26 Tangofestivalito Salzburg
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Workshops
Claudia Codega & Esteban Moreno
The two are currently based in Lyon, where they have been running their company, “Unión Tanguera,” for 25 years. Originally from Argentina, they met as choreographers, dancers, teachers, and producers in the early 1990s. Prior to that, they studied tango for 10 years with the masters of Buenos Aires and played a key role in the revival of Argentine tango. They contributed to its current popularity. Their dance combines the essence and heritage of traditional salon tango with the evolution and creativity of contemporary tango. They interpret styles in an interdisciplinary manner and explore the possibilities of movement and communication within the framework of improvised tango.
They had the opportunity to meet the last great living witnesses of the Golden Age of the 1940s and learned from them a deep love for traditional tango.
Building on these valuable experiences, they created a style inspired by their traditional tango heritage and the renewal of contemporary tango, which today serves as a benchmark for tango dancers of all skill levels. Dense, intense, and dynamic—their dance is a synthesis of reinterpreted styles, in which imagination and creativity shape the new contours of a social and improvisational tango. At the same time, they developed a more extravagant, distinctive, elegant, and expressive style that is ideally suited for stage performances and presentations.
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Claudia Codega and Esteban Moreno have been regular visitors to Lyon since 1996 and were invited there by the “Tango de Soie” association in 1998. They settled in the city and continued to travel throughout Europe, the United States, and Asia (China, Taiwan, etc.) to share their passion and give performances.
Claudia & Esteban will be teaching workshops, performing a show, and offering private lessons.
Friday, October 9
Workshop 1: 4:30–6:00 p.m.
Rhythmic Elements for D’Arienzo & Biagi: Dynamic combinations that energize the dance floor experience.
Price: 35€
Saturday, October 10
Workshop 2: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Techniques for Leaders (Esteban)
Price: 25€
Workshop 3: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Techniques for Beginners (Claudia)
Price: 25€
Workshop 4: 12:45 PM – 2:15 PM
Secrets of Tango Salón. Gentle variations, fluid dynamics, and a “tango swing” for innovative variations in walking.
Price: 35€
Sunday, October 11
Workshop 6 | 12:45–2:15 pm
Milonga Character & Style
Refine your style and dance traspié with confidence.
Price: 35€
Workshop 7 | 2:30–4:00 pm
Tango Vals
Flowing, circular movements and soft, fluid turns.
Price: 30€
Private Lessons
Saturday, October 10 | 2:30–3:20 pm
Saturday, October 10 | 3:30–4:20 pm
Sunday, October 11 | 10:30–11:20 am
Sunday, October 11 | 11:30 am–12:20 pm
Sunday, October 11 | 5:00–5:50 pm
Sunday, October 11 | 6:00–6:50 pm
booking privates: tangoinsalzburg@outlook.com
Anton Volkov
For Anton Volkov, tango was love at first sight. Who would have thought that a professional athlete, upon discovering tango, would turn his entire life upside down from one day to the next? Not even Anton himself.
In his teaching, students benefit from Anton’s finely developed sensitivity to movement, body awareness, and openness. He is also a profound connoisseur of traditional tango music and a passionate guide to its richness. At the heart of his classes are the elegant expression of music through dance and the quality of connection between partners.
Today, Anton Volkov lives in Ljubljana, Slovenia. As a tango teacher and DJ, he travels throughout Europe. His book Touched by Tango traces his personal journey into tango and shares insights that may also be valuable for other tanguer@s.
In Salzburg, he regularly offers private lessons and workshops, including work with a group of role-switching dancers.
He will be offering a workshop and private lessons at Festivalito.
Saturday, October 11
Workshop 5 | 12:45–2:15 pm
Secrets of Tango Milonguero
The defining characteristics of the Milonguero style: rhythm, timing, structure, energy, and movements.
Price: 30€
Private Lessons
Saturday, October 10 | 4:30–5:20 pm
Saturday, October 10 | 5:30–6:20 pm
booking privates: tangoinsalzburg@outlook.com
Angelika Thiele (D) & Giorgos Protopappas (GR)
Angelika and Giorgos teach a contemporary approach to Argentine tango.
Their work is rooted in essential ideas of partner dancing as a non-verbal dialogue: connection with one another, alignment, embrace, intention, polarity, tenderness and powerful dynamics, linear and circular elements, leading and following, and improvisation within a system of different movement principles and qualities.
Angelika is a contemporary dancer, performer, certified Shiatsu practitioner, and yoga teacher. She has worked internationally, both as a company member and as a freelance artist, and discovered tango through her collaboration with choreographer Ana Mondini at the Staatstheater Kassel. After numerous seminars in Argentina and across Europe, she began dancing and teaching together with Giorgos in 2014. Angelika holds an MFA in Performing Arts from the University of Gothenburg.
Giorgos studied law and social sciences and holds a Master’s degree in Dance from Duth University in northern Greece. His love of dance, and especially of tango, which he has explored, studied, and taught in all its forms for more than twenty years, continues to shape his artistic development.
Angelika & Giorgos’s classes emphasize the intensity of connection, an organic and relaxed quality of movement, humor, and the joy of discovering new possibilities together through improvisation. Their focus is on the “how” and “why” of moving together and the connecting, non-verbal communication from which form can emerge. In addition to their own seminars and workshops, they have collaborated on projects for the Tanztage Potsdam and at SEAD Salzburg. Angelika and Giorgos live in both Athens and the Salzburg region and teach throughout Europe.
