Word: waltzing
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...example, last spring, I attended the Adams House Waltz, paying full price for my ticket and expecting to have a good time. This was unfortunately made impossible, due not to bad planning by the waltz committee or a bad experience with my date. Rather, it was the high number of smokers, both in the refreshment area and on the floor, who made it very difficult for my date and me to enjoy ourselves, as he was very smoke-sensitive and we were prevented from spending much time dancing, and indeed left early...
...films, politics and music. Such an elysian delight to arrive fresh-faced from high school and pick and choose among multiple student personae. In my college in Oxford, the educational habitation of Oscar Wilde, the penchant for extreme effeminacy and decadence was the mask of many arrivals. Why not waltz with youthful freedom amidst such variety, and try out all the masks...
Competing in the first ballroom dance competition of the year, the participants exchange nervous glances with one another, as women find the arms of their partners and move onto the floor of the Currier Fish Bowl. Classical waltz music begins pumping through the speakers and the dancers take the floor. The competition, sponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe Ballroom Dancing team, begins...
...team competition consists of four (of a possible 19) dances--waltz, tango, rhumba and swing--with each couple being scored on a three to five scale by dance. At the end of the night, the team with the highest total wins. Harvard's team, consisting of 30-35 undergraduates, competes on both the club and intercollegiate levels. It is currently ranked third in the country (first in New England) and hopes to attend an international competition in England over spring break...
...classical Viennese chords of the waltz competition fade away, a new set of 20 dancers step onto the floor and begin moving in pairs to the 60's swing-favorite, "It's in His Kiss." According to judge Shawn Smith, the keys to this dance are timing and degree of enjoyment. Smith, an amateur dancer himself, stands at the edge of the dance floor and, holding his clipboard and detailed score-sheet, observes the motions of the couples, each pair labeled by letter...