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The NMSU DanceSport Team is an athletic and performance social dance team in the NMSU Department of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. Students and faculty members willing to take social dancing to the next level formed the DanceSport Team in the Fall of 1999. The team helps to enrich the knowledge of dance within the NMSU and Las Cruces communities. The DanceSport Team is structured to provide instruction on a variety of dances ranging from Latin: Cha-Cha, Rumba, Samba, etc. to Ballroom: Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot, including others such as various forms of Swing: East Coast (Triple) Swing, West Coast Swing, Lindy, etc. All of the dancing done is couple dancing. Through the generation of the DanceSport Team, the amount of interest in social dancing among students has increased. The team consists of both graduate and undergraduate students with majors ranging from Engineering to Business to Dance. The team performs regularly for different events in and around the Las Cruces area.

The DanceSport Team has traveled to several collegiate competitions over the years; some of which include "Dance By the Shores" at the University of California San Diego, "Desert Challenge" at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, and "Cardinal Classic" at Stanford Univeristy. At these competitions the team has successfully competed in both team formation and couple dancing.