Sep 25- Oct 11 Viennese Waltz Camps- Prep for the balls! TWO camps (or take them both!), one camp for foundational technique waltzers, a second for more advanced technique and movement for waltzers! “Oh, well. What’s a royal ball? After all, I suppose it would be frightfully dull, and-and-and boring, and-and completely… Completely wonderful.” -Cindarella DC is America’s center for Viennese Waltz. Join us and prepare for the ball season! Become part of the storyteller’s dance of the ages Immersion is the Best way to learn! Washington DC is the Mecca of Viennese Waltz for the USA- 8-10 balls/year, packed with waltzers, meeting and dancing, exercising, networking, and creating intrigue! How best to prepare for such a ball? Immerse yourself! This year features TWO immersion camps: CAMP 1: Sep 25-28 (4 sessions) FOUNDATIONAL TECHNIQUE: This first camp will slowly but surely teach you the basic skills in the Viennese Waltz to prepare you for this incredible experience, with a series of advancing lessons. You will learn basics of social Waltzing along with some elements of Smooth and Standard! By the end, you will have developed skills that will give you basic skills for any Viennese Waltz setting, and you will also make a lot of dance friends while doing so. CAMP 2: Oct 9-11 (3 sessions) EXPERIENCED WALTZERS (INTERMEDIATE AND UP): Camp 2 is for the connoisseur! You will advance in technique and knowledge of multiple fast waltz styles, including the classic International Style, American Smooth, and a few steps that have been almost lost to history that you might have seen in such movies as The Sound of Music and Snow White. We will also teach a routine that will advance in each session. If you have been to past immersions, remember, every year we teach different movements, so you can always learn more of this dance rich in possibility. This year is particularly immersive, because there are two balls in October, one after each camp, and we will also teach an additional session at Glen Echo Park. SCHEDULE 1. (Camp 1) Thu, 25 Sep, 730-930 pm: Fundamentals of Viennese Waltz, basics, simple left turns, whisks w/ladies turn, practice 2. (Camp 1) Fri, 26 Sep 700-900 pm: Practice, Review, basic combos, progressive basic, Patty-cake, simple right turns, Navigational skills 3. (Camp 1) Sat, 27 Sep, 230-530 pm: Practice, Review, simple left and right turns, polka, choreography 1 4. (Camp 1) Sun, 28 Sep, 1-3 pm: Practice, warm-up. Review of left and right simple turns, introduction of reverse turn (International style left turn), navigation drill. Discussion of balls in Vienna (at the break). The session concludes with learning the Fledermaus Quadrille #6. Sat 4 Oct, 9-12 pm: Harvest Moon Viennese Ball at Glen Echo Park (Optional add-on-click the link) After the camp, experience the Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo, one of the largest dance floors in the world, for an evening dancing to fine Strauss music! Lesson at 8! 5. (Camp 2-Intermediate) Thu, 9 Oct, 730-930 pm: Natural turn technique improvements. Transitions from Reverse turn to natural and back. Fledermaus Quadrille #6. 6. (Camp 2) Fri, 10 Oct, 700-900 pm: Practice, Review, Separation to half fleckerl , closed changes from left to right and right to left, fifth position break, run around, intermediate choreography. Fun polka step. 7. (Camp 2 finale) Sat 11 Oct, 230-530 pm: Practice, Review, intermediate choreography continues, advanced navigation drills, fleckerl! Fri 17 Oct, 9-12 pm: A Night in Vienna at the Austrian Embassy (a Viennese Ball- NOT INCLUDED- an ICDC event) Join your new friends for an evening of dancing to waltz music at the Embassy of Austria! REGISTRATION GUIDELINES Prices rise at the door! Prices vary because you may register for either camp or both camps. Also, while we encourage attendance at all sessions, we understand the busy life of professionals in the area! If you have conflicts, you may substitute sessions from either camp; email Todd with your scheduled dates. We generally recommend most dancers start with the first session to begin or continue to work on the basics; however dancers with quite a bit of experience can start with later sessions. Anyone with a little experience may join both camps. Referral Bonus: Past Attendees (bootvets) who refer a brand new guest for the both camps (7 days) will receive a $50 credit back for each new attendee who signs up (up to the maximum value of your camp attendance). $25 credit if they sign up for one of the camps. Just email Todd and let him know who the new attendee is! Check, Cash, Zelle ,or Venmo (Preferred) Payments by check may be made out to “DANCE SPORT ENDURANCE, LLC” and sent to 7507 Pleasant Way, Annandale, VA, 22003. To pay cash, drop by any of our classes! For further information, call 202-361-8633 or 703-298-3577. To use Venmo, Zelle, or Apple pay, please email or call Todd. Credit Card or Paypal Both camps–7 days– or One camp Single, 4 days-Camp 1-beginner $160.00 USD Couple, 4 Days- Camp 1-beginner $285.00 USD Single, 3 days- Camp 2 $120.00 USD Couple, 3 days- Camp 2 $215.00 USD Both camps- single-all 7 days $245.00 USD Both camps- couple-all 7 days $435.00 USD Specify: Male or female or couple If couple, please provide the name of your partner LOCATION OF THE CAMP McLean One Life Fitness, 1800 Old Meadow Road, McLean, VA Plenty of Parking! Silver Line Metro stop .7 miles away INSTRUCTORS Todd Borzych and Migle Gineityte. Todd and Migle have performed solo Viennese Waltzes at the Hoffburg Palace in Vienna, the Austrian Embassy in Washington DC, and many other venues. They love to dance multiple styles of Viennese Waltz, fusing International, American, and Folk style into their love of the dance. They are masters of the immersion technique for teaching students to dance. Together they have taught thousands of students to dance in socials, weddings and performance settings. Todd and Migle Performing at NMWA, Washington DC Migle danced competitive ballroom in Europe from the time she was 5 years old, has a degree in Modern dance, and teaches ballroom dance at George Mason University. Todd has danced performance ballroom, Argentine Tango, and Salsa for over 25 years and is the founder/creator of DanceSport Endurance, a dance workout for ballroom dancers that has inspired dance athletes since 2003. They have run over 75 dance camps where they have taught tens of thousands through intensive style immersions in Viennese Waltz, Tango, Salsa, and other dances. FACEBOOK If you’d like to link up via facebook, search DANCE SPORT ENDURANCE! For further information via telephone, call 202-361-8633 If you have friends who would like to be on the Dance Sport Endurance dance mailing list, it would awesome if you could send them this website. The emails are sent out approximately once every week or two weeks and contain information on the best dance events in DC as well as all of the classes offered in Dance Sport Endurance and several social dances, to include Viennese Waltz balls, Tango Milongas, Swing dances, Salsa, ballroom, latin, and more! The DanceSport Endurance movement grows everyday. Thousands of students have begun dancing through our programs!