Lessons begin the week of January 23 unless otherwise stated.  To receive updates please join the team’s Groupspaces.

Rhythm

• Brian Kang & Martina Lee- Silver Swing- 7^th Place
• Matt Liang & Sujeeta Sippy- Silver Swing-4^th Place
• Matt Liang & Sujeeta Sippy- Silver Cha Cha/Rumba- 4^th Place
• Matt Liang & Nicole Barron- Syllabus Bolero- 1^st Place
• Ryan LeMere & Cindy Yan Lin- Silver Swing- 3^rd Place
• Ryan LeMere & Cindy Yan Lin- Silver Cha Cha/Rumba- 2^nd Place
• CJ Barnes & Veronica Barnes- Open Cha Cha/Rumba/Swing/Bolero/Mambo- 3^rd Place
• Daniel Libatique & Claire Baldi- Gold Cha Cha/Rumba/Swing/Mambo- 1^st Place
• Daniel Libatique & Claire Baldi- Open Cha Cha/Rumba/Swing/Bolero/Mambo- 1^st Place
• Brian Weisman & Joy Fan- Bronze Cha Cha/ Rumba- 3^rd Place

Latin

• Emmanuel Adjin & Melanie Foxx- Bronze Jive- 4^th Place
• Brian Weisman & Joy Fan- Bronze Jive- 3^rd Place
• Chris Turan & Lisa Miller- Silver Samba/ Jive- 3^rd Place
• Chris Turan & Lisa Miller- Silver Cha Cha/ Rumba- 3^rd Place
• Eric Karnani & Emily Moss- Bronze Jive- 1^st Place
• Eric Karnani & Emily Moss- Bronze Cha Cha/ Rumba- 1^st Place
• Khan Hannan & Stevi Dumbrell- Pre Champ Paso Doble- 2^nd Place
• Khan Hannan & Stevi Dumbrell- Pre Champ Cha Cha/Rumba/ Samba/ Jive- 7^th Place
• Matt Liang & Sujeeta Sippy- Silver Cha Cha/ Rumba- 4th Place

Standard

• Brian Weisman & Joy Fan- Bronze Tango -5^th Place
• Matt Liang & Lauren Roth- Silver Waltz/Quick Step- 6^th Place
• Matt Liang & Lauren Roth- Silver Tango/Foxtrot- 5^th Place
• Daniel Libatique & Christina Li- Silver Tango/Foxtrot- 7^th Place
• Eugene Schwartz & Rachael Canaday- Gold Waltz/Tango/Foxtrot/ Quickstep- 5^th Place

Smooth

• Emmanuel Adjin & Jennifer Gayle- Bronze Waltz/Foxtrot – 8^th Place
• CJ Barnes & Veronica Barnes- Open Waltz/ Tango/Foxtrot/Viennese Waltz- 5^th Place
• David Kung & Emily Moss- Silver Waltz/ Foxtrot- 7^th Place
• Matt Liang & Martina Lee- Syllabus Viennese Waltz- 8^th Place
• Matt Liang & Martina Lee- Silver Waltz/Foxtrot- 2^nd Place
• Matt Liang & Martina Lee- Silver Tango- 2^nd Place
• Eric Karnani & Tara Tosten- Bronze Waltz/Foxtrot- 2^nd Place
• Eric Karnani & Tara Tosten- Bronze Tango- 1^st Place
• Eric Karnani & Tara Tosten- Syllabus Viennese Waltz- 6^th Place
• Daniel Libatique & Nicole Barron- Syllabus Viennese Waltz- 4^th Place
• Daniel Libatique & Nicole Barron- Gold Waltz/Tango/Foxtrot- 6^th Place

