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Tropical Twist
Hawaiian Themed Cystic Fibrosis Benefit Dance

Lessons before the dance: Swing
6:00pm – Intermediate level (must know basics)
7:00pm – Beginning Level
$5 Nonmembers/ Free for club members
Taught by Sarah Calhoun

General Dancing continues 8:00pm-midnight
$2 Club members / $5 Nonmembers

UWMBDA dances are a great opportunity to put all of your new dance moves to use! They are open to both students and non-students, and play a mix of music that will include salsa, merengue, rumba, cha cha, waltz, fox trot, tango, swing, and many others!

Check the UWMBDA webpage for more details.

Dress for UWMBDA dances is casual–jeans and a T-shirt are normal. Please bring non-street shoes to dance in!

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Lessons before the dance: Cha Cha
6:00pm – Intermediate level (must know basics)
7:00pm – Beginning Level
$5 Nonmembers/ Free for club members
Taught by Darrell Dieringer

General Dancing continues 8:00pm-midnight
$2 Club members / $5 Nonmembers

UWMBDA dances are a great opportunity to put all of your new dance moves to use! They are open to both students and non-students, and play a mix of music that will include salsa, merengue, rumba, cha cha, waltz, fox trot, tango, swing, and many others!

Check the UWMBDA webpage for more details.

Dress for UWMBDA dances is casual–jeans and a T-shirt are normal. Please bring non-street shoes to dance in!

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Lessons before the dance: Nightclub Two-Step
6:00pm – Intermediate level (must know basics)
7:00pm – Beginning Level
$5 Nonmembers/ Free for club members
Taught by Darrell Dieringer

General Dancing continues 8:00pm-midnight
$2 Club members / $5 Nonmembers

UWMBDA dances are a great opportunity to put all of your new dance moves to use! They are open to both students and non-students, and play a mix of music that will include salsa, merengue, rumba, cha cha, waltz, fox trot, tango, swing, and many others!

Check the UWMBDA webpage for more details.

Dress for UWMBDA dances is casual–jeans and a T-shirt are normal. Please bring non-street shoes to dance in!

Valentine’s Day Special – For couples. You must call to schedule your first appointment on or before 14 February 2010. Private Lessons provide individualized instruction and a lesson plan tailored to your goals!

New Class

Sarah’s “New Dancer Salsa 101″ begins Thursday, 11 February 2010 at 6pm. This is the perfect time to take a dance class! Follow the link and contact Sarah to enroll.

Merchandise – Valentine’s Day Sale

Select some great items from the Art of Dance Shop. Use the following coupon code at checkout (ZAZZLEVDAY10) and get: 30% of the Zazzle card and photo card, 20% of the Zazzle sticker and bumper sticker, or 10% of the Zazzle mug!

Offer valid only until 10 February 2010 at 11:59pm PT.

Be a Leader – USA Dance Chapter

So many of our students have been asking us why Madison lacks a ballroom dance scene specifically for adults. There are plenty of night clubs and excellent specialty organizations, but there is no general-purpose ballroom dancing club.

In response, Sarah and Darrell are using their influence to help organize a New Amateur Ballroom Dance Chapter in Madison, which will become a chapter of USA Dance. USA Dance (formerly USABDA) is the national body that oversees amateur ballroom dancing in the United States.

Sarah has prepared a Page on our website with more information. We need a core group of at least 25 people who are interested! Are you?

Special savings for couples!

Couples: Enroll for six (6) Private Lessons on or before Valentine’s Day (February 14, 2010), and they will cost only $260!

However, we offer this deep discount only to the first ten (10) individuals or couples who contact either one of us to schedule your first appointment.

That is right, we are each enrolling ten (10) couples for Private Lessons at this great discount. The price is the same whether you enroll as an individual or as a couple.

To be eligible, you must…

• mention this special when you call
• call before 14 February 2010

This special is available for new private lesson clients and existing clients!

Private Lessons provide focused, individualized dance instruction for you or you and a partner. Your instructor will help you unlock your natural potential so you can dance to your full ability!

If you are new to dancing, private lessons are great for rapidly gaining confidence on the dance floor. If you have been dancing only socially, have been taking group classes exclusively, or dance with only one person, you may have accumulated some habits that make your dancing more difficult and less enjoyable. Your instructor will help make your dancing clean and comfortable.

Regardless of whether you are a new dancer or you have been dancing for years, private lessons offer something that group classes cannot – individualized focused attention and a lesson plan tailored just for you.

Whether you are a new client, a dedicated participant, or even if it has been years since your last visit to the studio, we invite you to enroll in the “Art of Dance Jacket” Special.

Contact your Instructor now to book your lessons!
– email Darrell Dieringer
– email Sarah Calhoun

Show off your Art of Dance colors and get HUGE savings!

When you buy an Official Art of Dance Embroidered Jacket, you are eligible to purchase a ten-lesson (10) private lesson package for only $400! This is a 40% discount from our regular package prices.

However, we offer this deep discount only to the first five (5) individuals or couples who contact either one of us to schedule your first appointment.

