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Mayra Nieto

A dancer from Manizales with extensive national and international experience, she is passionate about tango, with over 20 years of experience. She has participated in competitions, festivals, and events, where she has demonstrated her ability to connect with the audience, express emotions through movement, and her professionalism. She is eager to contribute her creativity and energy to new tango projects. She is a tango professional committed to teaching and promoting this cultural dance. She has had the opportunity to teach students of different levels, fostering both technique and a passion for the dance. Her goal is to create an inspiring and motivating environment that allows her students to develop their own style and confidence on the dance floor.

Carlos Ochoa

Carlos Ochoa, a tango, milonga, and waltz teacher and dancer from Bogotá with 16 years of experience, is a specialist in ballroom tango, two-time national professional ballroom tango champion, and third-place milonga world champion in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2023. Nationally recognized for his unmistakable traditional tango style—elegant, vibrant, joyful, creative, explosive, and expressive—that conveys a variety of emotions in both his dancing and his tango classes. These qualities make his tango teaching method invaluable for understanding tango not only through movement but also through feeling, enabling you to enjoy and understand the world of tango. Without a doubt, you will enjoy studying and learning from this great Colombian tango teacher and dancer.

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Mauricio Valencia

Tango dancer since 1991, with over 20 years dedicated to teaching tango. ✓ Member of the group La Peña del Tango – Manizales 1998-2006 ✓ National Tango Champion 2007 ✓ Member of the Tango Vivo Salsa Viva Company 2008-2011 and 2012-2013 ✓ DJ at La Matraca Cultural Center in Cali – Colombia 2011-2016 ✓ Pedagogy of Art with an emphasis on Dance 2016 ✓ Tango Musicalization Seminar certified by the Argentine Institute of Tango 2020 ✓ Musicality Course for Tango Dancers in Orchestral Styles by musician and dancer Marcelo Pérez from Córdoba, Argentina 2020 ✓ Musicality Course for Tango Dancers in Waltz and Milonga by musician and dancer Marcelo Pérez from Córdoba, Argentina 2021 ✓ 14th place in the World Milongueros Championship, Buenos Aires 2022. *Organizer: La Milonga de Mauricio in Cali. *Dance partner: Paola Ortega.

German Arenas

Graduate in Physical Education, Recreation, and Sports. Professional dancer, instructor, and choreographer of Argentine and Latin rhythms. He began his training in 2010 and is a National Champion of Stage Tango and Pista Tango in Colombia. He has participated in important festivals such as the Colombia Tango Festival and has organized events such as the Campeonato Milonguero Manizales Tango Festival 2022-2023 and the popular Tangovia Feria de Manizales. Internationally, he has participated in events such as the International Tango Festival Mérida, Mexico (2018) and the International Tango Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina (2019).

Viviana moreno

I am a professional dancer of Argentine rhythms with more than 19 years of experience in the art of movement. My journey as a national and international champion has been a continuous dance between passion and the pursuit of authenticity. In my teaching, I am inspired by the power of the feminine role —or the follower—, highlighting its vital presence within the embrace and the connection that gives meaning to every dancing couple.

Jonathan García

Jhonatan García is a Colombian professional dancer with 24 years of experience. His artistic journey began at age 10 as a salsa soloist and later expanded to ballet, contemporary dance, tango, and Caribbean rhythms. Since discovering tango in 2001, he has represented Colombia at festivals such as ValparaTango (Chile), Perú es Tango (Lima), and TangoDoBrazil (Brazil), as well as on tours across Mexico and the United States, offering workshops and performances. He has been part of renowned companies including AstroTango, Tango Embrujo, Tango Vivo, and ApuroTango. As assistant choreographer, he contributed to productions like Morfosis: The History of Tango and The Fifth Element. Twice a finalist at the World Tango Championship in Buenos Aires, he has also performed aboard Regent Seven Seas and Oceania Cruises. Classes are taught in couple by Diana Díaz and Jhonatan García.

