:: ONLINE WORKSHOP REGISTRATION AND MILONGA PRE-SALE 2025::


Please review the complete list of workshops and milongas offered for the 13th International Queer Tango Festival - Berlin below.
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NOTE: You can only book for ONE person at a time. If you would like to buy tickets for someone else you will need to do the purchase seperately. You do not need a partner to join a workshop. Single dancers are welcome and encouraged!
Early Bird Discounts until 15th of june 2025! After that the prices will increase to normal fees.

If a workshop is sold out you can request to get on the waiting list via email:

Our teachers are also available for private lessons during the festival. Please contact the festival organisation to make appointments in advance via email:


All festival teachers are looking forward to seeing you this summer in Berlin.

The Festival Booking System:

      = All Level (up to 1 year and further)- NO ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS   = intermediate 1-3 years and further      
 
  All festival workshops are both role spots =if you like to work on one role, make sure you have a partner to join the workshop too.

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Thursday 10. July 2025
Venue: Studio 1 Studio 2    

12- 1.30 pm

  • WS#01 - Play with crosses (interm./adv.)

  • Gaston Olguin & Manuco Firmani 1

  • Crosses as a tool for improvisation. We will work on creative ideas for both roles.

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 21 (norole) 

  • WS#02 - Sharing your dancing axis (all)

  • Ray Sullivan 1

  • What is your “dancing axis”? How do you create healthy lines together in Tango?

    This class combines information from 30 years of social Tango with 40 years of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, offering you a deeper physical experience in your dancing.
    It is full of specialized movement exercises designed to help you share your dancing axis and unlock greater awareness, creating a more dynamic tango practice.

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 25 (norole) 

 

 

2-3.30 pm

  • WS#03 - Sacadas in Vals (interm./adv.)

  • Astrid Weiske 1

  • A matter of give and take - create a fun "You and Me" conversation with sacadas for both roles - discover a great conversation and collaboration in a constant give and take flow.

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 20 (norole) 

  • WS#04 - Inside the Turn: Structure, Dynamics & Creativity (all levels)

  • German & Nicolas Filipelli 1

  • Take your next level in turns - use them together with slight modifications to make your dancing more interesting and aply it a source of creative variations

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 22 (norole) 

 

 

4-5.30 pm

  • WS#05 - Dancing the Music: Rhythm, Phrasing & Emotion (All levels)

  • Lily Chenlo 1

  • This class invites you to experience tango music through your body. We'll explore rhythm, pulse, phrasing, accents, and pauses in a playful, physical, and intuitive way. Learn to listen deeply, move with intention, and let the music guide your dance.

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 23 (norole) 

  • WS#06 - Circulations & sacadas (interm./adv.)

  • Gaston Olguin & Manuco Firmani 2

  • Sequence of spins and pencil sacadas. We work on the harmony of the movement and a comfortable the embrace within.

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 20 (norole) 

 

 

9 pm -3 am

  • Festival Opening Milonga at Bebop Berlin- Thursday

  • DJ: TBA

  • Practica: 9:00 - 10:00pm with Alex Pacheco (Mexcico City)

    Milonga: 10pm

    *Show:ca. 11.30 p.m. - with Gaston Olguin & Manuco Firmani


  • Price: €21
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • Space Available

 
Friday 11. July 2025
Venue: Studio 1 Studio 2    

12- 1.30 pm

  • WS#07 - Intention, Embrace & Connection: the Essence of Tango (all levels)

  • Lily Chenlo 2

  • In this workshop we'll focus on the most essential elements of tango: the intention behind each movement, the quality of the embrace, and the depth of the connection. Through conscious exercises, we'll explore how every step begins with clear intention — and how that transforms communication within the couple. We'll also work on sharing energy, finding and sustaining your axis, and creating a dance that feels authentic, present and pleasurable. Perfect for those who are beginning or looking to reconnect with the roots of tango from a physical and sensitive perspective.

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 23 (norole) 

  • WS#8 - Musicality in Motion: Playing with Melody & Rhythm (Interm./Adv.)

  • German & Nicolas Filipelli 2

  • Getting aware of the opposite character in the music. Play with the different dynamics in your dance at any time with every element you like to dance.

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 25 (norole) 

 

 

2-3.30 pm

  • WS#9 - The center as orgin of movement (all)

  • Gaston Olguin & Manuco Firmani

  • This bodywork class focus on the center as the motor of movement and walking dynamics for fluid transitions.

