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Gustavo Benzecry Sabá

Gustavo Benzecry Sabá is a tango dancer and teacher who partnered with María Olivera and later with Luciana Guido [1][3]. He published Glosario de Tango Danza (2004) and La Pista del Abrazo (2006), and produced the documentary Historia del Tango Danza 1940/1960 (2009) [2].

2006: 12007: 42008: 122009: 102010: 72011: 112012: 112013: 112014: 72015: 92016: 92017: 22018: 42019: 22021: 22022: 2
2006’10’202022
performances filmed, by the year danced· our videos

2006: 1, 0; 2007: 4, 0; 2008: 12, 0; 2009: 10, 0; 2010: 7, 0; 2011: 11, 0; 2012: 11, 0; 2013: 11, 0; 2014: 7, 0; 2015: 9, 0; 2016: 9, 0; 2017: 2, 0; 2018: 4, 0; 2019: 2, 0; 2021: 2, 0; 2022: 2, 0

  1. 94 of Gustavo Benzecry Sabá’s 104 filmed performances (90%) are with María Olivera, 2006–2018.

    How we know

    Each filmed Occasion once, with the partner the video credits; a partner is named when they share at least half of them.

Gustavo Benzecry Sabá is a tango dancer . Two partners are recorded for him: María Olivera and Luciana Guido .

In 2003 he met María Olivera, who became his assistant at Salón Canning [1]. In the following years he published two works on tango dance, Glosario de Tango Danza in 2004 and La Pista del Abrazo in 2006, and in 2009 he produced the documentary Historia del Tango Danza 1940/1960 [2].

In 2017 he began teaching with Luciana Guido, and in 2020 the two started the tangomilonga YouTube channel [3].

Career

In 2003 Benzecry Sabá met María Olivera, who became his assistant at Salón Canning [1]. Olivera is recorded as one of his dance partners .

In 2017 he began teaching with Luciana Guido [3]. Guido is also recorded as one of his dance partners . In 2020 he and Guido started the tangomilonga YouTube channel [3].

Publications and documentary

Benzecry Sabá published Glosario de Tango Danza in 2004 [2]. In 2006 he published La Pista del Abrazo [2].

In 2009 he produced the documentary Historia del Tango Danza 1940/1960 [2].

Related

Dance partners recorded for Benzecry Sabá are María Olivera and Luciana Guido . Olivera was his assistant at Salón Canning from 2003 [1], and he has taught with Guido since 2017 [3].

References

How Tangopedia works

  1. 1.Gustavo Benzecry Saba y Maria Olivera - Juntos en el tango y en la vida · web.archive.org
  2. 2.Gustavo Benzecry Sabá · web.archive.org
  3. 3.About us · tangomilonga.com.ar

How they dance

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Filmed

2006–2022

What they dance

  • Tango 46%
  • Milonga 39%
  • Vals 15%

Orchestras they dance to most

Cities filmed in

  • New York26 videos
  • Buenos Aires9 videos
  • Chicago8 videos
  • Portland6 videos
  • Vermont4 videos
  • Skellefteå4 videos

Career

Titles, partnerships and events, newest first

  1. 2019Filmed at · El Milongón
  2. 2018First filmed with · Luciana Guido
  3. 2015Filmed at · Tucson Tango Festival
  4. 2013Filmed at · Otra Milonga
  5. 2006First filmed with · María Olivera

What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

Whether they lead or follow.

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

Partnered with2

Partnered with María Olivera

Single source

Partnered with Luciana Guido

Single source

Notes6

Meets María Olivera, who becomes his assistant at Salón Canning.2003

Single source

Publishes Glosario de Tango Danza.2004

Single source

Publishes La Pista del Abrazo.2006

Single source

Produces the documentary Historia del Tango Danza 1940/1960.2009

Single source

Begins teaching with Luciana Guido.2017

Single source

Starts the tangomilonga YouTube channel with Guido.2020

Single source

Dance style1

Dance style milonguero

Single source

Era1

Era electronic-festival2006–2022

Single source

Partners

Danced together in TangoTube's videos · our data

Who danced with Gustavo Benzecry Sabá, year by yearWhat they dance to

Events

Where they were filmed, most first · our data

Timeline

  1. 2003Meets María Olivera, who becomes his assistant at Salón Canning.

    source

  2. 2004Publishes Glosario de Tango Danza.

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  3. 2006Publishes La Pista del Abrazo.

    source

  4. 2009Produces the documentary Historia del Tango Danza 1940/1960.

    source

  5. 2017Begins teaching with Luciana Guido.

    source

  6. 2020Starts the tangomilonga YouTube channel with Guido.

    source

Most watched videos

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All their videos on TangoTube

Connected

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Danced at

Listen

  1. La milonga de Buenos AiresQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)1947
  2. Milonga de mis amoresColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez)1998
  3. MorenaEsteban Morgado2007
  4. Don PacificoJuan D'Arienzo1949
  5. La milonga que faltabaEdgardo Donato · Horacio Lagos1938
  6. Reliquias porteñasFrancisco Canaro1938
  7. Que tiempo aquelFrancisco Lomuto · Jorge Omar1938
  8. Milonga del recuerdoJuan D'Arienzo · Alberto Echagüe1939
  9. Ella es asíEdgardo Donato · Horacio Lagos1938
  10. Yo soy el tangoAníbal Troilo · Francisco Fiorentino1941
  11. Araca la canaOsvaldo Fresedo · Roberto Ray1933
  12. Este es el reyJuan D'Arienzo1971

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