The MUN Ballroom and Latin Dance club is a university student society created to introduce people to the world of partner dancing in the Ballroom and Latin styles. The Club is comprised mostly of MUN students, but also faculty and staff with their partners and friends.
The object of the BLDC is to entice approximately 1% of the MUN student body into dancing while studying at the university. The club membership routinely fluctuates in size as students graduate and begin working. Club members that show extra ability or interest are encouraged to take lessons from the local dance schools which have professionally trained teachers.
The BLDC has a student executive of 4 main decision makers along with a staff of teachers and teaching assistants. The executive arranges for a location to dance and arranges social dances and Formal Dinner & Dances every semester. The executive also arranges for classroom dancing for the membership of the club, each semester the membership can take classes in Ballroom LineDancing, Salsa, or Ballroom and Latin.
Meet the Teachers:
Sylvie Fortier, Faculty of Memorial University, is currently teaching Ballroom Line Dancing (line dancing to ballroom and latin music!)
Alex Hynes (from UofC currently doing Masters at MUN) and Stephanie Robinson (From UofT now studying at MUN)are teaching Salsa and other latin dances with help from various international students that like to show their style.
Kim Russell(Masters Alumnus) and Jim Russell (who has never been a MUN Student)teach a wide variety of Ballroom and Latin dances.
The Ballroom and Latin classes are divided into 4 levels, the 1st level introduces couples to social dancing, floorcraft, leading and following, and the basic steps in 4 Ballroom and 4 Latin styles of dance:
Foxtrot, Waltz, Quickstep, International Tango, Jive, ChaCha, Rhumba and Samba
The 2nd level starts the couple onto more advanced transitional steps useful to social dancing, while attempting to improve on the general dance ability.
The 3rd level is a continous learning and reiteration of the various advanced steps that can precede and follow each other.
TA Class, Students showing extra enthusism and ability are invited to do the teaching assistant (TA) class where they are instructed on how to help others learn to dance, learn the steps of the opposite sex and generally become better dancers.
Currently Dancing at St. Augustine's Church on MUN Campus, next to the Aquarena.
