Contango Intensive Innsbruck | Workshops & JamMilonga 24.1.2026

A full day of exploration between tango and contact improvisation, where breath, touch, and movement unfold as a somatic dialogue of trust, rhythm, and transformation.
Join a single workshop or immerse yourself in the complete intensive, culminating in the JamMilonga — a shared space of experimentation where the worlds of tango and contact meet, and form becomes flow.

💫 Open to all levels — for movers, contact dancers, tango lovers and beginners who wish to explore dance as transformation, between structure and surrender, listening and play.

You can join alone or with a partner.

📍 Venue: Jugendheim Saggen, Falkstraße 26, Innsbruck


📞 Info & Bookings: Cilla Lundberg — +43 699 17143114

Workshop #1 – 10:00–13:00

Softness, Circularity & Elasticity — Dancing in Contact through the Senses
A somatic exploration of touch and weight, tuning perception through softness and listening. We’ll refine the quality of contact, awaken elasticity, and play with circular dynamics — an invitation to improvise and let the body find new pathways of shared motion.

Workshop #2 – 15:00–18:00

Dancing the Embrace — Between Structure and Freedom
Through the embrace, the chest connection, and the dialogue of shared balance, we’ll explore how form can become a portal to improvisation. Sensing the emotional and structural dynamics of the tango embrace, we move between precision and surrender — within ourselves, with a partner, and within the collective space of the dance.

JamMilonga – 19:00–22:30

An open space where tango and contact merge — a collective dance between improvisation and form, listening and rhythm, individual flow and shared pulse.
A living celebration of somatic dialogue.

Teacher’s Bio

Raffaele Rufo is a choreographer, director, and dance pedagogue with over twenty years of international experience across Europe, Australia, and Africa, collaborating with companies, festivals, schools, and communities. He first encountered Argentine Tango in Italy in the early 2000s, studying with renowned masters and later performing with EfectoTango, directed by Alejandro Angelica. In Melbourne, he deepened his practice through Contact Improvisation and Body Weather, while exploring somatic approaches such as the Feldenkrais Method. In 2020, Raffaele earned a PhD from Deakin University (Australia) for his research on touch in tango as a gateway to somatic listening and improvisation. His current practice weaves together Tango, Contact, and Feldenkrais into a unique ecosystem of presence, connection, and creativity. He has shared this approach at international Contango and Contact Improvisation festivals including Stuttgart (2025), Freiburg (2025), Wuppertal (2018, 2020, 2025), Strasbourg (2022), and Tyrol (2021).

🌐 www.tangosomatics.com/contango