Summary: Jae Youn is an internationally recognized dancer, teacher and DJ of Argentine Tango. Biographical Highlights:
* Placed Second in the Milonga International category at the 2021 European Tango Cup (with partner Yatma Diallo). She is the only American to have placed in the competition’s history.
* Has taught, by invitation, in Buenos Aires (Argentina), Milan (Italy), Tel Aviv (Isreal); Asheville, Atlanta, Augusta, Brattleboro, Charleston, Charlotte, Charlottesville, Chicago, Knoxville, Minneapolis, Washington DC.
* Has DJ’d, by invitation, at festivals, milongas, marathons and encuentro milongueros in: Calabria (Italy), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Milan (Italy), Tel Aviv (Israel), Tenerife (Spain); Albuquerque, Asheville, Atlanta, August, Charleston, Charlotte, Chicago, Columbia, Knoxville, Louisville, Minneapolis, Nashville, Newport News, Phoenix, Santa Fe, Salida, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Tucson, Washington DC.
* Jae has been teaching Tango in the Triangle since 2011, where she also organizes a weekly practica, and a monthly milonga. Teaching:
Jae’s approach emphasizes, and seeks to blend, the physical and mental connections, and musical properties of the dance. She embraces tango as a medium through which we may express ourselves, communicate with our partners and immerse ourselves in the music and ambient energy that is the social tango experience. DJ-ing:
As a DJ, Jae loves the challenge of keeping dancers on the floor to the very last tanda. Her music selection is responsive, guided by her sensitivity to the energy of a milonga. Her music library is focused on the traditional masters.
