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The Global Dance Club List's purpose is to inform (students/staff/faculty/alumni) regarding FREE Dance/Cultural/Social Events at UCLA/LA.
Including 200 Hours of Free Dance Lessons/Parties at the UCLA Student Union Buildings & UCLA Powell College Library (Monday & Saturday Nights)
sponsored by the dance clubs on campus.
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Weekly E-mails include information
re: Free Dance Lessons/Parties at UCLA
re: Free Concerts at UCLA/L.A.
re: Festivals/Culture Nights at UCLA (sponsored by various registered organizations)
Updated Schedule at
www.studentgroups.ucla.edu/ballroomdance
Spring Quarter 2012
Performance/Lessons 9pm-10pm
4/2 Swedish Dance/European Culture Night moved to Kerkchoff Art Gallery
4/9 Chinese Culture Night at AGB
4/16 Hawaiian Culture Night at AGB
4/23 Latin Culture Night/Salsa Party at AGB 7pm-11:30pm (Live Music w/Professional Salsa Band led by violinist, Pablo Mendez plus 100+ Student Performers of salsa & traditional dance/music of Mexico
4/30 7pm-9pm Blues Workshop with Roscoe will include a performance of Swing Aerials/Trick moves at 8:30pm, at 9pm Jerusalem Culture Night will feature student/instructor performances of new folk dances (moved to Ack-AGB)
5/7 Indian Bollywood Culture Night at Kerckhoff Grand Salon
5/14 Armenian with Tom Bozigian at KGS
5/21 Greek Culture Night at KGS
5/28 no club meeting
6/4 USA Culture Night/Swing Dance Party at KGS 7pm-11:30pm featuring Live Swing Music with professional band
Theme Dances:
Saturday 6/2 Jane Austen Ball (15th Annual) at UCLA Powell Library 2nd Floor Rotunda w/Historical BDC 8pm-12am
RSVP Required to HistoricalDance@yahoo.com
Ball will include dance instruction throughout the evening with Mr. John Hertz.
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Weekly ballroom/cultural dance lessons
are Mondays 7pm-11pm Weeks 1-10 Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter Quarters
4/2-6/4/2012,
6/25-8/27/2012,
10/1-12/3/2012,
1/7-3/11/2013 (and Saturday 1/26/2013)
4/1-6/3/2013
Annual Membership = 4/2/2012-3/11/2013 No meetings on National Holidays-(Memorial Day/MLK/Presidents' Day)
If you signed up last Summer or Fall Quarter, then your annual membership is valid Mondays ending at Final Summer Club Meeting (Mon. 8/27/2012)
[9/26/2011-8/27/2012] Please show your Annual Membership for complimentary refreshments (Ice-Cream Socials from Kerckhoff Coffee House after 9pm Mondays Weeks 1 & 10 each quarter), plus additional refreshments at After-Party Field Trips, and for discounted admission to off campus dance lessons/parties.
Meetings/Lessons are at UCLA Student Union: Ackerman 2nd Fl. Lounge, Ack-AGB or Kerckhoff Hall Grand Salon;
Sponsored by Ballroom Dance Club & International Folk Dance Club, Social Dance Club, Global Dance Club
Dance Movies Nights/Officer Meetings
Spring Quarter 2012: Wednesdays 8pm at Ackerman Union room #2412 (4/4/2012-6/6/2012) officer meetings sometimes moved to De Neve Building, email for confirmed location each Wednesday.
sponsored by HBDC & the Dance Club Coalition and include weekly DC Officer's Meeting preparing for the
Big Swing-Salsa-Tango Parties/Theme Dances/Culture Nights presented by the DC Coalition organizations. The Wednesday Night location changes each quarter.
Highlights of Big Events at UCLA:
8 quarterly/annual BIG Swing/Salsa/Tango/Contra Dance Parties usually w/Live Music: 4/23/2012 Salsa, 6/4/2012 Swing, 7/23/2012 Swing, 10/15/2012 Salsa, 12/3/2012 Swing, 1/14/2013 Tango, (Saturday 1/26/2013 Swing), 3/4/2013 Salsa, 3/11/2013 Contra Dance, 4/22/2013 Salsa;
Locations include Ackerman Grand Ballroom, Kerckhoff Hall Grand Salon or Ackerman 2nd Floor Lounge.
