Tango holiday Italy

April 30 to May 7, 2016

Brigitta Winkler is an internationally acclaimed dancer. She divides her time between New York and Berlin, where she studied ballet and modern dance for many years. In 1980, her life changed when she discovered Argentine tango. She then spent some years in Paris studying with Virulazo, a star of Tango Argentino. At that time she met Coco Orlando Diaz, and they began performing together at Les Trottoirs de Buenos Aires in Paris. In 1986, they took their own show to Montreal and Toronto. Brigitta travelled often to Buenos Aires to study with such noted dancers as Juan Carlos Copes, Antonio Todaro, Pepito, Gustavo Naveira, and Eduardo Arquimbau.

In 1987 she opened Tanzart dance studio together with her partner Angelika Fischer, where she hosted Arquimbau's visits to Berlin. In 1994 Brigitta choreographed and danced in Tango Marathon in the Theaterhaus Stuttgart and Tango Vision in the Podewil Berlin. She incorporates into her interpretation of tango Body-Mind Centering, which she studied in a four-year program with Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen.

Today Brigitta Winkler is a Tango legend, famous for being among the first who integrated training of body awareness and.body work in her teaching concept.
You will profit strongly from her concept, used by professional tango dancers worldwide. At the intensive workshop at La Rogaia Brigitta´s comprehensive body training will help you to perceive your body in a new very agreeable way.
You will reduce tensions and blockades in your body, dance more relaxed and with less stress.

Tango at Villa La Rogaia

Come to Italy for a combination of Tango, Arts, Culture, Food, Wine and more...

Learn to dance Tango quicker in small intimate groups. Maximum number of participants only 9 couples per class !

Individual attention and intensive learning guaranteed .

Practice what you have learned during your daily Tango lessons dancing every night after dinner.

Registration possible also without partner !

Spend a relaxing week at Villa La Rogaia, an old countryhouse with a large garden and a pool. La Rogaia is situated in the hills above Lake Trasimeno between Rome and Florence.

Relax in your individually crafted beautiful double or single room (shared bathroom for two bedrooms) or in your own private holiday appartment (for two persons).

Enjoy our hearty and healthy breakfast and authentic Umbrian cuisine freshly prepared by Mamma Ornella for dinner.

Get inspired by Italy's wealth of culture and history: We can arrange art historical tours to Arezzo, Assisi or Perugia and more.
Have a look at our complete program now online at

Level: Intermediate

Languages of instruction: English, German