Hello!
If you are a new student, welcome to UIUC!
If you are returning, then welcome back!
We'd like to invite you to learn how to dance with the Dancing
Illini! 250 Dancing Illini members look forward to your joining us in the
full range of dance classes, seminars, practice sessions and social events
that we provide to the University community.
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*** Here are all of our course offerings for the first half of the Spring
semester. Pick the courses you want, and write them in your class schedule
now, before you forget! We have courses for *you*, whether you have never
set foot on a dance floor before, or whether you've been dancing ever since
you could walk! You don't need a partner for any Dancing Illini class, and
you don't need any dance experience to take our Beginner courses.
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Dancing Illini Dance Courses, Spring 1997
If you have a question that isn't answered here,
Email or call Mark at <m-balzer@uiuc.edu> 333-5980
Spring `97 Core Courses
Course: Beginner "A" Salsa, Cha cha and Waltz Course, 8 weeks long
Date: Thursdays, February 6 - April 3
Time: 6:00 - 7:30pm
Cost: $20 for students/faculty/staff (includes $5 membership dues)
$25 for non- students/faculty/staff
(includes $10 registered participant fees)
$15 for existing DI members and existing reg. participants
*** Take both beginner courses for only an additional $5 ***
Location: Freer Hall, Room 310 (Freer upstairs gym)
Instructor: Tanja Hodges
Prerequisites: None. No experience, no partner necessary! No dress code.
Curriculum: Beginning level instruction in Salsa, Cha cha and Waltz.
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*** Your first two Beginner classes are free! ***
*** Just show up - no need to pre-register! ***
*** Try it out free! Join ANYTIME through Feb 20 ***
Admission to this course closes February 20, at the end of the
second class meeting. We have a big gym with a wood floor, and
we have wireless microphones & speaker systems so everyone will be
able to hear the instructors. We look forward to dancing with you!
Course: Beginner "B" Swing, Hustle and Foxtrot Course, 8 weeks long
Date: Tuesdays, February 4 - April 1
Time: 6:00 - 7:30pm
Cost: $20 for students/faculty/staff (includes $5 membership dues)
$25 for non- students/faculty/staff
(includes $10 registered participant fees)
$15 for existing DI members and existing reg. participants
*** Take both beginner courses for only an additional $5 ***
Location: Freer Hall, Room 310 (Freer upstairs gym)
Instructor: Amy Berger
Prerequisites: None. No experience, no partner necessary! No dress code.
Curriculum: Beginning level instruction in Swing, Hustle and Foxtrot
*** Have fun and meet people with the Dancing Illini! ***
*** Your first two Beginner classes are free! ***
*** Just show up - no need to pre-register! ***
*** Try it out free! Join ANYTIME through Feb 18 ***
Admission to this course closes February 18, at the end of the
second class meeting. We have a big gym with a wood floor, and
we have wireless microphones & speaker systems so everyone will be
able to hear the instructors. We look forward to dancing with you!
Course: Practice sessions
Cost: Free for DI members & registered participants.
Curriculum: Each practice features a free 15 minute dance lesson!
Date, Time: Wednesdays, 9:30 - 11:00pm
Location: Regent Ballroom, Savoy.
Course: Intermediate "1F" Swing and Rumba Course, 8 weeks long
Date: Thursdays, February 6 - April 3
Time: 7:30 - 8:45pm
Cost: $25 for students/faculty/staff (includes $5 membership dues)
$30 for non- students/faculty/staff
(includes $10 registered participant fees)
$20 for existing DI members and existing reg. participants
*** Take both intermediate courses for only an additional $5 ***
Location: Freer Hall, Room 310 (Freer upstairs gym)
Instructor: Bruce Leasure
Prerequisites: Must have taken beginning level Swing, or have equivalent
experience. No Rumba experience necessary.
Curriculum: Intermediate 1 level Swing and beginning Rumba.
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*** Your first two Intermediate 1F classes are free! ***
*** Just show up - no need to pre-register! ***
*** Try it out free! Join ANYTIME through Feb 20! ***
Admission to this course closes February 20, at the end of the
second class meeting. We have a big gym with a wood floor, and
we have wireless microphones & speaker systems so everyone will be
able to hear the instructors. We look forward to dancing with you!
Course: Intermediate "2E" Cha cha and Hustle Course, 8 weeks long
Date: Tuesdays, February 4 - April 1
Time: 7:30 - 8:45pm
Cost: $25 for students/faculty/staff (includes $5 membership dues)
$30 for non- students/faculty/staff
(includes $10 registered participant fees)
$20 for existing DI members and existing reg. participants
Take both intermediate courses for only an additional $5
Location: Freer Hall, Room 310 (Freer upstairs gym)
Instructor: Paul Jones, professional dance instructor.
Prerequisites: Must have taken an intermediate level Hustle and Cha cha
course, or have equivalent experience.
Curriculum: Intermediate 2 level Cha cha & Hustle.