Live Music presented on Monday Nights:
at UCLA Ackerman Union Grand Ballroom sponsored by BDC/IFDC & DC Coalition Member Organizations
4 Saturday Night Social Dance Parties w/Themes:
Sat. Nov. 3, 2012 Ballroom w/Ragtime Theme at WJCC
Sat. Dec. 1, 2012 Ballroom w/Victorian Cotillion Theme at WJCC
Sat. Jan. 26, 2013 Swing at Kerckhoff
Sat. Feb. 2, 2013 Salsa at Westside JCC
Each year the dance clubs' present 20+ Culture Nights (Monday Nights 9pm at Ack/Ker) featuring special guest teachers & performing dance groups
(Co-Sponsored by BDC/IFDC, SDC & Global Dance Club)
No experience required. No Partner Required. Learn fun dances each Monday Night 9pm
Regularly Scheduled Culture Nights
Monday Nights at Ackerman/Kerckhoff Hall:
3X per year Latin Celebrations:
Cultures include Cuban, Argentine, Mexican; (these include large scale salsa/tango parties in Ackerman-AGB with Live Music) 4/23/2012 Salsa featuring the Pablo Mendez Latin Band, 10/15/2012 Salsa featuring Opa Opa, 1/14/2013 Tango-live music or DJ, 3/4/2013 Susie Hansen Latin Band,
4/22/2013 Pablo Mendez Latin Band;
Greek/Balkan Dance (5/14/2012 switched to new date of 5/21/2012), 11/12/2012, 2/4/2013 (Special Guest Teachers have included Athan Karras, Larry Marcus, Preston since founding of Greek Culture Night in 2000 by folk dance teacher/club founder, James);
Armenian Dance with Tom Bozigian , 11/19/2012, 1/28/2013 and sometimes includes Tom's Armenian Orchestra to practice dances to live music; Armenian Culture Night regularly welcomes members from the Armenian Student Association at UCLA, since event founding in 2001.
Middle East Culture Nights features a variety of dance styles and include professional & student performances:
Dances from/of Jerusalem 4/30/2012 (Week 9) with performance opportunity for club members at 9pm MOVED to Ackerman Grand Ballroom; Arabic Culture Night featuring annual professional Belly Dance performance/teaching with Josie 11/26/2012 (Week 9) at Kerckhoff GS; Persian and Belly Dance Performances/Lessons 2/25/2013 (Week 8) at Kerckhoff GS;
USA Culture Nights (Mondays Week 10) include Swing Dance Lessons followed by Parties with Live Music featuring Swing Inc. (Fall/Spring Quarter and has featured the 17 member PCC Big Band plus singers for several years, but now will feature Dennis Kaye's professional band, Swing Inc. at Kerckhoff Grand Salon; 6/4/2012, 12/3/2012
(and Summer Swing Dance Party 7/23/2012 tent.)
Winter Quarter USA Culture Night (Monday Week 10) has featured Cajun/Zydeco dance instruction following the regular Swing Dance Lesson earlier in the evening.
For Winter 2013 Monday March 11, 2013 at Kerckhoff Grand Salon, the dance clubs are aiming to present for 2nd year a Contra Dance Evening at 9pm with professional Contra Dance Caller, James Hutson explaining this fun American dance style for beginners to join on in.
(The regular Week 10 swing dance lessons 7:30pm-9pm at Kerckhoff GS 3/11/2013) Week 10 of Winter Quarter also includes Special Annual After-Club Field Trip with Annual Members given a special treat.
plus Spring Quarter each year, in addition to the regular 5 Culture Nights: USA/LATIN/GREEK/ARMENIAN/MIDDLE EAST,
there are an additional 4 Culture Nights 9pm Mondays during Spring Quarter which include dance lessons in Swedish Dance: The Hambo (European Culture Night), Chinese cultural/folk dance, Hawaiian, Indian-Bollywood
Spring Quarter 2012:
Annual Ballroom Dance Club at UCLA Members & invited community members/swing dance/music fans
will enjoy the
1st Blues Dance Workshop at UCLA
Week 5: Monday April 30, 7pm-9pm featuring world famous swing dance teacher, Roscoe Farnsworth at Ackerman 2nd Floor Lounge (MOVED TO Ackerman Grand Ballroom) Roscoe will perform Swing Aerials & Trick Moves during the workshop. Then Roscoe will DJ his favorites tunes for Blues/Swing/Salsa/Tango Dancing 10pm-11pm.
