Claremont Dance Festival 2008

The Claremont Dance Festival is the premiere collegiate dancesport festival in the USA, offering four days of fun events, demonstrations, and extremely accessible dance lessons for all kinds of dancers, from newcomers to professionals. For more information on each event, click on the title.  Click here to register for this exciting event put on by the 6-time national collegiate formation champion Claremont Colleges Ballroom Dance Company (and one of the premiere amateur dancesport companies in the world). 

This year the Claremont Dance Festival will take place from December 4th-7th.  There will be a check-in/information table at the Joseph B Platt Campus Center during the entire festival.  A campus map of Harvey Mudd College is available at http://www.hmc.edu/campusmap/ .

Unless otherwise noted: The lessons during the festival will meet in the Fireside Lounge at the Smith Campus Center at Pomona College.  A map of Pomona College is located at http://www.pomona.edu/tours/campusmap/.

Note: The schedule is still flexible.

Second Note:  Students of Harvey Mudd College can attend one of the two events on Friday and Saturday Evening for FREE.  If they would like to attend both, they will only need to pay for one.

Thursday 12/4:

Claremont Dance Festival kick-off night at Hip Kitty! RSVP ahead of time to festival@claremontballroom.org and recieve a free swing lesson! Cover charge for the event is $5.  Hip Kitty is located on First Street in the Claremont Village.  Live swing band performing at 8, lesson at 7.

Friday 12/5:

1:15pm-2:30pm

Advanced Latin with Paul Roach

Beginning Salsa

Beginning Blues with Whitton Frank
2:45pm-4:00pm

Beginning Cha Cha

Beginning Lindy

Intermediate Standard Tango (Meet at Platt Campus Center)

Advanced Standard with Paul Roach
4pm-7pm Dinner Break
7pm-12am Formal Winter Ball, featuring Dancing with the Claremont Stars, a beginning waltz lesson, and Solo and Formation Performances.  This event will be located at the Platt Campus Center at Harvey Mudd College

Saturday 12/6:

10:30am-11:45am

Intermediate/Advanced Lindy with Angel Jenkins (Meet at Platt Campus Center)

Intermediate Mambo with Paul Roach

Intermediate/Advanced Salsa with Can Aksoy
12pm-1pm Lunch Break
1:15pm-2:30pm

Aerials with Angel Jenkins (Meet at Platt Campus Center)

Intermediate West Coast with Paul Roach

Beginning Argentine Tango with Can Aksoy

Beginning Jive
2:45pm-4:00pm

Intermediate/Advanced Blues with Whitton Frank (Meet at Platt Campus Center)

Beginning Rumba

Beginning Viennese Waltz

Intermediate Argentine Tango with Can Aksoy
4pm-5pm Extra and/or Private Lessons by Request
4pm-6pm Big Band in the Ballroom
4pm-8pm Dinner Break
8pm-12am Inter-collegiate Dance Party with Performances and Fun Competitions.  This event will  be located at the Platt Campus Center at Harvey Mudd College.

Sunday 12/7:

11am Awards Brunch in Frank Dining Hall (Blue Room - $9 for non-students at the door)

 

 

Submitted by Rudy Resch on Tue, 2008-12-02 01:40. categories [ ]