Queerchata: Creating Inclusive Latin Dance Spaces with Adrian

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🗓️ 6 November 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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In this episode of Tamarindo, we speak with Adrian, the founder of Queerchata, a transformative dance community designed to create an inclusive, degendered space for queer and trans individuals to explore Latin dance. Adrian shares their journey of discovering dance as a form of self-expression, the inspiration behind Queerchata, and the journey of building a welcoming environment across cities. They discuss redefining traditional dance roles, fostering chosen family within the Queerchata community, and celebrating culture in non-traditional ways, while reflecting on the importance of visibility and their vision for Queerchata’s impact on the larger dance world. In this episode, we mention Encuentro, a restorative retreat.Join us in Puebla, Mexico May 2 - 6, 2025 for a restorative, culture filled, retreat, at a UNESCO world heritage site known for its exquisite cuisine and varied architecture. Beginning each day with wellness activities, you’ll recharge and experience Cinco de Mayo, the celebration of the battle of Puebla. This retreat is intended for women and non-binary folx facing burnout looking for a culturally rich wellness experience. Tier 1 - LIMITED EARLY BIRD Price: $1,999. (Must pay in full by December 15, 2024) Tier 2 - $2,600 (Must pay in full by January 17, 2025) Tier 3 - $2,975 (Must pay in full by February 20, 2025) All the tiers above are for the same experience, so act today for maximum savings. To be invited to participate, please complete our interest form by November 15, 2024: https://www.tamarindopodcast.com/encuentro-25 Tamarindo is a lighthearted show hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval talking about politics, culture, and self-development. We’re here to uplift our community through powerful conversations with changemakers, creatives, and healers. Join us as we delve into discussions on race, gender, representation, and life! You can get in touch with us at www.tamarindopodcast.com Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval are executive producers of Tamarindo podcast with production support by Karina Riveroll of Sonoro Media. Jeff Ricards produced our theme song. If you want to support our work, please rate and review our show here. SUPPORT OUR SHOW Contribute to the show: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tamarindopodcast1 Follow Tamarindo on instagram @tamarindopodcast and on twitter at @tamarindocast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On this episode, we talked to Adrian, the founder of Queer Chata, a transformative dance community designed to create an inclusive, degendered space for queer and trans individuals to explore Latin dance.
0:35.0	Welcome to the Marindo podcast.
0:40.5	Hosted by me, Brenda Gonzalez, a fitness coach, political nerd, and nonprofit capacity builder.
0:46.4	And me, Delsey Sandoval, a Guatemalan American licensed therapist and passionate creativity advocate.
0:53.0	Together, we're here to uplift our community through powerful conversations with change makers, creatives, and healers.
0:54.9	Each week on the pod, we talk politics,
1:00.4	culture, and personal development. Listeners called Tamarino, the advocacy and self-love podcast.
1:02.6	Let's start the show.
1:16.5	Hello, Tamarino listeners. Hi, Brenda. Hello, hello. I want to let listeners know that we are recording on November 1st. And so if you're listening to this after the election, congratulations
1:22.6	or I'm sorry. Yes, we're so close.
1:27.8	We're just a few days away.
1:29.3	I have it on my calendar.
1:30.9	I was not as responsible as you, Brenda, so I have not on to vote yet.
1:35.3	I am waiting for November 5th, so by the time this airs, we will know what's going on.
1:40.8	And then, you know, hopefully we can talk about it the following week.
1:44.0	Yes, of course.
1:45.8	I am so excited, but I'm not for today's episode because we are talking to Adrienne, the founder
1:51.9	of Queer Chata. A lot of people maybe have heard of Queer Chata to transformative dance
1:56.4	community designed to create kind of inclusive degender dance spaces for queer and trans individuals.
2:03.2	We are going to talk about all of it today. But before we do, how is that?
2:08.9	What is therein da. Well, I've been running around, you know, kind of getting organized, as I might
2:15.0	have shared at previous episodes, I'm going to spend some time
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