6th. HOLIDAY TANGO WEEKEND 2024
Fernando Contreras
Monterey, Mexico
Heigh: 5’6″
Role: Leader
Lenguage: English, Spanish
Tango dancer and teacher in Monterrey, Mexico. Fernando started dancing stage tango in 2005 during College while studying to get his Electrical Engineering degree. Later, in 2007, he started focusing on tango salon. His training has been both in Mexico and Buenos Aires with some of the best-known dancers and teachers.
In Monterrey, he has organized workshops, milongas and performances with international tango dancers and teachers since 2007 and has been organizer of milonga Cuartito Azul since 2013. He has been teaching regular classes and workshops nationwide since 2010.
He is a three times finalist of the mexican national competition Bajio Tango. Champion of the Bajio Tango Championship in 2023. Champion of the Tango Regio Festival Championship in 2018. He has competed at the Worldwide Tango Championship in Buenos Aires.
Fernando has been a Taxi Dancer in Festivals in Mexico and the US. At the milonga, he will not be looking for complexity while dancing; instead he will invite his partner to find fun in musicality, creating a sweet dialogue within a nice embrace. He will be more than glad to meet you and dance some tandas.