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 23 (norole) 

  • WS#10 - Vals with greater dynamics, It’s all in the music! (interm./adv.)

  • Ray Sullivan 2

  • This class gives you options for entering into, and coming out of, turns in the Vals. Using turns, sacadas and changes of direction, you will have more options to make your musicality more dynamic on the milonga floor.

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 17 (norole) 

 

 

4-5.30 pm

  • WS#11 - Come Closer! - The art of the close embrace (all levels)

  • Astrid Weiske 2

  • Essentials for dancing relaxed and comfortable in close embrace with intimacy and joy. How to communicate, navigate and manage space and move as being one... For everybody who like to start to explore close embrace dancing or those who like to polish and enhance their style and quality in close embrace.

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 18 (norole) 

  • WS#12 Axis and Off-Axis, Volcadas (interm./adv.)

  • Lily Chenlo 3

  • This workshop is designed to explore the fundamentals and safety of off-axis figures and volcadas. We'll focus on technique, trust, and connection, teaching you how to execute these movements with fluidity and control. Through specific exercises, you’ll learn how to maintain stability in challenging positions, coordinate with your partner, and create a dynamic flow in the dance while keeping balance. Perfect for those looking to take their dancing to a more technical and daring level, always with safety and communication in mind.

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 17 (norole) 

 

 

9 pm -3 am

  • Festival Milonga - Friday at TangoLoft

  • DJ: TBA

  • Practica: 9:00 - 10:00pm with Alex Pacheco (Mexcico City)

    Milonga: 10pm

    *Show:ca. 11.30 p.m. - Artists: Lily Chenlo & surprise guest


  • Price: €21
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • Space Available

 
Saturday 12. July 2025
Venue: Studio 1 Studio 2 Studio 3  

12- 1.30 pm

  • WS#13 - Milonga (interm.)

  • German & Nicolas Filipelli 3

  • Do not miss German and Nicolas favorite Milonga ideas and dive into their musical secrets

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 18 (norole) 

  • WS#14 - Tango. A Living Embrace and the Power of the Pelvis. (all levels)

  • Ray Sullivan 3

  • The class focuses on the key to healthy disassociation and how it relates to the pelvis and the embrace. With exercises specific to walking, changing direction, and embellishments; you will deepen your embrace, how you dance the pauses with breath, and your connection to your partner.

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 26 (norole) 

 

2- 3.30 pm

  • WS#15 - Musicality - Less is more !(all)

  • Gaston Olguin & Manuco Firmani 4

  • Marking small steps for rhythmic tangos and milonga. To reduce energy and noise from the embrace.

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 21 (norole) 

  • WS#16 - Technique Barridas (interm./adv.)

  • Lily Chenlo 4

  • In this workshop we'll dive into the technique and connection needed to create precise, elegant, and creative sweeps (barridas). You 'll learn how to lead and follow a sweep with intention, control, and musicality, understanding the active role of both partners. We 'll also explore how to naturally incorporate sweeps into your improvisation, adding nuance and playfulness to the dance. Perfect for dancers who want to enrich their tango with subtle and expressive elements.

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 11 (norole) 

 

 

4- 5.30 pm

  • WS#17 - Switch and Flow (all)

  • German & Nicolas Filipelli 4

  • Navigating Roles Through Stillness and Movement

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 22 (norole) 

  • WS#18 -Sexy ganchos for close embrace: (interm./adv.)

  • Astrid Weiske 3

  • Caressing, fluid and gentle leg wraps. Create Ganchos as an organic result of our body spirals, solid standing leg, smooth and fluid loose but controlled leg. Discover these leg wraps for the social dance floor which flow like water - bodywork and technique exercises, communication and implementation in the dance

  • Price: €35
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • 27 (norole) 

 

 

   

9 pm -4 am

  • Gala Night at Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche - Saturday

  • DJ: TBA

  • Practica: 9:00 - 10:00pm with Alex Pacheco (Mexcico City)

    Milonga:
    Milonga: 10pm - 3 am

    *Live-Music: TBA

    Show:ca. 11.30pm with German & Nicolas Filipeli

  • Price: €25
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • Space Available

 
Sunday 13. July 2025
Venue: Bebop Berlin

15.30 pm - Midnight

  • Fare-Well Milonga - Sunday at Bebop

  • DJ: TBA



  • Price: €10
  • Remaining Spaces:
  • Space Available

 
Monday Milonga 14. July 2025
Venue: Paul Löbe Haus

7.30 pm - open end

Charity Milonga - outdoor

 

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