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Tuesday, February 16, 2010 IDB 2010: Victor Fung and Anastasia Muravyeva join IDB 2010 instructors
We welcome Victor and Anastasia, current UK Open Finalists, as instructors at IDB 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010 IDB 2010: IDB 2010 Registration is OPEN
Registration is now open for Independence Day Ball 2009. Register now and receive early registration discount of $200 per couple and $100 per single!
Monday, January 18, 2010 IDB 2010: IDB 2010 dates and location
Independence Day Ball 2009 will take place July 3 - 7, 2010 at Hilton Washington DC/Rockville Executive Meeting Center.
Sunday, November 1, 2009 NDB 2010: NDB 2010 schedule now available
Tentative schedule for NDB 2010 has been posted
Saturday, October 17, 2009 NDB 2010: Rick Elliott joins us as NDB 2010 Instructor
We welcome Rick Elliott, former U.S. Nationals and Ohio Star Ball American Smooth Rising Star Finalist, as an Instructor at NDB 2010
Saturday, October 10, 2009 NDB 2010: NDB Instructor on So You Think You Can Dance
Iveta Lukosiute, NDB Instructor and New Year’s Eve Show Performer, was recently featured on Fox's hit show So You Think You Can Dance. Watch her audition here!
Saturday, August 15, 2009 NDB 2010: Elena Grinenko & Rufus Dustin join NDB 2010
We are very excited to announce that Elena Grinenko, from ABC's Dancing With The Stars, and Rufus Dustin, North American 10-dance Champion, will be teaching at NDB 2010!
Monday, July 27, 2009 NDB 2010: Announcing New Year's Eve Show !
Gherman Mustuc and Iveta Lukosiute, current World Professional 10-Dance Champions will be performing at our New Year's Eve Gala. before the event sells out!
Monday, July 27, 2009 NDB 2010: Announcing Instructors for NDB 2010
We are happy to announce partial list of instructors for 2010 New Year’s Day Ball dance camp: Eulia Baranovsky & Steve Dougherty, Rufus Dustin, Oksana Zolotarveskaya, Bill Davies, Wendy Davies, and Iveta Lukosiute & Gherman Mustuc
Sunday, July 5, 2009 IDB 2009: Private lessons with Oksana, Marcus, Victor K, and Glenn Weiss SOLD OUT
Private lessons with Oksana Zolotarevskaya, Marcus Johnson, Victor Kanvesky, and Glenn Weiss are SOLD OUT!

If you missed out, please pre-register online before the event next year.
Friday, July 3, 2009 IDB 2009: Private lessons with Victor F, Anna, Karina, and Taliat SOLD OUT
Private lessons with Anna Mikhed, Victor Fung, Karina Smirnoff, and Taliat Tarsinov are SOLD OUT!

If you missed out, please pre-register online before the event next year.
Thursday, July 2, 2009 IDB 2009: Thursday and Friday SOLD OUT!
We have sold out of one-day passes for Thursday and Friday!
Saturday, June 20, 2009 NDB 2010: Registration is OPEN for NDB 2010
Registration is now open for New Year's Day Ball 2010. Register now and receive early registration discount
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 IDB 2009: IDB 2009 schedule now available
Tentative schedule for IDB 2009 has been posted
Monday, May 11, 2009 IDB 2009: Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Karina Smirnoff at IDB 2009
We are very excited to announce that Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Karina Smirnoff, from ABC's Dancing With The Stars, will be teaching at IDB 2009!
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 IDB 2009: Instructors for IDB 2009
We are happy to announce partial list of instructors for 2009 Independence Day Ball dance camp: Dan Calloway, Victor Fung, Garry Gekhman, Wendy Johnson, Victor Kanevsky, Anna Mikhed, Taliat Tarsinov, Glenn Weiss, Oksana Zolotarevskaya
Saturday, January 31, 2009 IDB 2009: Registration is OPEN for IDB 2009
Registration is now open for Independence Day Ball 2009. Register now and receive early registration discount
Thursday, January 29, 2009 NDB 2010: NDB 2010 dates
New Year's Day Ball 2010 will take place December 30, 2009 - January 3, 2010 in Orlando, Florida
Thursday, January 29, 2009 IDB 2009: IDB 2009 dates and location
Independence Day Ball 2009 will take place July 1 - 5, 2009 at Hilton Washington DC/Rockville Executive Meeting Center.
Thursday, September 25, 2008 NDB: Registration for NDB 2009
We are pleased to announce that registration is now available for both NDB Dance Camp and New Year's Eve Gala. Please visit the Registration page.
Sunday, September 21, 2008 NDB: Instructors for NDB Dance Camp 2009
We are excited to announce a partial list of instructors for NDB Dance Camp 2009:
Luana Conte, Wendi Davies, Rufus Dustin, Michele Mason, Tim Mason, Alec Mazo, Edyta Sliwinska, Erminio Stefano. Please check the Instructors page for their bios.
Monday, September 15, 2008 NDB: New additions to NDB 2009
New Year's Day Ball in 2009 will feature New Year's Eve Gala, NDB Dance Camp and NDB DanceSport Pro-Am and Amateur competition. Come celebrate the New Year with us.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 IDB: IDB Social on Saturday, July 5
Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 7:45pm
in association with
Dance Jam Productions
PONTITANGO
Free Lessons. 7:45 - 8:30pm
  • Review of basic West Coast figures and technique to execute them
  • Introduction to musicality in West Coast Swing
  • Argentine Tango
Dancing in two separate ballrooms. 8:30 - 11:30pm
  • West Coast Swing
  • Ballroom/Latin
Performances
  • PONTITANGO - Performed at Wolf Trap, and seen on Fox TV, Telemundo, Univision
  • Don Herron & Whitney Brooks - 2008 Mid Atlantic Dance Jam Rising Star Champions
Cost
  • $10 for academic students with ID
  • $20 for adults
Location

