Latin Dance

Every Friday students at BYU-I can have fun, get a workout, and experience a little Latin culture by coming Latin Dancing. The dance is held in the Hinckley Gym from 8:30-11:30 pm on Fridays.

The first hour usually involves a dance instructor teaching some new moves and steps to couples.
As energetic xylophone music plays in the background, hips shake from side to side. While the instructor counts one, two, three, five six, seven, couples spin around and giggle trying to familiarize themselves with the foreign steps and each other.

Then at around 9:30 the lights go down and a rainbow of flashing lights turn on. Loud and fast Latin music turns on which encourages heels to click, and skirts to twirl.

"I try to come every Friday," said Jana‎ Mortimer, a senior studying CIT. "It's fun to meet new people and to learn the different cultures of dancing. I brought my little sister this time and it was fun to teach her how to shake her hips."

As the night progresses more and more people and couples file in and join in on the fun, and the room doubles in size from about 25 couples to around 50 or more.