Hebert Suarez

My experience as an instructor allows me to learn from others and discover their tango in a fraternal embrace. I believe that if you can walk, you can dance tango, so I share each student's unique gait so they can interpret the tango fluidly, organically, and unpretentiously.

Leonardo Enrique Bedoya

Professional Tango Dancer from Bogotá; current based in Buenos Aires as a dancer, teacher of Tango Milonguero and Tango de Pista style. Current organizator in different milongas in Buenos Aires. I developed my Tango teaching methods with "Encuentro Tango" in Bogotá since 2022, also in "Colombia Tango Festival" since 2018. I focused my teaching techniques on the needs of each person, applying Biomechanical and functional movements from different movement technics. I am focused to help every student to connect their dance with their body, their expression across their embrace with the partner, and find effective tools to perform and enjoy Tango. Formed with masters from Colombia and Argentina since 2012, now with certifications from "Centro de Estudios del Tango de Buenos Aires (CETBA)" - Argentina. Recently representing Bogotá and Buenos Aires in Festival Mundial de Tango de Buenos Aires 2024, 2025. Also, been semifinalist in Campeonato metropolitano de Buenos Aires 2025.

Alfredo Hernández Gálviz

I am a tango instructor with over 20 years of experience. I have worked at institutions such as the University of Caldas, the Autonomous University, and the Catholic University of Manizales, as well as with the Manizales City Hall in the Cultural Centers program. I currently work as an instructor at the Manizales Sports Secretariat.

Mayra Nieto

A dancer from Manizales with extensive national and international experience, she is passionate about tango, with over 20 years of experience. She has participated in competitions, festivals, and events, where she has demonstrated her ability to connect with the audience, express emotions through movement, and her professionalism. She is eager to contribute her creativity and energy to new tango projects. She is a tango professional committed to teaching and promoting this cultural dance. She has had the opportunity to teach students of different levels, fostering both technique and a passion for the dance. Her goal is to create an inspiring and motivating environment that allows her students to develop their own style and confidence on the dance floor.

Carlos Ochoa

Carlos Ochoa, a tango, milonga, and waltz teacher and dancer from Bogotá with 16 years of experience, is a specialist in ballroom tango, two-time national professional ballroom tango champion, and third-place milonga world champion in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2023. Nationally recognized for his unmistakable traditional tango style—elegant, vibrant, joyful, creative, explosive, and expressive—that conveys a variety of emotions in both his dancing and his tango classes. These qualities make his tango teaching method invaluable for understanding tango not only through movement but also through feeling, enabling you to enjoy and understand the world of tango. Without a doubt, you will enjoy studying and learning from this great Colombian tango teacher and dancer.

Sergio Gil gomez

Mauricio Valencia

Tango dancer since 1991, with over 20 years dedicated to teaching tango. ✓ Member of the group La Peña del Tango – Manizales 1998-2006 ✓ National Tango Champion 2007 ✓ Member of the Tango Vivo Salsa Viva Company 2008-2011 and 2012-2013 ✓ DJ at La Matraca Cultural Center in Cali – Colombia 2011-2016 ✓ Pedagogy of Art with an emphasis on Dance 2016 ✓ Tango Musicalization Seminar certified by the Argentine Institute of Tango 2020 ✓ Musicality Course for Tango Dancers in Orchestral Styles by musician and dancer Marcelo Pérez from Córdoba, Argentina 2020 ✓ Musicality Course for Tango Dancers in Waltz and Milonga by musician and dancer Marcelo Pérez from Córdoba, Argentina 2021 ✓ 14th place in the World Milongueros Championship, Buenos Aires 2022. *Organizer: La Milonga de Mauricio in Cali. *Dance partner: Paola Ortega.

German Arenas

Graduate in Physical Education, Recreation, and Sports. Professional dancer, instructor, and choreographer of Argentine and Latin rhythms. He began his training in 2010 and is a National Champion of Stage Tango and Pista Tango in Colombia. He has participated in important festivals such as the Colombia Tango Festival and has organized events such as the Campeonato Milonguero Manizales Tango Festival 2022-2023 and the popular Tangovia Feria de Manizales. Internationally, he has participated in events such as the International Tango Festival Mérida, Mexico (2018) and the International Tango Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina (2019).

