicator 2013
Senior Advisor 2013
Judge 2013 - 7th Original USA Tango Championship - Judge
Judge 2013
Judge 2013
Batt Johnson is an award-winning actor, professional radio and television broadcaster, college professor and communication consultant for business executives, lawyers, doctors and NBA players. He has a deep passion for dance since he started studying in both North and South America in 1997. Batt Johnson taught tango in New York and other states and has directed and acted in tango movies and plays.
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