NYU Ballroom Dance Team

As most of you know, we will be taking the Lucky Star Bus from New York to Boston for the MIT Open Competition.

The bus stop in New York is located on 69 Chrystie Street (near the Grand Street B or D Train).

The bus stop in Boston is located on 700 Atlantic Ave., the South Station Bus Terminal on the 3rd Floor, Gate #13. (near the Red Line)

We will be taking the Boston Subway system to our housing locations. Most people will be housed on campus, so it will not be necessary for the transportation stipend. Mimi will pay for those traveling on the 4:00 PM bus, and Eugene will do the same for those on the 7:00 PM bus. Those travelling at other times, please save your receipts and you will be reimbursed over the weekend. For a map of the MBTA (Boston’s Subway), please click here.

Everyone who has submitted a request should have their boarding passes e-mailed to them. Please print a copy and bring it with you along with a photo ID. If you misplaced the email, click your name below for a link to the passes. Below are your travel groups (please arrive at the station at least 45 minutes in advance). In addition, there are preliminary housing assignments. Please stay tuned to the website for any changes. Thank you.

Departures - Thursday 7:00PM

Angela Zhu - Group 1, Location - TBA (On Campus)

Friday 4:00PM

Alicia Alvarenga - Group 2, Location - TBA (Off-Campus, near BU)
Alissa Sautina - None
Andrew Brown - Group 2, Location - TBA (Off-Campus, near BU)
Brian Lawton - Group 3, Location - TBA (On Campus)
Christina Li - Group 4, Location - TBA (Off-Campus, near BU)
Daniela Roda - None
Dhruva Chandramohan - Group 3, Location - TBA (On Campus)
Jayson Mamaclay - Group 5, Location - TBA (On Campus)
Micki Balder - Group 4, Location - TBA (Off-Campus, near BU)
Milen Bourilkov - Group 5, Location: TBA (On Campus)
Mimi Liu - Group 1, Location - TBA (On Campus)

Friday 5:00PM

Alice Li - Group 7, Location - TBA (Off-Campus, near Harvard) - CANCELLED
Eileen Zhou - Group 8, Location - TBA (On Campus)
Frances Felske - Group 7, Location - TBA (Off-Campus, near Harvard)
Jackson Brebnor - Group 9, Location - TBA (On Campus)
Olegik Tretyakoff - Group 8, Location - TBA (On Campus)
Ron Hagiz - None - CANCELLED

Friday 6:00PM

Jamie Zhen - Group 10, Location - TBA (Off-Campus, near BU)
Linda Chen - Group 10, Location - TBA (Off-Campus, near BU)

Friday 7:00PM

Elizabeth Gingrich - Group 11, Location: Burton Connor 554B (On Campus, 410 Memorial Drive)
Eugene Schwartz - Group 6, Location: Alpha Delta Phi (On Campus, 351 Massachusetts Ave.)
Khan Hannan - Group 11, Location: Burton Connor 554B (On Campus, 410 Memorial Drive)
Mary-Grace Papatheodorou - Group 6, Location: Alpha Delta Phi (On Campus, 351 Massachusetts Ave.)
Paige Sturges - Group 11, Location: Burton Connor 554B (On Campus, 410 Memorial Drive)
Rachelle Reznikova - Group 1, Location - TBA (On Campus)
Ryan Rockmore - Group 6, Location: Alpha Delta Phi (On Campus, 351 Massachusetts Ave.)
Sarah Protacio - Group 11, Location: Burton Connor 554B (On Campus, 410 Memorial Drive)

Friday 10:00PM

Cesar Francia - None
Sophia Saunders-Jones - Group 9, Location - TBA (On Campus)

Saturday 10:00AM

Diane Lee - Group 1, Location - TBA (On Campus)
Michelle Pomeroy - Group 12, Location - TBA (Off-Campus, near MIT)
William Chen - Group 6, Location: Alpha Delta Phi (On Campus, 351 Massachusetts Ave.)

Saturday 10:00PM

Cyndie-Dominique Massillon - Group 12, Location - TBA (Off-Campus, near MIT)

Other Housing

Leroy Mobley - Group 13, Location - TBA (Off-Campus, near Harvard)

Kenny Lee - Group 13, Location - TBA (Off-Campus, near Harvard)

Michael Gonzalez - Group 13, Location - TBA (Off-Campus, near Harvard)

Sandy Chen - Group 1, Location - TBA (On Campus)

Joy Finerson - Group 1, Location - TBA (On Campus) Read the rest of this entry »

Kimmel Dance Studio (Room 606): You need to book this studio from Kimmel Operations which is on the 6th floor. This needs to be done two days in advance if you want to reserve it for a specific date and time. If it is reserved by someone else who does not show up, you can take it after 15 minutes has passed of the booked hour. You can also show up anytime when it is available and just use it for the current hour. The studio is spacious and has no columns to get in the way. There is a CD player, a tape player and a TV. If you bring your cables you could plug your MP3 player in the TV or in the CD player and use its speakers. For more information visit the Kimmel Dance Studio Website.

