Rubén Pachas has been teaching abroad and in the US since 2004. He received a BA in Arts Education from Dance from National University of Folklore “Jose Maria Arguedas” Mayor in Peruvian Folk Dance in Minor in Education in Peru in 2002 and recently he obtained his Master of Arts in Arts Education from School of the Arts Institute of Chicago (SAIC) focusing on Teaching Peruvian Indigenous Dance to Non- Indigenous People for cultural values in 2020. Pachas began teaching indigenous dance to since he was in high school to his classmates and some years later after finishing the college his students earning the Peruvian Folk Dance National champion Contest for three years in Peru.

When he arrived in the USA, he taught the in the Chicago Public Schools and was Dance Professor in Symposiums and Continuous Training Courses as Waukegan Public School and Oak Park District 97, guess professor at University of Chicago, Rosevelt University, he has participated in different National Dance conferences as Illinois Dance Education conference 2024, Ethnic Dance Chicago, National Folk Organization and Door County Folk Festival and Pachas has been an advisor for one year and Peruvian Dance Instructor at Chicago Summer Dance Chicago Since 2021.

Pachas has been an active member of the Chicago dance community as a dancer, teacher, and choreographer for over 19 years.

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