That is right, we are each enrolling five (5) individuals/couples for Private Lessons at this great discount. The price is the same whether you enroll as an individual or as a couple.

To be eligible, you must…

• mention this special when you call
• purchase an Official Art of Dance Embroidered Jacket
• call before 31 January 2010

This special is available for new private lesson clients and existing clients!

Wear your jacket for your first private lesson appointment and get a free Art of Dance button!

Private Lessons provide focused, individualized dance instruction for you or you and a partner. Your instructor will help you unlock your natural potential so you can dance to your full ability!

If you are new to dancing, private lessons are great for rapidly gaining confidence on the dance floor. If you have been dancing only socially, have been taking group classes exclusively, or dance with only one person, you may have accumulated some habits that make your dancing more difficult and less enjoyable. Your instructor will help make your dancing clean and comfortable.

Regardless of whether you are a new dancer or you have been dancing for years, private lessons offer something that group classes cannot – individualized focused attention and a lesson plan tailored just for you.

Whether you are a new client, a dedicated participant, or even if it has been years since your last visit to the studio, we invite you to enroll in the “Art of Dance Jacket” Special.

Contact your Instructor now to book your lessons!
– email Darrell Dieringer
– email Sarah Calhoun

Perfect attendance pays off in dance class, too!

If you get perfect attendance in eight consecutive dance classes between 14 January 2010 and 4 March 2010, you will get 25% off the next 8 weeks of group classes (March-June), with either instructor!

Classes included in this special are:

- New Dancer Smooth: Fox Trot 101 (4 weeks) and
- New Dancer Rhythm: Salsa 101 (4 weeks)

or

- Salsa/Latin 102 (8 weeks)

The studio offers Group Classes in many styles of partner dancing. Group Classes are fantastic for learning to partner dance while at the same time meeting a variety of people and expanding your social network. Many classes expect no previous dance experience — look for “New Dancer” or “All-Level” in the class title.

Register in advance to attend each class in the series. You may register on the first night of class or at any time prior to the first night of class. Contact the Studio to confirm availability of space in the class. Advanced registration is encouraged.

Please, no Street Shoes on the dance floor. Dance shoes, dance sneakers, or stocking feet are all fine.

Contact your Instructor now to reserve your space in a class!
– email Darrell Dieringer
– email Sarah Calhoun

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This Group Class will meet each Thursday from 6:00 – 7:15 pm, beginning 11 February 2010 and running until 4 March 2010, for a total of four sessions.

In this 75-minute class meeting for a total of four sessions, we will discover how to produce many of the common dance moves you see at social dances where people dance many energetic and exciting American-style Rhythm (Latin) dances, such as Merengue and Salsa. We will cover turns, spins, style, and basic common patterns for these Rhythm dances, as well as balance, speed, flexibility, body awareness, and expression.

The class will emphasize creating a solid constant connection between the lead and follow and how to use that connection throughout the entire dance! Develop an understanding of how you move your own body and how those movements are felt and interpreted by your partner (applies to leads and follows alike). We will use a simple set of common moves to explore good lead and follow connections, inventiveness, and fluidity in Rhythm dancing.

This class is intended for people new to partner dancing or new to Rhythm dancing and will move at an appropriate pace. Experienced dancers, enroll to improve your sense of partner connection and to refine your body action and basics! There is no such thing as doing “too much work” on the most foundational parts of dancing!

You do not need to enroll with a partner. Expect frequent partner changes and numerous group activities and exercises.

Please, no Street Shoes on the dance floor. Dance shoes, dance sneakers, or stocking feet are all fine.

Pre-registration is required. Contact the Instructor to reserve space in this class.

Event Dates

This event occurred
in the past.

This Group Class will meet each Thursday from 6:00 – 7:15 pm, beginning 14 January 2010 and running until 4 February 2010, for a total of four sessions.

In this 75-minute class meeting for a total of four sessions, we will discover how to produce many of the common dance moves you see at social dances where people dance many elegant and sensual dances, such as Waltz and Fox Trot. We will cover turns, spins, style, and basic common patterns for these Smooth dances, as well as balance, speed, flexibility, body awareness, and expression.

The class will emphasize creating a solid constant connection between the lead and follow and how to use that connection throughout the entire dance! Develop an understanding of how you move your own body and how those movements are felt and interpreted by your partner (applies to leads and follows alike). We will use a simple set of common moves to explore good lead and follow connections, inventiveness, and fluidity in Smooth dancing.

This class is intended for people new to partner dancing or new to Smooth dancing and will move at an appropriate pace. Experienced dancers, enroll to improve your sense of partner connection and to refine your body action and basics! There is no such thing as doing “too much work” on the most foundational parts of dancing!

You do not need to enroll with a partner. Expect frequent partner changes and numerous group activities and exercises.

Please, no Street Shoes on the dance floor. Dance shoes, dance sneakers, or stocking feet are all fine.

Pre-registration is required. Contact the Instructor to reserve space in this class.