Brittany Residence Hall has a dance studio which can be booked by its residents. If you are not a resident of Brittany then you need one to book it for you and stay with you while you dance.

Usually there is a lot of free space around the elevators on each floor of Kimmel and on some of the floors there isn’t really a lot of activity, especially in the evenings. The 4th floor is usually deserted unless there is some special event in the E&L Auditorium.

The UC level of Tisch hall is also really big (perfect for Standard) and is mostly deserted on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Both of these areas are open to all students and are not studios but they can be useful for a little bit of practice. If you are lucky, you might be able to book a room on the 9th floor of Kimmel from Kimmel Operations. They usually have carpet on the floor which gets in the way but it’s suitable.

Any other locations? Post.
Recap:

• Kimmel 606 Dance Studio
• Brittany Hall Dance Studio
• Tisch Hall UC Level
• Kimmel 4th floor around the elevator
• Other floors of Kimmel

• Practice space and team lessons for the month of April will take place at the studio on 65 Leonard street in Tribeca; corner of Church and Leonard Street. The studio is on the ground floor, entrance on Leonard. Take the #1 train and get off at Franklin the studio is 2 short blocks away.

• Stanley is reserving space on Tuesdays and Thursdays 6 pm until 9 pm. Please contact Duwayne Kelly at duwayne.kelly@nyu.edu if you would like to use this time to practice. The space is located on: 390 Broadway, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10013 Tel: (212) 334-3764 Fax: (212) 334-3768 info@chinesedance.org

International Latin Dances

Cha Cha

• Let’s Get Loud by Jennifer Lopez
• Smooth by Santana, featuring Rob Thomas
• We Went as Far as We Felt Like Going by the Pussycat Dolls
• Sex Bomb by Tom Jones
• Dance With Me by Debelah Morgan
• Mentiras by Carlos Birbon
• Arriba by Joee

Rhumba

• Historia De Un Amor by Laura Fygi
• La Playa by Chayanne
• Songs From a Secret Garden by Secret Garden
• Donde Esta Tu Amor by Four
• Fairytale by Toni Braxton

Samba

• Sobe Sun by Miami Sound Machine
• Hips Don’t Lie by Shakira
• Carrapicho by Canto Envolvente
• Temptations by Arash

Jive

• Candman by Christina Aguilera
• Route 66 by John Mayer
• Reelin’ & Rockin’ by Patti Black
• Hafanana by Eli Goulart

Paso Doble

• Spanish Gypsy Song

American Rhythm Dances

Mambo

• Ran Kan Kan by Tito Puente
• Mambo Caliente by Arturo Sandoval
• Para Los Rumberos by Tito Puente
• Sunny Ray by Mambo All Stars
• Mambo No. 5 by Lou Bega

Bolero

• Bolero Elusivo by Brent Mills
• Senor Bolero by Pedro Giraldez
• No Me Ames by Alberto Torres & Rafaela
• Beautiful Maria of My Souls by Mambo All Stars

East Coast Swing

• Hello, Let’s Go to a Disco by Ursula 1000
• Mustang Sally by The Commitments
• Maddest Kind of Love by the Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
• Chain of Fools by The Commitments
• Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley

The final meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 30th. It will be held from 7:30 pm - 10 pm. The location is Kimmel Center Room 802.

See you all there

Rhythm
Bronze ChaCha – Cesar Francia and Nataliz Jimenez – 1st
Bronze Rumba – Cesar Francia and Nataliz Jimenez – 1st
Bronze Rumba – Leroy Mobley and Daniela Roda – 6th
Bronze Swing – Leroy Mobley and Daniela Roda – 6th
Silver C/R – Jayson Mamaclay and Micki Balder – 3rd
Silver C/R – Jackson Brebnor and Catherine Zhu – 1st
Silver Swing – Jackson Brebnor and Catherine Zhu – 1st
Silver Swing – Josh Lee and Danielle Rayzberg (Syracuse) – 5th

