Tango dancers Nina Chudoba (C), 82, and Oscar Brusco, 90, compete at the Tango Salon competition at the 15th Tango Dance World Championship in Buenos Aires, on August 22, 2017. (AFP Photo)
Buenos Aires: They are in their ninth decade of life, but the rhythm of tango still thrills in the legs of Oscar and Nina.
Even their competitors at last week's tango world championship conceded that this couple danced the most authentic tango of all.
Having learned tango during its golden age in 1940s Buenos Aires, Oscar Brusco and Nina Chudoba are some of the longest-surviving proponents of the art.
"We are the essence of tango," says Brusco, still straight-backed at 90 and ready to dance.
"Our tango is something different: walking and crossing, floor tango. None of this twirling of the legs."
Chudoba, 82, is the daughter of Polish immigrants who settled in one of Buenos Aires' top tango areas, Valentin Alsina.
She is glad to see young people still dancing tango - but also nostalgic for its heyday.
"We breathed tango, we fell in love with tango and we laughed with tango," she says.
"They all dance the same nowadays. Before, each dancer had their own style."
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