On Thursday 7th July 2011, the provocative theater company Stan’s Cafe will be arriving at Palais de Glace in Buenos Aires with 10 tons of rice to present "Of All The People In All The World" for the first time in Latin America. Over the course of ten days three members of the company, dressed in smart caretaker uniforms, will carefully measure out the rice into labelled piles, representing over two hundred provocative statistics.

Of All The People In All The World uses grains of rice to bring abstract statistics to life. Each grain of rice = one person, and you are invited to compare the one grain that is you to the millions that are not. Over a period of days a team of performers carefully weigh out quantities of rice to represent a host of human statistics

- the populations of towns and cities
- the number of doctors, the number of soldiers
- the number of people born each day, the number who die
- all the people who have walked on the moon
- deaths in the holocaust

The statistics are arranged in labelled piles creating an ever changing landscape of rice. The show adapts to its setting: the country, city and building it is in. The exhibition isn’t like a museum or an art gallery, it changes over time and responds to its audience.

The amount of rice used varies according to which version is performed, Of All The People In All The World: UK is a standard small version using 1,000Kg of rice to represent 60,000,000 people. Of All The People In All The World: Europe at 12,000Kg is an example of a medium size version. So far there has been a single presentation of Of All The People In All The World in which the whole world's population was represented by 104 tons of rice in Stuttgart.

The promoter of the show in Buenos Aires, Arroz Gallo, will donate the same amount of rice that will be used for the exhibition (equivalent to 100,000 portions of rice) to the foundation Banco de Alimentos, that will distribute them among 489 charities, including foster homes, schools, and other community centers.

Stan’s Cafe is a theatre company based in Birmingham whose witty and provocative work has been cropping up in unusual settings since 1991.

Location: Palais de Glace: Posadas 1725, Recoleta
Dates: July 7th - 17th, 2011
Opening times:
Tuesday to Friday, 12pm to 8pm
Saturday and Sunday: 10am to 8pm
Free entrance

The great Argentine dancer Iñaki Urlezaga, together with his company Ballet Concierto, presents a series of free admission performances at Teatro Nacional Cervantes.

On June 29th and July 6th, 2011, at 9:00 pm, Iñaki and his Ballet will be joined by Orquesta Nacional de Musica Argentina Juan de Dios Filiberto, conducted by Maestro Oscar D'Elia, to present the special show "Tango".
Tango opened at the World Expo Shanghai 2010 where Iñaki Urlezaga was invited as a cultural representative of Argentina.
The same show has been presented in Mexico, at the National Auditorium to more than 8,000 people, and at the Tribeca Theatre in New York, acclaimed with a standing ovation.
Tango is a show created as part of the Bicentennial of Argentina exclusively for Iñaki Urlezaga, with music by Astor Piazzolla and Gustavo Santaolalla (winner of two Oscar Awards).

On July 20th and July 27th, also at 9:00 pm, accompanied by the National Folkloric Ballet (Ballet Folclorico Nacional) Iñaki Urlezaga presents his great interpretation of Carmina Burana.

Teatro Nacional Cervantes: Av. Cordoba & Libertad
Free tickets must be picked up one hour before each performance.

During the month of August 2011 and for the first time on stage in the city of Buenos Aires, the top figures from the American Ballet Theatre, Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Paris National Opera, New York City Ballet, Bejart Ballet Loussane, Staatts Ballet Berlin, the National Contemporary Dance Company and Ballet of Teatro Colon will gather on stage at the Teatro Coliseo of Buenos Aires.
This First International Ballet Gala will feature some of the best dancers of classical, neoclassical and contemporary ballet from the most prominent and prestigious companies in the world: Mathilde Froustey and Mathias Heymann - who at age 22 (2009) reached the rank of "danseur etoile", the highest title of the Ballet of the Opera National de Paris; Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev, principal dancers of the legendary Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow; Daniil Simkin and Joseph Phillips of the American Ballet Theatre (ABT); Ana Sophia Scheller, only Argentine member of the New York City Ballet (NYCB); Yana Salenko, prima ballerina of Staatts Berlin Ballet; Pablo Fermani, outstanding talent, member of the National Contemporary Dance Company of Argentina (CNDC); Kateryna Shalkina and Oscar Chacon, Loussane Béjart Ballet soloists; and the couple of dancers from the Ballet del Teatro Colón, Natalia Pelayo and Federico Fernandez.
The program will include four choreographic premieres in Argentina, two from the French genius Maurice Béjart and two from Ben van Cauwenbergh and Jose Martinez, respectively; two neo-classical choreographies by George Balanchine, and a selection of classics like "Le Corsaire", "Don Quixote" "Flames of Paris", "Sleeping Beauty" and "La Esmeralda", among others. 