Rhythm

·         Brian Weisman & Joy Fan- Bronze Cha Cha- 2nd Place

·         Brian Weisman & Joy Fan- Bronze Rumba- 2nd Place

·         Brian Weisman & Joy Fan- Bronze Swing- 3rd Place

·         Eric Karnani & Tara Tosten- Bronze Cha Cha- 3rd Place

·         Eric Karnani & Tara Tosten- Bronze Rumba- 5th Place

·         Denis Kovacs & Jennifer Ho- Bronze Cha Cha- 6th Place

·         Denis Kovacs & Jennifer Ho- Bronze Rumba- 6th Place

·         Denis Kovacs & Jennifer Ho- Bronze Swing- 5th Place

·         Emmanuel Adjin & Jennifer Gayle- Bronze Swing- 2nd Place

·         Daniel Libatique & Claire Baldi -Gold Cha Cha/Rumba- 2nd Place

·         Daniel Libatique & Claire Baldi- Gold Swing- 2nd Place

·         Daniel Libatique & Claire Baldi- Gold Bolero/Mambo- 2nd Place

·        Daniel Libatique &Claire Baldi -Open Cha Cha/Rumba/Swing/Bolero/Mambo- 5th Place

·       CJ Barnes & Veronica Barnes – Open Cha Cha/Rumba/Swing/Bolero/Mambo-6th Place

Smooth

·         Emmanuel Adjin & Jennifer Gayle- Bronze Waltz- 3rd Place

·         Denis Kovacs & Jennifer Ho- Bronze Tango- 1st Place

·         Denis Kovacs & Jennifer Ho- Bronze Foxtrot- 2nd Place

·         Eric Karnani & Tara Tosten- Bronze Tango- 5th Place

·         Eric Karnani & Tara Tosten- Bronze Foxtrot- 6th Place

·         Daniel Libatique & Nicole Barron Silver Tango- 1st Place

Standard

·         Denis Kovacs & Jennifer Ho- Bronze Waltz- 1st Place

·         Denis Kovacs & Jennifer Ho- Bronze Tango- 2nd Place

·         Denis Kovacs & Jennifer Ho- Bronze Quickstep- 3rd Place

·         Brian Weisman & Joy Fan- Bronze Waltz- 6th Place

·         Brian Weisman & Joy Fan- Bronze Tango- 7th Place

·         Brian Weisman & Joy Fan- Bronze Quickstep- 5th Place

·         David Kung & Christine Tsai- Bronze Waltz- 7th Place

·         Eric Karnani & Emily Moss- Bronze Tango- 6th Place

·         Eric Karnani & Emily Moss- Bronze Quickstep- 6th Place

Latin

·         Eric Karnani & Emily Moss- Bronze Cha Cha- 1st Place

·         Eric Karnani & Emily Moss- Bronze Rumba- 1st Place

·         Eric Karnani & Emily Moss- Bronze Jive- 1st Place

·         Brian Weisman & Joy Fan- Bronze Cha Cha- 2nd Place

·         Brian Weisman & Joy Fan- Bronze Rumba- 2nd Place

·         Brian Weisman & Joy Fan- Bronze Jive- 3rd  Place

·         David Kung & Tara Tosten- Bronze Cha Cha- 4th Place

·         David Kung & Tara Tosten- Bronze Rumba- 7th Place

·         David Kung & Tara Tosten- Bronze Jive- 5th Place

·         Brian Kang & Jolin Yang Shu – Bronze Rumba- 6th Place

·         Chris Turan & Lisa Miller- Silver Cha Cha/Rumba- 2nd Place

·         Chris Turan & Lisa Miller- Silver Samba- 2nd Place

·         Chris Turan & Lisa Miller- Silver Jive- 2nd Place

·         Denis Kovacs & Rita Kheyfets- Silver Samba- 6th Place

Fun Dances

·         Vladimir Ventura & Nicole Barron- Reverse Roll Cha Cha/Samba- 2nd Place

·         Eugene Jaw & Emmanuel Adjin- Reverse Roll Cha Cha/Samba- 3rd Place

Congratulations everyone!

