Send UCSD Dancesport to Nationals!

Hello! We are the Dancesport team of UC San Diego, our university's only competitive Ballroom and Latin dance team. Our team is composed of approximatey seventy students coming from a variety of different majors, ages, and experience levels. While some of our members have had prior experiences in various forms of dance, the vast majority of our members joined with absolutely no experience whatsoever. We are proud to say that we have taught them all.

The focus of our team is our two formation routines, in which eight couples perform a choreographed routine to a themed cut of music. Along with our formations, all of our dancers compete in the "couples" division in which they compete against other couples in many types of dances. Some of these dances include Cha Cha, Rumba, Samba, Jive, Waltz, Tango, Salsa, Swing, and many more. We attend competitions all over California, including ones hosted by Stanford University, UC Riverside, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and even host our own competition in the month of March.

We have had a successful season and have won many awards in all of the competitions that we have attended this year. However we are hoping to take ourselves to the next step. We are hoping to send one of our formations to the collegiate Nationals in Ohio this November. But we need your help! With your donation you will be helping us send sixteen of our strongest and most dedicated dancers to compete and win glory for UCSD as well as the San Diego dance community. But most importantly, we are hoping to get our newest members who will join in the upcoming year excited about being a part of the team and learning how to dance. All of the money we receive will go toward our flight, hotel, and other travel fees.

Thank you for your donations and listening to our story!

You can find out more about us at our website:
http://sportsclubs.ucsd.edu/sports/teams/dancesport/overview.php

Videos of past performances:
1. Our performance on Dancing with the Stars a few years ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm8t8s1hR1k
2. Performing our Indiana Jones routine at Nationals in 2010 (which we won!):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jlUZgzSM8o
3. One of the formation routines we are considering taking to Nationals, entitled The Tribe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmmTRnCsWPs