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Maximiliano Cristiani

Maximiliano Cristiani is a tango dancer who won the Tango de Pista category of the Mundial de Tango at Luna Park in 2013 [3]. He placed fifth at the Mundial de Tango in 2009 with Belén Bartolomé [2] and has been recorded dancing with many partners, among them Jesica Arfenoni and Josefina Stellato [4][5].

Maximiliano Cristiani is a tango dancer . He has been documented dancing with a large number of partners .

His competition record includes fifth place at the Mundial de Tango in 2009 with Belén Bartolomé [2]. He later won the Mundial de Tango in the Tango de Pista category at Luna Park in 2013 [3].

In the 2020s he performed at festivals and milongas, including an appearance with Jesica Arfenoni at the Windy City Tango Festival in 2025 [4] and a performance with Josefina Stellato in 2026 [5].

Competition career

In 2009 Cristiani placed fifth at the Mundial de Tango with Belén Bartolomé [2]. This result is recorded in the title of a video of their performance, which describes them as fifth place in the Campeonato Mundial de Tango 2009 [2]. The source does not state the competition category [2].

On 26 August 2013 Cristiani won the Mundial de Tango in the Tango de Pista category, held at Luna Park [3]. His winning margin was seven hundredths of a point over Jimena Hoeffner and Fernando Carrasco [3]. The cited source, as summarized in the dossier, does not name his partner for the 2013 title [3].

Performances

In 2025 Cristiani performed with Jesica Arfenoni at the Windy City Tango Festival [4]. A recording of the pair dancing to "Remolino" at that festival is listed as the fourteenth of fifteen videos from the event [4].

In 2026 he was recorded performing with Josefina Stellato [5]. The recording shows the couple dancing to "Recièn", credited to Ricardo Tanturi [5].

Partners

Cristiani has been documented dancing with the following partners :

  • Jesica Arfenoni [4]
  • Juliana Maggioli
  • Virginia Pandolfi
  • Francesca Del Buono
  • Fatima Vitale
  • Antonella Terrazas
  • Karina Colmeiro
  • Mayumi Fujio
  • Anabela Brogioli
  • Ayse Gencalp
  • Lucía Conde de Ben
  • Maricel Giacomini
  • Josefina Stellato [5]
  • Evgeniia Samoilova
  • Alessandra Moro
  • Eva Youn
  • Belen Bartolome Mercado

The partner listed as Belen Bartolome Mercado appears as Belén Bartolomé in the title of the video of the 2009 Mundial result [2]. The sources do not explicitly state that the two names refer to the same person [2].

References

How Tangopedia works

  1. 2.DARCOS TANGO-5 puesto Campeonato Mundial de Tango 2009: Maximiliano Cristiani & Belen Bartolomé · youtube.com
  2. 3.Campeonato Mundial de Baile de Tango · es.wikipedia.org
  3. 4.Jesica Arfenoni & Maximiliano Cristiani tango to "Remolino" @ Windy City Tango Festival 2025 (14/15) · youtube.com
  4. 5.Recièn (Ricardo Tanturi) Maximiliano Cristiani & Josefina Stellato 2026 · youtube.com

How they dance

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Filmed

2007–2026

What they dance

  • Tango 69%
  • Vals 17%
  • Milonga 14%

Orchestras they dance to most

Cities filmed in

  • Buenos Aires32 videos
  • Chicago10 videos
  • Palma4 videos
  • Istanbul3 videos
  • Karlsruhe2 videos
  • Łódź2 videos

