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What is UWMBDA?
UWMBDA is the Ballroom Dance Association at UW-Madison, pronounced "u-Wum-da". Founded in 1991, we are a UW student organization with a very active membership dedicated to social ballroom dancing. We teach weekly lessons and host or sponsor fun weekend social dances on or near campus. Would you like to learn to dance to latin, swing, ballroom, and nightclub music? Want to meet new friends at the UW? Then UWMBDA is the student organization for you!
Who can attend UWMBDA sponsored events?
You never need to bring a partner with you to a lesson or dance. You do not have to know how to dance. In fact, before most of our dances, we provide professionally-taught group lessons. Check out our Dance Schedule.
Attendance at UWMBDA sponsored events is limited to UW-System students, faculty, staff, and members of the club. If you are a student, faculty, staff, or member of the club, you are welcome to invite up to 2 persons to an event who do not fit those requirements. Anyone may join the club who is not a student, faculty, or staff. However we occasionally may have to suspend new non-student memberships temporarily to insure our UW student membership numbers remain above 75%.
What do I get by being a member?
The group lessons before our dance events are free for UWMBDA members. Additionally, you will receive a discount on the admission to every dance, significant discounts on the price of classes and workshops, and a free T-shirt, shoe brush, or shoe bag when you Join the Club.
If I don't know how to dance, how do I learn?
Before most of our dances, we have professional dance instructors teaching advanced and beginner level dance lessons. If you're interested in refining your skills, you can come to our weekly Practice or Lessons on Thursday evenings.
There are also many experienced dancers who are happy to show you some basic dance steps at the social dances. Just ask someone to dance or stop by the admissions table and ask the person at the table. They can usually introduce you to someone with dance instruction experience.
For the intermediate courses, check out Intermediate Lesson Expectations