Hilton Rockville
1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852
Saturday, May 31, 2008 IDB: Victor and Anna 4th in Blackpool!
Championship Dance Camps instructors, Victor Fung and Anna Mikhed placed 4th out of 293 couples in Professional Standard at Blackpool Festival in the UK on May 30, 2008. Congratulation Victor and Anna!

Both Victor and Anna will be teaching workshops and private lessons at IDB 2008.
Saturday, May 24, 2008 IDB: Tentative schedule for IDB 2008
Tentative schedule for IDB 2008 has been posted
Friday, May 16, 2008 IDB: More instructors for IDB 2008
We are excited to announce that Ron Bennett and Nonci Tirado will teach at IDB 2008! For more about all of our instructors, please visit Instructors page
Sunday, May 11, 2008 IDB: Karina Smirnoff at IDB 2008
U.S. Champion, Blackpool Runner up, and Dancing With The Stars professional Karina Smirnoff will be teaching IDB 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008 IDB: Schedule & Hotel rooms
1) Schedule for IDB 2008 will be posted shortly. Tentative schedule:
number of lecturesevening activity
Wednesday 8 hours of lectures mini competition
Thursday 9 hours of lectures "Pizza with the Pros"
Friday 6 hours of lectures trip to the fireworks
Saturday 9 hours of lectures IDB dance
Sunday 8 hours of lectures


2) If you are having trouble booking a room, please let us know via "Contact Us" page and we will work with the hotel to resolve the issue.
Thursday, May 1, 2008 IDB: Additional instructors for IDB 2008
In addition to previously announced instructors for the 2008 Independence Day Ball, the following will join IDB staff:

  • Todd Borzych
  • Anna Mikhed
  • Andrew Phillips
  • Ariel Rad
  • Oksana Zolotarevskaya
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 IDB: Announcing some IDB 2008 instructors
We are excited to announce that some of the instructors for the 2008 Independence Day Ball will be

  • Dan Calloway
  • Victor Fung
  • Marcus Johnson
  • Wendy Johnson
  • Glenn Weiss


We have many more exciting instructors to announce. Please check back soon.
Saturday, March 15, 2008 IDB: Hotel rooms for IDB 2008
We are aware that the hotel is not allowing any new reservations under the group rate. We are working with the hotel to fix this problem and will post an announcement when it is resolved.
Monday, March 10, 2008 IDB: One Day Passes for IDB 2008
We have posted prices for One-Day Passes for Independence Day Ball 2008. Visit Registration section of the website to view prices and register.
Thursday, February 14, 2008 IDB: Registration is OPEN for IDB 2008
Register for Independence Day Ball 2008. Do not miss early discount deadline on March 15, 2008.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 IDB: IDB 2008 dates and location
We are pleased to announce that IDB 2008 will take place at Hilton Washington DC/Rockville on July 2 - 6, 2008.
Saturday, December 29, 2007 NDB: Schedule updates
Some minor changes have been made to the schedule:

  • Trip to Universal and CityWalk are now on Thursday night. Friday evening is now free time.
  • Class titles for Peter Eggleton's lectures have been updated
  • TBD classes now have titles


Please visit the schedule page for most current schedule.
Sunday, December 16, 2007 NDB: Important schedule changes
Please note that the schedule has been updated. The number of classes and most of the topics have remained the same, although some of the instructors are now teaching on different days. Please visit the schedule page for additional information.
Sunday, December 16, 2007 NDB: Michael Chapman joins teaching staff
Blackpool Adjudicator and World Open Exhibition Dance Champion, Michael Chapman, joins the staff of instructors. Unfortunately, France Mousseau will no longer be able to attend NDB 2008 although we hope to have her teach at future camps.
Sunday, December 16, 2007 NDB: Todd Borzych returns as instructor
We are excited to have Todd return to teach DanceSport Endurance classes on Thursday, 1/3/2008 and Friday, 1/4/2008.
Saturday, November 24, 2007 NDB: Schedule is available
Tentative schedule for New Year's Day Ball has been posted. Please visit schedule page for more details.
Monday, November 12, 2007 NDB: Instructors for NDB 2008!
We are proud to have two professionals from ABC's Dancing With The Stars, one from Fox's So You Think You Can Dance, a 3-time World Champion, a 10-time undefeated Canadian Champion, and many more on our coaching staff! Visit instructors section of the website for more complete list