Val Cenis Tango Festival
Vibrate to the rhythm of Argentine tango at Val Cenis
The Val Cenis Tango Festival is a tribute to Val Cenis ' distant Latin American "cousins" through the music and dance of these countries.
The Tango Festival celebrates the intimate, family and historical ties between Val Cenis and Latin America. Every summer, we welcome renowned maestros, orchestras and DJs to give this event an international dimension.
Cours de danse, apéro-tango, spectacles, milongas avec le moment phare de la semaine que les habitués attendent avec envie : la “Milonga de las Nubes” – Milonga des nuages – au col du Mont-Cenis à 2 100 m d’altitude.
Come and vibrate to the rhythm of Argentine tango at Val Cenis
Tickets
Passes
The ALL-ACCESS PASS
Le Pass comprend : l’accès en duo à l’ensemble des milongas ainsi que l’accès aux cours (collectifs, techniques), le spectacle et les apéro-tango.
⚠ Le Pass ne comprend pas l’accès aux cours de musicalité.
The Simplified DUO Pass
Le Pass comprend : l’accès en duo à l’ensemble des milongas, le spectacle et les apéro-tango.
⚠ Le Pass ne comprend pas : l’accès aux cours (collectifs, techniques et de musicalités).
The Simplified SOLO Pass
Le Pass comprend : l’accès en SOLO à l’ensemble des milongas, le spectacle et les apéro-tango.
⚠ Le Pass SOLO ne comprend pas : l’accès aux cours (collectifs, techniques et de musicalités).
Full Duo Pass
Wednesday, August 19–Saturday, August 22, 2026Simplified Duo PASS
Wednesday, August 19–Saturday, August 22, 2026Simplified Solo PASS
Wednesday, August 19–Saturday, August 22, 2026Las Nubes Milonga
Wednesday, August 19, 2026Evening Milonga – DJ ROFFINO Marion
Wednesday, August 19, 2026Auditorium Show – A Touch of Tango
Thursday, August 20, 2026Coming up…
Tuesday, August 18
From 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
► Hotel Saint-Charles in Val Cenis
• Introduction to Tango with Chloé Faure
🛈 Free admission for everyone.
Wednesday, August 19
From 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
► Val Cenis Tourist Office
• Ticket office opens and festival passes are available for pickup
From 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
► Franco-Italian House at the Col du Mont Cenis
• Milonga de Las Nubes with DJ PIA Paola
If the weather is bad, the Milonga will be moved to the Val Cenis community hall.
🛈 Included in festival passes / Online ticketing.
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From 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
► Val Cenis Community Hall
• Milonga with DJ ROFFINO Marion
Doors open at 8:30 p.m., milonga starts at 9:00 p.m.
🛈 Included in festival passes / Online ticketing subject to availability.
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Thursday, August 20
From 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
► Val Cenis Community Hall
• Group class with Audrey Anselmi and Patrice Barthès
🛈 Not included in the simplified festival passes / Tickets available at the Val Cenis Tourist Office reception desk, subject to availability.
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From 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
► Val Cenis Community Hall
• Music Theory Class with Carole DOMEIGNOZ
Carole Domeignoz: Tango instructor, tango therapy, music therapy, and musicality in tango.
🛈 Not included in festival passes / Registration available only directly through Carole Domeignoz at 06 07 41 89 78 – caroledomeignoz@gmail.com
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From 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
► Place de la Vanoise in Val Cenis
• Apéro Tango with DJ ROFFINO Marion
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at 5:00 p.m.
► Hotel Saint Charles Restaurant and Spa****
• Tango demonstration by maestros Audrey ANSELMI and Patrice BARTHÈS
🛈 Free admission for everyone.
From 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
► Val Cenis Community Hall
• Introduction to Tango with Chloé Faure
🛈 Free admission for everyone.
From 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
►Laurent Gerra Auditorium, Val Cenis
• "A Fleur de Tango" show
Doors open at 7:30 p.m., show starts at 8:00 p.m.
🛈 Included with festival passes / Tickets available at the door while supplies last.
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From 9:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
► Val Cenis Community Hall
• Milonga with DJ Perrine Reinisch
Doors open at 8:30 p.m., milonga starts at 9:00 p.m.
🛈 Included in festival passes / Online ticketing subject to availability.
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Friday, August 21
From 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
► Val Cenis Community Hall
• Group class with Audrey Anselmi and Patrice Barthès
🛈 Not included in the simplified festival passes / Tickets available at the Val Cenis Tourist Office reception desk, subject to availability.
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From 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
► Val Cenis Community Hall
• Technical classes for followers and technical classes for leaders with Audrey Anselmi and Patrice Barthès
🛈 Not included in the simplified festival passes / Tickets available at the Val Cenis Tourist Office reception desk, subject to availability.
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From 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
► Rue du Mont Cenis Lanslebourg
• Concert de rue – Los Burritos Santos
From 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
► Place de la Vanoise in Val Cenis
• Apéro Tango with DJ BRUNO Giorgio
From 9:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
► Val Cenis Community Hall
• Milonga with DJ PIA Paola
Doors open at 8:30 p.m., milonga starts at 9:00 p.m.
🛈 Included in festival passes / Online ticketing subject to availability.
