beltango
& Friends Festival
Special jubileum edition 2023

Dear friends
One of the oldest European Tango Orchestras is inviting you !!!
Let’s celebrate together big anniversary of Beltango.
On our 25th birthday we will make big Balkan Tango party in our neighborhood.
BELTANGO & FRIENDS FESTIVAL
Ethno Village Stanisici is amazing and unique place which we are going to paint in tango colors with our music and energy.
Great artists and friends from all over the World will be with us these 5 days full of music, dance, love, warm hospitality, delicious food, relaxation and joy.
Artists


BELTANGO
Beltango quinteto was founded in Belgrade, Serbia in 1998, by professor, bandoneonist, and composer Aleksandar Nikolic.
Beltango quinteto presents all abundance of the tango repertoire, so that, apart from traditional tango numbers, as well as compositions of tango-nuevo trend of Astor Piazzolla and modern tango, it also includes its own compositions from „Balkango“ opus.
Depending on the possibilities and requirements of a specific stage, Beltango quinteto is equally successful in performing on large concert podiums, symphonic halls, theater stages , chamber halls, tango and jazz events, as well as in other exclusive halls, where, the spirit of tango revives.
They played with great success at many international festivals and in famous concert halls and theatres, around 1.200 concerts in many different countries: Argentina, Germany, France, Sweden, Canada, China, Vietnam, Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Malta, Austria, Holland, Spain, Poland, Turkey, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia, Czechien, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Portugal, Lithuania ...
Beltango quinteto is the only tango orchestra from Europe which is invited by Ministry of culture of Buenos Aires to perform at most prestigious „World Tango Festival – Buenos Aires 2007“.





Maestros

Mariano Otero & Alejandra Heredia
Originally from Argentina, now based in Madrid, Mariano's Tango style is characterized by creativeness expressiveness and power of dance. Together with Alejandra, their unique dance as a couple is based on a foundation of ballet, modern dance and jazz. In addition to their very recognizable style, they bring that special something every time they come out on stage. You can be sure to be taken on a magical journey unlike anything you have ever seen before.

Martin Maldonado & Maurizio Ghella
Extraordinary pair of dancers.
Passionate and expressive, they explore all the possibilities of Tango and are a contemporary inspiration for the entire tango community all over the World, with its elegant and vibrant approach.
Maurizio Ghella and Martin Maldonado are teachers, choreographers and artists who through technique are looking for expressive interpretation, dance and - consequently - the "excuse" to dance feelings.
As performers they want to captivate the audience by bringing them into their own inner world in the couple, sharing with them every emotion generated in their work. Sometimes with a deep sad feeling, sometimes with a playful game where the most important thing is to play together allowing people to be part of it.

Santiago Giachello & Agostina Tarchini
Santiago is an Argentine tango dancer, teacher and choreographer with over 25 years of professional experience. He has shared the stage with the greatest artists of the genre and has performed around the world (Japan, India, Argentina, Russia, Europe,…) His dance is characterized by elegance, creativity and musicality. His pedagogy revolves around musicality, technique and communication. He participates in the biggest festivals in Europe and in the creation of several shows.
Agostina Tarchini is choreographer and professional dancer. Born in Santiago del Estero, Argentina.
World Champion of Stage Tango / Buenos Aires - Argentina 2017. She obtained international recognitions such as: SubChampion of the TangoVía Manizales Fair Festival / Colombia 2015. Best Female Dancer at CIOFF Buyukcekmece Festival / Turkey 2016. Miss Festival of the CIOFF festival “Interfolk Festival” Kolobrzeg / Poland 2016 . Chosen with the DIOMEDES TUNEZ award, for her contributions to cultural identity / Venezuela 2018. She is currently touring Asia and in Europe.
BELTANGO & FRIENDS TDJ's

DJ EL FAMOSO
THURSDAY 29/06
21:30-03:00
GRAN MILONGA / Great Hall
DJ EL FAMOSO - Dragan Mikic has been a keen and passionate collector and researcher of tango music for the past 25 years. As a tanguero, milonga organiser and a DJ, he uses the music he plays as a tool in creating the tango environment and atmosphere that builds up the energy of the dancers and inspires them to express their interpretation of music on the dance floor. His versatile repertoire ranges from 20′s and 50′s tango to modern orchestras with pronounced danceable rhythms.

DJ DIETER ECKEL
FRIDAY 30/06
21:30-03:00
GRAN MILONGA / Great Hall
A Tango aficionado with a penchant for old technology.
From historic vehicles to jukebox and record player - the main thing is the analog rotation …
Dieter likes to share his passion for tango music - as a dancer on the dance floor and as a DJ at the turntable.

