A couple from Colombia were declared winners of the salon dancing category of the World Tango Championships last Monday night, edging out a Venezuelan pair following an unprecedented tie in the final round.
Diego Benavidez Hernandez and Natasha Agudelo Arboleda were the first Colombians to win the category at the tango competition, which this year drew about 400 couples from around the globe.
A jury of seven experts picked them over John Erban and Clarissa Sanchez from Venezuela after a danceoff between the two pairs.
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“It’s a dream. You think it is impossible to achieve, but this is proof that it can,” Arboleda said after receiving the first prize of US$7,500 (NT$218,000).
A US couple, Brian Nguyen and Yuliana Basmajyan of San Francisco, placed third.
Tango is the embodiment of the “criollo” culture of Europeans and natives who settled around the Rio de la Plata, located along the border of Argentina and Uruguay.
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Born at the end of the 19th century, the music and dance reflect the passion, drama and melancholy of their experience. The dance is now celebrated worldwide, with many top dancers coming from Japan.
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來自哥倫比亞的一對舞者上週一晚上,摘下世界探戈錦標賽沙龍探戈項目冠軍。在總決賽出現前所未有的平手局面後,他們最後還是擠下了委內瑞拉的舞者。
哥倫比亞舞者地亞哥‧班那維戴斯‧赫南德茲與娜塔莎‧阿古德洛‧阿伯勒達是第一對哥倫比亞雙人組在探戈錦標賽的該項目贏得首獎。今年約有四百對從世界各地來的舞者參賽。
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這對哥倫比亞舞者與委內瑞拉舞者約翰‧艾爾班與克拉瑞莎‧桑切斯,在最終平局決勝賽後,七位評審專家還是認定哥倫比亞舞者技高一籌。
阿伯勒達在贏得七千五百美元(新台幣二十一萬八千元)的首獎獎金後表示:「這是夢想。原認為這是不可能達成的,而我們證明了我們可以做到。」
來自美國舊金山的一對舞者布萊恩‧阮與尤里安娜‧巴斯瑪彥得到季軍。
探戈舞蹈為阿根廷與烏拉圭國境上拉普拉塔河附近,歐洲與當地居民文化融合的體現。
探戈源自十九世紀末,其音樂及舞蹈展現當地人民激情、戲劇,以及悲情的人生閱歷。該舞蹈當今盛行於世界各地,許多傑出舞者來自日本。
(美聯社/翻譯:林亞蒂)
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