Rhythm

• Daniel Libatique & Claire Baldi -Gold Cha Cha – 1^st Place
• Daniel Libatique & Claire Baldi -Gold Rumba- 1st Place
• Daniel Libatique & Claire Baldi -Gold Swing- 1st Place
• Daniel Libatique & Claire Baldi -Gold Mambo- 1st Place
• Daniel Libatique &Claire Baldi -Open Cha Cha/Rumba/Swing/Bolero/Mambo- 2^nd Place
• Daniel Libatique &Claire Baldi -Open Rumba- 2nd Place
• Daniel Libatique &Claire Baldi -Open Swing- 2nd Place
• Daniel Libatique &Claire Baldi -Open Bolero- 2nd Place
• Daniel Libatique &Claire Baldi -Open Mambo- 2nd Place
• Matt Liang & Sujeeta Sippy- Silver Swing – 6^th Place
• Matt Liang & Sujeeta Sippy- Silver Mambo- 6th Place
• Matt Liang & Sujeeta Sippy- Silver Cha Cha – 5^th Place
• Matt Liang & Sujeeta Sippy- Silver Rumba- 5th Place
• CJ Barnes & Veronica Barnes – Open Cha Cha/Rumba/Swing/Bolero/Mambo-3^rd Place
• CJ Barnes & Veronica Barnes – Open Rumba- 3rd Place
• CJ Barnes & Veronica Barnes – Open Swing- 3rd Place
• CJ Barnes & Veronica Barnes – Open Bolero- 3rd Place
• CJ Barnes & Veronica Barnes – Open Bolero- 3rd Place
• Brian Weisman & Joy Fan- Bronze Cha Cha – 5^th Place
• Brian Weisman & Joy Fan- Bronze Mambo- 5th Place

Smooth

• Daniel Libatique & Nicole Barron- Silver Waltz – 2^nd Place
• Daniel Libatique & Nicole Barron- Silver Tango- 2nd Place
• Daniel Libatique & Nicole Barron Silver Foxtrot – 3^rd Place
• Daniel Libatique & Nicole Barron- Silver Viennese Waltz- 3rd Place
• Matt Liang & Martina Lee- Bronze Waltz-2^nd Place
• Matt Liang & Martina Lee- Bronze Tango- 2nd Place
• Matt Liang & Martina Lee- Bronze Foxtrot- 2nd Place
• Matt Liang & Martina Lee- Bronze- Viennese Waltz- 2nd Place
• CJ Barnes & Veronica Barnes- Open Waltz -6^th Place
• CJ Barnes & Veronica Barnes- Open Tango- 6th Place
• CJ Barnes & Veronica Barnes- Open Foxtrot- 6th Place
• CJ Barnes & Veronica Barnes- Open Viennese Waltz- 6th Place
• Denis Kovacs & Jennifer Ho- Bronze Tango- 7^th Place

Standard

• Brian Kang & Martina Lee- Bronze Waltz-5^th Place
• Matt Liang & Lauren Roth- Waltz -4^th Place
• Matt Liang & Lauren Roth- Silver Quick Step- 4th Place
• Matt Liang & Lauren Roth- Silver Foxtrot -3^rd Place
• Matt Liang & Lauren Roth- Silver Tango- 3rd Place
• Matt Liang & Lauren Roth- Silver – Gold Waltz/Tango/Foxtrot/Quickstep-7^th Place
• Matt Liang & Lauren Roth- Silver Tango- 7th Place
• Matt Liang & Lauren Roth- Silver Foxtrot- 7th Place
• Matt Liang & Lauren Roth- Silver Quickstep- 7th Place
• Leo Mizuhara & Maya Merson- Gold Waltz- 2nd Place
• Leo Mizuhara & Maya Merson- Gold Tango- 2nd Place
• Leo Mizuhara & Maya Merson- Gold Foxtrot- 2nd Place
• Leo Mizuhara & Maya Merson- Gold Quick Step- 2nd Place
• Leo Mizuhara & Maya Merson- Pre Champ Tango- 4th Place
• Leo Mizuhara & Maya Merson- Pre Champ Viennese Waltz- 6th Place
• Leo Mizuhara & Maya Merson- Pre Champ Foxtrot- 5th Place
• Leo Mizuhara & Maya Merson- Pre Champ QuickStep- 6th Place

Latin

• Khan Hannan & Stevi Dumbrell- Pre Chap Samba- 6^th Place
• Khan Hannan & Stevi Dumbrell – Pre Champ Paso Doble- 4^th Place
• Matt Liang & Sujeeta Sippy-Silver Samba – 2^nd Place
• Matt Liang & Sujeeta Sippy-Silver Jive- 2nd Place
• Brian Weisman & Joy Fan- Bronze Cha Cha – 6^th Place
• Brian Weisman & Joy Fan- Bronze Rumba- 6th Place

Fun Dances

• Brian Kang & Nicole Barron- Bronze Open Straight Leg Samba- 1^st place

The Ballroom and Latin Dance Team at NYU is proud to announce in conjunction with the Brooklyn College Ballroom Dance Team The Gotham City Dancesport Challenge!

