The third edition of bafim, Buenos Aires International Music Fair (Feria Internacional de la Música), will offer musicians, singers, professionals, entrepreneurs, suppliers, trading companies, press, staff from the industry and visitors in general, a space where they can find stands, attend conferences, workshops, clinics, meetings, and debates, related to the national and international music industry.

bafim will be organized into two areas:

Activities for the general public: over 50 live shows by Argentine and foreign artists in 4 different stages; exhibitions; a shopping promenade offering products related to music at promotional prices; conferences covering a wide range of topics related to music in Buenos Aires and worldwide; exclusive events for children and music educational activities.

Activities for music industry professionals: Music Net is an international business area aimed at specialized visitors. It comprises an “international business space” with a very comfortable working area aimed at all professionals looking forward to arrange business meetings. This sector provides amenities like lounges, PCs with internet access, bars, material watching and listening equipment. Also, those accredited to Music Net will be able to attend previously arranged meetings with some of the most relevant music industry people from around the globe, such as managers, festival organizers, promoters and producers. In addition, in this room there will be talks, conferences, workshops and clinics exclusively targeted to the industry professionals.

Dates: September 4th to September 7th, 2008
Opening hours: Thursday and Sunday, 3 PM to 10 PM. Friday and Saturday, 3 PM to 12 AM.
Location: Centro Municipal de Exposiciones. Figueroa Alcorta Ave. and Pueyrredón Ave., next to Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (Law School)
bafim, Buenos Aires Feria Internacional de la Música official website.

Teatro Colón presents the great Argentine first dancer of the American Ballet Theater, Paloma Herrera, in a Ballet Gala, accompanied by Guillaume Côté, First dancer of the Canada Ballet and invited artist of the American Ballet Theater, the Ballet of the Teatro Colón, and the National Symphonic Orchestra, in three exclusice performances at Luna Park Stadium, on August 29th, 30th and 31st, 2008.

PROGRAM

RAYMONDA
Grand Pas of Act III
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music: Alexander Glazunov
Raymonda: PALOMA HERRERA
Jean de Brienne: GUILLAUME CÔTÉ
Invited first dancers, Soloists and Ballet of Teatro Colon.
National Symphonic Orchestra

A LOS AMIGOS, from “Aire de Tango”
Choreography: Ana María Stekelman
Music: Francini, Pontier and Orchestra
Soloists and Ballet of Teatro Colon

Pas de Deux VERANO PORTEÑO from “Las Cuatro Estaciones”
Choreography: Mauricio Wainrot
Music: Astor Piazzolla
PALOMA HERRERA and Soloist from the Ballet of Teatro Colon

PAQUITA
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music: León Minkus
PALOMA HERRERA, GUILLAUME CÔTÉ, Invited First Dancers, and Soloists and Ballet of the Teatro Colon
National Symphonic Orchestra

Dates: Friday 29th, Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st, August 2008
Location: Luna Park Stadium. Corrientes & Bouchard
More information: www.palomaherrera.com

Celebrating 100 years of Okinawan Immigration in Argentina, the Okinawan Center in Argentina and the City of Buenos Aires will offer a series of cultural activities on Saturday, August 30th, 2008.
The show will take place in Avenida de Mayo, between Bolívar and Bernardo de Irigoyen, from 2 PM to 4 PM, with a parade of dance, music, and Okinawan martial arts groups, a tango show, and over 1300 participants. A delegation of nearly 1000 people will arrive from Okinawa and different parts of the world to take part in the celebration.
According to the organizers, the idea is to share this celebration between sister cities, show the legacy of Okinawan ancestors, enjoy tango as an element of the identity of the culture in Buenos Aires, and the diversity of its communities.
For the opening of the ceremony, the groups of traditional dances and drums will play “Kagiyadefu”, a typical song that opens every celebration in Okinawa; afterwards, the "Shishi" will be presented (the Sacred Lion protector of the Island).
The parade will start at the intersection of Avenida de Mayo and Bolivar, with the participation of Taiko Eisa performers (dance with drums typical of the island of Okinawa), who will offer their demonstration at different stops; traditional Japanese drums; karate schools and the group Ryukyu Buyo (traditional dances); the group Miruku Yagafu (in honor to the propsperity god Miruku); and students from Argentine-Japanese Private Institute (Nichia Gakuin) will hold the altar, following the tradition of Japanese festivities. There will also be delegations from Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, United States, Hawaii, and Japan. At the end of the parede, facing the City's Government Building, all the groups will perform together the traditional dance “Kachashi”.
The event will be closed with a tango show offered by Carla Algieri's Quintet, along with dancers Malvina and Sebastián, that will pay homage to two great Argentine tango artists: Darienso and Pugliese.