At the Festivalito, Eloy will teach one workshop and offer private lessons.
Sunday, October 11
Workshop 6 – 12:45 – 2:15 p.m
Beyond Patterns: Body Awareness and True Presence as the Foundation of Authentic Improvisation. For experienced dancers seeking a deeper connection. Come and be challenged!
Preis: 35€
private lessons
Sunday, October 11 10:30 – 11:20
Sunday, October 11 11:30 – 12:20
booking privates: tangoinsalzburg@outlook.com
Eloy Prim
Eloy began dancing tango more than 30 years ago in Chacabuco, in the province of Buenos Aires. He was a member of the Ballet Escuela de Tango Argentino, where he received intensive training with some of the finest milongueros.
Over the years, he has taken part in shows and workshops in Argentina, the United States, Mexico, Russia, Spain, French Guiana, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Italy, Colombia, Venezuela, Uruguay, La Réunion, and beyond. In Germany, he has worked with Academia de Tango in Frankfurt, El Farolito in Gröbenzell, Theresa Fauss in Munich, and with milonga organizers in Berlin and Karlsruhe, where he continues to teach regularly at AbrazTango.
Since 2025, Salzburg has become his chosen home, and he is now an active member of the local tango community. As a professional tango dancer and teacher, Eloy is deeply committed not only to offering high-quality instruction, but also to passing on the traditional values of Argentine tango in Salzburg and the Berchtesgadener Land.
Milongas Bands & DJs
Friday, October 9
Welcome Milonga | 7:30 pm–0:30 am
with DJ Alenka Dermol (SI)
For more than two decades, she has devoted herself to tango with great passion – as both a dancer and a DJ. It all began in 2005, and in 2006 she made her first trip to Buenos Aires. There, she was deeply moved and lastingly enchanted by tango and by the atmosphere of the city. Since then, tango has been at the center of her life, and Buenos Aires has remained a place to which she returns again and again. Her work as a DJ grew out of countless nights in milongas around the world, where she immersed herself intensely in tango music. Once she had entered that musical world so deeply, tango never let her go again.
Saturday, October 10
Afternoon Milonga | 2:30–6:00 pm
with DJ Lenz Angermann
His love of tango music grew over the years through dancing tango. He selects the music with the dancers in mind, focusing mainly on pieces from the Golden Age of Tango, arranged in the classic TT–V–TT–M structure with cortinas.
With each tanda, he invites us to be carried away by one of the orchestras through a danceable blend of musical variety, energy, and dynamics. And then the music should take hold of us completely and touch our hearts.
Gala Milonga | 7:30 pm–0:30 am
with live music by the Hamburg Tango Trio
Show by Claudia & Esteban
Perfume de Mujer – Tango Argentino Hamburg
The trio is made up of Aneta Pajek (bandoneon), Hans Christian Jaenicke (violin), and Caio Rodriguez (guitar and vocals).
Tango is all about powerful emotions, great passion, and deep melancholy. For many years, the Argentine singer Caio Rodriguez has carried the rhythms of his homeland out into the world — from Brazil to Poland, from Italy to Paraguay. And of course, no tango ensemble would be complete without the bandoneon, often described as the soul of tango, here played by Aneta Pajek.
Together, they create a combination that brings together everything that makes tango so passionate: fire, longing, rhythm, and melodies that tell stories of gauchos and smoky bars.
DJ Leo Strobl
Leo’s fascination with tango began 18 years ago, and since then dancing tango has been his passion. Since 2015, he has been DJing regularly at milongas in Salzburg and in the Bavarian region. His sets draw on the great richness of traditional tango music, with carefully selected pieces from the Golden Age — from the late 1920s to the 1950s. Music that invites people to dance and brings a good atmosphere to the dance floor is what motivates him. At the same time, Leo also includes more recent tango music in his playlists.
Performance by Claudia Codega & Esteban Moreno. Video: Tango Torino Festival 2025. Agustina Barrientos Audiovisual
Sunday, October 11
Farewell-Milonga with Live Music from Quinteto Garufa (D), Showtanz Angelika & Giorgos
Quinteto GarufaRooted in both Latin America and Europe, the musicians of Quinteto GARUFA are a melting pot much like tango itself. With irrepressible vitality, melancholy, precision, and dedication, the ensemble brings Argentine tango to life in all its rich and multifaceted expression. Their repertoire ranges from the tangos of the Guardia Vieja at the end of the 19th century to the Tango Nuevo that brought the Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla worldwide acclaim. A special highlight of their programme is the original music of J. J. Chuquisengo. Based in Munich, Germany’s southernmost major city, every performance by Quinteto GARUFA is a homage to longing in all its beauty. |
DJ Niki
Niki began putting together music for milongas in 2019. She is part of the organising team of the Alma y Corazón Milonga in Salzburg. Her music is predominantly traditional, with a clear focus on a balanced interplay between milonguero and salon styles.
With Niki, an atmosphere emerges that invites people to dance — open, inspiring, and accessible to everyone, whether experienced dancers or newcomers to the floor. As a DJ, she has a sensitive feel for the mood of the audience and knows exactly how to respond to the energy of the dance floor.
Showdance Angelika Thiele & Giorgos Protopappas