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Global Dance Club at UCLA (est. 2009)

Member of the Dance Club Coalition at UCLA

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 co-sponsors with International Folk Dance Club at UCLA

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Cultural Dance Workshops

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Prior to March 2020 Campus Covid Closures

Lessons/Workshops/Culture Nights/Parties were held

Mondays 9pm at UCLA Kerckhoff GS

(sometimes moved to Ackerman-AGB or Ack-BRR)

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This Website to be updated soon

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Spring Quarter Lessons featured a different theme each week

Celebrating specific countries, cultures or ethnicities.

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featuring guest teachers, performing groups.

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Week 4 & Week 10 featuring a professional salsa or swing band.

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2017 Schedule Mondays 9pm

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Spring Quarter 2017 7pm/9pm at Kerckhoff GS

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4/3 Ballroom/Swedish Dance Learn the Hambo w/William Harvey

4/10 Ballroom/Chinese Dance (guest performer, UCLA Ext. Student)

4/17 Swing/Hawaiian Dance Performance/Lessons w/Hawaii Club

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4/24 Salsa Lessons/Party feat. Pablo Mendez Latin Band & traditional Mexican Dance & Music with guest groups at Ack-AGB

 

5/1 Ballroom/Bollywood Dance

5/8 Ballroom/Jerusalem-Turkish Culture Night at Ack-AGB

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(new date) 5/15 Salsa/Armenian Dance Lessons w/Tom Bozigian

(new date) 5/22 Swing Lindy Hop/Greek-Balkan Dance Lessons

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6/5 End of the Year Swing Dance Party w/Lessons feat. Swing Inc.

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Summer Quarter Mondays 6/26-8/28 (Loc. to be confirmed)

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Cultural Dance Lessons mixed into Social Dance Lessons

usually 7pm-8:50pm at Ackerman A-Level Viewpoint Conference Room

and usually outside at Bruin Plaza 9pm-10pm

but Summer 2017 Locations are confirmed at end of Spring Qtr.

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Fall Quarter 2017 Mondays 7pm-11pm

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10/23 Latin/Salsa Party at Ack-AGB

10/30 Halloween Event tba (Special DJ or Band)

11/13 Greek/Balkan Dance

11/20 Armenian Dance with Tom Bozigian

11/27 Arabic Belly Dance with Josie

12/4 USA Swing Dance feat. Swing Inc.

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Winter Quarter 2018 Culture Nights/Lessons 

 

Tentative Schedule 2018

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1/8 Lessons with French Music

1/22 Irish Dance Lessons

1/29 Armenian Dance w/Tom Bozigian & his orchestra

     2/5 Greek Dance Workshop tent. Balkan Music Ensemble (Ballroom 7pm)

2/12 Argentine Tango/Dance Workshops w/Michael E. 7pm-11pm

2/26 Persian Dance Lessons (Swing Lindy Hop 7pm)

3/5 Cuban/Salsa Party at Ackerman-AGB (Susie Hansen Latin Band)

3/12 USA Contra Dance Wksp w/James Hutson (Swing Lessons 7pm)

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Culture Nights w/World Famous Dance Teachers & Guest Performing Dance Group

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Annual Events include Dance Workshops/Live Music/Performances
Latin (Cuban-Mexican)

Greek-Armenian-Turkish

Middle East (Arabic/Israeli/Persian/Lebanese)
Hawaiian-Chinese-Indian Bollywood-Swedish
 

Special Events have also included
Italian, Bulgarian, Balkan, Scottish, Brazilian

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Questions e-mail GDC at GlobalDanceClub@yahoo.com

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or BDC/International Folk Dance Club at ballroom@ucla.edu

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Recent: Fall Quarter 2016

Dance Lessons Mondays 7pm-11pm Sept. 26-Nov. 28 at UCLA Kerckhoff GS

include Swing-Salsa-Tango-Waltz-Cha Cha-Foxtrot-Rumba-Greek-Armenian-Israeli/Arabic Folk Dances-Line Dances

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    Note Week 4: Monday Oct. 17 Salsa Lessons start at 8pm at Ackerman Grand Ballroom-2400 feat. Opa Opa

    Note Week 6: Monday Oct. 31 Special Halloween Swing Dance at Ack BRR room 2414. Live Music after the lessons

    Note Week 10: Monday Nov. 28 End of Fall Quarter Swing Dance at KGS. Live Music after the lessons w/Swing Inc.

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Dance Club Coalition Officer Meetings 7pm or 8pm Wednesdays

(Spring 2017 at Kerckhoff Hall 152)

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Officer Meeting Location/Time Changes each Quarter

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