DJ Pino Dangiola
SATURDAY 01/07
21:30-03:00
GRAN MILONGA / Great Hall
Has been a dj for many years now, earning him the respect and position as one of the best djs from Sweden. He has been the dj in numerous festivals and marathons.
High energy mixed with romantic and melodic tandas. Always with the dancers in mind and making the wave continue the entire evening.
Playing with Vinyl records is an amazing experience for the dancers, who not only can feel and hear the difference in sound. The vibrating sound of the needle, makes it more like a live music experience. Anything can happen since the needle on a turntable can jump!

DJ LE PERA
SUNDAY 29/06
21:30-03:00
GRAN MILONGA / Great Hall
DJ Le pera …pulsating and melodic….conected to de dance floor, offering a nice flow with orchestras from 40s to today.
Djing regulary at Kesselhaus in Bregenz/Austria and guest Dj in Switzerland, Germany and at Tango La Locura festival from the beginn on.

DJ Catalina Lotte
FRIDAY 30/06
13:00-17:00
OPENAIR PRACTILONGA / Arena Caffe
DJ Catalina Lotte is great Tango dancer, teacher, organizer with many years of experience. Together with her husband Thomass Lotte she is a leader of Studio Libertango company. Resident DJ of Cantine & Bell Etage Milongas in Bremen and Kulturetage in Oldenburg. Organizer of Rovinj Tango Festival

DJ BODIL BREMS
SATURDAY 01/07
13:00-17:00
OPENAIR PRACTILONGA / Arena Caffe
Dancing since 2001
Dj´ing since 2014
(Con amore Dj´ ing since 2005)
DJ Bodil Brems is very active organizer, dancer and DJ in Copenhagen region, organizing one of the most popular summer milonga "Tango Pavillonen".

DJ MELISA DURAK
SUNDAY 02/07
13:00-17:00
OPENAIR PRACTILONGA / Arena Caffe
Melisa is a co-organizator of The Sarajevo Tango Festival – growing and vibrant international tango event.
Melisa has been actively engaged in the phenomenon of Argentine tango and visits various tango events in the region, Europe and the world, which nurture this culture, music and dance, to improve her knowledge and skills.
Tango Djing for her was a natural sequence of events and her exciting milongas, abounding in beautiful dancing tandas and local cortinas prepared with love.

LOCOMOTIVO PARTY
MONDAY 03/07
11:00-14:00
GOODBYE PARTY / Arena Caffe
Dear friends,
Thank you for being with us all these time.
If you liked our journey, sit back because we're moving on.
Our Beltango train continues TO THE MOON ......
TOASTMASTER
Thomas Lotte

Thomas Lotte and Alex Beltango are brothers at heart. Since 10 years they spent so many events together in Germany and in Rovinj/ Croatia.
Even more they are happy to showcase all night events at Beltango & Friends Festival together, side by side !!!
Venue
Ethno Village STANISICI
ETHNO VILLAGE STANISICI is located in the heart of Balkan, out of the present time and space, it takes us back to our ancestors and nature and awakens an admiration towards simplicity of ancient lifestyle. By listening to the burbling of the streams and churning of the water mill this is a perfect spot where one relaxes the eyes and soul and awakens its own wisdom and nobility.
Location near to the river Drina, and to the meeting point of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia offer us a perfect place to make huge tango embrace for all of us: local people, tango people from Balkan region and a lot of international guests.
Beside the tango you can expect vacation and pure relaxation in beautiful LEONIDA WELLNESS & SPA.
ALL FESTIVAL AND ACCOMMODATION FACILITIES ARE AT THE VENUE OF EVENT