Dates: August 11 and 12, 2011

Location: Teatro Coliseo de Buenos Aires, Marcelo T. de Alvear 1125

Tickets on sale at the theater or through www.ticketek.com.ar

The fixture of football (soccer) matches in Buenos Aires for the Copa America 2011, the most important football event in Latin America, has been announced.
Copa América is the oldest competition of soccer teams in the world. This year the tournament will take place in different cities in Argentina from July 1st to July 24th, 2011, with the presence of twelve teams, seven of which were in the 2010 World Cup's last eight: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Mexico, and Japan. The competition is equivalent to the UEFA European Football Championship, and is disputed in the same ways as the World Cup. Japan and Mexico are the only two non-South American teams invited to take part in this tournament as invitees. 

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IMPORTANT NOTICE: 

May 17th, 2011: Japan has announced that its team will not be able to participate in the Copa America 2011.
According to the official website of Copa America 2011: "The Costa Rica Federation accepted on Tuesday an invitation from the Conmebol for national team join the Copa America to be held in July, in Argentina. Costa Rica will replace Japan, who was forced to renounce the Copa America because of the problems faced by the Japan Football Association (AJF) arising from the tsunami that devastated the north of the country in last March."

Schedule Copa America, July 2011

Friday 1: Argentina vs Bolivia (La Plata)
Saturday 2: Colombia vs Costa Rica (Jujuy)
Sunday 3: Brazil vs Venezuela (La Plata)
Sunday 3: Paraguay vs Ecuador (Santa Fe)
Monday 4: Chile vs Mexico (San Juan)
Monday 4: Uruguay vs Peru (San Juan)
Wednesday 6: Argentina vs Colombia (Santa Fe)
Thursday 7: Bolivia vs Costa Rica (Jujuy)
Friday 8: Peru vs Mexico (Mendoza)
Friday 8: Uruguay vs Chile (Mendoza)
Saturday 9: Brazil vs Paraguay (Cordoba)
Saturday 9: Venezuela vs Ecuador (Salta)
Sunday 10: Colombia vs Bolivia (Santa Fe)
Monday 11: Argentina vs Costa Rica (Cordoba)
Tuesday 12: Chile vs Peru (Mendoza)
Tuesday 12: Uruguay vs Mexico (La Plata)
Wednesday 13: Brazil vs Ecuador (Cordoba)
Wednesday 13: Paraguay vs Venezuela (Salta)
Saturday 16: Quarterfinals: Colombia vs Peru (Cordoba)
Saturday 16: Quarterfinals: Argentina vs Uruguay (Santa Fe)
Sunday 17: Quarterfinals: Brazil vs Paraguay (La Plata)
Sunday 17: Quarterfinals: Chile vs Venezuela (San Juan)
Tuesday 19: Semifinal: Peru vs Uruguay (La Plata)
Wednesday 20: Semifinal: Paraguay vs Venezuela (Mendoza)
Saturday 23: 3rd Place: Venezuela vs Peru (La Plata)
Sunday 24: Final: URUGUAY vs PARAGUAY (Buenos Aires)

The 26 matches of the Copa America will be transmitted live on a giant screen located at Plaza San Martin (Av. Santa Fe and Maipu) for the public to watch all the matches for free.