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Dear TangoForge friends,
 
Last year we hosted the first Rendez-Vous Roberto+Vio at our Domaine Valent in Southern France. Everyone loved this event so much that we have decided to continue it as an annual gathering of TangoForge students and friends.
 
This is not a public event or a marathon. It is designed as an intimate gathering of our community, an opportunity to make and develop new tango partners, and to spend time with us. We aim for 40 participants.

We are thrilled to announce our DJs: Anna Neum and  Gökhan (Berlin).

Last year was non-profit but the DJs volunteered. This year we want to pay the DJs, hire a real chef, and have drivers on duty throughout the weekend. The cost is €115 per person which includes dinner on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and lunch on Saturday and Sunday.

All of our students tell us “I want to dance with more people who have TangoForge training.” So the ongoing celebration of our meeting is for you to meet.
 
We also want you to know that every time we teach, we remark on how unusual are the dancers who are attracted to TangoForge. For reasons we don’t fully understand, our students are extraordinarily gentle, open, curious, self-aware, committed, and respectful. This is why we so strongly urge you to make this a priority event for 2025. As our meeting transformed our lives and art, we will do our best to create the setting for you to get to know one another, both on the dance floor and at sumptuous tables. 

Love & Art,
Roberto y Vio 

Rendez-Vous 2025

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The 200m2 Ballhaus includes three areas, for talking, dancing, and lounging. It has a smooth theater dance floor that accommodates pivoting in sneakers as well as protection for your most beautiful stilettos. Friends describe it as “TangoLoft in the countryside… cement, candelabras, stars…”
 
We are thrilled that DJ Anna Neum and DJ Gosto (Gökhan) have accepted our invitation to play in the evenings. Because we will be a smaller group, we will identify 3-hour blocks for DJ sets hoping that everyone will be together for these. In between, we’ll have yoga, meals, time for lounging at the pool, and outings.
 
Outside of the DJ sets, you are welcome to use the dance floor to play and practice with your own music.
 
This weekend is the French festival of free music. There will be live music events in the villages near us, and we may visit to dance there.
 
Schedule:
 
Thursday
early arrivals free to help setup or use pool or dance floor
20:00-23:00 DJ set 1
 
Friday
11:00-12:00 Yoga with Vio
15:00-18:00 tea and cake dance: DJ Mario
20:00-21:00 dinner
21:00-24:00 DJ set 2
 
Saturday
11:00-12:00 Yoga with Vio
12:00-15:00 tango brunch DJ set 3
15:00-18:00 outing to village music festival
20:00-21:00 dinner
21:00-24:00 DJ set 4
 
Sunday
11:00-12:00 Yoga with Vio
12:00-15:00 tango brunch DJ set 5
15-18:00 outing to village music festival
20:00-21:00 dinner
21:00-24:00 DJ set 6
 
You may arrive before 12:00 to use the pool or the dance floor.

The team will stay on-site at Domaine Valent.

The closest and least expensive accommodation is Maison Catalan (our nearest neighbors). They can accommodate 9 people dormitory style in real beds. The price is €125 flat fee regardless of how many nights you stay from Thursday until Monday.You’ll be able to walk to this accommodation.

For private accommodation in the district, there are a number of “chambres d’hôte”. (Houses where the owners rent some rooms, like a bed and breakfast.)  Here’s an image of what you’ll see when you type “chambres d’hote” into google maps. Notice these little orange/red dots (not just the red ones with prices). Each orange dot is a house with rooms for rent, usually including breakfast.

The yellow circle is a radius of 15 minutes driving distance. Our standby drivers will provide service for this range. from 1200-12:00 on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. For Thursday and Monday we’ll rely on volunteer drivers.

Below the map are some places that you can contact directly just by clicking the picture. We’ll be adding more.

Le petit couvent

En-suite rooms in a village house in L'isle-en-Dodon, a village with commerce,

12 minutes drive from Rendez-Vous. There's also a bus.

€90 per night for 2 persons.

Vollwert-Ferien

Stay in a health-conscious countryside house.

15 minutes drive from Rendez-Vous.

€36 per person per night

Host speaks German, French, English.

Ferme de Coumodous

3 choices of rooms in a charming country house with an organic farm.

18 minutes drive from Rendez-Vous.

€70 per night

Mailles D'en Haut

A large country house with simple rooms.

15 minutes drive from Rendez-Vous.

Prices on request.

Lampelopse

En-suite rooms in a village house in Boulogne-sur-Gesse, a village with commerce.

15 minutes drive from Rendez-Vous. There's also a bus.

€71 per night for 2 persons, including breakfast.

Gite 31

A two bedroom, one bathroom countryside cottage with private heated pool and mountain views.

13 minutes drive from Rendez-Vous.

€150/night

Domaine Cap de Coste

One-bedroom countryside cottages, with sauna, jacuzzi, private heated pool, mountain views

12 minutes drive from Rendez-Vous.

€110 per night.

We want to maximize the opportunity to get to know one another at the table as well as at the dance floor. 

Lunches and dinners are included in the registration fee. 

Vio is not cooking this year, to have more time to dance! We’re paying a proper chef to provide vegetarian and meat options, prepared from local and seasonal ingredients. 

This is a non-profit event.

We want to pay the DJs, a proper chef, and drivers. The price is €115 for the weekend.

If you want to do work-trade, we do need some help. Please contact Vio!

The Rendez-Vous is located in the countryside near the village of Montbernard, France. 

During the weekend we will have paid drivers on standby to shuttle between the Domaine and nearby chambres d’hôte.

The nearest large city is Toulouse.

You may fly to Toulouse Blagnac airport (TLS). From there we will do our best to coordinate arrival and departure transportation with people who are renting cars.

Try to arrive before 16:30, so that you can take public transport to the Domaine.

From the airport take a €9 shuttle to the main train station, Matabiau. Then from the train station Toulouse Matabiau you take Bus 365 for €2 directly to our road. The stop is Montbernard-La Vierge. We pick you up from there.

If you are traveling by train instead of air  you can transfer to the bus at the Toulouse train station. The last bus is at 18:30. If your airplane or train arrives too late for the bus, you can take a local train to Boussens, where we will send someone to pick you up.

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