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BDH: Ballroom Dance Team waltzes (and rumbas) through life (18 Nov 1999)
GSJ: Dance club and its offshoot team put an increasing number of students on their toes (23 Jan 1998)
BDH: Ballroom Dancing Hits the Floor (7 March 1996)
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Collegiate Dance Worldwide
- New England
- Harvard/Radcliffe (MA)
- Holy Cross (MA)
- MIT (MA)
- Northeastern (MA)
- UConn
- UConn Dancesport
- Yale (CT)
- UMass
- Boston University (MA)
- Brandeis (MA)
- Tufts (MA)
- Atlantic States
- The South
- William & Mary (VA)
- UTexas
- USC
- Clemson (SC)
- Southern Methodist (TX)
- NCSU
- UNC
- Duke (NC)
- Midwest
- CMU (PA)
- Purdue (IN)
- UMinnesota
- Mizzou
- UIUC
- Valparaiso (IN)
- Indiana
- SIU (IL)
- Case Western (OH)
- UMich
- MSU (MI)
- Mountain and Southwest States
- CSM (CO)
- Colorado
- ENMU (NM)
- Utah State
- Arizona State
- West Coast
- UOregon
- UCLA (CA)
- Cal Poly
- CalTech
- Berkeley (CA)
- Stanford Club (CA)
- Stanford Team (CA)
- San Jose State (CA)
- Abroad
- Bath (UK)
- Imperial College London (UK)
- Oxford (UK)
- UQueensland (Australia)
- Monash (OZ)
- UToronto (ON, Canada)
- UVictoria (BC, Canada)
- UGuelph (ON, Canada)
- UCalgary (AL, Canada)
Ballroom Dancing on the Internet
- Dancesport Organizations
- USISTD (United States Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing) maintains and posts its syllabi, which is used for all collegiate comps.
- USABDA (United States Amateur Ballroom Dance Association) Homepage.
- YCN Region III (the northeast region of the Youth College Network, a division of USABDA) Homepage.
- Local Studios and Venues
- Ballroom Registrar: MIT's site for registering for collegiate comps across the country. Also lists results and tracks points.
- riDance: Devoted to dancing in Rhode Island.
- K&S Music sponsors a great social dance every other Saturday (or so) at the Cranston K of C. Remember to ask for the student discount ($5 off).
- SuperShag Mega Dance Complex, located in Waltham, Massachusetts, offers social ballroom dancing every Friday night. Their Web site contains a schedule of events that includes master classes with ballroom champions.
- DanceNet has the latest and greatest on swing dancing in and around Boston.
- Collegiate Ballroom Dance Competition Homepage, maintained by Michael Posner.
- News and Information
- World Dance Plaza: The latest in ballroom news.
- Ballroom Etiquette (by DanceTV.com): Get tips and basic steps online. You can order videos and CDs from here also.
- Dancestudent.com provides Latin and Ballroom dance step videos with a "look and learn" format. These are available as downloads or on CD-Rom. They also carry more detailed VHS tapes of complete routines.
- Dance History and Music
- History of Modern Ballroom Dancing.
- Much Ado About Ballroom Dancing, with info on dance timings, how to compile a good song mix, and where to find clothes and shoes.
- George Lindholm's Ballroom Music Site, a resource for finding specific songs with specific rhythms.
- Dresses, Mens Wear, Fabrics, Shoes, and More
- Kat Kwok, a BBDT alum, has a ballroom costumes website advertising a bunch of great new and used latin costumes for sale.
- DanceUniverse carries a selection of CDs, shoes, and apparel for ballroom dancing.
- Denver Fabrics offers discounted prices on fabric for dancewear and costumes, including nylon/Lycra stretch knits, chiffon, organza, metallics, velvet, fake fur and silk. They also carry sewing notions and trims.
- Showtime Shoes: Get shoes online, if you don't want to wait for the next competition or trip to LeBrie's.
- arts-books.com: A source for books, music, and videos about ballroom dance.
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