Sign Up!
How do I sign up?
By using this sign-up form, the Dance Mentor Coordinator will help you schedule a Dance Mentors session. You, your partner, and/or your group are matched with one of our Dance Mentors, who will be able to help you prepare for your upcoming competitions or showcases.
You can sign up for a:
One-on-One Session - A lesson with you and a Dance Mentor
Private Session - A lesson with you, your partner, and a Dance Mentor
Group Session - A lesson with three or more people and a Dance Mentor
Please note that due to the limited number of Dance Mentors:
When scheduling a session, your session may have to move to the following week, pending availability of our mentors.
Extra sessions requested within the same week are considered second priority and may be moved to the following week.
Everyone may sign up for a maximum of 1 One-on-One/Private session per week.
If you have any questions regarding the Dance Mentors Program or about signing up for a Dance Mentors session, please reach out to wtboozer@wpi.edu.
Weekly Batch System
Dance Mentors Sessions are now scheduled on a weekly batch system. This means that attendees may only submit a session request by planning at least a week in advance.
How does it work?
Attendees may submit session requests using the Session Sign-up Form before Friday at 11:59 p.m. for the next week (Monday through Sunday of the following week).
The Dance Mentor Coordinator will work with the Dance Mentors (and may reach out to attendees under certain circumstances) on Saturday to plan out the next week of sessions.
The Dance Mentor Coordinator will send out the session confirmation details by email to attendees on the Sunday before the new week.
Example:
I can submit a Session Sign-up Form on Wednesday (01/15/2020) for some time and date during the following week Monday (01/20/2020) to Sunday (01/26/2020). I will receive a confirmation email from the Dance Mentor Coordinator on Sunday (01/19/2020) with the details regarding my session.
Why the change?
After discussions between the Dance Mentor Coordinator and Dance Mentors, this new weekly batch system was created in order to:
Reduce the repetitiveness of requested sessions.
Help prioritize newer attendees.
Help match the Dance Mentors according to their expertise more effectively.
Reduce the daily load of arranging schedules.
Make sessions more productive.
Session requests for A-term 2022 will be opened soon after A-term starts.
If you have any questions on how the new sign-up process works, please reach out to the Dance Mentor Coordinator, Duyen Le at ddle@wpi.edu.
Video Submissions
Mentees are encouraged to submit a short video of themselves practicing to give the Dance Mentors the ability to better prepare for remote dance mentor sessions. There will be an option to submit a video file when you sign up for a dance mentor session.
Suggestions for Videos:
Basic step for the preferred style of dance (e.g. rumba walks, samba whisks, waltz box steps, etc.)
A practice routine
Exercises from a Youtube video or one of Dallas and Cassandra's technique videos
Dance mentors will use the video to guide the focus of the session.
NEW UPDATE
Dancers are now allowed to attend multiple dance mentor sessions each week as long as a different person signs up for each of them. For instance, you and your partner can both fill out a request form for a private dance mentor session with each other as long as you each do not sign up for any other sessions that week.