16. - 19. April 2026
Tango meets Contact Improvisation in Vienna
with Irina Jabsa & Guadalupe Santiago from Argentina
About the Event
Tango Argentino meets Contact Improvisation. A special weekend with guest teachers from Argentina to open new possibilities in your dance.
When tango feels stuck, tense or inconsistent, it's never about learning more steps. There's something more essential (and often overlooked) that makes your tango functional, adaptable, expressive and alive.
A Tango Weekend with special guests Irina Jabsa and Guadalupe Santiago from Argentina awaits you to unlock greater freedom in your dance.
We prepared a juicy program for you to enjoy and enhance your Tango in a very special way:
✨ Private lessons
✨ Guided práctica
✨ 4 weekend workshops
✨ And 4 milongas: Performance and live music included!
What makes this Tango Weekend unique:
We'll work with somatic awareness, weight and support dynamics, communication through the embrace, adaptability and shared movement to understand how Tango Argentino fluidity emerges from deep non-verbal listening, grounding and shared balance.
The program is designed for Tango Argentino dancers who want to expand their movement vocabulary while deepening the quality of connection, and Contact Improvisation dancers curious about doorways to a Tango Argentino approach that holds space for freedom and creativity within the embrace.
In cooperation with partner milongas in town, we've crafted a Thursday to Sunday program that can feel like a Festivalito without the exhaustion of running between activities, holding space for relax and resting, socializing, and discovering Vienna if you're visiting us from abroad.
Maestros & Teachers
Irina Jabsa
Argentina
Irina Jabsa is a professional dancer graduated in choreographic composition, Pilates instructor and professor at the National University of Arts (ARG), performer and director who's work blends the languages of tango, theater and contemporary dance. She's been dancing and collaborating with Guadalupe Santiago since 2018, intertwining their artistic languages to develop new approaches to tango performance and pedagogy. Their work explores the intersection of Tango Argentino with Contact Improvisation, somatic education, and aquatic movement. They organized the first TangoContact Buenos Aires Festival and have been special guests in all editions of the Electrotango Buenos Aires Festival.
Guadalupe Santiago
Argentina
Guadalupe Santiago is a dancer, teacher, body therapist, and yoga instructor with experience in contemporary dance, aquatic bodywork, and Contact Improvisation, as well as a certified Somatic Integration instructor. As a duo, Irina and Guadalupe embrace a fluid approach to roles, adaptability, connection and collaboration, reflecting the evolving nature of tango today. Their artistic collaborations include performances with Moon Riders, Tangorra, Tanghetto, Sami Abadi, and Mariano Godoy. They co-organize mUTANte Anfibia and mUTANte, two alternative milongas in Buenos Aires.
TJs / Photographers
Guadalupe Santiago
Argentina
DJing at Milonga Jueves on Thursday at ONE Tango.
Irina Jabsa
Argentina
TDJ at the closing Milonga Itinerante on Sunday by Abrazatango/Jessica Gerdel at Zentrum Exist
Pablo Machado
Montevideo, Uruguay
Multi-instrumentalist, composer, choir director and educator from Uruguay. Live danceable set at the closing milonga on Sunday.
Venues
Zentrum Exist (Seminarraum)
Sechshauser Straße 36-381150 Wien
A welcoming space with beautifully designed corners, wooden dance floor, warm vibes, good sound system, lounge area, and a shared table. Room to change clothes and shower available.
View on mapGaleria Ideal
Geibelgasse 14-161150 Wien
Friday Guided Práctica and Milonga with performance. The classic Friday Milonga that has been running for 20 years at Galería Ideal.
View on mapProgram
ONE Tango @ MILONGA JUEVES, Join us for some amazing Tandas in the of Vienna
www.ONETANGO.at
Guided Práctica with Irina Jabsa & Guadalupe Santiago (ARG)
Meet our guest teachers from Argentina and get new ideas to apply right away on the dance floor. Includes entrance to the Galeria Milonga
The Friday Milonga Galeria Ideal
Admission €15, young people with a limited budget (self-assessment) €10The event is organized by the...
Workshop 1: Embrace Expansion with Irina Jabsa & Guadalupe Santiago
Stop holding the embrace. Start living it as a connection that supports your movement.
Workshop 2: Mutual Following with Irina Jabsa & Guadalupe Santiago
Increase your chances for the magic to happen on the dance floor
Open Práctica with Irina Jabsa, Guadalupe Santiago & Jessica Gerdel
Give your body time and space to integrate what you've learned
Workshop 3: Support and Reciprocity with Irina Jabsa & Guadalupe Santiago
Discover how balance doesn't come from effort and how stability can exist without stiffness
Workshop 4: Freedom in Closeness with Irina Jabsa & Guadalupe Santiago
Discover how to stay comfortable in proximity
MILONGA ITINERANTE monthly edition | Abrazatango by Jessica Gerdel
Dance it all at a welcoming space to connect and celebrate
Tickets
Full Weekend
- Guided Práctica Friday
- Milonga with performance Friday
- 4 Workshops Saturday & Sunday
- Open Práctica Saturday (incl.)
- Milonga Itinerante with live music Sunday