The competition date will be April 22, 2012 and will held at the Yannitelli Life Center at St. Peter’s College located just minutes from Manhattan.

It will be a full competition including both Syllabus and Open events!

Please visit the Gotham City Dancesport Challenge website for more information.

Save the date and spread the word!

Note: The Gotham City Dancesport Challenge will be in place of the former NYU Syllabus Ballroom Challenge.

The EBoard and I would like to welcome all Newcomers and would like to welcome back all returning members!

The website has been updated.  If you have any questions please feel free to email me or any of the other EBoard members.  Our emails are listed under the ‘Executive Board’ page.

~Nicole Barron~

President

We are pleased to congratulate our newly elected Eboard for the upcoming school year.

President: Nicole Barron
Vice President: Daniel Libatique
Domestic Liaison: Kim Hafner/Emily Moss
Secretary: Kara Duca
Treasurer: Joy Fan
Media Chair: Vivian Li/Arleen Artinian

Best of luck, and again, congratulations!

MAC Competition Results

Eugene Schwartz & Rachel Canaday – Silver Standard – 2nd Place
Leo Mizuhara & Maya Merson – Silver Standard – 6th Place
Eugene Schwartz & Rachel Canaday – Gold Standard – 4th Place
Khan Hannan & Stevi Dumbrell- Master of Syllabus Standard- 8th Place
Kevin Maleike & Lauren Roth – Bronze Latin – 2nd Place
William Chen & Alexandra Kopelovich – Gold Latin – 4th Place
Benjamin Lee & Emily Lin – Novice Rhythm – 2nd Place
Brian Lawton & Laurie Scherer –Pre-Champ Rhythm – 2nd Place
Brian Lawton & Laurie Scherer – Championship Rhythm – 3rd Place
Jean Paul Laurent & Carissa Chambers – Championship Rhythm – 4th Place
Daniel Libatique & Claire Baldi – Bronze Rhythm – 4th Place
Benjamin Lee & Emily Lin – Gold Rhythm – 3rd Place

Columbia Competition Results

Smooth

•    Denis Kovacs & Laura Young – Bronze Waltz/Foxtrot – 7th place
•    Denis Kovacs & Laura Young – Bronze Tango – 8th place
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Standard
•    Brian Kang & Lisa Miller – Bronze Waltz/Quickstep – 6th place
•    Brian Kang & Lisa Miller – Bronze Tango – 6th place
•    Eugene Schwartz & Rachael Canaday – Silver Waltz/Quickstep – 7th place
Rhythm
•    Benjamin Lee & Emily Lin – Silver Cha-Cha/Rumba – 2nd place
•    Benjamin Lee & Emily Lin – Syllabus Bolero – 6th place
•    Ryan LeMere & Kara Duca – Bronze Cha-Cha/Rumba – 3rd place
•    Daniel Libatique & Claire Baldi – Bronze Swing – 2nd place
Latin
•    Ryan LeMere & Kara Duca – Bronze Cha-Cha/Rumba – 5th place

We had a great showing from all of our team members this weekend.  Here are the results:

Jean Paul Laurent & Sarah Witman – 2nd Place Overall in Open Rhythm
David Kung & TBA – 6th Place in Newcomer Waltz
Sandy & Sasha – 6th Place Overall in Championship Latin
Willy Chen & Sasha Kuleshova (Brooklyn College) – 3rd Place Overall in Gold Latin
David Kung & Ryan LeMere – 5th Place in Same-Sex Rumba

Keep up the hard work!

Just a reminder for everyone!

For competing NYU Student members and non-NYU/Alumni members, if you’re planning on competing with us at Cayuga or Princeton, you must pay your dues ASAP and re-register yourself on our new survey system http://ftms.prontosolutions.info/.  The survey deadline for Cayuga is FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, and for Princeton it is FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8. (The last day to turn in dues is MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, however if you’ll be competing at Cayuga, you must give any Eboard member your dues by WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 so we can approve you on time).

For newcomer members, the deadline to pay dues is also MONDAY, OCTOBER 4 and the amount is $20.