Feldenkrais & Tango
September 6–12, 2026 on Evia Island, Greece
Tango, more than a dance (in fact, a metaphor for life itself!)

Join us in paradise on one of the most amazing places in Greece – Evia – a peaceful place with a wonderful long beach made for walks.
Imagine a week of exploring and understanding tango, built on community with openness and trust, asking questions and learning in the calm and balancing surroundings of the Greek sea and beach.
The method of Feldenkrais is extremely helpful for tango, to train our senses, awareness, find more choices and change habits. Not simply how the head, leg or arm moves, Feldenkrais brings attention to and gives concrete experience of how to move as whole human beings. The key factor that makes tango and its communication work is “intention”.
Instead of placing the focus solely on the outer form of tango through steps and figures, our time will be about the underlying principles which are more difficult to access but make up the foundation on which the tango rests.
We will ask questions that do not necessarily need direct answers:
- What is a true embrace and how can it be a guiding principle in dance…
- What does it mean to lead or to follow beyond the cliché ideas we have….
- What is connection and how can a different way of thinking help to create a real connection…
- How can we unite technique with emotion, feelings and sensations…
Leaders may dance with leaders, followers with followers, or sometimes we dance on our own with the wall, or a chair, or on the floor, all very helpful and predictable partners! Bring soft shoes and socks, but also: bring your own questions.
We may use theatrical exercises, or my background as a modern dancer/performer or perhaps try some contact dance – all with the purpose of discovering the heart of tango and creating more freedom and joy.

Booking information:
A maximum of 20 participants – first come, first served! Prices range from 630–790 EUR depending on comfort and privacy. There are six spaces for 630 EUR/each, in two apartments with 3 beds each. All accommodations have kitchenettes with refrigerators, bathrooms and balcony/patios with sea view.
Included in the price is: accommodation for six nights, five Feldenkrais lessons, nine tango workshops, five meals, as well as coffee/tea in the morning, wine, water, snacks and finger foods in the evening.
You should book your flight to Athens and arrive no later than 2 pm on Sunday, September 6 to catch the bus at 5 pm. There is however a bus at 2 pm if you arrive earlier. The bus ride takes 2.5 hours.
Please note:
In order to book the rooms, we need your answer no later than May 10th. There is a limited number of spaces – please book now. More information will come once you have booked your spot. If you have any questions, email fotini@fotini.se or write on messenger.:

Hope to see you!
Bennie Bartels
Fotini Gerani Makrigianni

a reaction:

"The tango week, and the spirit with which you imbued it, was full of possibility, exploration, experiment, physicality, earthiness, fun, passion, potential, flow, risk and heart. In this week I danced my heart. I felt like a dancer… me… who has steered clear of dance floors for so long...."

VAL SINESTRA/SWITSERLAND 21-28 OF MAI

UFFELTE/HOLLAND 1-3 MAI

FRANCE with Astrid 18-25 of JULI

GREECE with Fotini 6-13 of SEPTEMBER

KARIN/HOLLAND 18-20 of SEPTEMBER

VAL SINETRA GAAT ZEKER DOOR, IS FOR SURE HAPPENING,

PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN YOU WANNA JOIN US TO THIS WONDERFUL PLACE FOR A TANGO/FELDENKRAIS WEEK

(English version scroll down)

VAL SINESTRA/ZWITSERLAND 21-28 MEI 2026
TANGOWEEK MET ASTRID & BENNIE
 
We zijn heel erg blij weer een tango week in het prachtige Val Sinestra aan te kunnen kondigen. Dit voormalige Kur-ort ligt verscholen in een vallei op 1500 meter. Vanuit de Serre, waar we onze lessen en milonga’s zullen hebben, kijk je van drie kanten uit op het dramatische bergdecor dat ons omringt. 
Ver weg van een hectische wereld, wandelen door prachtige natuur, en de kunst en het genot van het samen lopen binnen. En Party natuurlijk.
 
AANKOMST EN VERTREK
20 of 21 mei is de aankomst, de eerste les is laat in de middag van de 21ste.
De 25ste is een vrije dag, de 27ste onze laatste volle dag, en de 28ste in de ochtend het vertrek (tenzij je eerder wil vertrekken).
Een speciale busverbinding die Val Sinestra runt vanuit Utrecht of Arnhem vertrekt op woensdagen en reist op donderdagen in de vroeg ochtend weer terug. 
 
