Andrew started dancing tango after moving from London to Seattle in 1997 and began to DJ soon after. "I was fascinated by the rhythms, complexity and romance of the music of the Golden Age." Since then, Andrew has continually refined his craft and delighted dancers at milongas, festivals, and encuentros across the Pacific Northwest and as far as Hawaii, Alaska, Canada, the UK, and Europe.
"DJing is the only time I get to dance with everyone on the floor and it brings me a great deal of joy to share my musical ideas with the dancers."
As a DJ Kipp's focus is on providing the best possible mix of traditional tango tunes designed to inspire the dancers with her selection of music that was played in Buenos Aires during the 1930's, 40' and 50's.
Kipp DJs traditional milongas and practicas regularly in New Mexico and Santa Fe. She has DJed at various encuentros around the US and Europe and has been a guest DJ at many local milongas around the western USA.
Shahin has been a tango DJ since 2001 and the founder of La Milonga Leona in Santa Fe, NM. A tango teacher since 2003, a Tanguera since 1995, and a dancer her entire life. She has an immense love for golden era tango music and through the years of its evolution. She creates tandas familiar to all levels of tangueros/milongueros to keep them on the dance floor with joy, and forgetting about time. She DJ's regularly at the milongas and other tango events, locally, nationally and internationally.
Sohrab has been dancing Argentine Tango for over 13 years, in the past seven years he has DJed milongas in Charleston, Atlanta, Charlotte, Durham, Ashville, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Salt Lake City, Denver, Salida CO, Los Angeles, Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, Marin, Mountain View, and at present DJs in San Francisco area milongas.
Sohrab has DJed events across the US: Utopia Encuentro in Charleston and Durham, Pioneer Encuentro in Salt Lake City, Two Moon Encuentro in Santa Fe, Salida Encuentro in Colorado, Nowrouz Milonguero Tango Festival in Ashville, Wine Country Encuentro in Santa Rosa, Queen City Tango Marathon in Charlotte, Close Encounters Tango Festival Denver, Los Angeles Encuentro Milonguero, and Albuquerque Encuentro Milonguero.
Sohrab prefers music from the Golden Age and his goal is to keep the dancers energized throughout the milonga.
Vivian has been dancing for two decades and been DJing since 2009. She describes her DJing as her love affair with the dancers and is passionate about capturing the moment, the vibe, and the energy of the floor!
Therefore she creates her milongas on the fly, being only one song ahead of the dancers. Another thing she is passionate about is pouring her heart and energy in keeping tango going and growing in the Olympic Peninsula and the greater Port Townsend area, which she is honored to be calling home!
