Alejandro Herlan

Alejandro Herlan is an Argentine tango teacher, performer, organiser, and founder of Tango Club Helsinki. Born and raised in Buenos Aires, the birthplace of Argentine tango, he has dedicated his career to preserving and sharing the authentic culture of Argentine tango through teaching, performances, international festivals, and social dancing.

For more than two decades, Alejandro has taught thousands of students ranging from complete beginners to experienced dancers. His classes combine the tradition of Buenos Aires social tango with modern teaching methods, creating an environment where every student can learn with confidence while developing musicality, technique, connection, and improvisation.

After building an international teaching career across Europe and Asia, Alejandro made Finland his home and founded Tango Club Helsinki, one of the country's leading centres dedicated exclusively to Argentine tango. The school offers weekly group classes, private lessons, workshops, milongas, international festivals, and cultural events throughout the year.

His philosophy is simple: Argentine tango is not about memorising complicated figures but about learning to walk comfortably together, communicate through the embrace, understand the music, and enjoy the social experience of dancing with many different partners.

Today, dancers from Finland and abroad choose Tango Club Helsinki to learn from an authentic Argentine teacher whose experience combines the traditions of Buenos Aires with years of international teaching, making Alejandro Herlan one of the most recognised Argentine tango instructors currently based in Finland.

Alejandro Herlan has taught, performed and organised Argentine tango events across Europe and Asia, bringing the authentic culture of Buenos Aires to dancers from many different countries. His international career has allowed him to work with thousands of students while building strong relationships with tango communities around the world.

His experience includes festivals, workshops, intensive seminars, private coaching and social tango events in Argentina, Finland, Estonia, Sweden, Norway, Poland, France, Italy, Austria, the United Kingdom, Türkiye, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, South Korea and Hong Kong.

This international background enables Alejandro to combine traditional Argentine tango with the experience gained from teaching dancers from different cultures, ages and levels, creating a learning environment that is welcoming, inclusive and highly professional.

Beyond teaching weekly classes, Alejandro Herlan and Anna Koroleva-Herlan are recognised for creating original tango projects that have expanded the Argentine tango community in Finland and connected it with dancers from across Europe. Their work combines education, high-quality social dancing and international collaboration, offering experiences that go far beyond regular tango lessons.

Through Tango Club Helsinki they have founded and organised numerous successful events, including Helsinki Tango Encuentro, Festival Tango Elegante, Aurora Neotango Festival, Baltic Neo Tango Festival, Helsinki Tango Meeting, Neotango Weekend, the regular Neolonga, Milonga Traditional Elegante and the innovative 50/50 Tango Weekend, a unique event that brings together traditional Argentine tango and neotango in one festival.

These events regularly welcome internationally respected teachers, performers and DJs from Argentina and around the world, creating unique opportunities for dancers in Finland to learn from some of the most recognised names in contemporary Argentine tango without travelling abroad.

Every project reflects the same vision: building an open, welcoming and international tango community where beginners, experienced social dancers and professional artists share the same dance floor. This commitment to community has made Tango Club Helsinki one of the most active and innovative Argentine tango organisations in Northern Europe.

Throughout his career, Alejandro Herlan has combined teaching, performing, event organisation and community building, becoming one of Finland's most recognised Argentine tango teachers. His work extends beyond regular classes, bringing together dancers, artists and tango communities through festivals, workshops and cultural events that celebrate the authentic traditions of Buenos Aires.

Alejandro has performed alongside internationally respected tango artists, including Chicho Frúmboli, Rubén & Sabrina Veliz, Agostina Tarchini, Christian Ceresoli and Valentín Arias. In 2026, he and Anna Koroleva-Herlan were invited to perform at the Cannes Tango Festival, sharing the stage with some of the most recognised names in contemporary Argentine tango.

As the founder of Tango Club Helsinki, Alejandro has also played an important role in developing the Finnish tango community. Through original projects such as Helsinki Tango Encuentro, Helsinki Tango Meeting, Aurora Neotango Festival and Festival Tango Elegante, he has created opportunities for dancers to learn directly from internationally acclaimed teachers without leaving Finland.

Today, Alejandro continues to teach, perform and organise events while representing the traditions of Argentine tango on the international stage. His career reflects a long-term commitment to artistic excellence, cultural exchange and the growth of an open, welcoming tango community for dancers of every age and experience level.