LESSEN
Astrid en Bennie, beiden geworteld in de klassieke stijl van de Tango, van waaruit we de vernieuwing en de neo opzoeken die we altijd al in ons droegen. Denk aan elasticiteit, bewustzijn, spel, onderzoek, expansie. Iets wat zich ook vertaalt in onze muziekkeuzes. 
Ons doel is de vrijheid te zoeken vanuit het strikte kader. De passen authentieker, natuurlijker en sprekender te laten voelen.  Tegelijkertijd de balans te zoeken tussen de actieve rol van beiden leider en volger, van waaruit de improvisatie spannender en creatiever wordt. 
 
De onderzoekende methode van Moshe FELDENKRAIS, die je thuis laat komen en leert oriënteren in je eigen lijf, past hier wonderwel bij. Het ontwikkelt de kunst van het waarnemen en voelen, het helder richting geven, te aarden en vrij te ademen, en concreet te voelen hoe een impuls of energie door je lichaam reist. 
De Feldenkrais lessen zijn optioneel en individueel (12 euro pp per les).
 
SERRE
Alle lessen en het dansen ’s avonds zijn in de serre met houten vloer. Aan drie kanten bestaat die geheel uit glas en kijkt uit op het berglandschap rondom. Die week geheel van ons. Aangrenzend is de ‘Stube’, een knusse bar voor koffie, thee, taart en alcohol. 
 
RESERVEREN, LESGELD, KAMERS EN BETALING
Om aan te melden, stuur je een e-mail naar vakanties@tangoalegre.be. Je krijgt dan een aanmeldingsformulier toegestuurd wat je invult en terugstuurt. Met een overschrijving van € 275 op de rekening van vzw Tango Alegre is je plek in de tangoles gereserveerd.

 

De kamers dien je zelf te reserveren en te betalen bij het hotel. Deel van hun policy. Dit doe je nadat we de doorgang van de tangoweek bevestigd hebben. Op hun site vind je alle informatie die je nodig hebt. Een kijkje nemen en boeken kan hier: www.sinestra.ch/tarieven. De kamerprijs is inclusief ontbijt en diner en een zelfgemaakte lunch. Wij zullen extra zorgen voor een warme soep iedere middag. 
 
BUS
Als je gebruik wil maken van de Val Sinestra bus die vanuit Nederland vertrekt, dan boek je die hier: www.sinestra.ch/busvervoer
 
 
VOOR MEER INFO
 
 
TRAVEL
there is a special bus from Arnhem/holland all the way to the hotel. leaving the 20st in the morning and going back the 28th very early from the hotel.
see info and booking on the site of the hotel val sinestra
-other means of travel is going by car
-train is possible, all the way from belgium or germany.
-or fly to Zurich or any other airport in Swiss and then take a train to Sent.
We will pick you up from there.
 
Discription
 
Val Sinestra was voted Landscape of the Year 2011. The criteria are the demonstration of different aspects of the landscape, its protection and the ongoing commitment of the local people. The valley shows a harmonious interlocking of natural and cultural landscape with carefully developed villages and an intact forest and natural landscape with great biodiversity. The earth pyramids below Prà San Peder, formed over thousands of years from moraine material, are one of the valley's attractions. If you want to explore this natural monument and the Val Sinestra, you have to set off on foot, by bike or on snowshoes. However, the effort is rewarded with impressive scenery, such as on the Via Engiadina, which leads through the Val Sinestra.
 
The Val Sinestra Art Nouveau house is also a real highlight. This was built in 1912 as a spa hotel. Nowadays, it houses a hotel and a restaurant - but you can still sense a touch of times gone by.
 
 
SPA
In the next village there is a beautiful big spa with suana, swimmingpool, steambath and more. 
The coffee places in the nearby small villages are open where you can walk to over beautiful mountain paths. 
 
 
 


ENGLISH VERSION
 
VAL SINESTRA/Swiss, 21-28 MAI 2026
TANGOWEEK with ASTRID & BENNIE
 
We are happy to let you know that after years of absence, we are back with a Tango (Feldenkrais) week in Val Sinestra and its stunning scenery deep in the Swiss mountains.
One of my favourite places that combines dancing with that other walking on the mountain trails starting on the doorstep of the hotel. The atmosphere relaxed and down to earth and with the endearing tiny villages to drink coffee and eat the special “Nusstorte”.(See description)
 
ARRIVAL and DEPARTURE
The 20st or 21st of Mai is the day of arrival, and we will start in the late afternoon of the 21st with our lessons. 25th will be a free day. 28th morning is the day of departure.
This schedule is timed on the special bus-trip Val Sinestra runs that leaves from Utrecht or Arnhem in the Netherlands and back.
 