Latin
Bronze ChaCha – Dhruva Chandramohan and Mimi Liu – 5th
Bronze Samba – Dhruva Chandramohan and Mimi Liu – 5th
Bronze Samba – Cesar Francia and Daniela Roda – 3rd
Bronze Jive – Eugene Schwartz and Vicki Zaretsky – 6th
Bronze Jive – Cesar Francia and Daniela Roda – 5th
Silver C/R – Jackson Brebnor and Joy Finerson – 5th
Silver S/J – Jackson Brebnor and Joy Finerson – 2nd
Gold C/R – Khan Hannan and Alina Koltunova – 2nd
Gold S/J – Khan Hannan and Alina Koltunova – 3rd

Open
PreChamp Latin C/R/S/J – Charlie Mathis and Meagan O’Toole – 7th
PreChamp Latin C/R/S/J – Chih Hong Wang and Elena Weinstein – 6th
PreChamp Latin C/R/S/J – Zach Horan and Jamie Schiffer – 5th

Standard
Bronze Waltz - Ryan Rockmore and Mary-Grace Papatheodorou – 7th
Bronze Tango - Khan Hannan and Alissa Saoutina - 5th
Bronze Tango – Ryan Rockmore and Mary-Grace Papatheodorou - 8th
Bronze Foxtrot – Ryan Rockmore and Mary-Grace Papatheodorou – 5th
Bronze Quickstep – Ryan Rockmore and Mary-Grace Papatheodorou – 5th

Newcomer
International Waltz – Milen Bourikov & Linda Chen - 2nd
International Waltz – Michael Gonzalez & Christina Li - 5th
American Foxtrot – Milen Bourikov & Bernadette Malpaya - 1st
American Foxtrot – Kenny Lee & Erin Fiorey - 2nd
Int. Rumba – Kenny Lee & Alice Li - 1st
Int. Rumba - George Zhang & Jamie Zhen - 2nd
American Swing – Michael Gonzalez & Diana Perdomo - 6th

Smooth:
Bronze Waltz – Ryan Rockmore & Mary-Grace Papatheodorou - 5th
Bronze Tango – Ryan Rockmore and Mary-Grace Papatheodorou - 7th
Bronze Foxtrot – Ryan Rockmore and Mary-Grace Papatheodorou - 2nd
Silver W/T - Jayson Mamaclay & Angela Zhu - 2nd
Silver W/T – Alex Salcianu & Sophia Saunders-Jones - 7th
Silver Foxtrot – Alex Salcianu & Sophia Saunders-Jones - 6th

Hey Guys,

Team Jacket Order

I have posted a list of everyone that has either purchased or requested a team jacket on our website. Please check to make sure your size and name are spelled correctly. If you have not yet paid, please do so as soon as possible. If you are away on break, I will take payments after break. If you are in the city, please contact me or drop off the money in an envelope to the front desk at Coles where I will later pick it up (just let me know that you left it there).

I will be processing the order Monday morning, so I am assuming everything is correct. If any changes need to be done, please email me at es14060@gmail.com .

Finally, if you know someone that is not on the list, and would like a jacket, please tell them to contact me. Once I place this order, we cannot change anything, and you would have to wait until next year to make a new purchase.

Thanks,
Eugene

Rutgers Survey

For Rutgers, please be aware of the following:

The team will be traveling as a group on Saturday morning, and taking the 7:14 train from Penn Station. If you would like to attend the social/performance on Friday night and then stay at Rutgers overnight, that is fine as well. However, please let me know by March 25th, as housing is on a first-come, first-serve basis. If you want to go Friday night, try to arrange a time for a group of at least ten to meet (group discounts ) and Eugene can thus get the tickets in advance.

For those traveling on Saturday with the team, we will have a second group for those not dancing Smooth or Standard IF we can get 10 or more people. Please indicate on the survey when you would like to travel if leaving on Saturday (morning or later on).

Assuming the competition ends on time, we will be taking the 6:33 pm train back to New York.

MIT Survey

This one is pretty straight forward. We’ll be taking a bus.

Remember, the deadline is March 25th.

Some issues have come up with housing inconsistencies, and I just wanted to put up a reminder about some key housing points:

• Alina is responsible for making all housing arrangements for competitions. So if you have any housing changes/questions/concerns, contact her by emailing rainbowkaine@yahoo.com - information given to other officers may not get passed to me (Alina).
• You MUST fill out a survey and answer the related housing questions. There have been a few instances where people do not fill them out but I see you are registered and try to find you and make sure. I’m not going to continue this detective work - if you don’t fill out an INDIVIDUAL survey, I will now assume you are not going (even if your partner lists you in his/her survey). Please guys, these surveys are a great way of making things run smoothly - don’t ignore them.
• If there are unforeseen changes to information you submitted earlier in the survey, email me and I’ll make the necessary adjustments - but PLEASE don’t wait until the last minute.

Thanks!