Caltech Ballroom Dance Club

History

Below is a history of the classes taught by CBDC since 1997. For additional information about past classes, including class figures & resources, and other media, visit the Class Material section of the CBDC Resources page.

Dates Amateur-Taught Class Professionally-Taught Class   Spring 2007 • Advance Beginner Ballroom: International Waltz & Cha-cha (4 weeks); International Quickstep & Rumba (4 weeks) with Robert Nissen & Megan Nix • Beginner West Coast Swing with Gary Ulaner (7 weeks) • Intermediate Argentine Tango with Edmundo & Elizabeth Thomas (4 weeks) • Intermediate Argentine Tango with Monica Orozco (4 weeks) • Intermediate Ballroom: International Tango; International Jive with Michael & Alice Cho (8 weeks) Winter 2007 • Beginner Ballroom: International Foxtrot & Samba (4 weeks); International Tango & Jive (4 weeks) with Robert Nissen & Megan Nix • Beginner Hustle with Gary Ulaner (8 weeks) • Advance Beginner Argentine Tango with Edmundo & Elizabeth Thomas (8 weeks) • Intermediate Ballroom: International Foxtrot; International Samba with Michael & Alice Cho (8 weeks) Fall 2006 • Beginner Ballroom: International Waltz & Rumba (4 weeks); International Quickstep & Cha-cha  (4 weeks) with Robert Nissen & Megan Nix • Beginner American Swing with Andre Fortin (8 weeks) • Beginner Argentine Tango with Edmundo & Elizabeth Thomas (9 weeks) • Intermediate Ballroom: International Waltz & Quickstep; International Rumba & Cha-cha with Michael & Alice Cho (8 weeks) Summer 2006 • Beginner Modern Jive with Megan Ferguson (8 weeks) • Beginner American Rumba (4 weeks); American Cha-cha (4 weeks) with Andre Fortin • Advance Beginner-Intermediate Argentine Tango with Miguel Cardoso & Claudia Garcia (9 weeks) • Intermediate International Viennese Waltz (4 weeks); International Paso Doble (4 weeks) with Michael & Alice Cho Spring 2006 • Intermediate International Latin & Standard with Tudor Stoenescu & Gwyneth Card (8 weeks) • Beginner Argentine Tango with Miguel Cardoso & Claudia Garcia (9 weeks) • Adv Intermediate West-Coast Swing with Gary Ulaner (1 week) & substitutes Leslie Huber & Alfred Lee (5 weeks) • Beginner International Samba; International Quickstep with Michael & Alice Cho (8 weeks) Winter 2006 • Intermediate International Samba & Jive; International Tango & Foxtrot with Tudor Stoenescu & Gwyneth Card (8 weeks) • Beginner Lindy Hop with Ben Morris (8 weeks) • Intermediate West-Coast Swing with Gary Ulaner (8 weeks) • Beginner International Rumba & Jive; International Tango & Foxtrot with Michael & Alice Cho (8 weeks) Fall 2005 • Intermediate International Rumba & Cha-cha; International Waltz & Quickstep with Tudor Stoenescu & Gwyneth Card (8 weeks) • Beginner West-Coast Swing with Gary Ulaner (8 weeks) • Beginner International Cha-cha; International Waltz with Michael & Alice Cho (8 weeks) Summer 2005 • Beginner Modern Jive with Megan Fegruson & Michael Fleming (9 weeks) • Beginner Argentine Tango with Alexis & Barbara White (8 weeks) • Beginner Night-Club Two-Step with Gary Ulaner (4 weeks) Spring 2005 • Beginner International Latin & Standard with Derrick Bass (8 weeks) • Intermediate International Latin & Standard with Tudor Stoenescu & Gwyneth Card (8 weeks) • Beginner Bolero with Andre Fortin (8 weeks) • Intermediate Hustle with Gary Ulaner (7 weeks) Winter 2005 • Beginner International Jive & Samba; International Tango & Foxtrot with Derrick Bass (8 weeks) • Intermediate International Jive & Samba; International Tango & Foxtrot with Tudor Stoenescu & Gwyneth Card (8 weeks) • Beginner Hustle with