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Germán Ballejo

Germán Ballejo is a tango dancer who won the Tango de Pista category of the Mundial de Tango in 2017 with Magdalena Gutiérrez [2]. A dancer listing records him partnering several other dancers, including Elizaveta Tavrovskaya, with whom he performed at MetropoliTango in Sochi on 7 March 2026 [4].

2011: 12012: 22013: 42014: 42015: 82016: 212017: 332018: 382019: 312021: 22022: 282023: 232024: 102025: 222026: 2
2011’202026
performances filmed, by the year danced· our videos

2011: 1, 0; 2012: 2, 0; 2013: 4, 0; 2014: 4, 0; 2015: 8, 0; 2016: 21, 0; 2017: 33, 0; 2018: 38, 0; 2019: 31, 0; 2021: 2, 0; 2022: 28, 0; 2023: 23, 0; 2024: 10, 0; 2025: 22, 0; 2026: 2, 0

  1. 53% of Germán Ballejo’s filmed performances are from 2016–2019.

    How we know

    The shortest run of years that holds at least half of them: 123 of 229 performances in our videos, each filmed Occasion once, under the year it was danced.

  2. 199 of Germán Ballejo’s 229 filmed performances (86%) are with Magdalena Gutiérrez, 2013–2025.

    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.

Germán Ballejo is a tango dancer . His best-documented achievement is winning the Mundial de Tango in the Tango de Pista category in 2017, partnered by Magdalena Gutiérrez [2].

The dossier records a champions' exhibition by Ballejo at the milonga Porteño y Bailarín in 2017 [3]. It also records a performance with Elizaveta Tavrovskaya at MetropoliTango in Sochi on 7 March 2026 [4].

Career

In 2017 Ballejo won the Mundial de Tango, Tango de Pista, with Magdalena Gutiérrez [2]. That same year he gave a champions' exhibition at Porteño y Bailarín; the source video is titled as a performance by the 2017 world pista champions Germán Ballejo and Magdalena Gutierrez at the Porteño y Bailarín milonga [3].

On 7 March 2026 Ballejo performed with Elizaveta Tavrovskaya at MetropoliTango in Sochi [4]. The title of the source video for this performance names the music as O. Pugliese, "Pasional" [4].

Partners

A dancer listing records Ballejo as having partnered the following dancers :

  • Magdalena Gutiérrez [2]
  • Cecilia Berra
  • Irina Petrichenko
  • Graciela Gonzalez
  • Roxana Suárez
  • Melina Brufman
  • Elizaveta Tavrovskaya [4] - a partner entered as "a Gutiérrez"

The listing gives no dates or durations for these partnerships .

References

How Tangopedia works

  1. 2.Campeonato Mundial de Baile de Tango · es.wikipedia.org
  2. 3.Campeones mundiales pista 2017 Germán Ballejo, Magdalena Gutierrez, Porteño y Bailarin milonga · youtube.com
  3. 4.Germán Ballejo & Elizaveta Tavrovskaía en MetropoliTango Sochi 7.03.2026, O.Pugliese, Pasional. · youtube.com

How they dance

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Filmed

2011–2026

What they dance

  • Tango 85%
  • Milonga 8%
  • Vals 7%

Orchestras they dance to most

Cities filmed in

  • Buenos Aires37 videos
  • Geneva15 videos
  • Seoul15 videos
  • Timişoara12 videos
  • St Petersburg7 videos
  • Brussels6 videos

Career

Titles, partnerships and events, newest first

  1. 2019Filmed at · Brussels Tango Festival
  2. 2019Filmed at · Toronto Tango Experience
  3. 2019Filmed at · Southern California Tango Championship
  4. 2019Filmed at · Tango Salon Extremo
  5. 2019Filmed at · Porteño y Bailarín
  6. 2018Filmed at · BORDEAUX CITE TANGO FESTIVAL
  7. 2018Filmed at · Nora's Tango Week
  8. 2018Filmed at · Reading Tango Festival
  9. 2017Filmed at · Mundial de Baile de Tango
  10. 2017Filmed at · Tango Festival Karlsruhe
  11. 2017Filmed at · White Nights Tango
  12. 2017Title · Mundial · Tango de Pista
  13. 2016Filmed at · BORDEAUX CITE TANGO FESTIVAL
  14. 2015First filmed with · Melina Brufman
  15. 2013First filmed with · Magdalena Gutiérrez

What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

Partnered with7

Partnered with Magdalena Gutiérrez

Single source

Partnered with Cecilia Berra

Single source

Partnered with Irina Petrichenko

Single source

Partnered with Graciela Gonzalez

Single source

Partnered with Roxana Suárez

Single source

Partnered with Melina Brufman

Single source

Partnered with Elizaveta Tavrovskaya

Single source

Won2

Won Wins the Mundial de Tango, Tango de Pista, with Magdalena Gutiérrez.2017

Single source

Won Mundial de Baile de Tango (1st, Tango de Pista final 2017)2017

Single source

Notes2

Champions' exhibition at Porteño y Bailarín.2017

Single source

Performs with Elizaveta Tavrovskaya at MetropoliTango, Sochi.Mar 7, 2026

Single source

Placed in1

Placed in Mundial de Baile de Tango (3rd, Tango de Pista final 2015)2009, 2015

Supported · 2

Dance style1

Dance style salon

Single source

Era1

Era electronic-festival2011–2026

Single source

Partners

Danced together in TangoTube's videos · our data

Who danced with Germán Ballejo, year by yearWhat they dance to

Titles

Championship results

Events

Where they were filmed, most first · our data

Timeline

  1. 2017Wins the Mundial de Tango, Tango de Pista, with Magdalena Gutiérrez.

    source

  2. 2017Champions' exhibition at Porteño y Bailarín.

    source

  3. Mar 7, 2026Performs with Elizaveta Tavrovskaya at MetropoliTango, Sochi.

    source

Most watched videos

On TangoTube · our data

All their videos on TangoTube

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Listen

  1. Los mareadosOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  2. La cachilaCarlos Di SarliinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
  3. Meta fierroJuan D'ArienzoAlberto EchagüemilongaRCA Victor
  4. Pocas palabrasRicardo TanturiAlberto CastillotangoRCA Victor
  5. InspiraciónAníbal TroilotangoRCA Victor
  6. Nochero soyOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  7. Te aconsejo que me olvidesAníbal TroiloFrancisco FiorentinotangoRCA Victor
  8. Una fijaCarlos Di SarliinstrumentaltangoMusic Hall
  9. Todo corazónAstor Piazzollainstrumentaltango
  10. La mariposaOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  11. Comparsa criollaRicardo TanturiinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
  12. Recuerdos de la PampaJuan D'ArienzoAlberto EchagüevalsRCA Victor

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