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Welcome to Dance Lab!
On this page, you'll find some fun activities that you can participate in while at Dance Lab!
Learning New Moves
If you want to learn new moves in the dance of the day, you can ask Nick and Melissa or one of the CAs, or you can explore the various demo videos and playlists below.
Creating New Moves
If you want a fun creativity challenge, we encourage you to use one of the following "Random Move Generators" to get the name of a new variation and then come up with a series of movements in today's dance that fit the name. In all three cases, we recommend that you click through a bunch of options until you find something that speaks to you! If you come up with something, Nick and Melissa would love to see it!
Random Dance Vocabulary Generator: This generator randomly suggests words and phrases that could be the name of a dance move. Your challenge is to create a new move inspired by this name.
Random Dance Mood Generator: This generator randomly suggests emojis that could inspire you to create a new move. Your challenge is to create a new move inspired by this emoji.
Random Dance Move Generator: This generator (the original!) was first developed by our friend Lucas Garron at Stanford. It mashes together existing pieces of dance vocabulary to suggest the name of a new move. If you don't know what a word or phrase means, you can ask Nick or Melissa what it means, or you can come up with your own interpretation. It's totally fine to use only part of the name, so if it says "in cross-step waltz," but you want to do it in another dance instead, go for it!
Upcoming Dance Labs
- March 28 - Cross-Step Waltz
- April 4 - Wonderlab
- April 4 - West Coast Swing
- November 22 - Salsa / CA Auditions
- December 6 - Country / CA Callbacks
Other UT Social Dance Events
- April 10 - Tower Jam #2
- April 22 - Social Dance Soirée
Past Events
March 14, 2025 - Tango
March 7, 2025 - Fusion Party
February 28, 2025 - Nightclub
February 21, 2025 - Bachata
February 14, 2025 - Folk Dance Party
February 7, 2025 - Rotary Waltz
January 31, 2025 - East Coast Swing
January 24, 2025 - Mixer Party
January 17, 2025 - Office Hours
December 6, 2024 - Country
November 15, 2024 - West Coast Swing
November 8, 2024 - Fusion Party
November 1, 2024 - Salsa
October 25, 2024 - Cross-Step Waltz
October 18, 2024 - Wonderlab
October 11, 2024 - Nightclub
October 4, 2024 - Bachata
September 27, 2024 - Vintage Party
September 20, 2024 - Rotary Waltz
September 13, 2024 - East Coast Swing
September 6, 2024 - Mixer Party
August 30, 2024 - Office Hours / Line Dances
April 26, 2023 - Country
April 21, 2024 - Soirée
April 19, 2023 - Tango / Vals / Milonga
April 12, 2024 - West Coast Swing
April 5, 2024 - Fusion Party
March 29, 2024 - Salsa
March 28, 2024 - Tower Jam
March 22, 2024 - Cross-Step Waltz
March 8, 2024 - Wonderlab
March 1, 2024 - Nightclub
February 23, 2024 - Bachata
February 20, 2024 - Tower Jam
February 16, 2024 - Valentine's Day
February 9, 2024 - Rotary Waltz
February 2, 2024 - East Coast Swing
January 26, 2024 - Mixer Party
January 19, 2024 - All Dances
November 30, 2023 - Evening Soirée
November 30, 2023 - Daytime Soirée
December 1, 2023 - Country
November 17, 2023 - Tango
November 10, 2023 - West Coast Swing
October 27, 2023 - Salsa / Halloween
October 20, 2023 - Cross-Step Waltz
October 17, 2023 - Tower Jam
October 6, 2023 - Nightclub
September 29, 2023 - Bachata
September 22, 2023 - Fox Trot / Huapangos
September 15, 2023 - Rotary Waltz
September 8, 2023 - East Coast Swing
September 1, 2023 - Mixer Party
April 26, 2023 - Soirée
April 14, 2023 - Country
April 14, 2023 - Tango
April 7, 2023 - West Coast Swing
March 31, 2023 - Salsa
March 28, 2023 - Tower Jam
March 24, 2023 - Fusion Party
March 10, 2023 - Cross-Step Waltz
March 3, 2023 - Nightclub
February 24, 2023 - Bachata
February 17, 2023 - Rotary Waltz
February 16, 2023 - Tower Jam #1
February 10, 2023 - Valentine's Day
January 27, 2023 - East Coast Swing
January 20, 2023 - Mixer Party
November 30, 2023 - Soirée
November 18, 2022 - Tango
November 15, 2022 - Tower Jam #2
November 4, 2022 - West Coast Swing
October 28, 2022 - Salsa / Wonderlab
October 21, 2022 - Cross-Step Waltz
October 14, 2022 - Rumba
October 13, 2022 - Tower Jam #1
October 7, 2022 - Nightclub
September 30, 2022 - Bachata
September 23, 2022 - Improv Contra
September 16, 2022 - Rotary Waltz
September 9, 2022 - East Coast Swing
September 2, 2022 - Mixer Party
May 6, 2022 - Country
April 29, 2022 - West Coast Swing
April 26, 2022 - Waltz Outing
April 22, 2022 - Rotary Waltz
April 15, 2022 - Tango
April 8, 2022 - Salsa
April 1, 2022 - East Coast Swing / Wonderlab
March 25, 2022 - Cross-Step Waltz
March 11, 2022 - Nightclub
March 4, 2022 - Bachata
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