1 “Revenge of the freaks” 1 : an approach to the aesthetic discourses of the Neoperreo scene in Santiago de Chile 2 Ana María Díaz Pinto On a table in front of the club's main stage, surrounded by people, Camila found herself dancing alone. The night promised to be the inauguration of "an official space for the Latinos of the future, who love bellaqueo 3 " (La Matrix, 2019). Squatting or upright, Camila moved her body to the rhythm of the music played by the DJs. She closed her eyes for long periods, and her arms and head followed the general movement of her body, which she touched at times with her hands. Like Camila, most of the audience –many of them women in their twenties– danced alone in the middle of the dance floor. Only a few of them do it in groups or couples. On the floor abounded the perreo 4 , voguing dance, and acrobatic movements. Also, the atmosphere of the club housed the massive use of cell phones and the presence of expressive bodies: nudity, chains, and latex suits were usual in this place. The artists spent time with their audience and sometimes danced or hosted the party. Around 3:00 AM, the Chilean singer Tomasa del Real, wearing a tight jumpsuit, came on stage and shouted, "whose house is this? It is mine, it’s Neoperreo's!” (personal fieldwork notes, 2019) 5 . The experience described above was part of my fieldwork at parties associated with the Neoperreo scene in Santiago de Chile, during 2019. These had similar repertoires to those of other youth parties, but with contrasting behavioral dynamics and types of audiences. Consequently, I began to ask myself, what makes a party a Neoperreo party? And before this, what are the particularities of this scene? What elements differentiate and link it to other dance repertoires, such as reggaetón? 1 “La venganza de los freaks” (Sustancia as cited in BESE, 2019). 2 This paper is a translation and adaptation of my undergraduate thesis, advised by Prof. Malucha Subiabre. It was presented in November 2019. 3 In the Puerto Rican slang, it has two meanings. The first one refers to vandalism or morally reprehensible attitudes; the second one relates to a flirt attitude linked to sexual enjoyment. 4 It is a type of dance, which was born from the development of the genre. It is defined etymologically in allusion to the canine coitus and consists of constant pelvic movements that imitate the sexual act already mentioned. 5 “¿De quién es la casa? ¡Es mía, del Neoperreo!” (personal fieldwork notes, 2019).