Youth Ballroom Dance Camp

Registration Announcement

To keep the gender enrollments equal for the Youth Ballroom Camp, we are now requiring all FEMALE participants to sign up with a partner of the opposite gender (one girl with one guy). This does not mean both will be partners throughout the camp. Partners vary with classes and levels. It is strictly to help keep the numbers equal to ensure a better camp experience for the participants. MALE participants can still register as single participants. If we reach a point where the number of males outnumbers the females, we will open up single participant enrollment to females again.

GIRLS: Please have both partners information ready at the time of registration. If one partner drops from the camp, the other partner will also be dropped.

For those girls who are not able to find a partner, we have a waiting list. As openings become available in the camp, we will call those girls on the list in the order in which they were placed on it.

To register or get on the waiting list, please call (801) 422-7589 or come into 169 Harman Continuing Education Building (please see below for more details and available registration times).

2012 Information Packet

July 30–August 2, 2012
Boys and Girls, Ages 10–18
Beginning-Advanced

In its 24th year at Brigham Young University, the Youth Ballroom Dance Camp offers an exciting four days of dancing, socializing, and performing. Youth will gain up to 20 hours of training in a variety of dances. Participants will be taught under the watchful eye of top ballroom instructors.

Recreation includes a pizza/ice cream/dance party, trip to Seven Peaks Water Park, and closing banquet/dance party where each participant will showcase what he/she has learned!

Come make new friends and enjoy dancing with some of the nation’s top professionals.

Benefits

Learn from top professionals.
Attend a closing banquet with dinner and dancing.
Receive a camp T-shirt.
Spend an evening at Seven Peaks Water Park
Enjoy a pizza party.

Directors

BYU dance faculty member Marci Edgington is the director of BYU’s American Social Dance program. Claudia Hill, also a BYU faculty member, is the BYU Ballroom Dance Company promotional director. Marci and Claudia are members of the Imperial Teachers of Dance and have been instrumental in the development of the youth ballroom dance programs offered at BYU.

Closing Banquet

The camp concludes on Thursday evening with a banquet and dance showcase. Participants will perform what they have learned during the camp for their peers and parents. The evening includes a catered dinner (camp participants only), slide show of candid shots taken during the camp, performances by dance participants, and guest instructor performances.

For those who are attending the dance showcase who need special assistance and/or seating, please contact our office two weeks in advance with your request. Spectators will not be allowed in the room until a specified time that will be listed on the camp schedule and handed out at camp check-in. Therefore, guests should be prepared to stand in line for a short time. NO personal seats of any kind (besides those medically necessary) will be allowed in the room due to fire code restrictions.

Class Options

Up to 20 hours of classroom instruction will be offered during the camp. Participants are grouped by four skill levels (beginning, intermediate I, intermediate II, and advanced).

2012 Guest Instructors

Daniele Gozzi and Cecilia Giovacchini

Placed 5 at the British Rising Star Latin in Blackpool
Finalist in US Professional Latin
Daniele and Cecilia are originally from Italy. They started dancing together in 2007. They were married in 2009 and live in San Francisco.

Peter and Alexandra Perzhu

3rd place in World Professional Smooth
8th place in World Professional Rhythm
1st place in World Professional 9–dance
Originally from Khazakhstan, they grew up in St. Petersburg, Russia. Dancing began at an early age and they started a partnership in 2005. After experiencing success as a couple in Russia, they decided to move to the US to pursue a wider range of competition and share their love of dance with other parts of the world.

Dances To Be Taught in 2012

Foxtrot
Cha Cha
Rumba
Swing
Viennese Waltz
Mambo
Samba

2012 Tuition

$343 – CampPackage (3 dinners and all lunches included)
$453 – Camp Package with Campus Housing & Meals

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Three ways to register:

Online: This option is only available for the boys

Youth Ballroom

Event Dates: 30 July 2012 – 2 August 2012
Online Registration Closes: 25 July 2012

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By phone:
BOYS: Call Registration at (801) 422-8925. Phone registration will be open between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays.

GIRLS: Call Conferences & Workshop at (801) 422-7589, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays, to first give basic information on both partners. From there you will be transferred to Registration to officially register for the camp. Please have information and payment ready for BOTH partners at the time you call. If you call the Registration line, they will transfer you to Conferences & Workshops for clearance before registering you.
In person: Come to 169 Harman Continuing Education Building at BYU between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays.

Registration Notes

A full refund (minus $25 nonrefundable) will be granted to all cancellations requested by 5:00 p.m. Monday, July 16, 2012 (two weeks before the camp begins). No refunds will be given after this deadline.
Full tuition is due at the time of registration. No deposits will be accepted.
Information packets with updated check-in times will be available on our Web site six to eight weeks before the camp begins.