♠During 3 days a total of 7 milongas with over 30 hours of pure dancing!
♣5 of the 7 milongas will be in the stunning Porchester Hall, with a wooden sprung dance floor.
◊1 after milonga party (3am to 6am) in the iconic Paddington train station
♥1 after milonga party (3am to 7am) on a wonderful boat sailing the Thames.
♦We have a pre-registration system to ensure a balance between leaders & followers.
£ Marathon Golden Pass @ £96 and Platinum Pass (with boat after party) @ £110.
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A wonderful hotel with breakfast (walking distance to the Porchester Hall) - Single rooms @ £122 per night (one person)/ Double rooms @ £133 per night (two people)
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The DJs for the marathon 2023

Lucia Lerendegui
DJ
Lucía Lerendegui is a musician, DJ and tango dancer. Born in Buenos Aires, since her childhood she listened to her mother sing tango and her father play the violin with Osvaldo Pugliese and his orchestra. Her vast experience brought her to work in Argentina, Europe and Asia. Acclaimed in internacional tango marathons, festivals and the most important milongas from cities such as Paris, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Brussels, among others, she develops her artistic career in various tango events. With a fine understanding of music, Lucía embodies the new generation of tango DJs. Her style: Harmony, change of rythms and above all... beautiful tangos!

Benjamin Lee
Benjamin Lee
Benjamin Lee has regularly played music at many popular milongas in Seoul Korea since 2011. He loves the traditional Golden Age tangos very suitable for dancing with good energy. He has been invited for various international tango events from many cities of Asia, Australia, Europe, & America. Respecting the great tangos of main popular orchestras and the emotion of dancers in milonga, he always tries to play the right tanda for each certain moment. He believes that the most important mission of DJ is to help dancers to be naturally and comfortably immersed in the flow of emotion.

Andrea Dedó
DJ
Andrea Dedó
"You are Energy for the milonga!” this is one of the best congratulations that I received after a milonga set.I like to think the DJ rules like this, gives always new energy at the dancers, try to propose every time the right tanda at the right moment and ignite the magic of the milonga.Thanks to an intense background as a musician, dancer and tango teacher, and to a continuous study, Andrea Dedó always is able to interpret the dance-floor to the delight of our feet! From several years he traveled around Europe to playing at the best Festivals and Marathons.His style it’s absolutely traditional. “Todo el mundo a bailar!”Andrea Dedó is the artistic director of the International L’Aquila Tango Marathon & Festival, www.laquilatangofestival.com, as well as the creator and director of the Italian Tango magazine “El Tanguero” www.eltanguero.it, From 2009 is the resident DJ of the "Milonga di Camila” (Italy).

Hubert Voignier
DJ
Hubert Voignier,
living and working in Lyon, he regularly plays at milongas organized by Tango de Soie, as well as other milongas in Lyon, events in France and Europe..
Passionate about tango history and its evolution, he is dedicated to proposing a wide variety of pieces of the great orchestras of the golden age (mainly) and to accompanying the dancers in different ways of feeling and expressing music..

Gabriele Sabato
Dj
Gabriele Sabato:
"Before even being born Gabriele's history was rooted in Tango.
In the 50s his grandfather was working in the (in)famous Abasto Market, one of the historical tango places in Buenos Aires.From his grandfather, Gabriele learned a love for music and
belcanto.Gabriele’s family moved back to the south of Italy, where he was born,but his life was always permeated by Argentinian culture.
Dancing tango for over 13 years, and his love for classical music, singing, and dancing naturally drove him to become a tango DJ.For 8 years Gabriele DJ in many international events all over theworld.
His DJ style is energetic, elegant, and romantic, creating anight full of emotions.
Nowadays you can find Gabriele DJ, dancing andsinging tango in Berlin where he actually lives."

Yuko Amano
Dj
Yuko Amano As a top DJ in Japan, she DJs frequently in leading milongas in Tokyo, festivals/marathons and other special tango events in many cities in Japan. After 2017, her name is also broadly well-known in Asia as the official DJ of Tango Dance Asian Championship, the only championship affiliated to Campeonato Mundial in BuenosAires.
She is also a tango marathon enthusiast who has repeatedly traveled around Asia and Europe to dance and play music. Outside Japan, she has DJed in Singapore, Taipei, London and BuenosAires.At the age of 12, she started listening to tangos and collecting all kinds of tango recordings as vinyls, CDs and rare shellacs. Her DJ carrier started in 2004. She studied under the old great tango collectors in Japan. With her enormous tango collection, she can create the dance floor atmosphere freely to keep dancers dancing.
Now she leads her own tango music study group, and also gives lectures on tango DJing for some radio programs or for the tango instructors of in Japan Federación Japonesa de Tango Argentino (FJTA).
THE MARATHON
The marathon has 3 venues. The main one is the Porchester Hall. And the next two venues for the afterparties: the arrival hall of the famous Paddington Train Station and a boat on the river Thames.MILONGAS' CIRCUIT
For the ones arriving early in London we will have a Circuit of Local Milongas starting @ Corrientes on Saturday 3rd then Los Angelitos on Sunday, Love Monday, Browns on Tuesday, The Light on Wednesday, Tango Terra on Thursday. More information will be publish later on a link here.THE WORKSHOPS
The workshops are open to all intermediated to advance Tanguer@s. The 6 Maestros & Judges will be teaching a range of workshops throughout the weekend - 4 workshops on Saturday 10th June and 8 workshops on Sunday 11th June 2023.MARATHON SCHEDULE
Friday 9th June @ The Porchester Hall
Saturday 10th June @ The Porchester Hall
Sunday 11th June @ The Porchester Hall
8:00pm to 2:00am
PORCHESTER HALL
Opening Milonga - Dj Benjamin Lee
Address: Porchester Road, London W2 5HS
3:00pm to 8:00pm
Porchester Hall
Afternoon Milonga - Dj Hubert Voignier
Address: Porchester Road, London W2 5HS
10:00pm to 2:00am
Porchester Hall
Gala Milonga - Dj Andrea Dedo
Address: Porchester Road, London W2 5HS
3:00am to 6:00am
Paddington Station
After Party - Dj Lucia Lerendegui
Address: Praed Street, London, W2 1HQ
3:00pm to 7:00pm
Porchester Hall
Afternoon Milonga - Dj Yuko Amano
Address: Porchester Road, London W2 5HS
7:00pm to Midnight
Porchester Hall
Goodbye Milonga - Dj Gabriele Sabato
Address: Porchester Road, London W2 5HS