Thursday Practices
The Thursday practice concept revives an old UWMBDA tradition of informal member-led instruction. Every Thursday night in Union South from 6:00 - 9:00 pm, the club has a free, informal all-level practice session, open to members and non-members alike. Organized lessons taught by an instructor at the practice session cost a small admission to attend, but outside of those lessons, experienced dancers are usually on hand to help you learn some basic steps or improve your technique. Check the Union TITU each week for the room location. Sometimes we are moved to another building, but this is a rare occurance.
UW ballroom class participation credit is only available for the organized Thursday lessons and the social dance events. General practice time does not count towards the credit.
In this same practice room we offer recurring 3-week series lessons for different types of dance. The lesson series is intended for UWMBDA members only, but you can attend the first lesson and join the club later at a dance. See the our lesson schedule for upcoming lesson series and lessons times - Lesson Schedule.
Practices are an opportunity for you to meet other people and to work on your dancing. (Lessons and practice sessions are the time to learn to dance - social dances are for fun!)
You can work on new steps, good leading and following, balance, poise, posture, frame, partner communication, floor craft, and footwork, or anything else, really.
Regardless of how long you have been dancing, all of those aspects of ballroom dance can continue to improve. Beginners will benefit from exposure to many new dances and moves. Advanced dancers will enjoy refining some of the more sophisticated elements of dance.
After all, good dancing is not always about fancy moves, but about how well two people can move together and communicate on the dance floor. You can never be too good to improve your dancing!
Practices will occur every Thursday of the semester and summer, even if our room doesn't always appear on TITU. (There has been the occasional scheduling snag.) Practices will not meet on national holidays (Thanksgiving), over Winter & Spring Break, or on the days of scheduled UWMBDA dances. Still, that means almost every week of the year has a practice!