followed by 9pm Monday April 30:
Week 5 The Middle East Culture Night:
with club members performing & learning dances from Jerusalem/Israel 9pm-10pm
Week 1: 4/2/2012 Learn the Hambo (Swedish Dance) with special guest, William Harvey (2nd Annual) at 9pm celebrating European Culture (Week 1 of Spring Quarter) MOVED from Ackerman 2nd Floor Lounge to Kerckhoff Art Gallery
Week 2: 4/9/2012 Learn Chinese dance with the Chinese Folk Dance Troupe or Chinese Cultural Dance Clubs from UCLA
(Week 2 of Spring Quarter) (4th Annual) at 9pm Moved from Ackerman 2nd Floor Lounge to Ackerman Grand Ballroom
4/9/4012 featured performance by the Chinese Folk Dance Troupe at UCLA
Week 3: 4/16 Learn Hawaiian Dance with the Hawaii Club at UCLA (4th Annual)
(Week 3 of Spring Quarter) at 9pm Moved from Ackerman 2nd Floor Lounge to Ackerman Grand Ballroom
Featuring Hawaiian Dance Performance at 9pm
Week 6: 5/7 Indian Culture Night featuring Bollywood Dance Performance/Instruction with Nashaa Hindi Film Dance Troupe of UCLA (2nd Annual-rescheduled, but evening did include fun line dances with James)
(Week 6 of Spring Quarter) at 9pm at Kerckhoff Grand Salon
Regular Spring Quarter 2012 Culture Nights
Week 4: Latin: Mexico Salsa Party/Performances Monday 4/23 at AGB 7pm-11:30pm featuring Live Music with the Pablo Mendez Latin Band & numerous Latin dance troupes including Redondo Union High/Narbonne HS Salsa Troupe, and UCLA Ethnomusicology Dept. Music of Mexico Performance Class, and Folklorico de UCLA.
Week 5 Middle East: Jerusalem 4/30 9pm at Ackerman 2nd Floor Lounge (MOVED to Ackerman Grand Ballroom)
Usually
Week 7 Greek Monday 5/14 9pm at KGS
Week 8 Armenian Monday 5/21 9pm at KGS
but for 2012 Armenian & Greek Nights are switching places
(UPDATED INFO:)
Armenian will be 5/14/2012 with Tom B.
Greek Dance will be 5/21/2012
Week 10 USA/Swing Dance Party 6/4 7pm-11:30pm at KGS
plus Winter Quarter 2013 Added Themes
Monday Week 1 (1/7/2013) Country Western Line Dance Instruction plus other line/cultural dance instruction at 9pm (2nd Year)
9pm Mondays at Ackerman Union 2nd Floor Lounge or UCLA Kerckhoff Hall Grand Salon (Celebrating cultural dances from around the world)
Annual Saturday Night Campus Event with BDC/IFDC: (13th Annual) 1930's Swing Night at UCLA (Swing Dance Party Sat. 1/26/2013 tent. celebrating the 82nd Anniversary of Kerckhoff Hall (the student union donated by Mr. & Mrs Kerckhoff in 1931, a gift of 815K to create and furnish a gothic style building/student union) featuring Swing Inc. (ten piece professional swing band, Directed by Dennis Kaye. since 1998 Swing Inc. has presented fun/danceable music at Swing Dance Parties sponsored by the Ballroom Dance Club at UCLA).
The Campus Community also enjoys 11 Saturday Night Theme Dances co-sponsored by the Historical Ballroom Dance Club at UCLA
which include vintage ballroom or Salsa dance instruction
(including 8-9 Events on campus at Powell Library Rotunda or Kerckhoff GS or Ack-2414:
2012 Theme Dances: Saturdays 8pm-Midnight:
RSVP Required for Powell Dance Workshops
Saturday 4/28 Hollywood Movie Magic Ball (8th Annual) at Kerckhoff (KGS) with lessons 8pm-12am & featuring Special Guest Celebrity Performer/Teacher, Chester Whitmore & Ron Parker (UCLA Alumnus)
Co-Producer of the popular show,
The History of Black Dance in America 9pm-10pm
Chester Whitmore performed Lindy Hop, Charleston & the history of line & social dances of the 20th century including video presentation of the original creators of the dances.
1 hour became 3 hour Master Class plus Tap Dance Performance for Finale at Midnight followed by his amazing stories til 2:30am at the Annual After-Club Field to Cafe 50's where club members continued the swing dancing. Thank you to everyone that participated and who RSVP'd in advance to HistoricalDance@yahoo.com
6/2 Jane Austen Ball at UCLA (15th Annual) at Powell with special guest teacher, Mr. John Hertz,
7/21 Revolutionary Ball at UCLA (9th Annual) at Kerckhoff,
8/18 Early California Fandango (2nd Annual) tent.,
10/27 Ragtime Ball at UCLA (10th Annual) at Powell Live Music tent.
11/17/2012 Waltz Night at UCLA (12th Annual) at Powell (Live Music!!!),
1/26/2013 1930's Swing Night at UCLA (13th Annual) at Kerckhoff LIVE MUSIC!!!,
2/9/2013 Romeo & Juliet theme Italian Renaissance Ball at UCLA (10th Annual) at Powell LIVE MUSIC,
3/2/2013 or 3/9/2013 Presidents' Ball at UCLA Kerckhoff Hall GS (11th Annual)
April 20, 2013 Baroque Masquerade Ball (tent)
Saturday 4/27/2013 or 5/4/2013 Hollywood Movie Magic Ball (9th Annual)
see details at www.my.calendars.net/HBallroomDance
RSVP Required for events in Powell Library HistoricalDance@yahoo.com
and 3 off campus theme dances parties each year at Westside JCC Auditorium
(Off Campus are discounted or Free for current Annual Members of Ballroom Dance Club/UCLA)
5870 W. Olympic Blvd LA 90036
Saturdays 8pm-Midnight
11/3/2012 Ragtime Theme Fall Quarter Semi-Formal (7th Annual)
12/1/2012 Victorian Cotillion Theme Fall Quarter Formal (8th Annual)
2/2/2013 Salsa Party (5th Annual) (band tba/tent. event)
Costumes are optional, and most include an abundance of delicious treats.
Themes/Vintage Dance Styles include Jane Austen Ball-Ragtime Ball-Victorian Cotillion Ball-Waltz Through Time-Romeo & Juliet theme Italian Renaissance Ball-The Presidents' Ball-Hollywood Movie Magic Ball-Early California Fandango-Civil War period dance-The Baroque Masked Ball (previously 3 Musketeers Masked Ball)...costumes are optional;
Club Members also enjoy complimentary carpooling (field trips) to off campus Theme Dances, festivals including Jane Austen, Victorian, Ragtime Balls, French-Italian-Greek-Cuban-1920's, Equinox, Summer Solstice, Jazz, Swing, Salsa, Tango, International Folk Dance Festivals...
the email list informs dance/music fans of hundreds of free concerts/culture nights sponsored by various organizations & clubs at UCLA,
as well as 400+ Free Summer Concerts presented by locals parks/museums/cities/shopping malls.
Weekly Dance Events at UCLA (lessons/parties/culture nights) include numerous dance styles (Swing-Salsa-Tango-Ballroom-Waltz-Cha Cha-Foxtrot-Rumba-Greek-Armenian-Israeli-Persian-Arabic Belly Dance-Chinese-Hawaiian-Swedish-International folk dances from around the world, vintage/historical ballroom dance workshops with themes include various dance styles & time periods: early 20th century (Ragtime Ball & 1920's), 19th century (Victorian, Jane Austen Ball, Early California), Renaissance & Baroque dance styles...
Regular e-mail updates also may include free concerts/culture nights/dance theme movies at UCLA & citywide festivals, as well as dance lessons offered by the various instructors of the dance clubs (5X a Week off campus)
Thank you for supporting the Dance Club Coalition with your Annual Membership: Please enjoy at your convenience the 200 hours of dance lessons/parties/programming per year with Free Admission: 45+ Nights (Mon/Sat) on the UCLA Campus and off campus afternoon special events: 4 Saturdays & 3 Sundays; (plus discounted or free admission for 3 special off campus club co-sponsored events-Saturday Night Theme Dances)
Join as a supporting annual member of the dance clubs for additional member benefits including complimentary refreshments at Mondays/Saturday events & at After-Club Field Trips to local restaurants, Performing Dance Group opportunities, Officer Eligibility & carpooling assistance to hundreds of off campus (FREE) Swing/Salsa/Tango Events.
October 1, 2012 begins 18th Year of Free Weekly Dance Lessons with Ballroom Dance Club & International Folk Dance Club (Where Great Romances Begin)
Accepting New Annual Members for 2012-13, beginning July 1, 2012
Membership Applications available at www.studentgroups.ucla.edu/ballroomdance
Spring/Summer Quarterly Memberships available now. Dance Lessons Mondays 7pm-11pm
To see the collection of prior postings to the list,
visit the GlobalDanceClub
Archives.
(The current archive is only available to the list
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