Gloria and Eduardo – “Ciudadanos Ilustres (Distinguished Citizens) of Buenos Aires City” 

Dancers and choreographers Gloria and Eduardo Arquimbau, were declared “Ciudadanos Ilustres (Distinguished Citizens of Buenos Aires City” for their long and successful carreer and for their contribution to the Argentine Dance, 11th December 2006.

In 1960 Gloria and Eduardo Arquimbau debuted at the Teatro Opera with Francisco Canaro’s Orchestra and were pioneers in dancing tango on TV ( Alejandro Romay’s programme).
Their absolute consecration as dancers and choreographers was in 1983 with the show “Tango Argentino” which gave our dance international prestige and popularity and started the second age of splendor for the dance in Argentina.
With this show  they toured France, Italy, England, the U.S.A., Canada and other countries. In 1988 they went to Japan as choreographers for Mariano Mores’ show in Tokyo.
In 1992 Mr. Daisaku Ikeda - founder of Min-On-Arts Award – invested them with decorations at the International Sokka Gakkai (Tokyo) for their contribution to people’s understanding through the art and culture.In that ocassion, Mr. Ikeda said:”Your Tango is the dance of the greatest sovereign”.
They won the prize for the 1994 best performance awarded by the Circle of Critics of San Francisco Bay, for the show Forever Tango, as dancers and choreographers.
They also delivered academic lectures at the most important Universities all over the world about the history of tango-dance, tango culture and about the dance itself.
At present, they are Honorary Members of the Tango National Academy.