2008 Woodie Awards
Latin Student Association Gives the Gift of Dance
Dee Sorrell
Issue date: 8/31/07 Section: Art & Entertainment
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On Sept. 26, IUPUI students gathered in the UC Cultural Arts Gallery to join the Latino Student Association (LSA) in a Latin dance session. The event was co-hosted by IUPUI Campus and Community Life. The lesson happened under the tutelage of LSA member Mike Quinones and his assistant.
Quinones, an ambitious electrical engineering student, helped start an amateur Salsa dance team two years ago called "Salsaholics." He also taught salsa at Marion College for a year.
"My favorite style of Latin dance is Salsa because it enables me to keep in touch with my roots," Quinones said.
The event allowed students to participate in an hour-and-a-half Salsa lesson in between classes. As students made their way in, they found a comfortable place to learn and practice the instructed moves and steps.
All levels of experience were welcomed at the event, and Quinones and his assistant were very careful to go through each movement and step slowly enough for everyone to comprehend.
Josh VanBibber, a freshman at IUPUI, heard about the event through a friend and decided to attend the salsa lesson to expand his horizons beyond the Salsa basics he already knew. VanBibber remembers some of the basic steps of Salsa dancing after competing in a Latin dance contest after his high school senior prom.
After attending the Salsa lesson, VanBibber said he thought that the instructors made it easy to follow each movement.
"I enjoyed the instructors because they were patient with teaching the steps and allowed everyone to move at their own pace," VanBibber said.
Once students were familiar with the movements, they were paired together to learn how to execute moves with a partner. Students learned the male's role as well as the female's role within the dance.
The Latin Student Association and Campus Community Life posted flyers all around campus that informed students when and where the event would be held.
Theresa Niehaus, also a freshman at IUPUI, learned about the event through campus advertisement. Niehaus became interested in Salsa dancing after visiting Mexico and she says she fell in love with the dance.
"I love the style and the structure of Salsa dancing; it's always been really pretty to watch," Niehaus said.
Quinones, an ambitious electrical engineering student, helped start an amateur Salsa dance team two years ago called "Salsaholics." He also taught salsa at Marion College for a year.
"My favorite style of Latin dance is Salsa because it enables me to keep in touch with my roots," Quinones said.
The event allowed students to participate in an hour-and-a-half Salsa lesson in between classes. As students made their way in, they found a comfortable place to learn and practice the instructed moves and steps.
All levels of experience were welcomed at the event, and Quinones and his assistant were very careful to go through each movement and step slowly enough for everyone to comprehend.
Josh VanBibber, a freshman at IUPUI, heard about the event through a friend and decided to attend the salsa lesson to expand his horizons beyond the Salsa basics he already knew. VanBibber remembers some of the basic steps of Salsa dancing after competing in a Latin dance contest after his high school senior prom.
After attending the Salsa lesson, VanBibber said he thought that the instructors made it easy to follow each movement.
"I enjoyed the instructors because they were patient with teaching the steps and allowed everyone to move at their own pace," VanBibber said.
Once students were familiar with the movements, they were paired together to learn how to execute moves with a partner. Students learned the male's role as well as the female's role within the dance.
The Latin Student Association and Campus Community Life posted flyers all around campus that informed students when and where the event would be held.
Theresa Niehaus, also a freshman at IUPUI, learned about the event through campus advertisement. Niehaus became interested in Salsa dancing after visiting Mexico and she says she fell in love with the dance.
"I love the style and the structure of Salsa dancing; it's always been really pretty to watch," Niehaus said.
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