Students fill the atrium at the last formal IB Ball practice before the actual dance.

Leonard Wang ’18 spins Sanjana Bettadpur ’18.

Apoorva Chintala ’18 and Fiona Lin ’18 jive together to the song “Beyond the Sea” by Bobby Darin.

Akash Thakkar ’17 and Rhythem Sharma ’17 practice outside turns, a step found in most ballroom dances genres.

Rucha Joshi ’18 and Akshay Aggarwal ’17 dance together at the IB Ball dance practice.

Jack Mattson ’18 spins Mona Dong ’18 in an outside turn.

Ruben Seifert ’18 and Artemisia Tran ’18 practice the correct stance for the Swing dance.

Ms. Emory and Mr. Taylor demonstrate how to do a “twinkle step,” a trick move commonly used while dancing the waltz.

Arjun Jain ’18 and Prathyush Shankar ’18 watch Mr. Taylor and Ms. Emory closely while dancing the waltz.

Students line up in preparation to dance the waltz.