Tango Festival

Pablo and Sofia

Through many years of teaching and demonstrating in Argentina, Europe and often the rest of the world, Pablo and Sofia have established themselves as benchmarks in the world of Argentine tango. Adopted Europeans and maestros at home (wherever that may be), their journey back and forth between Argentina and Europe and their expert view of the tango movement in general are invaluable. Fine teachers, dancer-performers, choreographers, actors, etc... two complete artists who joined forces in 2013 to form today one of the most fashionable couples in Argentine tango.

Pablo Inza (Arg) is currently a reference in the tango world thanks to his synthesis of traditional and contemporary styles. Renowned for his creativity, he is constantly seeking to push back the boundaries of tango. His great capacity for analysis and the relationship he establishes between movement and music make him an excellent teacher. At once simple and complex, he builds his dance from a very fine connection. A frequent guest at major European and North American festivals, Pablo has been touring the world as a tango choreographer, dancer and teacher since 1999.

Sofia Saborido (Arg.) is a delicate and intense dancer, a jewel of the new generation of dancers. With a great quality of movement and musical richness, she builds dance from a refined and sensitive connection. Highly appreciated for her pedagogy, she has been teaching throughout Europe since 2006 at tango workshops, seminars and festivals, as well as in the USA, Asia, Russia and Oceania.

Patrick Demars

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.

Angelo

Angelo Mercurio was born in Naples in 1969 and now lives in Melegnano, a charming village on the southern outskirts of Milan.
His evenings are very rhythmic, gentle, never banal, never repetitive, never predictable, you immediately notice that there's a continuous dialogue between him and the dancers, an invisible thread that unites everything and everyone with great energy, constantly listening to each other. He has performed in many Italian and European cities, starting in 2012, including Milan, Naples, Parma, Reggio Emilia, Pescara, Rome, Verona, Vicenza, Genoa, Caserta, Salerno, Benevento, Padua, Trento, Bolzano, Bari, Treviso, Turin, Orvieto, Seville, Munich, Porto, Madrid, and many more I can't remember... happy and excited to be with YOU for the first time 😃

Paola

Paola Pia has been dancing tango for 25 years. A tango DJ since 2001, she performs at the best milongas in Turin and other Italian cities. She is often invited to events, festivals, encuentros and marathons all over Europe. She likes to propose a very varied musical selection, ranging from the 1930s to the 1960s, complemented by contemporary orchestras.

Giorgio Bruno

In 2006, I took up Argentine tango and began studying its culture, traditions and dance.
While dancing, I became fascinated by music, particularly that of the orchestras of the "greats": Biagi, Calò, Canaro, D'Agostino, D'Arienzo, De Angelis and so on.
For several years, I was resident DJ at Aldobaraldo, a historic milonga in Turin.
I have performed at milongas and events in Italy and abroad.

Andariega

The Andariega orchestra was founded in Buenos Aires in 2009 with the idea of playing a "danceable tango" with a solid classical tango base. The orchestra's repertoire is "bien milonguero" - as we say in Spanish - which means that it's music intimately linked to the milonga, and what's more, it's good to dance to! It's a mix of new arrangements of the most popular tangos, vals, milongas and new tanguera compositions that retain the rhythmic, "danceable" spirit of the '40s, and at the same time are full of the energy of our century's new movement.

VERY

VERY is a contemporary tango choreography based on the mechanics of Argentine tango movement applied to the trio. Moving from duet to trio without losing the essence of the body connection and movement transmission specific to tango becomes an exercise in style, allowing choreographer Ariane Liautaud to deploy the creative and contemporary richness of this dance.

Audrey & Patrice

Audrey and Patrice offer introductory workshops in Argentine tango to a wide audience. These workshops are much appreciated by apprentice tangueros, as they experience first-hand the emotion of this dance, sharing the connection, listening to others... For this "rando tango", they will be accompanied by a musician. The walk, accessible to all, will be punctuated by artistic pauses around tango, music, dance, text and voice... For those who wish, the tour will end with an initiation to tango. From walking to dancing? There's only one step.
 

Gaspar Pouyé

Gaspar Pouyé is a Franco-Argentinian bandoneonist who has lived between Buenos Aires and the Alps. He is a member of the Roulotte Tango collective and its orquesta típica, as well as Los Hermanos Pouyé.