Team members are welcome to practice at the gym this summer, in Aerobics Room #3. Here is the schedule (from May 24th to August 14th):

• Mondays - 9pm-11pm
• Thursdays - 9pm-11pm
• Saturdays - 3pm-5pm

Important: DFC is closed Monday May 31st and Saturday, July 3rd.

In order to use the space, members must either have valid DFC membership for the summer or pay $10/day. These practices are unsupervised and members should bring their own music.

Our end of year social will take place in Lerner (C555) on Monday 5/3 from 10pm to midnight. All team members and friends are invited to enjoy an evening filled with good dancing, free food, free music, free raffle prizes, and awesome people. It will be the last day before study week starts, take a night off!

This week is the last week of classes before Spring Break. There will be no classes or supervised practices next week (3/13-3/21). Classes and supervised practices will resume 3/22. Enjoy your break!

Social class update: After five amazing weeks of Argentine Tango with Yuriy, we now welcome Gary, a new instructor, and his assistant Rhoni, who will teach the Hustle for five weeks after spring break (check out Gary's bio on our instructors page). Classes will start on Wednesday, March 24, at 10pm in Lerner. For those who will be joining, it will be only $35 for 5 classes! or $10/class as usual. Bring your friends!

Ballroom is back! The first week of classes will start 1/25 with the same schedule as last semester. Note that due to space issues, THE SOCIAL CLASS WILL START ONE WEEK LATER ON 2/3/10.

The first week of lessons will be FREE. New and returning members are welcome to attend and try out all classes. Bring your friends along! You can pay by the class the 2nd week ($10/class) and full dues are expected by the third week for competitive classes.

Please check under Class Information for updates on class and practice schedule as well as membership fees.

Competition results (Princeton, DCDI) and pictures (DCDI) have been posted on the website!
Links: Team results - Team pictures

Classes will begin next week Sept. 21st. The first week of classes is FREE!! Don't miss this opportunity to try out all of our classes: Standard (9/21 in Lerner C555), Latin (9/22 in Lerner C555) and Social (9/23 in Lerner Broadway Room).

NOTE: First week only: The Standard and Latin beginner classes will be offered twice that week: at 10pm and 10:45pm. The same steps will be taught during these two 45 min sessions due to the large amount of interest we usually have (we will be limiting the amount of people attending the 10pm class, no late-comers will be allowed in this class).

Click here for the schedule and location of the classes, and here for the dues. Anyone can join the team, there are no auditions, no experience or partner required. Just show up for our first week of classes!

Performance Showcase - Monday, Sep 14
Our annual performance showcase will take place on Monday, September 14th in Lerner C555 from 9:30pm to 10:30pm. Come and watch amazing performances by our competitive couples, social dancers, and our formation team. There will be a FREE salsa lesson after the performances. Don't miss this event! Come see what CU Ballroom is all about!

Classes begin the week of September 21
The first week of classes is FREE! Don't miss this opportunity to try out all of our classes: Standard (9/21), Latin (9/22) and Social (9/23). The Standard and Latin beginner classes will be offered twice that week: at 10pm and 10:45pm (we will be limiting the amount of people attending the 10pm class, no late-comers will be allowed in this class). Click here for the schedule and location of the classes. Anyone can join the team, there are no auditions, no experience or partner required. Just show up for our first week of classes!

Team members are welcome to practice at the gym this summer, in Aerobics Room #3. Here is the schedule (ending August 6th):

• Mondays - 8pm-10pm
• Thursdays - 8:30pm-11pm

In order to use the space, members must either have gym membership for the summer or pay $10/day. These practices are unsupervised and members should bring their own music.

If you are interested in joining the team in the Fall, here are a few events not to miss:

• Sunday, Sep 6: We will be at the orientation meet and greet during the day and we will present a short performance in the evening.
• Week of Sep 13: We will have a formal showcase (more information to come) and classes will start the week after.

Because of midterms and spring break, there will be no classes or practices for the next two weeks. The practice spaces will still be open so members can bring their own music and use the space. Classes and supervised practices resume on Monday 3/23.

Membership Dues: The deadline is 2/6/2009 for UPenn Competitors and 2/11/2009 for everyone else.
Social Class: This semester, Argentine Tango.
New Member Policy (Competitive Classes): Since most members have already had a whole semester of Standard and Latin, new members MUST attend at least one practice per week for the first couple of weeks. There will be board members supervising each practice who can help you with the steps, especially if you're a newcomer.

