July 7, 2006

Children’s Summer Dance Camp at UW-Washington County

It’s a natural combination – music, kids and moving around. Add some technique and grace and you have a summer ballroom dancing program, sponsored by UW-Washington County’sContinuing Education Program. Open to students in grades 5 through 8, the four-day camp runs Monday, August 7 through Thursday, August 10 from 10am until noon. Classes will be held in the campus cafeteria and will be taught by dance instructor, Michael Mattek. The fee is $65 per student for the entire series and is limited to 20 students.

The summer series includes Cha-Cha on Monday, Swing on Tuesday, Tango on Wednesday and a review of all dances with a dance party theme on Thursday. As shown in the documentary, Mad Hot Ballroom (an after school program in New York City) and as demonstrated in dance studios every Saturday morning in Milwaukee, kids love ballroom dancing as much as the “old” people do!  Ballroom dancing classes for adults will return in the fall at UW-Washington County and will be held on Monday evenings. Mike Mattek will be the instructor for these classes also. Mike has taught ballroom and social dancing at various dance studios in the Milwaukee area for several years.

To register for the August dance camp, contact Dan Anhalt in Continuing Education at 262-335-5218 or register online at www.washington.uwc.edu.