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Claudia Winter
Back to all Claudia Winter is a native of Argentina and is passionate about dancing and promoting tango to stay connected with her cultural heritage. She has been dancing tango for over 11 years and has been a tango event organizer in the Atlanta area since 2013. She currently co-organizes and co-hosts Madreselva Milonga in Chamblee, Georgia, […]
Anahí Viladrich
Back to all Anahí Viladrich is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Queens College and the Graduate Center School of Public Health and Health Policy of the City University of New York (CUNY). Originally from Argentina, Viladrich is a feminist and immigrant advocate. She is the author of more than sixty peer-reviewed publications, and two […]
Kristin Wendland
Back to all Kristin Wendland is the NEH Project Director of the Tango in Humanities Conference and Professor of Teaching in the Department of Music at Emory University. With her tango research partner Kacey Link, she has co-edited The Cambridge Companion to Tango and co-authored and published Tracing Tangueros: Argentine Tango Instrumental Music (2016), and […]
Ignacio Varchausky
Back to all Photo credit: Mario Efron Ignacio Varchausky is a musician, producer, researcher, and educator who has been working in tango for over twenty-five years. He is the creator and artistic director of the Orquesta Escuela de Tango Emilio Balcarce; the founder of Orquesta El Arranque and the nonprofit organization TangoVia; and the author of […]
Clint Rauscher
Back to all Clint Rauscher has been dancing Argentine Tango since 2003 and teaching since 2008. He operates the website Tangology101.com where he shares his knowledge of Argentine tango dance and music. Clint teaches weekly classes in Atlanta, Georgia, and workshops around the Southeastern United States. He teaches simple, elegant, and musical ideas to be […]
Sonia Possetti
Back to all Sonia Possetti is a pianist, composer, arranger, producer and educator from Argentina, whose music with strong tango roots includes elements of contemporary music and jazz. She leads her own ensemble, which has received several awards in Argentina and abroad. She has composed and arranged music for different chamber ensembles and symphonic Orchestras around […]
Bárbara Varassi Pega
Back to all Bárbara Varassi Pega is a faculty member at Fontys University of Fine and Performing Arts, Tilburg, and Codarts University of the Arts, Rotterdam, where she also coordinates the Tango Department within the World Music Department. An Argentine pianist, arranger, composer, researcher, and educator specializing in tango music, she has toured the world as the pianist of the Quinteto Astor Piazzolla among other ensembles. She […]
Carolyn Merritt
Back to all Carolyn Merritt is a mom, anthropologist, dancer, and author (Tango Nuevo, 2012). She lives in Philadelphia, where she works as a writer and development consultant, teaches yoga, and serves as co-director of the nascent Tango Therapy Project.
Ilene Marder
Back to all Ilene Marder (“Tango DJ La Rubia Del Norte”) is one of New York City’s most popular Argentine Tango DJ’s. Known for her beautiful tandas and ability to read and energize a crowd, she has played for such iconic tango salons of Buenos Aires as Parakultural at Salon Canning and Salon Marabu, Porteño y Bailarin, […]
Julia Kaesmayr
Back to all Dr. Julia Kaesmayr has spent over a decade as a tango organizer and musicalizadora de tango, blending 30 years of social dancing with her academic insights to enrich the tango community. With a Ph.D. in psychology, she crafts engaging experiences at milongas, encuentros milongueros, and tango marathons across Europe and North America. In […]