Dance Marathon participants painted the Rock today, promoting IGNITE: A benefit concert for DM 2009. Featuring the Graffiti Dancers and other groups, the concert will take place tomorrow from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the Great Room of Jones Residential College.

Dance Marathon organizers painted the Rock today to promote an information session they’re holding tonight. Students can learn more about becoming a dancer or committee member from DM’s executive board.
DM 2009’s primary beneficiary is Project Kindle. From the NU DM Web site:
“Project Kindle was established in 1998 by Eva Payne, who saw few [...]

Many students, from committee members to co-chairs to dancers, are working hard to prepare as this year’s Dance Marathon draws near

A rundown of some of the not-so-pretty after-effects of 30 hours sans sleep, aka Dance Marathon

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DM dancers learn dance moves to Justin Timberlake’s Lovestoned.
The Louis Room speakers have been blasting Euro-techno for the past five minutes, but Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A.” ironically enough breaks up the foreign grip on the soundsystem. All the dancers still seem extremely pumped to be doing this.
Over the course of [...]

Twirling and holding hands, Communication sophomore Amanda King and Weinberg sophomore Tim Ullmann dance together.
Thirty hours of dancing is a lot to get through for anyone, but dancing with a significant other can certainly make the experience more fun.
One couple, Communication sophomore Amanda King and Weinberg sophomore Tim Ullmann, said that dancing together made doing [...]