For the team's results in collegiate competitions, click here.

Ballroom at MIT is represented by two organizations, the Ballroom Dance Team, 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 professionally taught lessons each week, plus supervised practice time and amateur lessons from the veterans on our team.  Most 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 competitive ballroom dance 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 a dance team is meeting lots of dancers who also need partners.  A few people partner up immediately, but most team members dance with several different partners during their first year of competing.  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 encouraged to participate in at least one competition each semester, and most choose to attend even more.  Most of these competitions are held in the New England area by other colleges and universities.  We host our annual competition in the spring, one of the largest in the region.

Workshops and Fundraisers

We organize beginners' workshops, as well as monthly fundraiser dances.  All events are open to the whole MIT community and also 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 news section .

Team Community

Besides practicing and competing together, we often go out as a group to dance socially or just to have fun.  We are not only a team but a tight-knit group of friends who share a passion for dance.  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.

For information on Joining the Team, Click HERE