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              For the first time in Italy a Tango Festivalin AUTENTICO ESTILO MILONGUERO,
 “the tango of embrace”,
 close and intimate, the tango of emotions and elegance,
 the tango of being and not of showing off.
  The Festival will allow you to experience the real 
                  Buenos Airesatmosphere, with its traditional, social tango, and with its 
                  night music rhythms.
 
 A full immersion in the moods of tango togetherwith some of the most prestigious, renowned masters
 of ESTILO MILONGUERO in the world.
 
 4 days and 4 nights in Bari, in the most welcoming land of Apulia,
 with workshops, live performances by the festival masters,
 live music and milonga every night.
 
 Special guests: El Flaco Dany e Silvina Valz, Thierry Le Cocq 
                  e Veronique Bouscasse,
 Octavio Fernandez e Carla Espinoza, Ricardo Viqueira.
   
                  
                    
                       
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 | THIERRY LE COCQ y VERONIQUE BOUSCASSE 
                            from Paris One of the most popular tango dancing couples in the 
                            milonguero style, a stunning example of talent and 
                            beauty, fine research and searching.
 Thierry Le Cocq is considered an exceptional tango 
                            master, both as a dancer and as a teacher, for the 
                            fluidity and elegance of his movements, for his full 
                            hearted creativity and superb musicality.
 Veronique Buscasse, is an outstanding dancer an great 
                            point of reference for teaching women’s technique 
                            in the milonguero style. Managing to combine dynamism 
                            and precision of movements she is reckoned to be one 
                            of the most elegant argentinian tango performers.
 Their unique elegance and style have conquered the 
                            worldwide scene of argentinian tango.
 
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   | DANIEL GARCIA 
                            y SILVINA VALZ straight from Buenos Aires.
 Daniel Garcia, better known as El Flaco Dandy, is 
                            an authentic traditional milonguero.
 He was born in Buenos Aires where he grew up dancing 
                            in the most traditional milongas, and today he best 
                            represents the essence and old tradition of Argentinian 
                            tango.
 Excellent tango dancer and tango teacher, El Flaco 
                            is very well known and appreciated for his unique “milonga traspiè”.
 Argentine-born Silvina Valz, studied and practiced 
                            tango in Buenos Aires. Her background as ballet dancer 
                            and gymnast, her strict approach, her creativity and 
                            the sensitive delicacy of her body language allowed 
                            her to gain her undisputed fame.
 Since 1997 Daniel and Silvina have been performing 
                            and teaching at several tango shows and workshops 
                            in Buenos Aires, Paris, Madrid, Barcellona, USA,etc.
 
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 | OCTAVIO FERNANDEZ y CARLA ESPINOZA, 
                            una giovane coppia argentina che, pure rispettando 
                            la autentica tradizione del tango, riesce a proporre 
                            freschezza e dinamicità.Formatasi attraverso l’insegnamento  dei migliori 
                            maestri di Buenos Aires, nel 2007 al V° Campionato 
                            Metropolitano di Tango di Buenos Aires hanno ottenuto 
                            il titolo di campioni nella categoria Milonga oltre 
                            ad essersi classificati  4° al V° Campionato 
                            Mondiale di Tango.
 Attraverso l’insegnamento, partecipando a numerosi 
                            show e proponendo molteplici esibizioni nelle migliori 
                            milonghe in Bs As riescono a trasmettere l’autenticità 
                            del tango dell’abbraccio.
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                        |  | RICARDO VIQUEIRA 
                            A native of Buenos Aires, Ricardo has always been 
                            connected to the tango: first as a child he studied 
                            music at the Conservatorio Delva then later he began 
                            organizing successful milongas, among them the well 
                            known Club Sin Rumbo in Villa Urquiza. Here he continued 
                            to perfect his dancing with great masters and began 
                            to teach.He is especially known for dancing Milonga with Traspié, 
                            Canyengue and as the creator of a simple teaching 
                            method with which both students and teachers have 
                            benefited. He has taught in many places including 
                            the Centro Cultural Cortazar de la Secretaría 
                            de Cultura del Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, 
                            and for the last few years has taught in Italy, France, 
                            Switzerland, Spain, Brazil and the United States.
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   |  Damian Boggio - DJ  from Buenos Aires. Damian 
                            is definitely the most appreciated musicalizador in 
                            Argentina and all over the world. He started his career 
                            dj-ing in the most propular milongas in BsAs such 
                            as Parakultural - Salon Canning, La National, Las 
                            Morochas - El Beso, Porteño y bailarín. 
                            He was one of the DJs at CITA (Congreso Internacional 
                            de Tango Argentino), at the World Tango Festival and 
                            and at the Night of Carlos Gavito and his friends.Since 2004 he has been organizing his own milongas 
                            in Bs As, currently MINA MILONGA , where live performances 
                            by several orchestras and tango masters shows regularly 
                            take place. His music selections have been travelling 
                            all around the world, from Europe to Japan.
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                        |  | Orchestra: 
                            Sexteto Típico di Alfredo MarcucciThe Orquesta Típica de Alfredo Marcucci, located 
                            in Turin, is the first and unique “grand orchestra” of traditional Argentinian tango established in Italy.
 The orchestra consists of twenty musicians nationally 
                            selected by the Argentinian Master Alfredo Marcucci.
 Prestigious instrumentalist and arranger, Alfredo 
                            Marcucci is a living icon of tango.
 He started playing bandoneón when he was only 
                            seven and has made a fabulous career for more than 
                            60 years, during which he got acquainted with some 
                            of the brightest stars of the tango scene. Since the 
                            end of the 40s til the end of the 50s he played in 
                            some very popular orchestras, like Julio De Caro, 
                            Juan Canaro, Enrique Mario Francini, Carlos Di Sarli 
                            - Argentinian tango legendary names. For the following 
                            15 years he played with the popular folk band Los 
                            Paraguayos.
 At the Apulia Tango Festival the orchestra will introduce 
                            itself - for the first time - as Sexteto Típico 
                            di Alfredo Marcucci, in the authentic typical style 
                            born in Buenos Aires during the 20s (orquesta tipica).
 In the last three years the orchestra has been performing 
                            all around Italy, both in live concerts and milongas, 
                            in collaboration with great artists such as Horacio 
                            Ferrer e Luis Stazo.
 For further information: www.tipicamarcucci.it.
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