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| Our goal is to bring people together who love to dance,
compete and have fun. No partner or experience necessary! |
Have you ever noticed Championship Ballroom Dancing on PBS while flipping through TV stations? Did you catch "Strictly Ballroom" or "Shall We Dance" in the theatres? That's what competitive ballroom dancing, or dancesport as it is now known, looks like. For many years, dancers have competed in large championship competitions in Europe, America, Canada, Australia, and the Far East.
And in 1997, the International Olympic Committee recognized dancesport as an
Olympic sport.
Dancesport
is a highly developed and stylized form of ballroom dancing in which the
main emphasis is on performance and appearance. In a dance competition,
couples dancing together on the same floor vie for the attention of the
judges with their speed, elegance, body action, and/or dramatic movements
(depending on the dance). To prepare for a competition, couples not only
learn the steps they will dance, but study and practice a codified technique
that enables them to produce the maximum visual effect while dancing.
Well, dancesport is alive
and well at Caltech as the Caltech Ballroom Dance Team! If we have piqued
your interest, you
can learn more
About the
Team,
and why you should join
here
-- and find out what benefits &
resources CBDT has to offer to its members.
To
Join the Team, come
by the first day of Team Classes and fill out a
Membership Form. You can also pick up a
form and sign up during the Ballroom Bootcamp or Intro Night, or you can
contact our team captain, Megan Nix, during the course of the year:
 :: meganbnix [at]
gmail.com ::
We accept cash or checks made out to CBDC. Our team is open
to the public and you may join throughout the year, so please feel free to join
us.
The 2005-2006 Caltech Ballroom
Team at the Dance of the Roses! |
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To receive announcements about classes,
workshops, competitions and special events for the team,
please sign up on our
Email List.
If you have specific
questions regarding the team, please contact our Team
Captain, Megan Nix at:
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meganbnix [at]
gmail.com
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