Juan Carlos Copes
Argentine tango dancer, choreographer, and performer (1931-2021) · Argentina · On the map · Died at 89
Juan Carlos Copes was an Argentine tango dancer, choreographer, and performer. He started dancing with Maria Nieves when he was 17 and she 14, and the pair later married.
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Lucas Demare Directed Behind a Long Wall and Solamente ella
María Nieves Also in Behind a Long Wall (1958)
Carlos Saura Directed Tango (1998)
Susana Rinaldi Also in Funes, a Great Love and Solamente ella
Raúl de la Torre Produced Funes, a Great Love (1992)
Julio Bocca Also in Tango and Tango: Our Dance
Leo Fleider Directed Esta es mi Argentina (1974)
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Copes and Nieves played a leading role in the renaissance in Tango dancing from the 1970s and, particularly, in Argentine Tango following the 1983 restoration of democracy in that country. Copes was the first to create choreographed tango stage shows and also worked on seven films. Later in his career he partnered with his daughter, Johana, from his second marriage.
