International Istanbul Tango Festival Organizators

El Encuentro

Encuentro, means encounterment, meeting in Spanish.

There are a lot of tango fans in Turkey, who do something for Tango; taking classes, attend to milongas, listening to the music, dancing, teaching, etc. This is the same as the othersin the world.

Istanbul, has a natural potential in history, and culture, and she can open this to tango arena. Istanbul can be the host for the most memorable tango events in the world.

Our goal is to provide quality activities to the world's tanguer(a/o)s, so that they meet through them in Istanbul, the wonderful city, where the civilizations, cultures, and continents encounter.

El Encuentro organized the First International Istanbul Tango Festival in 2004 with the participation of renowned teachers, and lots of tango friends from all over the world

Casa del Tango

Founded by Aris Negrosol in 2001 in Greece.

By leading the tango in Greece, Casa Del Tango keeps in touch with the Argentina to track the latest progress in the worldwide tango scene.

Aris Negrosol is a pioneer of tango argentino in Greece .After apprenticing with various Argentine masters and Romina Tumini he moved to Buenos Aires where he formed Neotango group and worked in the realisation of Quijotango show with Marcela Trappe and her LetGo TanGo group that incorporates tango and modern dance aspects. Currently working in the staging of Miloga Stories in Buenos Aires he brings to tango nuevo new aspects through innovation and incorporation of Kundalini Yoga elements.

Casa del Tango organizes the Greece International Tango festivals in 2003, and 2004.