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Service-learning dance course unites students across cultures and generations

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Milonga Tropical, Tango and Latin Showcase and Dance party,  opens its new season at Hotel Indigo Rialto Room at 6:30p on Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Milonga Tropical, Tango and Latin Showcase and Dance party,  opens its new season at Hotel Indigo Rialto Room at 6:30p on Wednesday, November 1, 2023.

Fuad Elhage, a lecturer of Spanish for the professions in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, was recognized for his “Diversity through Dance” workshop, a class offered for the Certificate in Diversity and Inclusion.

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On Saturday evening, hundreds of spectators gathered at The Classic Center to attend the annual Dancing with the Athens Stars. The fundraising event is thrown by Project Safe, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to helping those impacted by domestic violence.

The University of Georgia Tango Club is an on-campus organization made to promote cultural diversity through music and dancing. The club is based on Argentine tango, and is open to all students, faculty and Athens residents.

Engaging today’s youth in civil discussions of contentious issues remains both a crucial element in democratically oriented education and extremely challenging to facilitate.

Milonga Tropical returns to Athens on October 28, 2021 at Club Rialto, the event venue on the lower level of Hotel Indigo in Downtown Athens.   

Marcos Cotlar contributed his time to document Athens' First Milonga event on August 23, 2019.