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6-9pm – salsa lessons
9pm-closing – club Latin/Salsa dancing
College Night: no cover charge before 11pm.
This is an 18+ event!

Sarah is leaving in the middle of July for a one-year library position at Yale University, and wants to bid farewell to her Madison dance family. As the French know, “farewell” is not a permanent state, but is only “until the re-seeing” (au re-voir). Come “see her until next time” in a proper dance fashion: on the dance floor! This will be the second of two “au revoir” dances, the first being at the West Coast Swing dance at the Badger Bowl on Wednesday night.

The Cardinal Bar (just East of Capitol Square) has a newly remodeled dance floor. Salsa Night (Thursday night) usually attracts a big crowd. Get there early for the most dancing (and the most room on the dance floor).

Check their website and call the club with any specific questions.

The dress for club dancing is whatever you want to wear. You may want to wear rubber-soled dance sneakers (vs your good suede-bottom dance shoes) since this is primarily a bar/club and not a social ballroom dance event.

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Beginner lesson: 6:15 – 7:15 ($10 per person per lesson/$8 member price).

Intermediate lesson: 7:30 – 8:00 ($5 per person, includes price of open dance).
Open dance: 8:00 – 9:30 ($5 per person, includes price of intermediate lesson).

The best pop, jazz, swing, blues, disco and R&B.

Sarah is leaving in the middle of July for a one-year library position at Yale University, and wants to bid farewell to her Madison dance family. As the French know, “farewell” is not a permanent state, but is only “until the re-seeing” (au re-voir). Come “see her until next time” in a proper dance fashion: on the dance floor! This will be the first of two “au revoir” dances, the second being Salsa dancing at the Cardinal Bar on Thursday night.

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Lessons before the dance: West Coast Swing
Taught By Sarah Calhoun from the Art of Dance
6:00pm – Intermediate level (must know basics)
7:00pm – Beginning Level
Free for club members / $5 Non Members

General Dancing continues 8:00pm-midnight
$2 Club Members / $5 Non Members

UWMBDA dances are a great opportunity to put all of your new dance moves to use! They are open to UW students and non-students. The DJ plays 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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Thursday nights this summer, “have dinner” a different way! We will meet for 75 minutes on Thursdays, 9 June until 28 July, 2011.

Have some fun relaxing from your work week with a hot Salsa dance class designed for Intermediate level Salsa/Rhythm dancers. Pre-enrollment or advance registration is not necessary but is suggested; these are drop-in classes.

Learn energetic and sensual Rhythm dances like Salsa, Merengue, Rumba, Mambo, Cha Cha, Argentine Tango, and Bolero. Before each class, we decide as a group what we would like to work on that night. This class is your “Sandbox”: a time to play and enjoy Salsa and other Rhythm dances! We will be working on:

• More involved Salsa/Rhythm combinations
• Drops
• Dips
• Solo work
• …maybe even some lifts!

The focus, as with all of our classes, is on how to come into contact with your partner safely and painlessly.

Since this is an Intermediate level class, I expect that you will already be familiar with basic Salsa/Rhythm dance concepts like cross-body leads, right side passes, under-arm turns, chases, and Cuban motion. You need to have been dancing with Darrell or myself for at least six (6) months. If you are unsure if you are ready for these classes, please do not hesitate to ask me! As always, the more the merrier!

Darrell is also teaching Salsa/Latin II this summer, an eight-week class series, which will focus more heavily on syllabus dancing. These two classes will compliment each other very nicely!

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

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If you have completed one of Darrell’s or Sarah’s recent classes, then this class is for you!

This Group Class will meet each Thursday from 7:30 – 8:45 pm, beginning 24 March 2011 and running until 5 May 2011, for a total of seven sessions.

In this 75-minute class meeting for a total of seven sessions, we build upon skills you know in Salsa and Merengue (and perhaps other dances you already know, like Rumba or Cha Cha). This class will use those skills to present Bolero (another Rhythm-style dance).

