Reclaiming Connection Through the Dancing Body
Combining Argentine Tango, Somatic Movement Education and Contact Improvisation, TangoSomatics cultivates a sensory experience of connection in times when bodies feel far apart—opening spaces of trust, intimacy and creative co-liberation.
TangoSomatics - Practice Pathways
Where tango’s intimacy meets contact’s freedom: a fluid, improvisational practice exploring touch, weight, and shared axis. Dancers discover co-liberation in motion—moving between structure and openness with presence, trust, and playful connection.
An intergenerational movement practice where children and caregivers build trust, communication, and shared play through touch and co-movement. A gentle space to explore connection, bonding, and embodied presence as a family.
A somatic approach to communication through tango: listening before leading, responding instead of reacting. Participants learn how movement can dissolve frustration and cultivate empathy, clarity, and respectful relational exchange.
Upcoming events
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Contango Intensive Innsbruck
24.01.2026 10:00am-10:30PM
Two immersive Contango workshops followed by a JamMilonga, guiding dancers into a somatic journey where tango and contact blend into flow, listening and playful transformation.
Venue: Jugendheim Saggen, Falkstraße 26, Innsbruck

Info & Bookings: Cilla Lundberg — +43 699 17143114
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Contango Festival Cologne
30.04.-3.5.2026
The Kölner Contango Festival invites dancers into 4 days of exploration, workshops, JamMilongas, live music and somatic spaces for listening and connection — a warm celebration.
Venue: Ballett Dance Akademie Köln, Waltherstr. 49-51

Info & Bookings: Esther ewuerstlin@web.de
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Contango Residential Tuscany
1-7.06.2026
A week just for you – dancing, breathing, connected amidst the Tuscan countryside. retreat to dive deeply into the essence of Contact Improvisation and Argentine Tango .
Venue: Eco-Village in Monterosi, Arezzo (Italy)
Inro & Booking: Lo Katarina Richter — circu_lo@yahoo.de
About
Tango Somatics
TangoSomatics is a practice that brings together Argentine tango, contact improvisation and somatic movement education to help people feel more connected, expressive and alive in their bodies. It is the outcome of Raffaele Rufo’s cross-disciplinary research and his long-standing artistic and pedagogical collaborations across Europe, Australia and Africa. It blends the structure and musicality of tango with the freedom and playfulness of contact, and the sensitivity and slow attention typical of the Feldenkrais method.
