Val Cenis Tango Festival

Magdalena and German

As a tango couple, we have developed a traditional dance style with contemporary elements. We stand out for our elegance, expressiveness original musicality. We won the 2017 World Tango Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As teachers, we are recognized for our creativity, pedagogy and empathy. We love to share our love of tango and support our students in their learning.

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DJ Perrine

With her sparkling energy, Perrine performs in a traditional style. She is attentive to the needs of the dancers, and to the service of the ronda. She also likes to choose her cortinas as nods to our histories, highlighting her carefully crafted tandas.

DJ Paola Pia

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.

DJ Vivi La Falce

DJ Vivi La Falce musicalizes well-known Buenos Aires milongas such as Lo de Celia, Salon Canning, Lujos, Milonga de Buenos Aires Obelisco Tango/Abasto Hotel, among others. One of Vivi La Falce's objectives is to spread the tango by making the typical style of Buenos Aires milongas known in other countries, promoting traditional tango and using as a fundamental tool the ability to adapt one's own style to the characteristics of each country's milonga audience.

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.

DJ Giorgio

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.

Tango Memories

TANGO MEMORIES is a unique work that fuses the art of tango with a compelling story of love, pain and reunion. Directed by Francisco Leiva, this show is performed by three musicians: Pablo Gignoli, bandoneon; Berivan Sart, piano; Ignacio Naón Marietti, guitar and a couple of dancers, who take the audience on an emotional journey where dance and music intertwine to tell an unforgettable story. With a staging that captures the essence of traditional tango, TANGO MEMORIES offers a visceral and profound experience, accessible to all audiences."

Un Tango pour Lautrec and Conference, Tango in cinema

- Un Tango pour Lautrec, lecture dessinée: Carried by Solange Bazely's warm voice, the reading of Cortázar's text becomes a journey, thanks to the soundtrack created especially for the show. Between tangos sung in the original language (Spanish), soundscapes and guitar themes, the spectator is transported into the South American atmosphere of the early 20th century.
- Conference, Tango in cinema : Cinema and tango grew up together, and it was inevitable that a strong link would be forged from their very beginnings, from 1896 onwards. Tango culture in fiction is explored from a variety of angles, some of them caricatured.

Sexteto Cristal Orchestra

Sexteto Cristal keeps alive the magnificent sound of an almost forgotten tango musical tradition. The desire of tangueros for the danceable "classics" of all time was the sextet's first inspiration and horizon on the road to creating its own style and repertoire. You can hear the original sound of different orchestras in their interpretation, reflecting the distinctive melodic phrasing, dramatic articulation and powerful rhythm of tango's golden age. Come, listen and dance...

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Tango at the movies

Cinema and tango have grown up together, and it was inevitable that a strong link would be forged from their very beginnings, from 1896 onwards. Tango culture in fiction is approached from different angles, sometimes in a caricatured way.