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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 one the the following two playlists of YouTube videos: our demo videos from UT, or performances of the dance from around the world.

UT Cross-Step Waltz Demos: All of the demos that Nick and Melissa and the CAs have produced.

Cross-Step Waltz Performances: A variety of performances from YouTube.


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


Other UT Social Dance Events


Past Events

March 8, 2024 - Wonderlab

March 1, 2024 - Nightclub

February 23, 2024, 2024 - Bachata

February 20, 2023 - Tower Jam

February 16, 2023 - Valentine's Day

February 2, 2023 - East Coast Swing

January 26, 2023 - Mixer Party

January 19, 2023 - 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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