Meet The Leadership
Co-Captain
Elena D'Avanzo
Elena is a senior Mathematics and Art History double major. She joined the ballroom dance team in spring of 2021 and hasn’t gone a week without dancing since. She also teaches the Social Dance classes at Carleton and enjoys playing cards, spending time with friends, and taking care of over 10 plants in her free time. She's always checking her email, so feel free to reach out if you have any questions or just want to chat!
contact me: davanzoe@carleton.edu
Co-Captain
Morgan Graves
Morgan is a senior Computer Science major and the ballroom team’s treasurer. She has been on the team one year now and has absolutely loved it! Her current favorite ballroom dance is waltz, and her current favorite latin dance is east coast swing. Outside of dance she loves to sew and currently works in the costume shop in the theater department. She is very excited to dance with you!
contact me: gravesm@carleton.edu
Lieutenant (Social/Treasurer)
Marta Kondratiuk
Marta is a junior CAMS major. She was forced to do ballroom dance in elementary school and despised it, only to fall in love with it voluntarily as an adult in the beginning of her freshman year. She teaches Social Dance at Carleton College, therefore she is very excited to teach you all the basics and your first set of moves. Additionally, she loves reading, video games, boxing, and endlessly blabbering about ancient art and literature. Please, do not hesitate to ask her anything, she is very friendly!
contact me: kondratiukm@carleton.edu
Lieutenant (Social/Treasurer)
Oliver Licht
Oliver is a Junior Physics major. In his freshman year he wasn’t sure about joining the ballroom team, but stayed because the people are so fun. You can also find him teaching social dance classes and working in the physics department! Outside of dance he enjoys lasers, baking pies, rock climbing, and being silly. Oliver is always happy to talk or answer questions!
contact me: lichto@carleton.edu
Social Dance Captain
Carolina Cabanela
Carolina is a junior English major and theatre design minor. They joined ballroom dance their freshman year and have been dancing ever since. As well as being Social Dance Club co-captain, she will be teaching Social Dance I this year and is super excited about it. Their favourite dance is West Coast Swing and Rumba and would love to talk to you about it. Outside of dance and school, they love reading romance and thriller novels. She loves talking with new or interested dancers, so please reach out!
contact me: cabanelac@carleton.edu
Social Dance Captain
Rahim Hamid
Hi, I’m Rahim! I am a sophomore and I’m a prospective Studio Arts and Computer Science major. I started dancing just last year, and have done one dance competition and the Spring Ballroom Demo. I am now Social Dance Captain for the year 2023-24, so feel free to talk to me about that if you see me around. When I’m not dancing or studying, I enjoy drawing, reading, biking, and learning mostly useless things. I hope to meet you all soon in the big Weitz Dance Studio!
contact me: hamida@carleton.edu