The newly formed CU Ballroom Formation Team will be performing at 12:00AM. Please come support them as they perform for the first time on the ramps of Lerner for Glass House Rocks. There will be food, games, free stuff, and of course, great performances!

The Clover Star Classic held at the University of Pennsylvania will be the Columbia team's first competition for the new semester. Everyone is encouraged to compete as the team will be traveling to Philadelphia together for this one day competition. The competition will be running from 8am to 10pm on Saturday, February 7th.
Late registration is open until Jan 31st.

The first week of lessons will be free. New and returning members are welcome to attend all the classes.

Please check under Class Information for updates on practice schedules, class schedules, and membership fees.

Click here to see the results of our team. If you have any pictures or videos you would like to share, please send them to webmaster@columbiaballroom.org.

Get excited for Columbia's home competition, the Big Apple Dancesport Challenge! It will take place in Roone Arledge Autorium in Lerner Hall on Saturday 12/6. It will be a one day competition with an evening showcase featuring TWO performance couples: Arunas Bizokas & Katusha Demidova, and Slavik Kryklyvyy & Hanna Karttunen. Spread the word and don't forget to get your ticket for this amazing showcase!
For the latest updates, check the competition website.

Pictures of the NYU Syllabus Ballroom Challenge have been posted on the website. Thanks to Cameron for sharing! Click here to view the album.

Congratulations to all who competed at the NYU Syllabus Ballroom Challenge! Our team did very well. Click here to see the judges marks and here to see the results of our team.

The team will be meeting at 12:00 pm on Sunday, October 5th at 116th and Broadway (Columbia gates) for our annual shoe shopping trip. We will be going downtown to Worldtone Dance Shoes to purchase your new shoes! The address is: 230 7th Ave (between 23rd and 24th St) on the 2nd Floor (1 train to 23rd St).

A guide to shoe purchasing is available in the Team Resources section of this website (click here to read the guide). You should use it as a reference as well as ask any senior members during the trip!

FREE CLASSES on 9/22 (Standard), 9/23 (Latin), and 9/24 (Social). Come meet other ballroom enthusiasts and our world-renowned instructors during this week of free classes!

The newcomer/beginner class will be offered twice: at 10:00pm and 10:45pm. We WILL be limiting the amount of people attending the 10:00pm class so NO late-comers will be allowed in this class.

Please check under Class Information for updates on practice schedules, class schedules, and membership fees.

The CU Ballroom Club will be having its annual Fall Showcase on Tuesday, September 16 at 10:00pm in Lerner C555. There will be spectacular performances by professional as well as student couples, a short information session, and a FREE mini-Latin lesson at the end. Come and check out what CU Ballroom is all about!!!
(Note: Showcase is at 10:00pm, not 10:30pm as was listed on the Activitie's Day flyers.)

Practice Space in Lerner from 10pm-12am:
C555 - 9/2 (Tuesday), 9/9 (Tuesday), 9/15 (Monday)
Broadway Room - 9/3 (Wednesday), 9/10 (Wednesday)

These will not be supervised practices so bring your own music!

Team members are welcome to practice at the gym this summer, in Aerobics Room #3. Starting May 26th, ending August 8th, the space is reserved:

  - Mondays - 8pm-11pm
  - Thursdays - 8:30pm-11pm
  - Fridays - 3pm-6pm*

NB: In order to use the space, you must either have gym membership for the summer or you have to pay $10 for every day you use the gym.

*6/7: Note that this time has been updated from 2pm-5pm to 3pm-6pm.

This is the last week of classes for the year, come to both Latin and Standard classes for Christmas! And if you don't know what Christmas is, come and find out, you won't be disappointed...

The end-of-the-year semi-formal will be held on Sunday (4/27/08) from 5:30pm to 8:30pm in the Lerner Party Space. Please RSVP for you and a guest to appear on the guest-list and for a chance to win one of several raffle prizes. ALL non-Columbia guests MUST appear on the guest-list. We will have really delicious food, great dancing, amazing performances, and a chance to say goodbye to our graduating seniors. We hope to see you all there.

Our president has graciously uploaded some ballroom music to http://www.lizavolkova.com/ballroom. Feel free to download all the music you would like.

As of this week until the end of the year, ALL LATIN CLASSES will take place in the BROADWAY ROOM. Standard classes will remain in Lerner C555.