May 7th-14th, 2025: Alex Pacheco

Alex Pacheco, from Mexico City, started dancing social tango in 2006. They have now been teaching for more than 10 years, working in queer tango and transfeminist tango. With their project Tango Disidente, libre y alegre, they organize and teach queer tango in México. They are also a part of El Desborde Tango with whom they started the first queer milonga in México City, in 2024, Quilombo Cuir, now a monthly event. 

Alex has taught classes and workshops, led discussions and practicas in several cities in México and the United States, including the Bay Area, Miami, and NYC. In May, they will teach in the SF Bay Area and Seattle and at the Berlin International Queer Tango Festival in July. 

As a teacher they are centered on making dancing comfortable for the body, freeing it to focus on the dialogue within the couple. As an organizer and facilitator they are interested in tango as a tool to build long lasting communities that can be spaces for social transformation.