Spring Break
Students tango in Union
Crystal Martinez and Victoria Smithee
Issue date: 3/13/07 Section: ARTS
As soft music plays in the background, couples embrace one another in preparation to learn the steps of the tango.
The Los Milongeros hosted a free tango lesson and had a dance from 8 to 11 p.m. Monday night in the Syndicate.
"We wanted to promote to more than just our members," said instructor Jong-Han Yoon. "A lot of people still don't know about this."
About 80 participants arrived and partnered up either with a friend or someone new. They then circled up and the instructors, Yoon and Elisa Cosci, were in the middle showing them the techniques step by step. The participants then mimicked their steps and went about in the circle.
"The tango is a very artistic form of dancing," Yoon said. "There's a lot of improvisation to it."
Yoon and Cosci said they have been dancing the tango for two and a half years. They help instruct the class from 8 to 10 p.m. Thursday nights in Bruce Hall.
Copperas Cove sophomore Hilary Rickey said the teachers can sometimes be hard to understand, because of their accents, but are still good instructors.
"I've been taking the classes since it's started, and about 30 people come every week," Rickey said.
The tango, which is an Argentinean dance, is a romantic and more sophisticated style of dancing, said Rickey. Not only that, but it teaches people about culture as well.
"Although the salsa is more fun and energetic, for example you get to twirl girls around, the tango is a more elegant and contained dance," said Euless sophomore Charles Rodriguez.
Carrollton sophomore Lydia Jobickson said since most of student money goes to everything else, it's a good thing to offer free dance lessons.
"I can dance to reggae and hip hop, but not tango," Jobickson said. "I wanted to try something else. If I go to a party and they play that type of music, I could dance to it."
As the music kept playing, the men and women split up on opposite sides of the room. The instructors stood in the middle and distinguished between the men's roles and the women's roles. Still separated, participants lined up and practiced step by step.
During the practice, some toes were stepped on and some couples bumped into other couples, but eventually the dancing started to flow more.
After the lesson, the couples had the opportunity to show off what they learned. The music kept playing, food was provided and the lesson turned into a dance.
"It's something different that I've never done before," said Comanche freshman Jaimie Ross.
While some people may think of the tango as a dance for elderly people, it's for everyone, especially young people, Cosci said.
"The people here will have fun and dance, and will also get to experience something new," Cosci said.
The Los Milongeros hosted a free tango lesson and had a dance from 8 to 11 p.m. Monday night in the Syndicate.
"We wanted to promote to more than just our members," said instructor Jong-Han Yoon. "A lot of people still don't know about this."
About 80 participants arrived and partnered up either with a friend or someone new. They then circled up and the instructors, Yoon and Elisa Cosci, were in the middle showing them the techniques step by step. The participants then mimicked their steps and went about in the circle.
"The tango is a very artistic form of dancing," Yoon said. "There's a lot of improvisation to it."
Yoon and Cosci said they have been dancing the tango for two and a half years. They help instruct the class from 8 to 10 p.m. Thursday nights in Bruce Hall.
Copperas Cove sophomore Hilary Rickey said the teachers can sometimes be hard to understand, because of their accents, but are still good instructors.
"I've been taking the classes since it's started, and about 30 people come every week," Rickey said.
The tango, which is an Argentinean dance, is a romantic and more sophisticated style of dancing, said Rickey. Not only that, but it teaches people about culture as well.
"Although the salsa is more fun and energetic, for example you get to twirl girls around, the tango is a more elegant and contained dance," said Euless sophomore Charles Rodriguez.
Carrollton sophomore Lydia Jobickson said since most of student money goes to everything else, it's a good thing to offer free dance lessons.
"I can dance to reggae and hip hop, but not tango," Jobickson said. "I wanted to try something else. If I go to a party and they play that type of music, I could dance to it."
As the music kept playing, the men and women split up on opposite sides of the room. The instructors stood in the middle and distinguished between the men's roles and the women's roles. Still separated, participants lined up and practiced step by step.
During the practice, some toes were stepped on and some couples bumped into other couples, but eventually the dancing started to flow more.
After the lesson, the couples had the opportunity to show off what they learned. The music kept playing, food was provided and the lesson turned into a dance.
"It's something different that I've never done before," said Comanche freshman Jaimie Ross.
While some people may think of the tango as a dance for elderly people, it's for everyone, especially young people, Cosci said.
"The people here will have fun and dance, and will also get to experience something new," Cosci said.
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lu
posted 4/17/07 @ 1:19 PM CST
Simpatico l'articolo che vi hanno fatto!
Ma perchè la giornalista ti chiama Cosci? Ha scambiato il nome col cognome?
e perchè mette tra il nome e il cognome della gente degli appellativi tipo "sophomore" o "freshman". (Continued…)
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