Viviana moreno

I am a professional dancer of Argentine rhythms with more than 19 years of experience in the art of movement. My journey as a national and international champion has been a continuous dance between passion and the pursuit of authenticity. In my teaching, I am inspired by the power of the feminine role —or the follower—, highlighting its vital presence within the embrace and the connection that gives meaning to every dancing couple.

Jonathan García

Jhonatan García is a Colombian professional dancer with 24 years of experience. His artistic journey began at age 10 as a salsa soloist and later expanded to ballet, contemporary dance, tango, and Caribbean rhythms. Since discovering tango in 2001, he has represented Colombia at festivals such as ValparaTango (Chile), Perú es Tango (Lima), and TangoDoBrazil (Brazil), as well as on tours across Mexico and the United States, offering workshops and performances. He has been part of renowned companies including AstroTango, Tango Embrujo, Tango Vivo, and ApuroTango. As assistant choreographer, he contributed to productions like Morfosis: The History of Tango and The Fifth Element. Twice a finalist at the World Tango Championship in Buenos Aires, he has also performed aboard Regent Seven Seas and Oceania Cruises. Classes are taught in couple by Diana Díaz and Jhonatan García.

Hebert Suarez

My experience as an instructor allows me to learn from others and discover their tango in a fraternal embrace. I believe that if you can walk, you can dance tango, so I share each student's unique gait so they can interpret the tango fluidly, organically, and unpretentiously.

Leonardo Enrique Bedoya

Professional Tango Dancer from Bogotá; current based in Buenos Aires as a dancer, teacher of Tango Milonguero and Tango de Pista style. Current organizator in different milongas in Buenos Aires. I developed my Tango teaching methods with "Encuentro Tango" in Bogotá since 2022, also in "Colombia Tango Festival" since 2018. I focused my teaching techniques on the needs of each person, applying Biomechanical and functional movements from different movement technics. I am focused to help every student to connect their dance with their body, their expression across their embrace with the partner, and find effective tools to perform and enjoy Tango. Formed with masters from Colombia and Argentina since 2012, now with certifications from "Centro de Estudios del Tango de Buenos Aires (CETBA)" - Argentina. Recently representing Bogotá and Buenos Aires in Festival Mundial de Tango de Buenos Aires 2024, 2025. Also, been semifinalist in Campeonato metropolitano de Buenos Aires 2025.

Alfredo Hernández Gálviz

I am a tango instructor with over 20 years of experience. I have worked at institutions such as the University of Caldas, the Autonomous University, and the Catholic University of Manizales, as well as with the Manizales City Hall in the Cultural Centers program. I currently work as an instructor at the Manizales Sports Secretariat.

jorgenel@gmail.com

I have devoted 40 years to tango. My parents are excellent dancers of the Argentinian Melody. My father was a shoe manufacturer, and for that reason I keep the love for tango, and for shoemaking, deep inside.

Fran Zisko

Bogotá-born dancer who discovered tango in 2018 in Tandil, Buenos Aires Province. His style centers on shared enjoyment and partner care, seeing tango as a sensitive dialogue between two trusting bodies. With a popular and authentic Rioplatense style, he embodies connection, improvisation, and emotion. At the Colombia Tango Festival 2024, he earned third place in the taxidancers championship, honoring his warmth and commitment to a human, intimate tango full of shared pleasure in every embrace

Ramiro Mateus

Bilingual, architect by profession, full-time milonguero, and contestant at several tango salón competitions. Milonguero at several countries around the world, Switzerland, France, Argentina, Mexico, Cuba, Brasil, and least but not last U.S.A, where I danced in Chicago,IL,Miami,FL, New york,NY, Portland,OR, Hartford,CT, Trumbull,CT,St.Louis, MO,Columbia,MO.