LESSONS
Both Astrid and Bennie are deeply rooted in the classical tango, taking it from there to the new and neo style, working with elasticity, awareness, expansion, play and research. This is reflected in our choice of music as well. 
Our goal is to make this dance feel more natural, authentic, with flow and opening up the possibilities of improvisation. At the same time addressing the balance and active  input of both roles, leader and follower, both shaping this dance. Music, space, circularity, elasticity, dynamics, a lively embrace, are then important tools to work with.
 
The explorative method of Moshe FELDENKRAIS, which makes you come home and oriented in your own body, works wonderfully well in tandem with the tango. It develops your ability to sense and feel, to be naturally grounded, breath more freely, and find ways of moving with the least amount of effort.  
(the lessons are optional and to be paid extra, 12 euro)
 
SERRE
The space where we dance with wooden floor, is all ours and with its windows giving a stunning view on the valley and mountains around us. Next door is the “Stube”, the bar, for coffee, tea, cakes and alcohol and hanging out during the evening milonga's.
 
ROOMS and PAYMENT
When interested send a mail to vakanties@tangoalegre.be
We will send you an application form to fill in and return. Once you paid 275 euro onto the bankaccount of vzw Tango Alegre, your place will be confirmed. 
 
Rooms will have to be booked directly with the hotel as of their policy. 
This includes Breakfast, Diner and a self prepared lunch in the afternoon.
We will take care that lunch will include a warm soup every day.
On the website of Val Sinestra you find plenty of pictures and information of the rooms, the hotel and its surroundings. www.sinestra.ch/tarieven
 
 
BUS
If you wanna make use of the Val Sinestra bus which leaves from Holland go here: www.sinestra.ch/busvervoer
 
 
 
MORE INFORMATION
 
 
 
 

 

 

Tango Holidays 18-25 juli 2026

EXITING NEWS, A NEW CHATEAU!!

 

https://chateaudesauge.com/

2 Saugé, Saivres, 79400

30 min from Niort and 45 from Poitiers

A direct TGV from Paris brings you to 5 min. from the Castle!

 

 

 

Every year Tango Alegre | De Koffiefabriek organizes tango holidays for dancers. 
This year, we propose a tango week from  18-25 JULI 2026: Tango-Tango week

We have at least 2 (tango) workshops each day. Our focus lies on exploring and musicality, on a more expressivetango, on moving and playfulness.

 

 

 

 

Your teachers

 
 

Astrid Maria Cerpentier & Bennie Bartels are teaching the tango dance and expression classes in their own unique, contemporary, "it's about more than tango"-style. With tango steps as the excuse, they dive into a whole new (daily) movement world (see also their Neo/Projects).

 

Bennie Bartels teaches the Feldenkrais classes in the morning. You can read more about them here.

 
 
 



2 x a day Astrid Maria Cerpentier & Bennie Bartels are teaching tango workshops.  In the evening we have tango nights, preferably outside under the stars. Delicious lunches & dinners are prepared for you by our special équipe de cuisine, Marina & Eline & guests!

 
 
 
 
 

Practical information

 

To subscribe

 

Dates

Saturday 18-25

Arriving after 16:00, leaving before 14:00

Price

all-in for 720 € | early bird discount (1/Apr): 40€

camp out discount: 60 € | young people: -20%

Address

Chateau de Sauge

2 Saugé, Saivres, 79400 (FRANCE)

 
 

Send a mail to vakanties@tangoalegre.be with your question, inquiries or to subscribe.
You will receive an application form to fill in, next to more practical information.

 

A typical day in the tango week looks like...

9u00 – 10u00        Feldenkrais (optional)

10u15 – 11u30         Tango class Group A

11u45 – 13u00        Tango class Group B

                       Lunch

15u30 - 16u45        Tango class Group B

17u00 – 18u15        Tango class Group A

                       Dinner

21u00 -                    Tango Night

 
 
 
 
 

How we see it ...

It is about quality, fun, late nights and early mornings. Good food and beautiful places. Music and ‘more than tango’. It has the deep learning coming from EXPLORATION, playfulness and a search to express through our physical beings. All of that in this wonderful château in FRANCE.

With a focus on playfulness & movement - finding that deeper connection for a more contemporary tango..

Looking forward to meeting you there!