DJ Yesim “La Turca” is a dynamic DJ who plays the best of traditional tango while seeking out unusual and beautiful alternative songs. Her vast library gives her an almost unlimited tango vocabulary, and she seeks, above all, to inspire dancers.
Since she began DJing, her dedication and skill have been recognized not only by New York, but by the portenos of Buenos Aires. Her Buenos Aires gigs include Confiteria Ideal, Porteno Y Bailarin, Salon Canning, and the Plaza Dorrego outdoor milonga in San Telmo.
She has become a fixture in the New York tango scene, where she regularly plays at all major venues including her own three milongas that she hosts/co-hosts with Sarah La Rocca. Furthermore, she has dj’d several events in DC, Cleveland, Providence and she is the resident dj at Toronto’s New Year’s Eve Milonga.
Yesim’s career as a dancer has followed this same adherence to classic Buenos Aires traditions; she has studied with Jorge Firpo, Flaco Dany, Graciela Gonzalez, Olga Besio, Deigo & Negracha, Osvaldo Zotto & Lorena Ermoncida, Gustavo Chidichimo, and Omar Vega, among others. Her passion for classic milonguero and salon style have set her apart both as a follower and as a leader, earning the respect of several of her teachers, who condoned her leading socially in Buenos Aires, often with their partners.
Yesim brings this same precision, passion, and musicality to her students, who benefit from her undiluted Argentine tango education.
