TTF 2025 – Opettajat – TAMPERE TANGO FESTIVAL

Roque Castellano & Giselle Gatica Luján

Argentines, dancers, and teachers of Tango and Argentine Folklore living in Europe. Talented and multidisciplinary artists with an intense artistic career.

Both took their first steps in dance at a very young age: Roque in Santiago del Estero with Malambo and Argentine Folklore, and Giselle in San Luis with Spanish Dance. In Buenos Aires, they completed their training and began their professional careers. They combined their knowledge and experience to develop a personal and musical style, elegant, dynamic, and unhurried. They transmit a heartfelt embrace, sealing the movement in the delicacy of their feet.

They arrived in Europe in 2006. Starting their journey in Pamplona, they gave birth to and developed the tango scene there, organizing the city’s first milonga, which ran uninterrupted for ten years, and the first practica, which continues to this day. Since then, they have toured countries such as Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Finland, and Portugal with their art and teaching. (From 2010 to 2012, they moved to Germany, where they were hired to work in different cities and tango schools.)

They currently reside in Zaragoza, Spain, where they continue their artistic and teaching work, earning the affection and respect of students and the general public.

They consistently maintain a space that opens its doors monthly, La Practilonga, whose main objective is to welcome and incorporate new tango enthusiasts. They organize an annual festival that, with its freshness and charisma, is gaining a foothold on the European tango circuit: El Abrojito Tango Zaragoza.

Their pedagogy

Sensitize the body and senses to music, embrace, partner, and space. Turn improvisation and musicality into a game that gives rise to a personal and passionate dance. All within a clear, dynamic, and relatable framework, where humor also has its place.