PROGRAM & SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, 29/06/2023
19:00-21:00 Dinner
21:15-21:30 Welcome Drink Cocktail with OPENING CEREMONY (Great Hall 1)
21:30-03:00 1st GRAN MILONGA with BELTANGO live set, DJ EL FAMOSO music and presentation of MAESTROS (Great Hall 1)
FRIDAY, 30/06/2023
07:30-10:00 Breakfast
13:00-17:00 Open air PRACTILONGA with DJ CATALINA LOTTE (Tango caffe)
16:00–17:30 Orchestra Workshop for musicians with Beltango (Great Hall 1)
16:00–19:00 Workshops for dancers with Maestros (Great Hall 1, Hall 2)
19:00-21:00 Dinner
21:30-03:00 2nd GRAN MILONGA with BELTANGO live set, DJ DIETER ECKEL music and show of MAESTROS (Great Hall 1)
SATURDAY, 01/07/2023
07:30-10:00 Breakfast
11:30-13:00 Orchestra Workshop for musicians with Beltango (Great Hall 1)
13:00 -17:00 Open air PRACTILONGA with DJ BODIL BREMS (Arena Tango caffe)
14:00–19:00 Workshops for dancers with Maestros (Great Hall 1, Hall 2)
19:00-21:00 Dinner
21:30-03:00 3rd GRAN Milonga with BELTANGO live set, DJ PINO DANGIOLA music and show of MAESTROS (Great Hall 1)
SUNDAY, 02/07/2023
07:30-10:00 Breakfast
10:30-12:00 Orchestra Workshop for musicians with Beltango (Great Hall 1)
12:00-17:00 Workshops for dancers with Maestros (Great Hall 1, Hall 2)
13:00 -17:00 Open air PRACTILONGA with DJ MELISA DURAK (Arena Tango caffe)
18:00-19:00 Concert SPIRITUAL BELTANGO (Great Hall 1)
19:00-21:00 Dinner
21:30-03:00 4th GRAN MILONGA with GRAN BELTANGO JUBILEUM ORQUESTA set, DJ LE PERA music and show of MAESTROS (Great Hall 1)
MONDAY, 03/07/2023
07:00-10:00 Breakfast
10:00-13:00 Goodbye Open air Milonga (Arena Tango caffe)
WORKSHOPS
WORKSHOPS FOR DANCERS

All workshops are for intermediate and advanced level of tango experience
MAESTROS:
SANTIAGO GIACHELLO & AGOSTINA TARCHINI / S&A
MARIANO OTERO & ALEJANDRA HEREDIA / M&A
MARTIN MALDONADO & MAURIZIO GHELLA / M&M
FRIDAY 30/06
GREAT HALL 1 | HALL 2 | |
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16:00-17:30 | M&A 1 / Walk & Technique for all | |
17:45-19:15 | M&M 1 / Vertical connection for Better Pivots and Giros | S&A 1 / Enrich communication through adornos |
SATURDAY 01/07
GREAT HALL 1 | HALL 2 | |
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14:00-15:30 | M&A 2 / The secrets of dissociation |
S&A 2 / Barridas for leaders and followers
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15:45-17:15 | M&A 3 / Sacadas in combination with elements |
M&M 2 / Elastic Embrace and over rotated Pivots
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17:30-19:00 | S&A 3 / Combination of boleos and ganchos |
M&M 3 / Use of the “Negative Space” of the Interpreter and Proposer for Sacadas |
SUNDAY 02/07
GREAT HALL 1 | HALL 2 | |
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12:00-13:30 | M&A 4 / Milonga |
S&A 4 / Technique of enrosque for leaders and followers
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13:45-15:15 | M&M 4 / Applying the circularity of the embrace to generate Chains |
S&A 5 / Rhythmic sequences for the waltz
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15:30-17:00 | M&M 5 / The use of Energy Projection to create Pivoted and Circular Planeos |
M&A 5 / Playing with the embrace, body posture and exercises for tango |
ORCHESTRA WORKSHOPS FOR MUSICIANS

If you are instrumentalist with some level of experience (hobby musicians, amateur musicians, semi-pro musicians) and wish to play in GRAN BELTANGO JUBILEUM ORQUESTA we offer you to take a part at group workshops and rehearsals with Beltango. Let’s practice and play some nice tango music, performe together with other musicians at Final Concert of the Beltango & Friends Festival at Sunday evening.
Workshop is open for:
- bandoneon and accordion players
- guitar and ukulele players
- string instruments players (violin, viola, violoncello, double bass)
- wind instruments players of any type
Workshop for musicians includes 3x90 minutes workshops led by Beltango musicians and final performance during GRAN MILONGA at Sunday night
FRIDAY 30/06
16:00-17:30 Rehearsal
SATURDAY 01/07
11:30-13:00 Rehearsal
SUNDAY 02/07
10:30-12:00 Rehearsal
22:00 Concert performance
* Please bring your instrument or contact us to check if we could find some solution to rent or borrow instrument for you.
We will contact you after registration to send scores and audio materials in advance.
Accommodation options
HOTEL RAS (FULLY BOOKED !!!)
Hotel "Ras" is a luxury 5-star hotel and was built according to the highest European standards of design and construction. The hotel has eighty luxuriously equipped and comfortable accommodation, which consist of single, double, triple rooms and suites. All rooms are equipped with modern furniture, have central air conditioning, mini-bar, safe, free internet, LCD TV and telephone.
Hotel Pirg (FULLY BOOKED !!!)
Hotel Pirg is a 5-star hotel built in ethno style. Its exterior is breathtaking, the refined interior provides an extraordinary unusual atmosphere, which consist of single, double, triple rooms and suites
In all guest rooms there are cable TV, telephone, air conditioning, WiFi, mini bar, safe.
ETHNO COTTAGES (FULLY BOOKED !!!)
These 12 authentic wooden houses are adapted to the modern needs of the guests, and at the same time they are decorated with souvenirs and objects from everyday life from the end of the 19th century.
The apartments are made of the most refined oak with bathrooms made of first-class stone and marble. And the most attention, of course, is drawn to our deluxe apartments on the shores of the lake and tree houses.
Wellness & Spa center LEONIDA
LEONIDA
there is also a newly built, contemporary and modernly equipped Wellness & Spa center Leonida on the surface of 3.500 m².
The center was designed following the previous architectural solutions in the ETHNO VILLAGE STANISICI, fitting into the complete ambience of the village, and has a close connection to Hotel Ras. In the Wellness & Spa center Leonida there is an indoor pool with sunbathing area, bio and Finnish sauna, steam bath and Turkish bath (hammam), tepidarium, Kneipp, cooling barrels, pull bucket, fitness center, solarium, as well as a hairdresser and beauty salon.
LOCATION
TRANSPORT

