Agustina Vignau &
Hugo Mastrolorenzo
Agustina Vignau and Hugo Mastrolorenzo have for some time been among the most influential dancers in the
dancers in the tango community worldwide. The basis for this is not only their dancing ability,
but also the innovative power of their choreographies and the analytical penetration of the danced tango.
tango dance.
Hugo, in particular, develops concepts and choreographies that take dance as a means of
means of expression. He is not interested in dancing familiar figures even more beautifully
or inventing new steps that take dance skills and athleticism to new heights.
to new heights. Technical perfection is important to Agustina and Hugo, but beyond that
but above all they ask: what do I want to express with the tango dance? What do I want to express as a
express as a dancer. Tango as a means of communication. They pursue this not only in their choreographies
but also in their courses for the salon, for tango as a social dance
The dance couple became widely known with their choreography for the classic ‘Balada para un
Loco’ (Piazzolla/Ferrer), which broke with many tango conventions when it was first published.
conventions. Similarly, Hugo and Agustina broke with many traditions of danced tango with their final
traditions of danced tango and became world champions at the 2016 World Championships in
Buenos Aires. Since then, they have been sought-after dance teachers and show dancers in Argentina, Japan
and show dancers.
Hugo is admired for his concepts and choreographies. In Witten they will present their current,
multi-media dance theatre
Ezgi Turmuş & Lourdes Medina
Ezgi Turmus started to tango in Istanbul University Dance Club/2004. She worked with many diffrent tango teachers. She was interested in both roles of tango since the day she started tango and she performed in many organizations. After graduate she came back to Samsun and founded her own comunity which called TangoSam and started to teach in 2009. Than she went to Buenos Aires for a while and countinued to improve herself and again came back to Samsun for teaching.
Istanbul Mundial de Baile 2017 finalist, 8th place as a leader. Also 2025 Mundial De Baile Buenos Aires semifinalist as a leader. Now she is openrole dancer who is currently known all over the world and gives lectures and shows.
At just 8 years old, Lourdes Medina took her first steps in tango in Mar del Plata, her hometown. For more than 10 years, she specialized in different areas of movement such as contemporary dance, acrobatics, flexibility, and since 2017 continues training and practicing tango in different spaces and milongas of Buenos Aires city. In 2022, began her studies as a tango dance instructor and participated in the Ballet School at the Centro Educativo de Tango de BA . Since 2023, is part of *El Cxuce Tango*, a space in which she develops as a dancer and as a teacher of the *El Cxuce Ballet School* , directed by Vanesa Villalba and Facundo Piñero. She was a semifinalist with Ezgi Turmus in the 2025 Buenos Aires Tango World Championship.
Cédric Tellier & Aube Bentele
Born in the south of France, Aube began her dance training at the age of eleven at the Conservatoire d’Avignon and later in Nice. Following professional training in contemporary dance at the Varium school in Barcelona, she further developed her work in contact improvisation and performance, including in Israel.
In Germany – alongside her love for her two wonderful children – she discovered her passion for Argentine tango and has been teaching at Tangolu in Bonn since 2022. She trained with Lucia Merz and Ulrich Baumeister and has been inspired by numerous maestros and artists.
As a naturopath specialising in psychotherapy and through her further training in Authentic Movement, she now combines dance, body awareness and presence within relationships. Her work centres on questions of movement and encounter, body and mind, freedom and connection. Not to mention: the joy!!!
Cédric is a martial teacher who started dancing tango 13 years ago. He use his martial arts and dance background (kung fu, tai ji, salsa, zouk...) to build a way to dance tango that can fit any kind of music and like that, it is suitable for everybody. This approach to tango is very sociable and fun to do as to learn.