The Dallas Holiday Tango Festival, created and organized by Hugo Patyn and Celina Rotundo, has become my favorite festival in the US that I won’t miss for anything - for many reasons. Throughout the festival you can feel the love for tango that Hugo and Celina foster by pouring their own hearts and souls into every aspect and detail of the festival. Their mission of creating a global community that loves dancing, learning and sharing, is genuine and comes from a place of deep love: the selection of teachers and workshop topics, as well as their own “Intensives” provide various ways to nourish one’s tango journey - and everyone works generously together to ensure you take home some new ideas and good vibes to spread in your own community; the space they set up is warm, welcoming and lovingly decorated - you can tell that a year’s full of thoughts and ideas pour together through their own hands, and through those of the volunteers who love to be part of it; the Dallas Tango community that Hugo and Celina have generated is a gracious and caring family that welcomes visitors from around the world with genuine hospitality. The performances in the nightly Milongas are world-class shows with originality, spirit and amazing value (and a good balance between dance-time and show/entertainment-time). So come join us, experience this magic for yourself, and create some new lasting memories with us!

"Hugo and Celina are such warm, energetic, fun people, and this was very much reflected in their Holiday Festival. From the moment I showed up there, the atmosphere, the clear love everyone in Dallas had for the space and the dance, and the care that had gone into every detail was very evident. I loved the structure: the fact that there was only one class at a time meant I didn't have to choose and could attend everything I was interested in. The technique workshop that Celina and Hugo taught was invaluable, and really helped me solidify the skills I was working on. And the milongas were absolute fire!! Great DJs, amazing performances, and a high energy level from everyone attending made it feel like a real celebration. I'm very much looking forward to the next one!"

For many reasons, we absolutely love this annual festival. Excellent teachers with great passion for the art, each bring their own style and flavor making us want to attend every class offered. This festival provides the perfect blend of inspiring classes, elegant performances, large floors for classes and milongas, intuitive DJs, attendees from all over the world, Tango shoes and clothes vendors – including fabulous dancewear by Celina Rotundo! Hugo and Celina, Organizers of this event and World Class dancers, are two beautiful humans who love to see dancers excel and grow in their Tango journey while having a memorable experience...."

"...The music, the venue and the maestros are incomparable. The shows were unforgettable. The volunteer were Super nice and in fact I now have many tango friends in Dallas. Tango grows when events like are organized. Thank you Celina and Hugo..."

Hugo and Celina’s Holiday Tango Weekend in 2021 was a lot of fun. It was a pleasure to attend the workshops of the talented instructors, and the milongas had great energy. The performances by all of the guest artists were amazing, but Hugo and Celina’s performance was particularly remarkable. I’m looking forward to attending the festival again this year!