Welcome to International Istanbul Tango Festival
Let’s dance where the civilizations dance
Venue of 6-7 milonga has been moved to an exceptional outstanding place. Please visit the maps here.
Our free offerings for the festival participants
- Spanish of Tango classes. Open to everyone, including non-Spanish speakers.
- Bosphorus boat tour takes off at 12:00
- Before the milonga on 4th July Chacarera workshop by Mariano and Alejandra.
- Before the milonga on 6th July ‘Journey of Tango’ Seminar by Prof. Dr. Nilufer Narli
- Before the milonga on 7th July ‘Astor Piazzolla, the genius of 20th Century and his music’ by Hayri Erenli
9th International Istanbul Tango Festival Official Teaser Video – by Dj/VJ Pierre M
We summarized 2011 Istanbul Tango Festival memories for you
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
An Istanbul Movie
An Istanbul Movie
And, we prepared 2012 Istanbul Tango Festival for you
Why should I join?
Istanbul Tango Festival is the only Tango festival that hosts the different cultures and diversity colors of 53 countries. It is a unique opportunity for you to enjoy with the dancers from all Europe, Pacific, Middle East, America, Africa and Asia. The festival is dedicated to your satisfaction at its every component; artists, safety, milongas, marathons, fan, etc. Istanbul Tango Festival has other beauty at least as beautiful as its Tango.
Dancing
Are you fun of dancing? Is 2 or 13 hours dancing enough for you? Please visit this note to get milonga and tango-cafe program, pricing, payment and discounts information. We will dance a lot, moreover, we will dance where the civilizations dance.
Festival workshops
Workshops are carefully agreed to develop your tango capabilities. We discussed in detail with the maestros. Classes who develop related/connected capabilities brought together in blocks. The oppurtunity of working with all maestros in each block is provided. See here the classes, programme, block definitions, subjects…
Tango-cafe
To expand your tango network and make friendly warm talks tango-cafe is the place. It is dedicated to your tango fun. Therefore we count on free chacarera class, free bosphorus tour, free offerings and tango shopping as part of our tango-cafe. It will keep your momentum high, for sure. Remember; We celebrate birthdays. Just remind yours. The cake is on us.
Safety first
Istanbul Tango Festival focuses on your tango fun. We want you to enjoy the festival and do not think of any challenges such as transportation to venues, your safets, etc. Safety first! Enjoy the festival. Safe transportaion with festival services, hotels of the festival, festival guides serve to that purpose. Please visit this page for more information.
Organization team
The festival has been being prepared since months. The team members have their dedicated roles. See who we are and what role the individuals play in this page.
Facilities at venues
Festival venues provide excellent facilities for dancing and gastronomy. You could also find facilities for swimming, tennis, snacking, etc. Enjoy your time while you rest between workshops or before milonga starts against excellent scenery of Istanbul.
And Istanbul!
The most beautiful city that connects continents. That would be unfair to expect you to come only for dancing while you could also witness the dance of the civilizations since ages. Some sources to enjoy your Istanbul trip.
We have been working very hard to enable you to spend safe, secure and joyful time with great maestros to improve your capabilities and with hundreds of dancers from all over the world to expand your network at historically and geographically the most exceptional venues of Istanbul, where the civilizations have been dancing since ages; As in the last 9 years…
- Istanbul Tango Festival Organization Team
