Tango 4 All

Agenda

Seven evenings of tango across two cities — Bucharest (9–14 September) and Busteni (15–18 September)

Tango 4 All festival timetable — Festival timetable — seminars, milongas, practicas and the tango show, day by day.

Prices

Donations supported the Erasmus+ project behind the festival. Prices shown in EUR / RON, with the full retail value noted for reference.

Best value

Tango 4 All Max-Experience

150€ / 675 Ron

Value: 257€

19 seminars
5 milongas + 1 practica (Bucharest)
2 day milongas (Busteni)
1 tango show

Full Pack Bucharest

120€ / 540 Ron

Value: 174€

13 seminars
3 milongas
1 practica

Full Pack Busteni

70€ / 315 Ron

Value: 83€

6 seminars
Milonguero pass: 2 milongas + 2 day milongas
1 show

Weekend Pack Bucharest

70€ / 315 Ron

Value: 103€

7 seminars
3 milongas

Milonguero Pass Bucharest

25€ / 112 Ron

Value: 31€

3 milongas
1 practica

Milonguero Pass Busteni

15€ / 67 Ron

Value: 17€

2 milongas
2 day milongas
Tango show

Registration

Registration for Tango 4 All — the European Week of Tango — was handled by the organising team, Asociația pentru Cultură și Tango (A.C.T.). Participants chose one of the packages opposite and confirmed their spot for the seminars, milongas and the tango show across Bucharest and Busteni.

Donations collected through registration supported the festival's underlying Erasmus+ project, promoting Argentine tango and participation in sport during the European Week of Sport.

Archived registration: this microsite is preserved for reference. The 2016 registration window is closed. For current A.C.T. activities and tango courses, visit tangoact.ro.

Info

Practical information for visitors travelling to the two host cities

Romania's capital and the festival's main hub (9–14 September), hosting the opening ceremony, the international teachers' seminar, milongas and the practica. Venues included historic locations such as Palatul Bragadiru.

A mountain resort in the Prahova Valley and the festival's second stage (15–18 September), with seminars, day milongas and the closing tango show — including events at Castelul Cantacuzino.

Bucharest is reached via Henri Coandă International Airport; Busteni lies about 130 km north on the Prahova Valley railway and DN1 road, roughly two hours from the capital.

Participants arranged their own stays in central Bucharest and in Busteni's resort hotels and guesthouses, close to the festival venues.

Both cities offer a wide range of restaurants and cafés; the festival's milongas were hosted at venues such as Tango Caffe.

Key venues: Palatul Bragadiru and Tango Caffe (Bucharest), and Castelul Cantacuzino (Busteni). See the Partners section for the host institutions.

Artists

Teachers & performers

Carlos Maturano y Heide Schmollgruber

Argentina · Austria

Carlos, a native of Buenos Aires, is President of Austria's National Tango Academy and directs the European Tango School founded by Horacio Ferrer. Nicknamed "El Tordo," he specialises in five Canyengue styles plus Orillero, De Salón, Milonguero and contemporary tango, and created works such as the musical "Tango Roots" and "The Milonguero's Encyclopaedia." Heide, born in Salzburg (1960), is Vice-President of the Academy, a graduate in nine dance styles and official performer at Argentine embassy events across Europe.

Claudio Forte y Barbara Carpino

Italy

"We dance to live and live to dance." Partners since 1999, they reached A1 class in Standard and Latin before tango gave them the "freedom" they sought. In 2004 they opened Paladanze, Syracuse's first Argentine tango academy, and at the 2006 Mundial de Tango in Buenos Aires reached the finals in both Escenario and Salón — placing 4th in Salón, a result never before reached by a non-Argentine couple. Today they run academies in Syracuse and Verona. Married in 2008; son Gabriel born 2009.

Dimitris Biskas y Mariana Patsarika

Greece · Paris

Based in Paris, they emphasise an equal relationship between partners and deep communication through the embrace. Dimitris won Greek Standard & Latin titles as a junior, holds IDTA certification and a Paris VIII diploma in dance aesthetics. Mariana trained in classical ballet from age four and completed a Master's at Paris VIII in International Artistic Cooperation, developing the "Cité Tango" project. Together they run the "Festivalito Mon Amour" (Lyon) and "Vacations Tango Mon Amour" (Crete), and teach in Lille and Orléans.

Laszlo Budai y Andrea Pirity

Hungary

A former electrical engineer turned professional dancer, Laszlo is a multiple IDO World & European champion in Argentine tango. He founded the Argentine Tango Dance Theatre of Hungary (2000) and pioneered "Láthatatlangó," a programme bringing tango to blind participants. Andrea, originally an architect, became his student and partner in 2009. Together they opened BudaiTangoClub (2014), serving 150–200 students weekly, and teach salon, milonguero and stage styles across Europe.