NATHALI ALONDRA LOPEZ CORREA

My passion for dancing began more than 20 years ago. I started dancing professionally and participated in various competitions, winning the Tangovia Feria de Manizales, among others. In recent years, I have devoted myself more to being a milonguera, to social dancing and enjoying it immensely.

Jorge Orlando Pérez Rodríguez

Tango, Colombian folklore, and salsa dancer. I have been participating in milongas, workshops, and cultural events centered around tango for 15 years. I also competed in the 2025 Milonguero Championship organized by the Danzango Academy.

Cristhian Mauricio López Parra

Teacher, choreographer, and professional ballroom dancer with over 30 years of experience in the field of tango dance. He has participated in numerous national and international dance shows, sharing the stage with Miguel Angel Zotto and Soledad Rivero. He has won several national champions in the ballroom and stage tango categories. He won fifth place at the 2004 World Tango Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the ballroom tango category. Ninth place at the 2005 World Tango Championships in the stage tango category. He has served as a judge for dance competitions in Cali and Manizales. He coaches dance couples in the city. As a choreographer, he has achieved podium positions. He has performed dance exhibitions with renowned figures such as Diana Giraldo, World Tango Champion, Ornella Simonetto, and Analia Centurión. He currently runs his own dance school in Cali: Dinastía Caleña, a school for dancers.

Juan Felipe Franky

With more than 15 years of experience in the world of dance, I’ve had the privilege of being part of renowned companies such as Soho and El Desbande. My passion for tango led me to Argentina, where I had the opportunity to study with the renowned Olga Becio. Throughout my career, I’ve shared my knowledge as a teacher at institutions such as Idartes and Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano. I’m currently continuing to refine my art alongside maestro John Galindo.

Claudia giraldo

My name is Claudia Giraldo. I have been dedicated to tango for eight years, a journey that has taken me to study and refine my dance in Buenos Aires on two occasions. I have just returned from an intensive period of practice and training there. In 2019, I won the Amateur Tango de Salón Championship at the Manizales Fair, and I currently teach at the University of Caldas and at La Calle del Tango. Tango is my way of life a bridge between art, emotion, and culture.

Alan Martin Heredia

Hello, I am from Córdoba Argentina, 37 years, I have been dancing for just over 20 years, in national tango festivals and international festivals in more than 20 countries, I trained in Córdoba capital and then in Buenos Aires, I like to share tango in all its facets so I am predisposed to be part of this beautiful experience.

Gloria Maria Jiménez

I have been dedicated to dancing Argentine rhythms for 20 years. My training has been with Colombian and Argentine teachers. I have participated in tango festivals and in tango companies such as Danzarte and Código 2x4.

Mauricio Valencia

Tango dancer since 1991, with over 20 years dedicated to teaching tango. ✓ Member of the group La Peña del Tango – Manizales 1998-2006 ✓ National Tango Champion 2007 ✓ Member of the Tango Vivo Salsa Viva Company 2008-2011 and 2012-2013 ✓ DJ at La Matraca Cultural Center in Cali – Colombia 2011-2016 ✓ Pedagogy of Art with an emphasis on Dance 2016 ✓ Tango Musicalization Seminar certified by the Argentine Institute of Tango 2020 ✓ Musicality Course for Tango Dancers in Orchestral Styles by musician and dancer Marcelo Pérez from Córdoba, Argentina 2020 ✓ Musicality Course for Tango Dancers in Waltz and Milonga by musician and dancer Marcelo Pérez from Córdoba, Argentina 2021. ✓ 14th place in the World Milongueros Championship, Buenos Aires 2022. *Organizer: La Milonga de Mauricio in Cali. *Dance partner: Paola Ortega

Hugo Alexander Arias

Dancer and milonguero from the city of Manizales, with more than 25 years of dancing

Santiago Zuluaga Ocampo

Hello, I am Santiago Zuluaga Ocampo, I am from Manizales, I have been in the world of tango for 6 years, learning, perfecting and embracing the tango technique, since the beginning my dance partner is my cousin, with whom a very nice learning and progress process has been consolidated in this beautiful world, I master English as a second language and Spanish as my native language.