Career

Titles, partnerships and events, newest first

  1. 2025Filmed at · Windy City Tango Festival
  2. 2025First filmed with · Evgeniia Samoilova
  3. 2025First filmed with · Josefina Stellato
  4. 2023Filmed at · Windy City Tango Festival
  5. 2023First filmed with · Ayse Gencalp
  6. 2021First filmed with · Antonella Terrazas
  7. 2020Filmed at · Viva La Pepa
  8. 2019Filmed at · Istanbul-Express
  9. 2019Filmed at · Preliminar Tango Brasil
  10. 2019First filmed with · Lucía Conde de Ben
  11. 2019First filmed with · Francesca Del Buono
  12. 2018Filmed at · Viva La Pepa
  13. 2017Filmed at · Mallorca Tango Festival
  14. 2015Filmed at · Lodz Tango Salon Festival 2015
  15. 2015First filmed with · Karina Colmeiro
  16. 2014Filmed at · Milonga La Baldosa
  17. 2013Filmed at · Mundial de Baile de Tango
  18. 2013Filmed at · Tango Festival Karlsruhe
  19. 2013First filmed with · Jesica Arfenoni
  20. 2013First filmed with · Juliana Maggioli
  21. 2013Title · Mundial · Tango de Pista
  22. 2012First filmed with · Fatima Vitale
  23. 2012First filmed with · Virginia Pandolfi
  24. 2010Filmed at · Mundial de Baile de Tango
  25. 2009First filmed with · Belen Bartolome Mercado

What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

Partnered with17

Partnered with Jesica Arfenoni

Single source

Partnered with Juliana Maggioli

Single source

Partnered with Virginia Pandolfi

Single source

Partnered with Francesca Del Buono

Single source

Partnered with Fatima Vitale

Single source

Partnered with Antonella Terrazas

Single source

Partnered with Karina Colmeiro

Single source

Partnered with Mayumi Fujio

Single source

Partnered with Anabela Brogioli

Single source

Partnered with Ayse Gencalp

Single source

Partnered with Lucía Conde de Ben

Single source

Partnered with Maricel Giacomini

Single source

Partnered with Josefina Stellato

Single source

Partnered with Evgeniia Samoilova

Single source

Partnered with Alessandra Moro

Single source

Partnered with Eva Youn

Single source

Partnered with Belen Bartolome Mercado

Single source

Won3

Won Fifth place at the Mundial de Tango with Belén Bartolomé (per video title).2009

Single source

Won Wins the Mundial de Tango, Tango de Pista, at Luna Park, by seven hundredths of a point over Jimena Hoeffner and Fernando Carrasco.Aug 26, 2013

Single source

Won Mundial de Baile de Tango (1st, Tango de Pista final 2013)2013

Single source

Notes2

Performs with Arfenoni at Windy City Tango Festival 2025.2025

Single source

Performing with Josefina Stellato.2026

Single source

Placed in1

Placed in Mundial de Baile de Tango (2nd, Tango de Salón final 2012)2006–2012

Supported · 4

Era1

Era electronic-festival2007–2026

Single source

Dance style2

Dance style salon

Single source

Dance style escenario

Single source

Partners

Danced together in TangoTube's videos · our data

Titles

Championship results

Events

Where they were filmed, most first · our data

Timeline

  1. 2009Fifth place at the Mundial de Tango with Belén Bartolomé (per video title).

    source

  2. Aug 26, 2013Wins the Mundial de Tango, Tango de Pista, at Luna Park, by seven hundredths of a point over Jimena Hoeffner and Fernando Carrasco.

    source

  3. 2025Performs with Arfenoni at Windy City Tango Festival 2025.

    source

  4. 2026Performing with Josefina Stellato.

    source

Most watched videos

On TangoTube · our data

All their videos on TangoTube

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Listen

  1. Rie payasoJuan D'Arienzo · Carlos Casares1940
  2. Flores del almaAlfredo De Angelis · Carlos Dante, Julio Martel1947
  3. Mi dolorTango Bardo2017
  4. La serenataRicardo Tanturi · Alberto Castillo1941
  5. Pobre florAlfredo De Angelis · Carlos Dante, Julio Martel1946
  6. Tu boca mintióJuan D'Arienzo · Roberto Lemos1951
  7. Solamente ellaLucio Demare · Horacio Quintana1944
  8. Por la huellaRodolfo Biagi · Carlos Saavedra1948
  9. Estampa de varónJuan D'Arienzo · Alberto Echagüe1938
  10. Tu vieja ventanaRicardo Tanturi · Enrique Campos, Roberto Videla1945
  11. Milonga del recuerdoJuan D'Arienzo · Alberto Echagüe1939
  12. Mi vida en tus manosRodolfo Biagi · Hugo Duval1957

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