Students should be familiar with cuddles, hammerlocks, under-arm turns, and the movement-of and reaction-to space – these are skills that both Darrell and Sarah teach in their beginner/new dancer classes. You will continue to refine these skills in each more advanced class that you take. In addition to having greater mastery of these basic skills, by the end of class you will be very comfortable in Salsa, Merengue, and Cha Cha.

Along with partnering, musical interpretation, in-class performances (for the other class participants – optional, but encouraged), developing greater strength/balance/flexibility, movement technique, and unlocking your individual and combined creativity, course material will introduce topics such as light and shade, acceleration, using changes in elevation, delayed turns, dynamic power, shared weight, dips/tricks, and partner communication/sensitivity.

This class is designed for dancers who have some experience with partner dancing and will move at an appropriate pace.

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 and to ask any other questions.

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If you have completed one of Darrell’s or Sarah’s recent classes, then this class is for you!

This Group Class will meet each Thursday from 7:30 – 8:45 pm, beginning 27 January 2011 and running until 10 March 2011, for a total of seven sessions.

In this 75-minute class meeting for a total of seven sessions, we build upon skills you know in Salsa and Merengue (and perhaps other dances you already know, like Rumba). This class will use those skills to present Cha Cha (another Rhythm-style dance).

Students should be familiar with cuddles, hammerlocks, under-arm turns, and the movement-of and reaction-to space – these are skills that both Darrell and Sarah teach in their beginner/new dancer classes. You will continue to refine these skills in each more advanced class that you take. In addition to having greater mastery of these basic skills, by the end of class you will be very comfortable in Salsa, Merengue, and Cha Cha.

Along with partnering, musical interpretation, in-class performances (for the other class participants – optional, but encouraged), developing greater strength/balance/flexibility, movement technique, and unlocking your individual and combined creativity, course material will introduce topics such as light and shade, acceleration, using changes in elevation, delayed turns, dynamic power, shared weight, dips/tricks, and partner communication/sensitivity.

This class is designed for dancers who have some experience with partner dancing and will move at an appropriate pace.

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 and to ask any other questions.

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The first few Thursdays of the new year, “have dinner” a different way, and get a jump on your New Year’s resolutions! We will meet for 75 minutes on Thursday, 13 January and 20 January, 2011.

Have some fun relaxing from your work week with a hot Latin dance class designed for all experience levels! Pre-enrollment or advance registration is not necessary but is suggested; these are drop-in classes.

Learn energetic and sensual Latin dances like Salsa, Merengue, Rumba, Mambo, Cha Cha, Argentine Tango, and Bolero. Before each class, we decide as a group what we would like to work on that day. The focus is always on having fun!

Bring your friends from school, the office, or job site. Spend some quality time with your favorite colleagues outside of work. Meet new people!

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

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Each Special Private Lesson Session will meet on Thursday from 6:00 – 6:55 pm. Sessions are available between 13 January 2011 and running until 10 March 2011. Book early to guarantee availability.

In each 55-minute private lesson session, you will have the opportunity to work in a very intensive format on your own dance practice. Some dancers may want to work on frame, connection, and body awareness; while others may want to review syllabus moves.

This class is intended for continuing dancers and will move at a pace appropriate for each individual dancer. You may, but do not need to, enroll with a partner.

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.

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Each Private Lesson Session will meet each Thursday from 6:00 – 6:55 pm. Sessions are available between 4 November 2010 and running until 16 December 2010. There will be no Private Lesson Sessions on 25 November (Thanksgiving), or 2 December.

In each 55-minute private lesson session, you will have the opportunity to work in a very intensive format on your own dance practice. Some dancers may want to work on frame, connection, and body awareness; while others may want to review syllabus moves.

This class is intended for continuing dancers and will move at an appropriate pace. You may, but do not need to, enroll with a partner.

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.

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Lessons before the dance: Mambo/Salsa
6:00pm – Intermediate level (must know basics) (Mambo, on 2)
7:00pm – Beginning Level (Salsa, on 1)
$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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