Sara Perez

I have 15 years of experience in the world of tango, a career that has allowed me to train as a comprehensive dancer and passionate about this art. Throughout this time, I have had the opportunity to perfect my technical and scenic skills, participating in various presentations, training processes that have enriched my artistic path and different skills in the country, having very satisfactory results. I have been in 3 high-level companies and I am currently part of the chetango international company.

Ana Sandoval

Professional dancer, instructor, and cultural manager with 13 years of experience in Tango. National Champion in Milonga Escenario and 2nd place in Tango de Escenario. She has performed the dance on national and international stages and is currently the Artistic Director of the Nuna Kallpa Foundation and a dancer with the Tango Vivo Company. -National Champion – Milonga Escenario (2017) -2nd place – Tango de Escenario (2017) -Semifinalist – World Tango Championship (2019, 2022) -Third Place – Milonga & Tango Escenario (Manizales, 2019) -2nd Place – Milonga Escenario (Manizales, 2020)

ALIRIO CASTELLANOS

Jorge

Alfredo Hernández Gálviz

Frederick Mayorga

“The only thing that matters to me in tango is fully enjoying the connection with the other person, even if I don’t really know you. I embrace you the way I do when we dance; for me, the most important thing will always be enjoying this borderless language.

jorgenel@gmail.com

I have devoted 40 years to tango. My parents are excellent dancers of the Argentinian Melody. My father was a shoe manufacturer, and for that reason I keep the love for tango, and for shoemaking, deep inside.

Fran Zisko

Bogotá-born dancer who discovered tango in 2018 in Tandil, Buenos Aires Province. His style centers on shared enjoyment and partner care, seeing tango as a sensitive dialogue between two trusting bodies. With a popular and authentic Rioplatense style, he embodies connection, improvisation, and emotion. At the Colombia Tango Festival 2024, he earned third place in the taxidancers championship, honoring his warmth and commitment to a human, intimate tango full of shared pleasure in every embrace

Ramiro Mateus

Bilingual, architect by profession, full-time milonguero, and contestant at several tango salón competitions. Milonguero at several countries around the world, Switzerland, France, Argentina, Mexico, Cuba, Brasil, and least but not last U.S.A, where I danced in Chicago,IL,Miami,FL, New york,NY, Portland,OR, Hartford,CT, Trumbull,CT,St.Louis, MO,Columbia,MO.

NATHALI ALONDRA LOPEZ CORREA

My passion for dancing began more than 20 years ago. I started dancing professionally and participated in various competitions, winning the Tangovia Feria de Manizales, among others. In recent years, I have devoted myself more to being a milonguera, to social dancing and enjoying it immensely.

Jorge Orlando Pérez Rodríguez

Tango, Colombian folklore, and salsa dancer. I have been participating in milongas, workshops, and cultural events centered around tango for 15 years. I also competed in the 2025 Milonguero Championship organized by the Danzango Academy.

Cristhian Mauricio López Parra

Teacher, choreographer, and professional ballroom dancer with over 30 years of experience in the field of tango dance. He has participated in numerous national and international dance shows, sharing the stage with Miguel Angel Zotto and Soledad Rivero. He has won several national champions in the ballroom and stage tango categories. He won fifth place at the 2004 World Tango Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the ballroom tango category. Ninth place at the 2005 World Tango Championships in the stage tango category. He has served as a judge for dance competitions in Cali and Manizales. He coaches dance couples in the city. As a choreographer, he has achieved podium positions. He has performed dance exhibitions with renowned figures such as Diana Giraldo, World Tango Champion, Ornella Simonetto, and Analia Centurión. He currently runs his own dance school in Cali: Dinastía Caleña, a school for dancers.

