BUENOS AIRES:

Salon tango dancers glided onto a dance floor in Buenos Aires on Monday in the hopes of qualifying for the World Tango Festival and Championship held every year in the Argentine capital.

“My expectation is to have the experience of being here, of having personal growth in dance,” said Uruguayan tango dancer Maria Poggio, 38.

“If everything goes our way and we qualify ... that would be great, but the most important thing is to participate and prepare for this, an expectation to grow”, she said.

Andre Magro, 35, who is originally from Brazil, said dancing was about having fun.

“There are more than 400 couples dancing, participating and it is very difficult if you want to go through to the finals because there are people who dance very well, around the world”, Magro said. (RTRS)