Our DJs
Georges Naasan
Georges Naasan has been dancing tango since 2002. His journey debuted in Lebanon, at a time where there was no tango community or milongas to attend. He took classes with traveling teachers and taught himself at the American University of Beirut. Along with a few friends, he founded the first milonga in Beirut and ran it for a few years before he moved to the United States in 2007. He continued to develop his tango skills with various teachers that travelled to Cleveland and later to the Bay Area. In the summer of 2014, he was the recipient of the gold medal in Argentine Tango at the Gay Games. He started DJing in 2015, and quickly became one of the bay area’s prominent local DJs. He has travelled for DJing in various US cities including San Diego, LA, and New York. In 2016, he was invited to DJ at the Beirut Tango Marathon. Georges has learned much of his tango dancing and DJing skills from various mentors that he met along his journey and to whom he is ever grateful
Friday Night
Maria Valentina
Maria Valentina officially began DJing at her own Milonga Capricho in 2018 and has emerged as a popular DJ in New York City. She has traveled along the east coast DJing in Washington DC, Boston, New Jersey, Maine, Philadelphia, across the way in New Mexico, and Mexico City as well. Her creative and artful tanda construction tells a story. Each song is a thread of a tapestry that DJ and dancers weave throughout the evening.
Saturday Night
Sunday NightAdam Hoopengarder
The DJ is responsible for more than just the selection of the music and the order of the tandas.
The DJ creates the atmosphere of the party. The DJ is the party.
In over 12 years of playing at milongas around the world Adam has cultivated a style that will provide inspiring energy all evening.
He believes in DJing for everyone, every dancer, therefore he likes to play from different eras throughout the evening however always returning to the golden when the time is right.
No one can deny the perfect D'Arienzo tanda at the right moment.
Adam is a mainstay DJ in the New York City community and has spent countless hours being exposed to different styles of play from the milongas of Buenos Aires to the festivals and more local events in North America and Europe.
He won't scare you too much but just enough to keep the night interesting.