The 10th edition of Buenos Aires Festival de Tango will take place from August 15th to August 24th, 2008, with over 100 free shows and concerts.
The traditional Harrods Hall (Florida 877) will open its doors to host a daily program, from 12 to 9 pm, with tango shows, lessons and seminars, conferences, collector's meetings, exhibitions, and film screenings.
Most of the concerts in the festival will take place at Teatro Avenida (Av. de Mayo 1212), Teatro Ift (Boulogne Sur Mer 549), Centro Cultural Recoleta (Junín 1930), and Academia Nacional del Tango (Av. De Mayo 833).
Other venues around Buenos Aires where different concerts and activities will take place are: Centro Cultural Torquato Tasso (Defensa 1575), Centro Cultural Resurgimiento (Artigas 2262), Centro Cultural Julian Centeya (Av. San Juan 3255), Centro Cultural del Sur (Av. Caseros 1750), Niceto Club (Niceto Vega 5510), Escuela Orlando Goñi (Independencia 584), Casa del Tango (Guardia Vieja 4049) and the notable bars of the city like Esquina Homero Manzi (Av. San Juan 3601), Las Violetas (Av. Rivadavia 3899), Café de García (Sanabria 3302), 36 Billares (Av. De Mayo 1265), Confitería Hotel Castelar (Av. De Mayo 1148).
Tickets for the free concerts must be picked up in advance at Casa de la Cultura, Avenida de Mayo 575, from 11 am to 6 pm.
The inauguration of Buenos Aires 10º Festival de Tango will be on Friday, August 15th, 2008, 9 pm, at Teatro Avenida (Av. de Mayo 1212), with a concert by Master Leopoldo Federico. On Sunday, August 24th, 9pm, Ruben Juarez will be closing the festival in the same stage.
More information: Buenos Aires 10º Festival de Tango official website.

The 6th Tango Dance World Championship (6to Mundial de Baile de Tango) will take place from August 24th to September 1st, 2008, and will be organized into 3 phases: Classifying, Semifinal, and Final, and divided into two categories: Tango Salon, in which the social dancing prevails, and Tango Escenario, with a more choreographic approach.
This year more than 400 couples from Argentina and abroad will be participating, at the Obras Sanitarias Stadium and Luna Park Stadium.
On Sunday 24th, at Harrods, a show by Mora Godoy, followed by the World Championship's Opening Milonga, will welcome the local and regional champions, as well as the champions from 2007 Dance Championship.
From August 25th, at Obras Stadium, the classifying rounds and semifanals of Tango Salon and Tango Escenario. On Saturday, August 30th, 8 pm, also at Obras, the great Final of Tango Salon will take place, with the presence of Atilio Stampone's orchestra along with Adriana Varela and dancers Gloria y Eduardo.
The great Final of Tango Escenario will be on September 1st at Luna Park Stadium, whith Mariano Mores' Orchestra, and dancer Miguel Angel Zotto, with the coronation of the winning couple of the category .
Throughout the World Championship, the public will be able to enjoy "milongas", exhibitions, free thematic classes, and work in progress by the most prestigious dance companies.
More information: 6to Mundial de Baile de Tango official website.