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Alex Pacheco has been dancing social tango since 2006. For more than 10 years, they have been organizing workshops and meeting spaces between queer people, lesbians, and women through the practice of queer and transfeminist tango. On their project Tango Disidente they are teaching both roles and promoting queer tango in Mexico. They are interested in exploring tango as a tool for building networks and community fabrics that can be spaces for social transformation.

Krista Baker from Worcester, MA is an avid social tango dancer known for playful and intense musicality, blatantly dancing to the cortinas, and unapologetically owning too many vests. They have taught at Queer Tango Boston and in the larger queer tango festival scene, including New York City, Berlin, and Montreal. In their teaching, Krista draws on their many years' experience coaching sports, emphasizing feeling movement concepts physically over understanding them intellectually, and creating an atmosphere of practice and play.

Mikael Schulz is a passionate queer tango dancer, instructor, and community organizer based in Brooklyn, New York. His journey with tango began nearly seven years ago while traveling in Berlin, where he discovered the vibrant world of queer tango. Since then, he has immersed himself in the global queer tango scene, attending festivals and events around the world. In January 2023, Mikael took his passion a step further by organizing and hosting bimonthly queer milongas in New York. His focus is on promoting queer tango, creating inclusive dance spaces, and fostering a strong sense of community among queer men. He has also shared his expertise as a tango instructor, teaching at The LGBT Center in New York and The DC Queer Tango Collective, where he encourages students to explore tango through connection and care between one another. Through his work, Mikael continues to advocate for greater LGBTQ+ representation in dance, striving to make tango a welcoming and expressive space for all.

José (he/him) teaches and organizes queer tango events in Washington, DC. He has experienced firsthand the power of queer tango to bring joy, build bridges, and create community. As a teacher, he seeks to imbue in his students a sense of fun, regardless of level of experience, a spirit of freedom and safety in movement, and a duty of care for each other. When not dancing tango, José can be found singing along to golden-age tango tunes or making custom handfans.

Krystle is a 200-Hour Certified Yoga Instructor. She has been practicing yoga for over twenty years and earned her teaching certificate in 2021. Krystle is a dancer at heart and has studied disciplines such as ballet, belly dancing, hoola, hip hop, salsa, tango and creative movement. After spending years behind a desk for education and to work in corporate, Krystle found themself not moving much and struggling with dis-ease. After a diabetes diagnose Krystle recommitted to their health in 2017 and sought healing through listening to their body, holistic health, proper nutrition, sunshine, staying hydrated, journaling, joyous body movement and community. Krystle facilities classes that are gentle, slowed down, welcome to all bodies and breath focused. Live music or singing may be shared during the final resting posture giving participants plenty of time to reconnect to self in silence.

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