NEO NIGHTS CINEMA
MAY 1 – 4, 2025
NEO NIGHTS CINEMA
We are happy to invite you to the 9th edition of NEO NIGHTS – our international neotango festival – from 1st until 4th May 2025!
Registration Start: 1oth November 2024
We proudly present to you a fantastic line up of artists including world-renowned live-acts from Buenos Aires. We aim to show neotango at it’s best with both a high quality musical and learning experience. Stay tuned!
The festival will take place in a former cinema and hidden treasure in Ludwigshafen, Germany (close to Heidelberg and Mannheim).
What you can expect:
• 30 hours of dancing from Thursday (holiday) until Sunday
• 12 hours of high-class Nuevo School with Emile Sansour and Simge Yüz
• 6 requested and international Neotango DJs
• 3 musical Top-Acts: Otros Aires, Tangorra and El Cachivache
• 1 unique venue combining art and culture in a former cinema
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MILONGAS
Venue of ALL milongas: Cinema Paradiso & Arte, Hemshofstraße 56, 67063 Ludwigshafen
Neo Night Opening on Thursday, 1st May 2025
20:00 – 2:00
Live-Sets: Otros Aires, 1. live-set 21:30
DJ 1
Neo Night Live on Friday, 2nd May 2025
21:00 – 3:00
DJ 2
Live-Sets: El Cachivache Orkesta, 1. live-set 22:30
Neo Café on Saturday, 3rd May 2025
14:00 – 16:30
DJ 3
16:30 – 19:00
DJ 4
Neo Night Live on Saturday, 3rd May 2025
21:00 – 4:00
DJ 5
Live-Sets: Tangorra Orquesta Típica, 1. live-set 22:30
Neo Goodbye on Sunday, 4th May 2025
14:00 – 17:00
DJ 6
17:00 – 20:00
DJ 4
(Program may be subject to slight change.)
NUEVO SCHOOL
At NEO NIGHTS we are dedicated to enrich your tango skills through our high-quality 12-hour intensive seminar – the “Nuevo School.”
More information about Nuevo School is coming soon.
Workshop 1: Thursday, 1st May, 17:00 – 20:00
Venue: Cinema Paradiso & Arte, Hemshofstraße 56, 67063 Ludwigshafen
Workshop 2: Friday, 2nd May, 18:00 – 21:00
Venue: Bürgersaal Nord, Hemshofstraße 46 a, 67063 Ludwigshafen (very close to the milonga venue)
Workshop 3: Saturday, 3rd May, 12:00 – 15:00
Venue: Bürgersaal Nord, Hemshofstraße 46 a, 67063 Ludwigshafen
Workshop 4: Sunday, 4th May, 12:00 – 15:00
Venue: Bürgersaal Nord, Hemshofstraße 46 a, 67063 Ludwigshafen
About Nuevo School:
Video summaries of all workshops included!
Led by the dynamic duo and experts, Emile Sansour and Simge Yüz, this 12-hour transformative journey is designed to elevate your dance proficiency to new heights.
The seminar will be held in German and English.
A prior registration is necessary. Registrations for the complete Nuevo School will be preferred. It is also possible to sign up for single workshops.
About the teachers:
Emile Sansour has been teaching Tango for over 30 years. Tango Nuevo is his specialty. He is the founder of Intango, the first Tango school in Heidelberg, and one of the pioneers of Tango in Southern Germany. Emile has trained numerous tango dancers who are now tango teachers themselves. He teaches the Nuevo School together with his partner Simge Yüz who received her tango teacher training from Emile.
ARTISTS
Otros Aires
Tangorra Orquesta Atípica
El Cachivache Orkesta
Emile Sansour & Simge Yüz
REGISTRATION
Registration opens on 10th November!
Please register as a couple (follower/leader) if you want to make sure you get a spot!!!
The number of passes is limited to 130. The event will be balanced (leader/follower/double role).
Participation only with a prior registration! No tickets at the door!
BOOKING OPTIONS:
coming soon
VENUE
MILONGAS:
Cinema Paradiso & Arte, Hemshofstraße 56, 67063 Ludwigshafen
The venue is hidden in a backyard. The entrance is left from the „Rudolf-Scharpf-Galerie“. Just follow the red carpet. 🙂
WORKSHOPS:
Thursday: Cinema Paradiso & Arte, Hemshofstraße 56, 67063 Ludwigshafen
Friday, Saturday and Sunday: Bürgersaal Nord, Hemshofstraße 46 a, 67063 Ludwigshafen (very close to the milonga venue)
HOW TO REACH LUDWIGSHAFEN:
By plane: Frankfurt International Airport (FRA) is the closest airport, followed by Stuttgart and Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden (FKB). City-Airport Mannheim offers direct flights from Berlin, Hamburg and Sylt. From the airports Ludwigshafen is easily accessible by train or by bus.
By train: Deutsche Bahn offers connections to Frankfurt International Airport (~ 30 min transfer time by ICE), Stuttgart Airport (~ 75 min transfer time) and Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport. If you book in advance you can benefit from cheap prices.
Information and timetable for trains: www.bahn.de
By bus: Flixbus offers a cheap bus connection from Frankfurt International Airport to Mannheim’s main railway station (~ 1 hour transfer time) – starting from 7,99 Euros. Then you can take a tram to Ludwigshafen Hemshofstraße (~ 15 min transfer time)
Information and timetable: www.flixbus.de
HOW TO GET TO THE VENUE:
From Ludwigshafen’s main railway station you can take the bus “RNV 70” to Goerdelerplatz (11 min transfer time). The bus stop is in 5 min walking distance to the venue. Bus “RNV 97” runs at night every hour from BASF Süd (2 min walking distance).
Information and timetable for local trams and busses: www.vrn.de
Taxi Zentrale Ludwigshafen: +49 (0) 621 525252
PARKING:
There are limited parking spaces in the surrounding streets (Hemshofstraße, Goerdelerplatz, Rohrlachstraße, Leuchnerstraße). If you don’t want to search for a parking space for long, park in the parking garage at Mottstraße 11 in 5-minutes walking distance from the venue.
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SLEEP:
René Bohn Hotel: 10 walking minutes to the venue, closest hotel to the venue, higher prices
B&B Hotel: 18 walking minutes to the venue, affordable prices
Excelsior Hotel: 22 walking minutes or 9-minute drive to the venue, 240 m to Ludwigshafen’s main railway station
EAT:
Domino’s Pizza: Goerdelerplatz 11, 4 walking minutes
Pizzeria Da Valentino, Goethestraße 16
Restaurant zum Maffenbeier, Rohrlachstrasse 58
PARK:
There are some free parking places in Hemshofstraße, Goerdelerplatz, Leuchnerstraße and Rohrlachstraße.
Carpark: Mottstraße 10, 5 walking minutes to the venue, 1,70 Euros/hour, max. 10 hours/13 Euros