Creating spaces to grow, with Astrid Weiske

After 13 years organizing the renowned and beloved International Queer Tango Festival in Berlin, Astrid Weiske reflects on why she started the festival, how queer tango has evolved since she started dancing, and what’s next on her tango path.

Producer/Host: Liz Sabatiuk | Music: "Gipsy Vals" by El Cachivache Quinteto Tango | Image Credit: Ksusha Ivanova, © QTFestival Berlin

Show Notes

• Visit Astrid’s website, check out her YouTube channel, then read about the 13th and final International Queer Tango Festival Berlin, held in July of 2025.
• Read a brief summary of Berlin’s queer history.
• Listen to “Roles and evolution - body and mind, with Brigitta Winkler.”
• Watch archival footage from the original TangoMujer tour, then check out a video Astrid filmed of Brigitta Winkler and Rebecca Shulman performing in 2006.
• Learn more about Augusto Balizano (a.k.a. La Marshall, a.k.a. Godfather of Queer Tango) in the first episode of Humans of Tango.
• Browse posts by The Queer Tango Project about Mariana Docampo, another trailblazer of queer tango in Buenos Aires and order her book on queer tango in Buenos Aires!
• From bullying to online censorship, learn more about the biggest challenges to LGBTQ+ progress today.

Read a transcript of Astrid's episode here.