Gary Ulaner (4 weeks) • Adv Beginner Hustle with Gary Ulaner (4 weeks) Fall 2004 • Beginner International Rumba & Cha-cha; International Waltz & Quickstep with Derrick Bass (8 weeks) • Intermediate International Rumba & Cha-cha; International Waltz & Quickstep with Tudor Stoenescu & Gwyneth Card (8 weeks) • Beginner East Coast Swing with Andre Fortin (5 weeks) • Beginner American Tango with Andre Fortin (5 weeks) Summer 2004 • Competitive-style Team Technique Class with Kate Campbell & Wally Bugg • Beginner Lindy Hop with Rusty Frank (8 weeks) • Beginner Salsa with Brigitte Ryerson (8 weeks) Spring 2004 • Beginner Modern Jive with Michael Fleming & Megan Ferguson (10 weeks) • Competitive-style Team Technique Class with Kate Campbell & Wally Bugg • Beginner Argentine Tango with Homer Ladas & Moti Buchboot (10 weeks) Winter 2004 • Waltz with Eric Peterson & Kiri Wagstaff • International Samba with Marcel Gavriliu & Sharon Liu • Mambo Formation with Eric Peterson & Yile Ding • Viennese Waltz with Michael Donovan • Intermediate West Coast Swing with Michael Eads • International Cha-cha with Michael & Alice Cho (7 weeks) • International Waltz with Michael & Alice Cho (7 weeks) Fall 2003 • Beginner West Coast Swing with Alex Samuel & Libbat Shaham (9 weeks) • International Rumba Routine Class with Marcel Gavriliu & Sharon Liu • Cha-cha with Andre Fortin (4 weeks) • International Rumba with Andre Fortin (4 weeks) • American Tango with Michael Donovan (4 weeks) • International Quickstep with Michael Donovan (4 weeks) Summer 2003 • No amateur class • Argentine Tango with Felix Chavez (8 weeks) • Salsa with Andre Fortin (8 weeks) Spring 2003 • Ceroc with Mike Fleming & Megan Knight (10 weeks) • American Smooth: Waltz/Tango/Foxtrot with Melissa Atkinson (9 weeks) Winter 2003 • West Coast Swing (10 weeks) • Beg. & Int. Salsa with Jorge Geronimo • Team Cha-cha with Jorge Geronimo • Team Rumba with Jorge Geronimo Fall 2002 • East Coast Swing • American Tango Summer 2002 • No amateur class • Salsa (8 weeks) • Lindy Hop (8 weeks) Spring 2002 • East Coast Swing • Argentine Tango • Merengue • Foxtrot Winter 2002 • American Rumba • Ceroc • Viennese Waltz • Nightclub Two-Step Fall 2001 • American/International Cha-cha • American Waltz • Lindy Hop • American Samba Summer 2001 • No amateur class • Salsa (8 weeks) Spring 2001 • American Tango • Argentine Tango • East Coast Swing • West Coast Swing Winter 2001 • Cha-cha • American Waltz • Foxtrot • Hustle Fall 2000 • American Rumba • Argentine Tango • Lindy Hop • West Coast Swing Summer 2000 • Rumba • East Coast Swing • Salsa Spring 2000 • Foxtrot • Salsa • Lindy Hop • Nightclub Two-Step Winter 2000 • International Cha-cha • Argentine Tango • American Tango • Viennese Waltz Fall 1999 • East Coast Swing • Rumba • Salsa • Waltz Summer 1999 • East Coast Swing • Argentine Tango • Intermediate Argentine Tango Spring 1999 • Merengue • Argentine Tango • Salsa • Hustle Winter 1999 • Tango • Foxtrot • Intermediate East Coast Swing • Lindy Fall 1998 • East Coast Swing • Argentine Tango • Intermediate Argentine Tango Summer 1998 • Review East Coast Swing • Advanced East Coast Swing • Waltz • Rumba • Hustle • West Coast Swing • Intermediate West Coast Swing Spring 1998 • Merengue • East Coast Swing • Lindy Hop • Argentine Tango Winter 1998 • Viennese Waltz • Samba • Salsa • Waltz Fall 1997 • Tango • Cha-Cha • West Coast Swing • Argentine Tango Summer 1997 • Foxtrot • West Coast Swing • East Coast Swing • Foxtrot Spring 1997 • Rumba • East Coast Swing • Waltz • Rumba Winter 1997 • Waltz • Viennese Waltz • Salsa • Merengue