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Ballroom at MIT is represented by two organizations: the Ballroom Dance Team (us) and the Ballroom Dance Club. The team promotes competitive ballroom dancing at MIT. The club fosters social ballroom dancing.

Our Team

We are the MIT Ballroom Dance Team, an organization of MIT students and affiliates who love competitive ballroom dancing.  We help our members improve their dancing technique and support their participation in ballroom dance competitions.  We encourage anyone in the MIT community to join us as long as you have an interest in competitive ballroom dance, whether you have any dance experience or not.  In fact, most of our new team members joined without any dance experience of any type. There are no try outs — we welcome anyone with an interest.

Instruction

We offer both professionally-taught and amateur-taught group classes each week in multiple styles and across multiple proficiency levels (check out our team coaches on our About Our Coaches page!), plus supervised practice time from the veterans on our team.  Our members also practice privately with their partners.  We learn and compete in both International and American styles, and our lessons are divided evenly between the Standard/Smooth dances, and Latin/Rhythm dances.  If you are unfamiliar with the dances, explore the section About Ballroom in general.

Partnerships

You don’t need a partner to join or to participate in any of our lessons or workshops.  One of the advantages of being on the dance team is meeting lots of dancers who also need partners.  Everyone who is just starting out will be looking for a partner, too, and our veteran team members are always willing to help you find a partner.  In the end, partnering decisions are completely up to you, but we are glad to help out and offer advice along the way.

Competitions

Team members are required to participate in at least one competition each semester, and most choose to attend even more. Most of these competitions are held annually in the New England area by other colleges and universities.  Some of these competitions are followed by shows by world-class dancers. We host our annual competition, the MIT Open, in the spring. Check out our team’s Results page to see how we’ve done in past competitions.

Workshops and Social Dances

We organize beginner workshops, as well as monthly public social dances.  All events are open to the whole MIT community as well as dancers not affiliated with MIT.  As with joining the team, no partner or experience is necessary to attend any of our workshops or socials.  For the latest information on upcoming events, see our Events page.

Team Community

We are not only a team but a tight-knit group of friends who share a passion for dance.  We often go out as a group to dance socially or just to have fun. Many team members also cooperate with the MIT Ballroom Dance Club; we often teach lessons for them and frequent their socials as well.

Other Activities

MITBDT also participates in events sponsored by other groups at MIT and in the general community. In addition to promoting ballroom dancing, the team also participates in events on behalf of other organizations. Our team member will also share their talents with the community through performances at MIT or for nearby organizations.

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Upcoming Events

2023 MIT Open Announced

To be held April 29 and 30, 2023.

March Social Dance – Canceled!

Next dance will be April 1.

April Social Dance

Saturday April 1 in Sala.



News

MIT at Tufts 2022

November 15th, 2022

MIT had a strong showing at Tufts 2022.

MIT at Brown Competition 2022

November 5th, 2022

MIT had a strong showing at the Brown competition, held on October 30, 2022 in the Rhodes on the Pawtuxet.  Results are below. Rhythm Newcomer Cha Cha (6 couple final, 3 MIT couples, 44 registered couples) 3. Sophie Logsdon/Tatiana Estrina 5. Daniel Stein/Nerine Uyanik Swing (7 couple final, 3 MIT couples, 46 registered couples) 3. […]

MIT goes to Harvard Beginners

October 18th, 2022

October 16, 2022 Malkin Athletic Center, Harvard MITBDT had a great showing at the first competition of the semester.  The team showed good depth through all of the levels.  Special congratulations to Daniel Stein and Nerine Uyanik for sweeping rookie-level events, Madison Leone and Lauralyn Lin for claiming first in Silver Latin, and Hamid Doost […]

Spooky Swing October Social Dance!

October 9th, 2022

Who: Open to the public, however, all participants without access to MIT Covid Pass need to get a Tim Ticket – https://tim-tickets.atlas-apps.mit.edu/LuXHMXn5Qgou4fvE7 When: Saturday, 10/22/2022 6:00PM Beginner Lesson – Swing Beginners welcome! No experience or partner necessary! 7:00PM General Dancing 10:50PM Last Dance Where: Sala de Puerto Rico, 2nd floor of Stratton Student Center Tickets: Free for MIT/Wellesley students […]

2023 MIT Open Announced

July 7th, 2022

To be held April 29 and 30, 2023.

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