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Coca Cartery

Coca Cartery was a tango dancer who, with Osvaldo Cartery, won the tango salón category of the World Tango Championship in 2004, competing against 665 couples [2]. In 2007 La Nación profiled the couple among the 'kings of the night' of the Buenos Aires milongas [3].

2006: 22007: 32009: 22010: 52011: 12012: 62013: 62014: 62015: 22016: 12017: 32019: 32021: 22022: 12023: 32025: 3
2006’10’202025
performances filmed, by the year danced· our videos

2006: 2, 0; 2007: 3, 0; 2009: 2, 0; 2010: 5, 0; 2011: 1, 0; 2012: 6, 0; 2013: 6, 0; 2014: 6, 0; 2015: 2, 0; 2016: 1, 0; 2017: 3, 0; 2019: 3, 0; 2021: 2, 0; 2022: 1, 0; 2023: 3, 0; 2025: 3, 0

  1. 53% of Coca Cartery’s filmed performances are from 2009–2014.

    How we know

    The shortest run of years that holds at least half of them: 26 of 49 performances in our videos, each filmed Occasion once, under the year it was danced.

Coca Cartery was a tango dancer . She danced with Osvaldo Cartery, and the pair won the tango salón category of the World Tango Championship in 2004 against 665 couples [2]. The newspaper La Nación later counted the couple among the 'kings of the night' of the Buenos Aires milongas [3].

A video listing also connects her with several other dance partners: Luis Rojas, Franco Andrada, Fernando Gordillo and Pablo Giorgini . The available sources give no dates for these partnerships .

Career

In 2004 Coca Cartery and Osvaldo Cartery won the tango salón category of the World Tango Championship, competing against 665 couples [2].

In 2007 the Buenos Aires newspaper La Nación profiled the couple as being among the 'kings of the night' of the city's milongas [3].

On 30 November 2010 PractiMilonguero interviewed the couple [4].

Osvaldo Cartery died in October 2015, at the age of 77 [2].

Partners

Her best-documented partnership was with Osvaldo Cartery, with whom she won the 2004 championship title and was profiled and interviewed as a couple [2][3][4].

A video listing records her as having danced with these partners :

  • Osvaldo Cartery
  • Luis Rojas
  • Franco Andrada
  • Fernando Gordillo
  • Pablo Giorgini

The listing does not state when these partnerships took place or in what setting .

References

How Tangopedia works

  1. 2.Osvaldo y Coca Cartery · caminito.tilda.ws
  2. 3.Los reyes de la noche en las milongas porteñas · lanacion.com.ar
  3. 4. · tanguito.co.uk

How they dance

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Filmed

2006–2025

What they dance

  • Tango 86%
  • Milonga 12%
  • Vals 3%

Orchestras they dance to most

Cities filmed in

  • Buenos Aires35 videos
  • Atlanta3 videos
  • Italy1 videos
  • Santiago1 videos
  • Fermo1 videos
  • Seoul1 videos

Career

Titles, partnerships and events, newest first

  1. 2025Filmed at · Milonga en lo de Balmaceda
  2. 2025First filmed with · Franco Andrada
  3. 2015Filmed at · Misterio Tango Festival
  4. 2014Filmed at · Tango Ensueño
  5. 2012Filmed at · Viva La Pepa
  6. 2010Filmed at · Sunderland Club
  7. 2006First filmed with · Osvaldo Cartery
  8. 2004Title · Mundial · Tango de Salón

What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

Whether they lead or follow.

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

Partnered with5

Osvaldo Cartery — partnered with Coca Cartery

Single source

Franco Andrada — partnered with Coca Cartery

Single source

Fernando Gordillo — partnered with Coca Cartery

Single source

Partnered with Luis Rojas

Single source

Pablo Giorgini — partnered with Coca Cartery

Single source

Won1

Won Wins the tango salón category of the World Tango Championship with Osvaldo, against 665 couples.2004

Single source

Notes3

La Nación profiles the couple among the 'kings of the night' of the Buenos Aires milongas.2007

Single source

The couple are interviewed by PractiMilonguero (30 November).Nov 30, 2010

Single source

Osvaldo Cartery dies in October, aged 77.2015

Single source

Dance style1

Dance style milonguero

Single source

Era1

Era electronic-festival2006–2023

Single source

Partners

Danced together in TangoTube's videos · our data

Who danced with Coca Cartery, year by yearWhat they dance to

Titles

Championship results

Events

Where they were filmed, most first · our data

Timeline

  1. 1967Married Osvaldo in 1967, joking that the military coup of the time pushed them into it; they had been novios for ten years before marrying.

    In their own words, at 10:05 · Watch from 10:05 on TangoTube

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  2. 2004Wins the tango salón category of the World Tango Championship with Osvaldo, against 665 couples.

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  3. 2007La Nación profiles the couple among the 'kings of the night' of the Buenos Aires milongas.

    source

  4. Nov 30, 2010The couple are interviewed by PractiMilonguero (30 November).

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  5. 2015Osvaldo Cartery dies in October, aged 77.

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Most watched videos

On TangoTube · our data

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Connected

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Listen

  1. Una vezTípica Victor · Ortega del Cerro1943
  2. Color cieloJuan D'Arienzo · Armando Laborde1944
  3. El adiósEdgardo Donato · Horacio Lagos1938
  4. No hay tierra como la miaFrancisco Canaro · Ernesto Famá1939
  5. Decime qué pasóCarlos Di Sarli · Roberto Rufino1942
  6. EnsueñosCarlos Di Sarli1943
  7. Al verla pasarPedro Laurenz · Martín Podestá1942
  8. Pensalo bienJuan D'Arienzo · Alberto Echagüe1938
  9. PoemaFrancisco Canaro · Roberto Maida1935
  10. Oigo tu vozRicardo Tanturi · Enrique Campos1943
  11. Milonga criollaFrancisco Canaro1927
  12. Carillón de La MercedTípica Victor · Ernesto Famá1931

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