Jackie Ling Wong Biography
Jackie is an Argentine Tango Teacher and DJ whose dance
and movement background and love for Tango has enabled her to become one of the region's best tango technicians.
She has taught in the Berkshires Area, at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA, at the Lorraine Michaels Studio in Albany, for BrATTS in Brattleboro Vermont, at the Dance Flurry and Saratoga Savoy in Saratoga Springs NY, for Albany Tango, for Northampton Tango, in Sherbrooke Canada, Circle of Life in East Hartford, Washington D.C., St. Louis MI, Durham NC, Beijing China and in Chicago and Champaign Urbana, Illinois.
Jackie is also the Founder of Tango Pulse, a popular Argentine
tango website and host for milongas and workshops and co host with Daniel Trenner for the alternative milonga in Northampton, Neotango Zone.
As a DJ, Jackie focuses on connection and musicality, taking dancers on a musical journey, with selections that invariably becomes everyone's favorite music. Her love of the music and sense of adventure is what makes her milongas so distinctive! She has the innate ability to read the room and choose what's right for the moment, so that dancers seem to never want to leave the floor!
Jackie is very responsive to the needs of each individual community,
programming music to reflect the community's taste. Her selections "speak to the heart". They range from the most beautiful traditional tango classics to exciting neavo and alternative tango which leads tangueros/as to discover a whole new dimension in their dance.
Jackie has gained a reputation throughout the country as an in-demand DJ attuned to dancer's needs. She has DJ'd at Triangulo in NYC and across the East Coast, including Albany, Woodstock and Saratoga Springs NY; in Hartford CT, Boston Ma., Lenox Ma., Northampton MA, Brattleboro Vt., Sherbrooke Canada, Durham NC, Baltimore, in Chicago and Champaign IL, St. Louis MI, Cleveland OH, Beijing China, Washington D.C. and in Buenos Aires!
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Comments
"I wanted to thank you again for teaching the tango lesson at Diva's.
You were fabulous and we have gotten nothing but positive feedback.
I appreciate the way in which you made the crowd feel comfortable.
I hope to see the both of you (Brandon and Jackie) at future Culture Shock events."
Rani Varghese, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
"Jackie was an instant hit in St. Louis. In addition to being a great DJ and exquisite dancer,
Jackie is a wonderful tango teacher. She has an inate ability to reach out and communicate with fellow dancers,
putting them at complete ease, and provide meaningful instruction to dancers of all levels.
She is as comfortable as a leader as she is a follower,
giving an added dimension as an instructor. And at the milongas, her lovely daughter
Molly was among the most sought after followers of the evening!
She was certainly my favorite!" Rick Barbarash, St. Louis August 2005
Connected in New Haven: Jackie, I write this the day after a wonderful (and
first Saturday Milonga in New Haven. My Fiancée Sue and I noted a
big improvement in our dancing. We attribute this to instruction we received<
in both private and group classes with you. Our connection was better than
it has been in a very long time. Sue commented I even managed to put her
into the "Tango Zone" a couple of times!!! Thanks so much and see you at our
next lesson. Angelo
"Within a few hours of teaching a workshop in Beijing,
Jackie quickly became a role model to the local women.
Her teaching skills and assertiveness in both follower and leader role amazed Chinese women.
Her subtle yet methodical teaching style eased non-dancers into tango
so smoothly they almost did not realize they were "learning"....
If Jackie was not commited to her life and family in Massachusets
she'd easily become a tango star and talk show personality in Beijing ! "
Felicia Schwartz - Beijing Tango 7/26/2005