Join Us For an Evening of Ballroom and Social Dance
Triangle StarDusters Ballroom Dance Club offers a welcoming space for dance lovers and newcomers to gather monthly to connect with beautiful music and like-minded ballroom dance enthusiasts. Each event features a one-hour lesson by a professional instructor followed by more than two hours of ballroom dancing.
Our Next Dance will be on Saturday, June 13th and will Feature the Waltz taught by Jonathan Medlin and Malin Allert.
The waltz is a smooth ballroom dance noted for its distinct rise and fall motion and gliding progression across the floor. The English word waltz comes from the German word walzen, which means to roll, turn, revolve, or glide.
With a three step basic pattern and a strong down beat, the waltz is both easy to learn and endlessly enchanting allowing for a range of emotions to be expressed. American style waltz differs from its Viennese counterpart in that it is danced to a slower tempo, incorporating open positions and underarm turns and spins rather than a continuous rotating motion.
For pure artistry, the waltz is hard to beat. Let yourself become swept away with its beauty and timeless elegance!
Jonathan Medlin and Malin Allert will be putting us through our paces teaching American style Waltz. They are Championship Level Amateur Dancesport competitors in International Standard and American Smooth. They have over twenty years of competition and teaching experience in all four styles of ballroom dance. Together they coach the NC State Ballroom Dance team and are the organizers of the Triangle Open Dancesport Competition held at NCSU.
Their competitive dancing accomplishment highlights at the Championship Level include:
1st Place – USADance Adult Smooth National Championship
2nd Place – WDSF World Adult Smooth Championship
16-Time USADance Adult Championship Smooth National Finalists
1st Place – USADance National Collegiate Standard Championship
USADance World Representative Sr-1 Standard
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Stardusters Location:
Carrboro Century Center
100 N Greensboro St, Carrboro, NC 27510
(Note: Enter by going up the steps near the fountain on Weaver Street)