COVID-19 INFORMATION: RPI Ballroom is pleased to announce that community members are allowed to join lessons! Keep an eye out for an update email about it!

If you have any questions about lessons and Covid rules, please reach out to our VP, Emilia Lombardi, '26 or team captains, Emmalie Barkley, '26 and Emanuelle Simchowitz, '26, available on the contact page of this site.

Welcome to the home of RPI's ballroom dancing community! RPI Ballroom Dance is composed of two groups: Ballroom/Latin and the competitive Ballroom Team. We are the among the largest student-run organizations at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, offering dancers of all skill levels a variety of options to have fun and improve their abilities. We hold various lessons and practices for all types of dance, including east coast swing, waltz, and many more. We welcome all from RPI and the Albany Capital District. We hope you can join us!

Fall 2023 is finally here! RPI Ballroom will be holding our semesterly Intro Dance on Friday, September 8th in the McNeil room of the Student Union at 7pm. We hope to start Club lessons Tuesday, September 5th at 6pm in the and Team lessons on Thursday, September 7th at 6pm. Both lessons will be held in our newly re-opened studio in the basement of Academy Hall!

We restart our lesson tracks every semester, Fall and Spring, so make sure to keep us in mind for the future!

Check out our Class Schedule for lesson and practice times!