Michelle McRuiz has been a tango DJ for 12 years. She has danced Argentine tango for 15 years and has done some form of dance since the age of 9. Michelle combines her deep love for golden-age tango music, innate musicality, and trustworthy ear to create tandas that flow, build energy, and keep pulling dancers back onto the floor. She DJs regularly at milongas and practicas in Albuquerque and has been a popular DJ at festivals, marathons, encuentros, and various milongas in New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, California, Texas, Idaho, Washington, and England.
Kim came into the tango world in 2012 and promptly began to be interested in the music. After receiving encouragement from Cleveland organizers and DJs, she started working in her own community as a guest DJ. She completed a series of DJ seminars with Hernán Prieto, which greatly influenced her technique and style. She has been working consistently since then, both locally and in other nearby communities. Kim's style is best characterized as one that creates a positive, upbeat environment, yet also highlights the subtle beauty and diversity of the music. She definitely has a strong milonguero influence to her sets. Kim's favorite part of DJing is connecting with dancers through the music.
Some of the highlights of her career include: ESO! Tango Marathon (Buffalo), Toronto Tango Experience, Cleveland Tango Bowling Marathon, and Encuentro Milonguero Asheville.
Vincent from Vancouver, Canada has been dancing tango for 17 years and spinning tunes both digital and vinyl records in the Pacific Northwest at Encuentros, Marathons & Festivals throughout North America, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands and Japan for the past nine. Vincent favours traditional tangos, mixing his tunes with a sense of fun and romance. Vincent enjoys photography and travel, but of course, all revolving around tango.
Jae is the founder of Tango Utopia in the greater Raleigh/Durham area. She is recognized as one of the premier teachers, dancers and DJ's as well as the organizer of the monthly Milonga Utopia and the weekly practicas.
As a DJ, Jae loves the challenge of keeping dancers on the floor to the very last tanda. Her sensitivity to the energy of a milonga influences her music selection. Her music library is focused on the traditional masters and this is also reflected in her musical choices. She has been invited to DJ at festivals, milongas, marathons and encuentro milongueros in Chicago Mini Tango Festival, Augusta Tango Marathon, Encuentro Milonguero Newport News, Queen City Tango Marathon, Candlelight Tango Charlotte, Utopia Encuentro Milonguero Charleston, Two Moon Encuentro Milonguero Santa Fe, Ohibo Milonga in Milan, Sun City Tango Marathon Phoenix, Albuquerque Tango Festival, Tango Holiday Washington DC, Louisville Tango Festival, Encuentro Milonguero Salida, Seattle Tango Marathon, Encuentro Milonguero Asheville, Encuentro Elegante Seattle, Encuentro Milonguero Salt Lake City, Encuentro Milonguero San Francisco, Alburquerque Tango Festival, Nashville Tango Marathon, Twin City Tango Marathon Minneapolis, Encuentro Milonguero Tenerife, Tucson Tango Festival, Tel Aviv, Calabria Encuentro, Slovenia Encuentro, etc.
Marcelo was born in Uruguay and lives in Tel Aviv, Israel where he has been a tango DJ since 2011. As a devoted milonguero, Marcelo enthusiastically shares with the global tango community his passion of tango music for dancing. Since 2015 Marcelo has been a regular DJ at encuentros, marathons, festivals and local milongas throughout the USA and Europe, and is the official DJ at the Argentine Tango USA Official Championship in San Jose, California. Marcelo has also been a DJ at the leading milongas in Buenos Aires: Porteño y bailarín, Parakultural, La milonga de Lucy and Lo de Balmaceda, among others. Marcelo sensitively adjusts his music to match the energy of the milonga and on the dance floor. His music is very traditional and well balanced, maintaining a constant flow throughout the milonga.
