News and Events
Welcome to the website of Carleton's Ballroom Dance Team! We are a group of Carleton students who meet weekly to improve our abilities as dancers, as well as to prepare our members for competitions and general ballroom dancing. Please take a look around our website and don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Club Sport Status!
October 9, 2009Club Sport Status!
Exciting news! The Competitive Dance Team is Carleton's newest club sport!
This is very exciting, because it allows the team more access to practice space, funding, and P.E. credit for team membership!
Check out the club sports webpage for more information at:
https://apps.carleton.edu/campus/rec/club/
New Fall Schedule
October 9, 2009New Fall Schedule!Here is a list of the practice times for fall term (2009):
Monday: Open Practice 9:00-10:00 p.m. in Cowling
Friday: Fundamentals/Open Practice 3:00-5:15 p.m. in Cowling
Saturday: Latin- 4:00-5:30 p.m. in the Rec
Sunday: Ballroom- 4:00-5:30 in Cowling
Hope to see you all there!
Cyclone Ballroom Classic Results!
November 5, 2009Cyclone Ballroom Classic: Competition Results: Our team is awesome!!!
Katie and Michael: In Newcomer:
4th Place- American Rumba; 3rd Place - American Cha Cha; 3rd Place - American Waltz; 2nd Place -…
Summer practices
June 20, 2009For those of you around Northfield, we will be having completely optional and open practices during the summer. The times are 10 AM to 12 PM Saturdays in the Rec…Star of the North 2009 Photo Album
March 7, 2009I've gotten off my butt and put up some (but by no means all) of our album-worthy pictures from Star of the North. Take a look at the media page to find them. In addition, I've posted the results to Star of the North under history, with a summary and highlights. Enjoy!
Spring Practices
March 4, 2009Spring is in the air (well, soon anyways). This spring term we are going to be focusing on Samba and Tango.
In Cowling:
Review: Fridays 4:30-5:30PM
Ballroom: Saturdays 5:00-6:00PM
Latin: Sundays 4:30-5:30PM
Fundamentals: Mondays 9:00-10:00PMIn the Rec:
Open Practice: Tuesdays 9:00-11:00PM
Our first coaching session of the term will be first weekend. Saturday, April 4th, 1:00-3:00PM. We will be continuing our work on the fundamentals of Samba, as well as starting with International Tango.
This is our last week of practices of the term, so lets work hard to finish out the term with a bang. You have all been fantastic. Go Carls!
Star of the North - Professional Photos, Results Available
February 27, 2009Check them out!
Results - http://sotn.usadance-mn.org/index.html
Pictures - http://www.creativeprostudio.com
Star of the North - Congratulations!
February 22, 2009Congratulations to everyone who competed at Star of the North! Everyone did a fantastic job, bringing home hardware for Carleton in many events! Results will be up as soon as we have a full posted list from the competition.
Coaching Session - February 28th
February 1, 2009We have another coaching session coming up with Mariusz, Saturday February 28th from 1pm-3pm. We'll be talking to him about our experience at the Competition, as well as beginning work on Samba.
Registration - Star of the North
January 25, 2009This year we'll be competing at Star of the North. Registration is finally available, so take a look at http://sotn.usadance-mn.org/index.html to register!
Winter Practices
January 3, 2009This term we picked up a lot of new people, so we are going to work on International Waltz, Quickstep, Rumba and Cha Cha. Practices this term:
At Cowling:
Review: Fridays 4:30-5:30PM
Ballroom: Saturdays 4:30-5:30PM
Latin: Sundays 5:00-6:00PMIn the Rec:
Open Practice: Tuesdays 9:00-11:00PM
Looking forward to seeing you there! Make sure to dress warmly for the trip to Cowling! In addition, we will be having the first coaching session of the term on Saturday, January 17th, from 1:00-3:00PM. Welcome back to campus, and see you soon!
Fall Practices 2008
September 1, 2008At Cowling:
Review: Fridays 4:00-5:00PM
Ballroom: Saturdays 5:00-6:00PM
Latin: Sundays 4:00-5:00PMIn the Rec:
Open Practice: Tuesdays 9-11PM
Looking forward to seeing you there! We will also be having our coach, Mariusz Olszewski come down for the first coaching session on the Friday, the 26th of September during our normal practice. It should be a real treat, so please try to make it!