Ballroom Class, Spring 2006

Marguerite Frongillo and Brian Sforzo, Instructors

Monday 8:00-9:30 pm

Helen Newman Dance Studio

Please bring clean dry shoes to protect the floor!

Schedule

Attendance Policy

The 12 regular classes add to 18 hours of instruction.

For Credit: If you are taking the course for credit, you may miss one class, so you must take eleven classes to receive a grade of "pass" and avoid paying the PE department penalty fee. 

Not For Credit: If you are not taking the course for credit, you may miss 3 classes, so you must attend 9 classes to avoid paying the PE department penalty fee.

This is policy of the Physical Education Department. Medical, religious, or other excuses do not entitle you to additional absences. Any additional absences must be made up to avoid penalty.

Both at the beginning and again at the end of each class, attendance sheets will be placed on the table by the sound system. You must initial the space by your name to get credit for attendance. If you arrive late or leave early, that counts as missing half of a class. Your total absences will appear on the attendance sheet.  If in doubt, e-mail Marguerite for your total.

Makeup Classes

Although the attendance policy is strictly enforced, there are many opportunities to make up for missed classes:

A. The World Ball on Sunday May 7th can count for up to two missed classes, depending on how long you stay.  BE SURE TO SIGN IN ON THE MAKE-UP ATTENDANCE FORM so your attendance will be recorded!!

B. You can make up classes one at a time by attending any of the 90-minute classes listed below. BE SURE TO SIGN IN ON THE MAKE-UP ATTENDANCE FORM so your attendance will be recorded!!  If you know in advance that you will have to miss a class, try to attend Marguerite's Monday class the day after, and you will get the same material you would have had on Sunday.

Links

Cornell Ballroom Dance Club Improve your skills with their advanced instruction. Want to compete? Try out for DanceSport Team

Iska Ziver maintains a great calendar of dance events;  as Ithaca Social Dance, Kurt Lichtman and Iska Ziver list their events and classes at Cornell  & elsewhere in Ithaca.

Ithaca Swing Dance Network (Jitterbug, West Coast, Lindy; weekly dances and special events)

To find out what's happening in the Ithaca Swing scene, subscribe to the ISDN List

Cindy Overstreet was voted Ithaca's best dance teacher; she teaches swing and ballroom dances downtown.

Salsa Amigos of Cornell, instruction by Nedim Catal and his students, teach a variety of  Salsa classes and sponsor dances at Cornell.
Another local salsa group that plans to have once-a month Thursday night parties featuring Salsa, Rueda and other latin dances is Ithaca Salseros
Further away, in Endicott there are exciting latin dances sponsored by Salsa Music Appreciation Club
In Syracuse you can dance with the dynamic group La Familia de Salsa
There's free latin dancing In Ithaca most Tuesdays 10 PM till 1:20 AM at the Common Ground south of Ithaca College on Rte 96B. Their under 21 registration is free, quick and easy. Bring photo ID with date of birth.

To learn Argentine tango, complete with exquisite style, leading and following skills, balance, and technique, take lessons and workshops with the Ithaca Tangueros ; they also present regular dances and practices

International Folk Dancers at Cornell  offer teaching and recreational dancing weekly in the form of line, circle, partner and individual dances from many countries; Sundays, 7:45 pm at Helen Newman Dance Studio

Contradancing in Ithaca lively American folk dance done in longways sets; run-through of every dance, live music, Fridays 8-11 pm at Bethel Grove Community Center on Rte 79 a few miles east of Ithaca