The Domal House

-- The big night of the festival, in a very promising place - The Domal House. 30 minutes by taxi from Shi-Dai Dance Studio (around NT250 taxi fare), the Domal House can also be easily accessed by MRT or by bus 643 (from Song-Jiang Si-Ping intersection).

Time: Saturday Sep. 23, 8:00 pm ~ 1:30 am
Place: The Domal House (3 Sec.3, Zhongxing Road, Xindian City, Taipei County) -- <map>
Price: NTD1200 ~ NTD1400

Rundown:

20:00 Doors open; dancing to the music of the tango DJ
21:00 iTango Orchestra
21:45 Masters Show
22:30 Tango DJ time
22:45 iTango Orchestra
23:30 Tango DJ time
01:30 Closing of the event

Contents:

• Masters Show

Guillermo Merlo & Fernanda Ghi


Javier Rodriguez & Andrea Misse


Adrian Veredice & Alejandra Hobert

• Exhibition by Asian professionals
  
  Akiyoshi & Noriko Tanada - from Tokyo, Japan
  
  
  Daniel & Stacy - from Taipei
  
  
• Live music by the iTango Orchestra
  
  Bandoneon - Alvin Cheng
  Piano - Ingrid Chen
  Violin - Frank Lu
  Double bass - Minco Lu
  Vocal - Cat Peng, Daniel Liu
  
  
  
  

  
  

• Tango DJ: Daniel Liu
• Snacks and drinks

The Leofoo Hotel

-- One of the traditions of the Taipei Tango Festival is the Chinese Style Milonga. People all over the world dressed in elegant chinese costume dancing in Taipei to the music of Buenos Aires - could not be more exotic. This year, we will be using the whole room in order to accomodate more people than before. The Masters will be improvising in this night, and we again welcome visiting dancers to perform in this platform established as a means of mutual admiration. We do not compete, we cheer each other on.

Time: Friday Sep. 22, 7:30 pm ~ 12 am
Place: The Leofoo Hotel 11F (168 Chang-Chun Rd., Taipei)
Price: NTD550 ~ NTD650

Contents:

• Improvisation by the Masters

  

• Exhibition of visiting international dancers

  Akiyoshi & Noriko Tanada - from Tokyo, Japan
  

  Sapato & Yoonhee - from Seoul, Korea
  

  Hung-Yut & Hwayi - from San Francisco, USA and Seoul, Korea
  

  Raymond & Lily - from Hong Kong
  

• Exhibition of Taipei Tango Association dancers

  Daniel & Stacy - from Taipei
  

  Taipei dancers: Allan & Vivien, Alvin & Huilin, Andre & Yichiao, Julian & Peggy, Peter & Doreen
  

• Guest DJ: visiting from Hong Kong, Emily Luk

  

• Chinese snacks

Dress code: Chinese style

-- Festivals enclose three to five dancing nights within their scope, in which hundreds of local and visiting dancers meet, maybe for the first time. Therefore, warming up is essential. Arrive early enough to join the Opening Milonga, when workshops have just started and everyone is anxious to get to dance. Meet people, make friends, open up. You will find yourself fully enjoying the following nights.

Time: Thursday Sep. 21, 9:30 pm ~ 2:00 am
Place: The Food Japan (100 Dun-Hwa North Road, Taipei, at the 1st floor of Holiday Inn Asiaworld Taipei. The entrance is at the plaza to the left of the hotel.)
Price: NTD300 ~ NTD350

Contents:

-- Visit the best milonga place in Taipei - The NYNY Restaurant, a cozy restaurant with excellent Chinese cuisine. Smoking is allowed, plus alcoholic drinks and a crowded dance floor, gets you closer to the Buenos Aires milonga feeling. You do not want to miss this. Arrive early if you want to have dinner. As the space is limited, we would not guarantee seats for those who come late.

Time: Sunday Sep. 24, 8:00 pm ~ 12:30 am
Place: NYNY Restaurant (180 Sec.4 Nan-Jing East Road, Taipei, close to the intersection with Kuan-Fu North Road)
Price: NTD400 ~ NTD450

Contents:

-- For the first time in the Taipei Tango Festival, an additional milonga at the end. Just relax and chat, and drink, and dance. After the hard work of an intense tango weekend, get a bit of a vacation sensation before flying home.

Time: Monday Sep. 25, 10:00 pm ~ 2:00 am
Place: The Food Japan (100 Dun-Hwa North Road, Taipei, at the 1st floor of Holiday Inn Asiaworld Taipei. The entrance is at the plaza to the left of the hotel.)
Price: NTD250 ~ NTD300

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