Kazan for first time to host Argentine tango international festival

Between 15 and 18 October, Kazan will host a significant cultural event, Argentine tango international festival, whose participants will be world tango stars. Kazan Choreography School teacher Vera Zakamskaya, Paramartha fitness centre director Gulnara Khamzina, and others told a press conference at Tatar-inform about the event in detail.

The idea to hold the festival had come up due to a heightened interest in tango among Kazan residents, Gulnara Khamzina, festival organiser, said. People are ready to learn the dance and watch the show. Tango is poetry, love, friendship, relations between a man and a woman.

“We thought Kazan was worthy of hosting an event of this level. We could not reject the chance of making it international. Travelling here from other countries is easy. Tango festivals like this are held in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg. We called our festival Fuego De La Noche Kazan [the fire of the Kazan night]. We will receive five famous pairs with a teaching experience. We managed to invite a live orchestra. We want to draw the attention of the general public who have not yet touched on this culture,” Gulnara Khamzina shared.

No age limitations were imposed on participants, she added.

“Argentine tango is done by intellectual, educated people who have a profession. They are doctors, teachers, engineers and programmers. Age does not matter, because in tango a man holds a woman - and they dance. At a festival in Dubai I saw Muslims dancing the Argentine tango in their clothes. The dance allows to enhance the culture of communication between men and women. My main purpose is to introduce the Kazan audience to this culture and promote it.”