Pine Plains Community Center offers Argentine tango lessons

PINE PLAINS — Learn and practice Argentine Tango at the Pine Plains Community Center every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

Participants can join Ellen Chrystal in her beginner class, and no partner or registration is needed. Guests also have the option to stay for Practica with Audrey Jurutka. Practica is a social practice event where participants have the opportunity to work on their moves and socialize while enjoying food brought in by Jurutka.

Chrystal has been teaching Argentine Tango in the Hudson Valley since she moved to the area in 2005.

“I fell in love with the music and the dance and studied mostly in New York City and Buenos Aires,” Chrystal said, “When I moved to the Hudson Valley, around 2005, I was asked by tango students in the area to teach, and have been teaching open ongoing weekly tango classes since then.”

Classes were previously held at the Garage Dance Studio in Red Hook, but for the past ten months, the venue has been the Pine Plains Community Center. Students of all ages and walks of life have turned up in Chrystal’s classes.

“The size of classes has varied over the years, and Pine Plains Tango is a relatively new venue for our classes,” said Chrystal, “We love teaching and dancing at the beautiful Community Center above the Pine Plains Library. It is a perfect venue for what we do.”
Although there is no registration fee, there is a suggested donation of $15 for Chrystal’s beginner class and $10 for Practica to help support their teachings.

Classes begin at 6:30 p.m., and are open to all levels. Practica starts at 7:30 p.m.

Lessons take place at the Pine Plains Free Library on its second floor community room, 7775 S. Main St., Pine Plains. For more information, contact echrystal@gmail.com or audreyspractica@gmail.com

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