Congratulations to the champions and winning couples at our Official Championship 2012!
1. Salon Tango (Official Category)
First Place:
Argentine Tango USA Official Salon Tango Champions, title awarded to Ramada Salieri Cueva and Yumiko Krupenina from San Francisco, CA (official US representatives at Tango Buenos Aires Dance World Cup 2012).
Second Place: Rommel Oramas and Daniela Borgialli from Phoenix, Arizona.
Third Place: Nicholas Tapia and Amarkiran Kaur Singh from Berkeley, CA.
2. Stage Tango
First Place:
Argentine Tango USA Stage Tango Champions, title awarded to Shawn Pikus and Olga Pisano from New York, NY.
Second Place: Mirabai Deranja and Michael Kass from Berkeley, CA.
Welcome to our Tango Festival &
USA Championship 2012
Argentine Tango USA Festival and USA Tango Championship, San Francisco April 5 – 8, 2012 is a unique four-day Tango event including both an international Tango festival (with workshops, performances, live music and social dancing), and the USA Official Tango Competition.
This event will be held at the magnificent San Francisco Airport Marriot Hotel.
Argentine Tango USA Championship is a sanctioned official branch in The United States to the Tango Buenos Aires Dance World Cup by the Office of Festivals and Central Events of the Ministry of Culture of the Government of the Autonomous City Of Buenos Aires, which is the highest authority regarding the organization, program planning and overall execution of Tango Buenos Aires Mundial de Baile.
Being “official” means that the winning couple/s at the Argentine Tango USA Championship will get the Official Title of Argentine Tango USA Champions and will be the only USA authentic representatives in the Tango Buenos Aires Mundial de Baile (Tango Buenos Aires World Cup) having the right to compete directly at the semifinal round (avoiding 400 competing couples that are yearly registered in the classifying rounds).
Register and participate: You could be the American Argentine Tango Champion 2012 and win a round trip to Buenos Aires with a free week’ stay to represent the USA in the Buenos Aires main competition!
Reasons for Participating in this Event
• 100% Argentine Tango
• You will be able to attend and support your favorite American couples at the Argentine Tango USA Championship.
• You will also have the opportunity to become a competitor and perform in open competition in front of a panel of Argentine Tango Judges from Buenos Aires (and the opportunity to win a trip to Buenos Aires and a week’s stay to compete in the Mundial Semifinals).
• Renowned Argentine Maestros with many years of teaching experience and great international reputations will be directing the workshops and will delight you with their spectacular show performances.
• Live orchestra and DJs playing the best Argentine Tango music
• You will experience authentic milongas similar to those in Buenos Aires
• You will have the time of your life, meeting new people/partners, making new friends, learning and dancing authentic Tango porteño for four consecutive days.
• You will be dancing every night in a magnificent and impressive 14,000 square foot ballroom.
• Located at the superb San Francisco Airport Marriott Hotel with deluxe accommodations at special discounted rates, you do not need to rent a car.
• You can enjoy the views of the San Francisco Bay, walk next to the waterfront and dine at in-house or nearby restaurants. The hotel also offers free shuttle services to San Francisco International Airport.