Lucian Stan y Raluca Aldea

Romania

Lucian moved from ballroom to tango in 2005 and became a leading Romanian dancer and teacher, co-organising the Bucharest Tango Encuentro Festival and Bucharest Tango Marathon. He founded the D.A.N.S. concept and the A.T.A. association (Academia de Tango Argentinian, 2015). Raluca began classical dance at four, performed with the National Opera of Bucharest and the Oleg Danovsky theatre, and reached the European Tango Championship semifinals (Rome 2012, Stage Tango) and the Dancing Romania finals (2013).

Guest Artists

Augustin Paun y Oana Ispir

Romania

Dancing Argentine tango since 2007 and teaching as guest instructors since 2009, this couple believe "tango is the one that adapts to each body and personality," favouring elegance, naturalness and balanced roles. Augustin also works as a tango DJ at Bucharest milongas and at national and international festivals.

Diego Denett y Laura Iaru

Argentina · Romania

Laura discovered tango in 2006 and studied across Europe and Argentina with maestros including Javier Rodriguez and Andrea Misse, to whom she credits much of her understanding. Diego, born in Buenos Aires, learned tango and folklore as a teenager and now teaches in Rome, building on "elegance, caminata and breathing as a base for deeper, more passionate communication."

Iulius Jipescu y Manuela Panaite

Romania

Partners at Casa de Tango in Bucharest, a project established in 2010, they embrace the milonguero style with a special focus on musical interpretation. For them, "tango is a dance for a lifetime," pursued with lasting passion.

DJs

Carlos Maturano

Alina Dumitrescu

"La Morocha"

Lucia Mirzan

Csongor Kicsi

Iulius Jipescu

Norbert Nemethi

About the Project

European Week of Sport in Romania · 10–17 September 2016

We invite all tango lovers to the European Week of Tango in Romania — Bucharest! The "Tango for All" initiative was created by six NGOs across five European nations to encourage citizens' engagement in dance activities, and Argentine tango in particular.

During the European Week of Sport (10–17 September 2016) the programme included an opening ceremony, an international seminar for tango teachers, outdoor demonstrations, a seminar towards establishing an International Federation of Argentine Tango, and a closing ceremony — staged in Bucharest (9–14) and Busteni (15–18).

Objectives. The project aimed to increase participation in tango classes across the partner nations and to promote Argentine tango culture, with an estimated 1,000–3,000 attendees. Case studies looked at teachers' good practices (targeting 50+), dancers' perspectives on their communities, and public opinion on niche-sport participation.

It also sought to develop governance skills among the 12 consortium members and about 30 Romanian tango teachers. The wider European Week of Sport addressed declining youth activity and childhood obesity, workplace wellness, outdoor activity and the role of sport clubs in building inclusive communities.

European Week of Sport — focus areas

Education

Schools as essential venues for building lifelong fitness habits, especially for disadvantaged groups.

Workplace

Promoting movement and wellness in the working environment.

Outdoors

Making outdoor activity accessible to everyone.

Sport & clubs

The role of sport clubs in building inclusive communities.

The consortium — six NGOs, five countries

Partners

Institutional, media and dance-community partners who supported the festival

Institutional partners

Also: Embassy of the Republic of Argentina in Romania · Instituto Cervantes · MAE InfoEuropa.

Media partners

Radio România Cultural · București FM · Sport Total FM · Bursa · Nine O'Clock · RFI România · Garbo · Business Woman · Catchy · Ziare.com · Diva Hair · Nuntidebasm · Cațavencii · Observator Cultural · Radio România Actualități · Tonica · SensoTV · Actualitatea Muzicală · AGERPRES · Vibe FM

Dance schools & NGO partners

Casa de Tango · Tango Pasión · Salsa Dynamic · Viva Dance · Corina Petrescu · Tango Brujo · Fabrica de Tango · Augustin și Oana · Asociația Femeilor Întreprinzătoare · Bucharest Social Dance · Tango con Sentimiento · Urquiza School · Matei Events · MyO

Co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union

Tango 4 All was co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union and held as part of the European Week of Sport (#BeActive).

Agenda

Prices

Tango 4 All Max-Experience

Full Pack Bucharest

Full Pack Busteni

Weekend Pack Bucharest

Milonguero Pass Bucharest

Milonguero Pass Busteni

Registration

Info

Artists

Carlos Maturano y Heide Schmollgruber

Claudio Forte y Barbara Carpino

Dimitris Biskas y Mariana Patsarika

Laszlo Budai y Andrea Pirity

Lucian Stan y Raluca Aldea

Guest Artists

Augustin Paun y Oana Ispir

Diego Denett y Laura Iaru

Iulius Jipescu y Manuela Panaite

DJs

About the Project

European Week of Sport — focus areas

Education

Workplace

Outdoors

Sport & clubs

The consortium — six NGOs, five countries

Partners

Institutional partners

Media partners

Dance schools & NGO partners

Tango 4 All