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Rules
In this category qualifying
rounds will be conducted at scheduled milongas held
throughout capital cities in Australia from March to
April 2008. You and your partner gain the opportunity
to dance three tangos, with a group of up to 10 couples.
The selecting panel will judge your ability to perform
specific salón steps. Please refer to the Qualifying
Rounds page on this website for the various locations
where you may qualify.
SALON TANGO (Contest
Guidelines) [subject to change for 2008]
- Once a dancing
couple is formed, they shall not separate as long as
the music is playing. This means that they cannot break
the embrace (abrazo), which is considered the tango
dance position.
- For the position
to be considered correct, partners must constantly hold
each other by means of the embrace. Even though during
certain figures the embrace may be flexible, it must
never be broken, and this shall not continue during
the entire piece.
- All movements
shall be performed within the space allowed by the couple
embrace.
- The Judging Panel
shall consider musicality and walking style
as the main evaluation criteria for qualification.
- Within these guidelines,
dancers may perform any figures commonly used, including
barridas, sacadas close to the floor, enrosques, etc.
- Ganchos, leaps,
trepadas and any other typical tango escenario (stage) choreography
are absolutely excluded.
- Couples shall constantly move counterclockwise, like in the milongas (tango dance places), and shall avoid remaining in the same choreographic place in order to avoid interrupting the dancers' circulation.
- No dancer may
raise his/her leg above the knee line.
Entry of each
couple shall signify the knowledge of, and agreement
to, these rules by each one of the participants in this
Championship.
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