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*** Your first two Intermediate 2E classes are free! ***
*** Just show up - no need to pre-register! ***
*** Try it out free! Join ANYTIME through Feb 18! ***
Admission to this course closes February 18, at the end of the
second class meeting. We have a big gym with a wood floor, and
we have wireless microphones & speaker systems so everyone will be
able to hear the instructors. We look forward to dancing with you!
Dance Courses at the Regent Ballroom
8-week International Style ballroom courses at the Regent, only $25 each
for UI students! Taught by David Lin, certified professional dance
instructor and owner of the Regent.
2A: Tango, Rumba, Viennese Waltz starts Monday, Feb 3, 9:30-10:30
6-week Nightclub courses at the Regent. $40 per person. Taught by David
Lin, certified professional dance instructor and owner of the Regent.
Nightclub 2-Step II: starts Thursday Feb 20, 8:15-9:15
The Regent Ballroom is located at 1406 Regency Drive W., Savoy.
It is on the Yellow MTD bus route.
>From Champaign, take Neil St., which becomes US 45, south to Burwash Ave.
(The northwest corner of U.S. 45 and Burwash has a car dealership, Twin
City Honda; the southwest corner has a gas station.) Turn right (west)
onto Burwash, go several blocks, turn left (south) onto Regency Drive West.
The Regent is less than a block south, on the east side of Regency Drive W.
Free parking. For more info, call the Regent at 359-5333
Dancing Illini Salsa Formation Team!
The Dancing Illini is proud to offer yet another incredible opportunity
to improve your dancing and showcase it to the University community. Team
captain Yahna Awazu and coach David Lin (professional dance instructor and
owner of the Regent Ballroom) will once again combine their talents in this
effort.
We are looking for dedicated people who can commit to Thursday night weekly
classes at the Regent Ballroom in Savoy from 9:00 - 11:00pm, and to
frequent practices before performances. Our goal is to perform in a
minimum of 3-4 shows throughout the year.
Since the team can only perform as well as the members who make it up, a
major focus in our coaching sessions will be on turning each and every
member into an excellent Salsa dancer. There will be a participation fee
to cover the costs of the professional instruction, coaching and
choreography.
Being a member of a formation team is a lot of fun and you're guaranteed
to make a bunch of close friends. If you would like to be a part of this
exciting group, please write Yahna Awazu at y-awazu@students.uiuc.edu
We hope to hear from you soon!!!!!
Dancing Illini Swing Formation Team!
With the interest generated from the Salsa formation team in full Swing
(ha ha; little joke there :-) and with so many new club members who can't
wait to dance, we have a second formation team; a Swing formation team.
A formation team is a group of dancers who learn a choreographed dance
routine and give performances. You typically spend a few weeks learning
the routine, and then a few weeks honing your dancing skills. There is
something in it for everyone. The team can even get costumes from
Krannert.
Allison Cobb is the leader of the Swing formation team effort.
Amy Berger is coach and choreographer.
Practices will be held on Wednesday evenings at 8pm, tentatively in the
first floor lounge of the Lincoln Ave. Residence Halls (LAR)
Being a member of a formation team is a lot of fun and you're guaranteed
to make a bunch of close friends.
Contact Allison at ar-cobb@students.uiuc.edu to become a part of it!
Dancing Illini "Team Match" Team!
Preparing for and participating in competitions is one of the best ways to
become a better dancer. There are several intercollegiate dance
competitions coming up in the spring. Each of these competitions features
a "team match" segment that we'd like to participate in.
If you've never seen a team match, it's a dance contest between college
teams of 8 dancers. Each person dances one dance with his or her partner
and is given a score by the judges. The scores are totaled, and the team
with the highest score wins.
(Don't worry - couples are not out on the floor alone; if 10 colleges
attend the comp, there will be 10 couples out on the floor together.... In
fact, it can be hard to hear the music with everyone on the sidelines
screaming for their team at the top of their lungs!)
To prepare teams of dancers for this exciting experience. The DI is
offering a course which will emphasize technique and competitive styling
for the competitive dancer.
Course: Team Match Preparation Course
Date: TBA
Time: TBA
Cost: TBA
Location: TBA
Instructors: Andrew Tate and Lara Yates
Prerequisites: Some ballroom dance experience and a commitment to
represent the Dancing Illini at one or more
intercollegiate dance competitions:
Case Western: Feb 16-17, 1997
Ohio State U: March 15, 1997
Notre Dame U: March 22, 1997
Heartland (Indy): April 12-13 1997
Curriculum: Fundamentals of Quickstep & Jive (Swing).
There are two objectives for this course:
1. to learn the technique necessary for dancing
competitive figures in the above dances.
2. form competitive teams for the following dances;
Waltz
Cha-cha
Quickstep
Jive (Swing)
Try it out! Just show up - no need to pre-register!
We have a big gym with a wood floor, and we have wireless
microphones and a speaker system so everyone will be able
to clearly hear the instructors.
We look forward to dancing with you!
For more information contact:
Andrew Tate
atate@s.psych.uiuc.edu
(H) 367-6229
(O) 333-6605
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--Thanks again for your interest, and I'll see you on the dance floor.
Sheena Beaverson Tanja Hodges Dancing Illini Co-Education Chairpersons