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Maria la Turca

Maria la Turca is a tango dancer, born in 1952, who began dancing as a child under her father's instruction [1][4]. She partnered with Jorge Dispari, whom she met at Club Sin Rumbo in Villa Urquiza in 1982, and taught tango seminars with him in Argentina and Spain [1][3].

Maria la Turca is a tango dancer born in 1952 [4]. A profile published in the magazine Tangodanza reports that she started dancing at the age of seven, taught by her father, and that she won a tango contest with him at the age of eight [1]. The same profile appears under a title that gives her name as "Marita 'la Turca'", so sources differ on the form of her name [1].

She is recorded as the dance partner of Jorge Dispari . According to the Tangodanza profile, the two met at Club Sin Rumbo in the Villa Urquiza neighbourhood in 1982 [1]. Later reports describe the couple choreographing a film, teaching a charity seminar in Bahía Blanca, and leading an intensive Villa Urquiza-style salón seminar in Ibiza [2][3].

Early life and training

Maria la Turca was born in 1952 [4]. According to the Tangodanza profile, she began dancing in 1959, at the age of seven, with her father as her teacher [1]. At eight she won a tango contest dancing with him [1].

In 1979, the profile reports, she began learning from "El Turco" José, whom she describes as their most important teacher [1]. The profile associates this teacher with the period up to 2010 [1].

Partnership with Jorge Dispari

Maria la Turca is listed as the partner of the dancer Jorge Dispari . The Tangodanza profile states that she met Dispari at Club Sin Rumbo in Villa Urquiza in 1982 [1].

In 2006 the Bahía Blanca newspaper La Nueva reported that the couple had choreographed Robert Duvall's film Assassination Tango [2]. The same report states that they taught a charity seminar in Bahía Blanca [2].

Teaching

In 2010 Maria la Turca and Dispari led an intensive seminar in Ibiza devoted to tango de salón in the Villa Urquiza style, announced as the second such seminar on the island [3].

In 2011 she was profiled in Tangodanza, which also reports that she taught a seminar in Bahía Blanca with Dispari [1]. This followed the charity seminar the couple had given in the same city, as reported in 2006 [2].

Related

Her principal recorded dance partner is Jorge Dispari . The two are linked with the dance culture of Villa Urquiza in Buenos Aires, including Club Sin Rumbo and the Villa Urquiza salón style they taught abroad [1][3].

References

How Tangopedia works

  1. 1.Jorge Dispari y Marita 'la Turca' - En homenaje a los grandes milongueros de antaño · soymilonguera.com
  2. 2.El tango, de la raíz al mundo · lanueva.com
  3. 3.Ibiza: 2º Seminario intensivo de tango de salón estilo Villa Urquiza · tangoenbarcelona.es
  4. 4.Tangopedia staff · tangopedia.app

How they dance

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Filmed

2006–2020

What they dance

  • Tango 83%
  • Milonga 17%

Orchestras they dance to most

Cities filmed in

  • Santiago4 videos
  • Buenos Aires3 videos

Career

Titles, partnerships and events, newest first

  1. 2011Filmed at · Tangomaratón Chile
  2. 2006First filmed with · Jorge Dispari

What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

Partnered with1

Jorge Dispari — partnered with Maria la Turca

Single source

Notes6

Starts dancing at seven, taught by her father; wins a tango contest with him at eight.1959

Single source

Begins learning from 'El Turco' José, whom she calls their most important teacher (until 2010).1979

Single source

Meets Jorge Dispari at Club Sin Rumbo in Villa Urquiza.1982

Single source

La Nueva reports the couple choreographed Robert Duvall's film Assassination Tango and teaches a charity seminar in Bahía Blanca.2006

Single source

Leads an intensive Villa Urquiza salón seminar in Ibiza with Dispari.2010

Single source

Profiled in Tangodanza; teaches a seminar in Bahía Blanca with Dispari.2011

Single source

Born1

Born on 1952

Single source

Era1

Era electronic-festival2003–2020

Single source

Partners

Danced together in TangoTube's videos · our data

Events

Where they were filmed, most first · our data

Timeline

  1. 1952Born.

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  2. 1959Starts dancing at seven, taught by her father; wins a tango contest with him at eight.

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  3. 1979Begins learning from 'El Turco' José, whom she calls their most important teacher (until 2010).

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  4. 1982Meets Jorge Dispari at Club Sin Rumbo in Villa Urquiza.

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  5. 2006La Nueva reports the couple choreographed Robert Duvall's film Assassination Tango and teaches a charity seminar in Bahía Blanca.

    source

  6. 2010Leads an intensive Villa Urquiza salón seminar in Ibiza with Dispari.

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  7. 2011Profiled in Tangodanza; teaches a seminar in Bahía Blanca with Dispari.

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Most watched videos

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Connected

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Danced at

Listen

  1. Anselmo Acuña el reseroCarlos Di Sarli · Roberto Rufino1943
  2. Tres esquinasÁngel D'Agostino · Ángel Vargas1941
  3. Sollozo de bandoneónRicardo Tanturi · Enrique Campos1943
  4. MaldonadoCarlos Di Sarli · Roberto Rufino1943
  5. Ella es asíEdgardo Donato · Horacio Lagos1938
  6. Corrientes y EsmeraldaJuan D'Arienzo · Alberto Echagüe1945
  7. MandriaJuan D'Arienzo · Alberto Echagüe1939
  8. Color cieloJuan D'Arienzo · Armando Laborde1944
  9. Silueta porteñaJuan D'Arienzo · Walter Cabral1936
  10. Cartón junaoJuan D'Arienzo · Alberto Echagüe1947
  11. Hoy al recordarlaOsvaldo Pugliese · Alberto Morán1945
  12. PasionalOsvaldo Pugliese · Alberto Morán1951

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