Prerequisite: Dance 382 Gold I Ballroom. This is an advanced-level course in International Style Ballroom Dance.
Mission Alignment: This course supports BYU’s mission to educate students spiritually, intellectually, physically, aesthetically, artistically, and emotionally.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will have developed foundational technical skills at an advanced level in three International Ballroom dances, including the ability to:

• Maintain correct posture and dance position
• Demonstrate accuracy in timing and rhythm
• Use the feet with proper placement, rise and fall, and articulation
• Transfer weight clearly and fully support balance, control, and movement flow.
• Apply partnering skills, including maintaining frame, leading, and following.

• Participation: Engage professionally in class exercises and replicate demonstrated techniques.
• Video Critiques: Submit three self-evaluations analyzing dance performance and areas for improvement.
• Practice: Complete three documented practice-hour assignments outside of class.
• Competition Labs: Participate in required International Competition Lab.
• BYU Dancesport: Participate in BYU Dancesport Championships class event.

• Students must follow BYU Dress & Grooming Standards.
• Dance shoes appropriate to style are required at this level. Additional attire as required by instructor.

• A minimum of 80% attendance is required to pass the course.
• Exceeding 20% absences will result in automatic failure.
• Up to 3 unexcused absences are permitted; each additional unexcused absence will result in a 1/3 letter grade deduction.

• September 3 | Ballroom Dance Company Auditions
• September 15 | Practice Labs Begin (held weekly on Tuesday nights)
• September 23-26 | World of Dance (extra credit)
• October 7 | Competition Lab (required)
• November 13-14 | BYU Dancesport Championships (required)
• December 1-3 | Medals Exams (optional)

Ballroom dance requires appropriate physical contact to ensure correct execution, technique development, and safety. At times this includes light torso-to-torso contact as well as contact through hands, arms, shoulders, and back. The course also includes regular partner rotation. Students who have concerns should speak privately with the instructor.

• Waltz: Originated in Austria and Germany in the late 18th century; evolved into the smooth, gliding style recognized in competitive ballroom.
• Tango: Rooted in late 19th century Argentina and later codified in Europe, reflects a blend of cultural influences while evolving into the dramatic, staccato ballroom form practiced today.
• Viennese Waltz: Originated in late 18th-century Austria as the earliest form of the waltz; characterized by its rapid tempo and continuous turning. Popular in Viennese ballrooms, it later evolved into the elegant, rotational ballroom style still danced today.
• Foxtrot: Originated in early 20th century United States. Popularized through vaudeville and jazz music; later refined into a smooth, progressive ballroom dance characterized by its flowing style and long, continuous movements.
• Quickstep: Developed from the American Foxtrot and Charleston in the 1920s; characterized by light, fast footwork and syncopated rhythms.

The department, in consultation with the University Accessibility Center (UAC), has carefully considered the role of attendance in certain courses. It has been determined that, for some classes, regular attendance constitutes an essential component of the learning process and cannot be substituted without compromising the pedagogical or accreditation standards of the program.
The department remains committed to supporting students with documented disabilities, including those whose conditions may involve episodic or unpredictable flare-ups. However, in the courses where attendance is identified as an essential requirement, the accommodation of flexible attendance may not be feasible.
Therefore, the attendance policy outlined in the course syllabus will be applied as written. Students who wish to request consideration for individual circumstances are encouraged to consult with your UAC coordinator promptly to discuss possible options. The attendance provisions described in the syllabus will remain available to all.

I acknowledge and assume all inherent risks associated with participation in this class. These risks may include, but are not limited to: injuries or death resulting from dance movements, injuries from collisions with other participants, objects, or equipment, blows to the body, face, or head, exhaustion, dehydration, physical or emotional distress, injuries from misuse, failure, or malfunction of equipment, damage to clothing or personal items, risks arising from the actions or inattention of myself or others, and other hazards, whether foreseen or unforeseeable.

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