2026 DJs
Ayano Yoneda
DJ and Guest Lecturer
Ayano travels frequently for tango, dancing in milongas around the world, including a pilgrimage she makes yearly to Buenos Aires. She regularly DJs at the local milongas in the San Francisco Bay Area where she is based. She has been invited to DJ in Asia and in Europe, as well as at major events in the United States such as the Portland Tango Festival, Nora’s Tango Week, Holiday Tango in DC, San Diego Tango Marathon, etc,
In 2019, Ayano co-founded the Tango Poetry Project, (an online source for translated tango lyrics) producing two 45-60 minute capsules each week from March 2020 until June 2021. A true passion of hers, Ayano sometimes dj’s while synched lyrics are projected to her music, she also gives interactive lectures, all with the goal to bring attention to and raise interest in the poetry of tango.
Jessica
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.
Sabah
A San Diego and internationally renowned DJ, Sabah got addicted to Tango in the late nineties. It started with dancing and now it includes being a DJ. Tango music occupies his thoughts and energizes his spirit and he is in constant search for good music.
Although he tries to vary the music he plays, He is heavily influenced by the style of dance in Buenos Aires as well as the music played at the milongas there so feel free to call him old fashioned.
He lives for Golden Age music. The emotional impact of the music is what he looks for in addition to the musicality.
Amercia Milonguera
As one of the venue owners, she is the house DJ for tango at La Vie. She has been DJing since 2002, and still remembers the times when Alternative Music was all the rage and still feels a passion for it.
She will keep you dancing to her signature danceable music in the outdoor venue all night long. During the Hurricane Hillary, fueled by rain, wind and whiskey, she went way over time. With any luck we won't have a repeat of the hurricane.
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. He is a popular DJ all across Southern Californa and Baja California Norte and has DJed in many festivals in the Southwest.
With a playful style, a dynamic flow and tasty cortinas, the milonga 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).