BY PLANE
to Belgrade airport (Serbia)
The easiest way to reach Beltango & Friends Festival is flying to International Belgrade airport with direct flights from more than 100 destinations.
Low-cost companies Ryanair, Wizz Air, Easyjet, Norwegian offer direct flights to Belgrade airport.
Air Serbia, Lufthansa, AirFrance, Swiss, Turkish Airlines and many more also offer comfortable options at reasonable prices.
ALL FLIGHTS TO BELGRADE AIRPORT
to Tuzla airport (B&H)
Perfect alternative solution is Tuzla airport.
Low-cost companies Wizzair and Ryanair offers direct flights from several destinations to Tuzla Airport.
WIZZAIR
AUSTRIA / Vienna - VIE
GERMANY / Berlin Brandenburg BER, Cologne CGN, Dortmund DTM, Frankfurt Hahn HHN, Friedrichshafen FDH, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden FKB, Memmingen/Munich West FMM, Nuremberg NUE
SWEDEN / Gothenburg Landvetter GOT, Malmo MMX, Stockholm Skavsta NYO, Vaxjo VXO
FRANCE / Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg - MLH
NETHERLANDS / Eindhoven EIN
DENMARK / Billund - BLL
RYANAIR
AUSTRIA / Vienna - VIE
GERMANY / Memmingen/Munich West FMM
SWEDEN / Stockholm Arlanda RN
Notice:
Let us know if you need our help to arrange shuttle transportation from/to Belgrade or Tuzla airport.
Taxi Limo Companies offers renting of minivan (8+1 seats) or car (4+1) with driver for our guests.
Price of 30 euros per person in one direction.
Just send us your flight timetable and we will find best solution for your transfers.

BY CAR
DISTANCES FROM SOME TANGO CITIES
- Serbia:Novi Sad-100km, Belgrade–120km, Nis–350km
- Romania: Timisoara – 250 km
- Croatia: Zagreb – 300 km, Rijeka 480 km
- Montenegro: Podgorica – 400 km
- Hungary: Budapest – 400 km
- Slovenia: Ljubljana – 450 km
- Bulgaria: Sofia – 500 km
- Austria: Graz – 500 km, Wien – 600km
- Italy: Trieste 550 km, Venezia 700km
- Slovakia: Bratislava – 550 km
- Macedonia: Skopje – 550 km
- Greece: Thessaloniki – 750 km
- Germany: Munich – 850 km
- Czech Rep.: Brno – 700km, Prague 900km
ARTS, BODY & FASHION
MONIKA SOMMER - MODE DIE TANZT

RIEKE ROSENFELD - FELDENKRAIS LESSONS
Start your day with a FELDENKRAIS lesson in the morning
To feel yourself and your body,
Find your axis and stability,
Move and turn with more ease
Small and little movements will improve your awareness and encourage your nervous system to adapt.
Bring comfortable clothes and bring a mat, if you have !
Friday - Saturday & Sunday at 10.30-11.30 in Hall No 2
Costs: 5 Euros per session
Rieke Rosenfeld
Teaching Feldenkrais since 2008.
Fascinated with Feldenkrais and its benefits for dancing, she put her focus on Feldenkrais for Tango dancers. While working closely together with different tango teachers.
Feldenkrais helps to improve sensibility for your own body and movement, as well as for your partner.
Dancing becomes light, easy and playful

CONTACT
If you have any question or need more information about BELTANGO&FRIENDS Festival, be free to contact us
email:
viber/whatsapp: +381 63 249946
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