2024 DJs
Jessica Wilbert
Jessica came to tango by way of tap, musical theatre, classical violin, and building K-12 dance and theatre programs. It didn't take long for tango to sink its musical and terpsichorean hooks into her, and she loves nothing better than the creative conversations produced in the trio of dancer, partner, and music. As a DJ, she strives for a deeply empathic awareness of the moment & mood, musical pairings, and how music registers in the body and heart.
Kostas Aretos
Kostas is based in SF, CA where he dances and DJs frequently at all major milongas such as Milonga El Valenciano, Albertos’s, Milonga Malevaje, AllNighter at The Beat among others, as well as milongas along West Coast like Milonga Corazon, Milonga Gavito, Milonga Del Sol and Tango Cafe (LA), Milonga Sin Nombre (SD). He has experience DJing at big events like ATUSA and Encuentro Poema (SF).
He is drawing his tandas mainly from traditional tango era enriched by tangos from late 50s, when it comes to Pugliese, DiSari and D’Arienzo, and/or Guardia Vieja prior to 1935, always catering to the energy in the room and needs of the dancers.
Chris Peak
Chris was first drawn to dance tango when he saw tango being danced to alternative music at San Francisco's legendary Cellspace venue in 2005. He was also thoroughly inspired to continue dancing through the teaching of such modern greats as Sebastian Arce & Mariana Montes, Chicho Frumboli & Mariana Dragone, Esteban Moreno & Claudia Codega at around the same time.
Within 6 months of starting dancing he helped establish and co-host Sacramento's monthly La AlterNativa 50/50 milonga, being it's primary DJ for 10 years. Coming full circle, he then became a regular in the DJ lineup at Cellspace. Since moving to Santa Barbara, he was co-host and DJ of Magnetica alt milonga and DJs regularly in LA.
While also passionate about traditional tango music, he absolutely enjoys the challenge of finding new danceable and mind-opening alternative music.”
Yelizaveta Nersesova
A teacher and tango content creator based in Los Angeles. She is the host of
The Tango Banter
podcast and the founder of Chicas del Tango - a community of women eager to
connect and dance with other women.
She started DJing in 2015 when she was helping run a weekly 50/50 alt milonga in Portland, OR. she mostly DJd traditional,
but is always ready for some good alt. Whatever the genre, she loves contrast.
Her main strategy as a DJ is to use contrast to keep people on the dance floor as long as possible.
You can catch her DJing in SoCal and the Pacific Northwest throughout the year. Follow her on
Instagram @imso_tango
Vincent Wong
From collecting vintage audio for critical listening in a wide variety of music, Vincent found his passion for Tango in Los Angeles 2007. As an active Tango dancer himself, his goal is to make every tanda a massive hit, and he was inspired by how movie makers played soundtracks in a great movie. Vincent DJs at tango festivals in Los Angeles, San Diego, the San Francisco Bay Area, Tucson AZ, Portland, Ashland OR, Albuquerque NM, Seattle WA, Denver CO, Chicago IL, Providence RI and...... more coming
Aaron Quetzal Diaz
Aaron Quetzal Diaz discovered Tango in the midst of 2015, captivated by the music, and driven by an obsession with Golden Age Orchestras, he inevitably debuted in Milonga Querida in Tijuana, Mexico. His Journey north took him to San Diego, where he DJ's regularly a practica and several local milongas. In his short time active, he has performed in over 100 milongas With a playful style, a dynamic flow and tasty cortinas, the night always seems short.
Grisha Nisnevich
Grisha is a Tango Instructor, Musician, Lecturer, and DJ. He maintains an active touring schedule, performing in Tango Shows, offering group and private classes. Performing classical and tango music on the guitar, and giving his unique Concert-Lecture and Interactive Mixer about the "Structure of Tango Music". Grisha is the founder of "Contrapunto Tango" (how to translate Counterpoint into the movement and dance technique).