Stanford DanceSport

Our first class of the winter quarter will be in AOERC 111 next Sunday 6-8 pm. I am studying abroad this quarter so I will be unable to advertise around campus so please tell your friends!

Class will be tomorrow at 6-8 pm in AOERC 111. Stacey Chuang will be teaching latin and 'Ikaika Dowsett will be teaching Standard. Classes are accessible to dancers of all levels so feel free to join us regardless of any prior experience. Looking forward to seeing you out on the dance floor!!

Rocking the rumba and waltz tonight!

Awesome job with the beginner rumba and waltz tonight guys!!! Was a pleasure getting to know you and looking forward to more fun classes and practices! Message us if you want to be added to our messenger group for easier updates! :))

This week, class will be taught by our champion Latin coach, Stacey Chuang and our Standard dance coach Djordje Vuckovic. Please note the time change 6-8pm instead of our usual 5-7 pm and class will be in AOERC 111. Looking forward to seeing you there!!

Join Djordje Vuckovic and Coby Dulitzki for a review session this Wednesday in AOERC 111. 7-8 pm will be Rumba and Cha-cha with Coby 8-9 pm will be Quickstep with Djordje... This will be a great opportunity to review the material, ask questions, and even get a preview of upcoming material. The reviews will be taught based on the participants' preferences. NOTE: If you haven't been to the classes yet, the review sessions are a great way to hop in and catch up on material that was taught.

Very impressive chacha and beginner quickstep tonight guys! As promised here is a video of the quickstep pros. Could be you one day ;) https://youtu.be/KcBop6cQV_k

Class today will be in AOERC 111.

Welcome to the official competitive ballroom contingent on campus!! For the Fall 2019 quarter, classes will be taught by professional, world-champion dance coaches: 'Ikaika Dowsett (Standard Ballroom) and Stacey Chuang (Latin Ballroom) -every Sunday evening 5-7 pm- in either AOERC or Roble. Additionally, we will be offering review sessions to allow newcomers to practice at a more informal setting led by advanced competitive ballroom students -every Wednesday evening 7-9 pm- ...in AOERC. ----- Competitive ballroom dancing, or DanceSport, is an internationally recognized form of partner dance. The very same steps you learn here are identical to the steps practiced in ballrooms around the world. ----- In DanceSport, there are a number of levels. For the first few years of your DanceSport career, you will begin in the Amateur division, which is further broken up into the following categories: Newcomer Bronze Silver Gold With the exception of the newcomer division, which times-out after the first year of competition, you progress through the 'levels' by accumulating points that are distributed among the finalists (top 7 couples) of each dance per division. ----- The five Standard dances include: - Waltz - Tango - Quickstep - Foxtrot - Viennese Waltz (However, it should be noted that though social waltz and social Viennese waltz have similarities with Standard Ballroom, there is a much greater emphasis on footwork and poise in DanceSport than is usually exercised in a social dancing atmosphere) The five Latin dances include: - Cha-cha - Rumba - Jive - Samba - Paso Doble ----- There are a number of competitions in the Bay area. Though attending classes does not obligate anyone to compete, regular attendance at classes and reviews will prepare any motivated student for competition. There will be organized trips to various competitions around the bay area throughout the year. Everyone is welcome to join us whether as a competitor or spectator. Currently, only enrolled Stanford students are eligible for participation, but we are currently working on changing this policy to allow the greater community to join us. Stay tuned about updates by the end of the fall quarter in December. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to the current organizer: Coby Dulitzki. We hope to see you out on the dancefloor soon!

Join us Sunday evening for our weekly ballroom lessons taught by world-class coaches. All classes are accessible to dancers of all levels (newcomers and experienced dancers are all welcome) 5-6 PM Cha-Cha taught by Angela Zhao 6-7 PM Waltz taught by 'Ikaika Dowsett... This week, lessons will be held in AOERC 111. Direct any questions to organizer: Coby Dulitzki Looking forward to seeing you soon!

We will be holding review sessions on Wednesday evenings. Join us to review (or learn) the previous weekend's material.

Apologies for the last-minute nature of this post. We will still be having class today at AOERC 111, but we will be starting at 5 instead of 4:30. Feel free to reach out with any questions.

All students are welcome to join us in this week's intro session this Sunday 4:30-6:30 at AOERC 111 Taught by silver-level finalists Coby Dulitzki and Angie Sham 4:30-5:25 we will be learning Rumba... 5:30-6:25 we will be learning Waltz and Tango Classes are accessible to dancers of all levels. Please direct any questions to the organizer: Coby We hope to see you there!!