Argentinians are not the only ones who love tango. Dancers from 32 countries traveled to Buenos Aires last week to compete in the Tango Buenos Aires Festival and Dance World Cup. Get a glimpse here of their fancy footwork!
A couple rehearses before competing at the Tango Dance World Cup 2012, salon category, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. From Aug. 14th to 28th Buenos Aires is hosting the Tango Buenos Aires Festival and Dance World Cup 2012. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Italy’s dancers Eloina Martins, left, and Paolo Nelzi, second from left, among others, wait before competing during the 2012 Tango Dance World Cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Couples dance during the opening day of the annual festival and championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia)
A couple dances during the opening day of the annual festival and championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. Hundreds of professional dancers will compete in the championship and teach many the eight basic steps of the dance in the city where it was born. (AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia)
Couples perform in front of a mirror, back, during the opening day of the annual festival and championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. The two-week long event offers more than 500 free dance lessons, concerts and recitals. (AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia)
Juan Carlos Copes, right, dances with his daughter Joanna during the opening day of the annual festival and championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia)
A couple competes during the Tango Dance World Cup 2012, salon category, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Participants wait backstage before competing during the 2012 Tango Dance World Cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A dancer is helped to dress backstage before competing during the 2012 Tango Dance World Cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
