So why hasn't ballroom dancing ascended to the next level of recognition?
"It's been considered," Card says of the filing for club status. "And we might make it happen in the next few years. But there are advantages to not being a club sport. We maintain our independence, and we get a lot more control over what we do."
Strictly Ballroom
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.
The list of dance changes slightly depending on which style of dance is being employed at the time: American or international.
"International tends to emphasize the nitty-gritty of the technique," Card says. "American can often be what you might call 'stripteasier.'"
Read more in Sports
Goin' Bohlen: Banged-up Crimson Run into BanghartRecommended Articles
-
Ballroom Dance Team Appears on National TVThe salsa, the cha-cha, the Viennese waltz. Dances of a bygone era. Or are they? The producers of the new
-
Ballroom Dance Club Teaches Swing, Salsa, Earns MoneyAs couples swayed to the sound of dance music in the Currier Fishbowl last night, the Harvard Radcliffe Ballroom Dance
-
Ballroom Dancers DominateClad in tuxedos and full-length formal gowns, the Harvard-Radcliffe ballroom dancing team dominated Saturday's Harbor Invitational at the University of
-
Those Dancin' ShoesWhether they are taking a break from the books, expanding their horizons, or even searching for that special someone, people
-
Ballroom Dance Team TiesThe Harvard-Radcliffe ballroom dance team tangled with archrival Catholic University on Saturday in Memorial Hall, and waltzed to a deadlock.
-
Ballroom Dancers Win BigMembers of Harvard's fledgling ballroom dance team kicked up their heels and waltzed off with 17 blue ribbons at a