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Saturday, August 22
From 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
► Franco-Italian House at the Col du Mont Cenis
• Charity Milonga with DJ BRUNO Giorgio
From 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
► Auditorium Laurent Gerra Val Cenis Lanslebourg
• Music Theory Class with Carole DOMEIGNOZ
Carole Domeignoz: Tango instructor, tango therapy, music therapy, and musicality in tango.
🛈 Not included in festival passes / Registration available only directly through Carole Domeignoz at 06 07 41 89 78 – caroledomeignoz@gmail.com
Learn more
From 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
► Place de la Vanoise in Val Cenis
• Apéro Tango with DJ PIA Paola
at 5:00 p.m.
► Hotel Saint Charles Restaurant and Spa****
• Tango demonstration by maestros Audrey ANSELMI and Patrice BARTHÈS
🛈 Free admission for everyone.
From 9:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m.
► Val Cenis Community Hall
• Live milonga with the Tango Spleen orchestra, followed by DJ Padem
Thème de la soirée : Les années folles. Pensez à ramener vos plus beaux costumes ! Ouverture des portes à 20h30, début de la milonga à 21h00.
🛈 Inclus dans les pass festival / Billetterie en ligne dans la limite des places disponibles.
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The artists
The Maestros
ANSELMI, Audrey, and BARTHÈS, Patrice
In 2017, Audrey Anselmi and Patrice Barthès met on the dance floor at a milonga, a tango dance.
Both have extensive training and professional backgrounds. They worked as choreographers and performers in contemporary dance before becoming what they are today: masters of Argentine tango.
They decided to form A&B Tango, a dance duo that serves as the foundation for a choreographic company based in Montpellier. Tango brings a fresh perspective to the work of both artists. They use this choreographic vocabulary to create resolutely contemporary pieces. They possess a highly refined tango technique, which they apply to the projects they choreograph, often collaborating with musicians to highlight this deeply symbiotic relationship with music. They frequently present works in the form of dance performances in public spaces. They have also worked with major orchestras, accompanying the Fiesta Latina tour of master accordionist Pascal Contet.
They explore the various facets of Argentine tango, from the most spectacular to the most intimate, and from the most traditional to the most contemporary.
DJs
DJ REINISCH Perrine
Avec son énergie pétillante, Perrine musicalise dans un style traditionnel. Elle est attentionnée aux besoins des danseurs et danseuses, et au service de la ronda. Par ailleurs, elle affectionne également de choisir ses cortinas comme des clins d’œil à nos histoires, des mises en valeur de ses tandas soignées.
DJ PIA Paola
Paola Pia danse le tango depuis 25 ans. Elle est DJ de tango depuis 2001 et intervient dans les meilleures milongas de Turin et autres villes italiennes. Elle est souvent invitée à des évènements, festivals, encuentros et marathons dans toute l’Europe. Elle aime proposer une sélection musicale très variée, allant des années 1930 aux années 1960 avec en complément des orchestres contemporains.
DJ Padem
Patrick's aim is to ensure that his musical choices, offered live, enhance the pleasure of each individual tenfold and leave the memory of a beautiful milonga. He likes to take couples on gentle or rhythmic musical waves, drawing mainly from the 30s to the 60s and including a few contemporary orchestras. Whether the tangos he chooses are instrumental or sung, he is very attached to tradition. A DJ for 12 years, he hosts festivals, encuentros and marathons in France, Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Latvia and Uruguay.
BRUNO Giorgio Tdj
In 2006, Giorgio took up Argentine tango and began studying its culture, traditions and dance. While dancing, Giorgio developed a passion for music, in particular that of the orchestras of the "greats": Biagi, Calò, Canaro, D'Agostino, D'Arienzo, De Angelis, De Caro, Demare, Di Sarli, Donato, Fresedo, Lomuto, Pugliese, Tanturi, Troilo. Giorgio has taken part in in-depth musical workshops with DJs Marcelo Rojas, Damian Boggio, Daniel Pereyra, Punto y Branca.
The show
A Touch of Tango
A 60-minute show that immerses you in the sensory intensity of tango, where every note and every movement stirs an emotion. A journey where thrills, laughter, and poetry intertwine, creating an unforgettable experience.
The challenge: to breathe new life into the art of tango without betraying its essence. A challenge met through a repertoire firmly rooted in Latin American culture, yet open to contemporary music and even French chanson, as well as choreography with a contemporary aesthetic.
Why a tango festival at Val Cenis ?
A festival born of exile, family ties... and reunion
The Val Cenis Tango Festival pays homage to the deep-rooted ties between Val Cenis and Latin America. In the 19th century, the opening of the Modane rail tunnel diverted passenger traffic away from the Mont Cenis pass, until then a strategic route between France and Italy. This economic change prompted many families from Lanslebourg (one of the Val Cenis villages) to emigrate to Argentina and Uruguay, in search of new opportunities.
A century and a half later, the descendants of these emigrants reconnected with their homeland during a grand reunion organized on both sides of the Atlantic. From this moving story of migration and cultural transmission, the Val Cenis Tango Festival was born.
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Thanks to our partner,the Hôtel Saint Charles Restaurant & Spa**** in Val Cenis a 25% discount on your stay fromAugust 17 to 23.
To take advantage of this offer, enter the promo code: TANGO1
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