Aurelio Raul Filippini

September 9, 1928 –

 

 If elegance applies to tango, Lito and Lidia Filippini are the couple who set the standard. I first saw them dancing every Saturday night in Club Bailable Juvenil eight years ago. In July 2000, they were celebrating their anniversary and permitted me to film them dancing an exhibition.

They are the 2004 champions of the Campeonato Metropolitano de Tango de Salon and danced in the finals of the Campeonato Mundial de Baile de Tango the same year, but the top prize was given to the couple who placed second in the Campeonato Metropolitano. Lito and Lidia (Lidia Delia Nasra) were robbed of the world title that should have been theirs.  See their exquisite dancing in this video.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tags: Campeonato Metropolitano de Tango Salon, Club Juvenil, milonguera