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...ballroom team competes within the United States Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association, and the structure of the event is more complex than many would be inclined to think...
Competition consists of ten types of dance in two categories. The first is Standard, which includes the waltz, tango, Viennese waltz, foxtrot and quickstep. The second kind, which NBC has given most of its recent ballroom airtime to, is Latin. Among the Latin dances are the cha-cha, rumba, samba, paso doble, and jive...
...ballroom is one of the more loosely defined entities in Harvard's athletic universe, it is also one of the more closely-knit. The team lacks an official Harvard-affiliated adult. Most of the adult training, therefore, is done via private instruction, some of which is subsidized by the team. The local coaches who give these lessons also fulfill Harvard's judging requirement at the tournaments...
Another thing that separates Harvard Ballroom from other athletic bodies is the way in which the program makes ballroom its mission, rather than merely its business. The team and club became a single entity a year ago, and have made offering free dance classes a major part of its function...
...organization also immerses its members--and those who are merely curious--in the ballroom world by inviting some of the bigger names in the event to strut their stuff for the Harvard ballroom faithful...