Juan Felipe Franky

With more than 15 years of experience in the world of dance, I’ve had the privilege of being part of renowned companies such as Soho and El Desbande. My passion for tango led me to Argentina, where I had the opportunity to study with the renowned Olga Becio. Throughout my career, I’ve shared my knowledge as a teacher at institutions such as Idartes and Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano. I’m currently continuing to refine my art alongside maestro John Galindo.

Claudia giraldo

My name is Claudia Giraldo. I have been dedicated to tango for eight years, a journey that has taken me to study and refine my dance in Buenos Aires on two occasions. I have just returned from an intensive period of practice and training there. In 2019, I won the Amateur Tango de Salón Championship at the Manizales Fair, and I currently teach at the University of Caldas and at La Calle del Tango. Tango is my way of life a bridge between art, emotion, and culture.

Alan Martin Heredia

Hello, I am from Córdoba Argentina, 37 years, I have been dancing for just over 20 years, in national tango festivals and international festivals in more than 20 countries, I trained in Córdoba capital and then in Buenos Aires, I like to share tango in all its facets so I am predisposed to be part of this beautiful experience.

Gloria Maria Jiménez

I have been dedicated to dancing Argentine rhythms for 20 years. My training has been with Colombian and Argentine teachers. I have participated in tango festivals and in tango companies such as Danzarte and Código 2x4.

Mauricio Valencia

Tango dancer since 1991, with over 20 years dedicated to teaching tango. ✓ Member of the group La Peña del Tango – Manizales 1998-2006 ✓ National Tango Champion 2007 ✓ Member of the Tango Vivo Salsa Viva Company 2008-2011 and 2012-2013 ✓ DJ at La Matraca Cultural Center in Cali – Colombia 2011-2016 ✓ Pedagogy of Art with an emphasis on Dance 2016 ✓ Tango Musicalization Seminar certified by the Argentine Institute of Tango 2020 ✓ Musicality Course for Tango Dancers in Orchestral Styles by musician and dancer Marcelo Pérez from Córdoba, Argentina 2020 ✓ Musicality Course for Tango Dancers in Waltz and Milonga by musician and dancer Marcelo Pérez from Córdoba, Argentina 2021. ✓ 14th place in the World Milongueros Championship, Buenos Aires 2022. *Organizer: La Milonga de Mauricio in Cali. *Dance partner: Paola Ortega

Hugo Alexander Arias

Dancer and milonguero from the city of Manizales, with more than 25 years of dancing

Santiago Zuluaga Ocampo

Hello, I am Santiago Zuluaga Ocampo, I am from Manizales, I have been in the world of tango for 6 years, learning, perfecting and embracing the tango technique, since the beginning my dance partner is my cousin, with whom a very nice learning and progress process has been consolidated in this beautiful world, I master English as a second language and Spanish as my native language.

Sara Perez

I have 15 years of experience in the world of tango, a career that has allowed me to train as a comprehensive dancer and passionate about this art. Throughout this time, I have had the opportunity to perfect my technical and scenic skills, participating in various presentations, training processes that have enriched my artistic path and different skills in the country, having very satisfactory results. I have been in 3 high-level companies and I am currently part of the chetango international company.

Ana Sandoval

Professional dancer, instructor, and cultural manager with 13 years of experience in Tango. National Champion in Milonga Escenario and 2nd place in Tango de Escenario. She has performed the dance on national and international stages and is currently the Artistic Director of the Nuna Kallpa Foundation and a dancer with the Tango Vivo Company. -National Champion – Milonga Escenario (2017) -2nd place – Tango de Escenario (2017) -Semifinalist – World Tango Championship (2019, 2022) -Third Place – Milonga & Tango Escenario (Manizales, 2019) -2nd Place – Milonga Escenario (Manizales, 2020)

ALIRIO CASTELLANOS

Jorge

Alfredo Hernández Gálviz

Frederick Mayorga

“The only thing that matters to me in tango is fully enjoying the connection with the other person, even if I don’t really know you. I embrace you the way I do when we dance; for me, the most important thing will always be enjoying this borderless language.