University of London Dancesport

01/09/2023

We’ve moved!
Come find our new page here:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100085672338992

We are the Birkbeck, Uni of London Dancesport Team (Ballroom & Latin), welcoming all London students

17/08/2023

Congratulations to everyone receiving their A level results! We look forward to welcoming in new faces from all the London members Universities and welcoming back some familiar faces! We have lots of exciting things planned for the new Year and upcoming posts with lots of information - including meeting our exec, teachers, where to find and meet us how to get involved! We are super excited and hope you are too!

18/01/2023

Next TUESDAY! Latin classes by our amazing World Champion Latin Teachers in Student Central on Malet Street (room 305). Included for members, guests welcome 🤗 For non members, please pay in cash. Definitely not one to miss ♥️ we would encourage especially our beginners and novices to attend the beg/Nov class as they don’t normally get to see Petar and Zia ♥️

13/01/2023

We’re so excited to announce practice spaces every Monday 6-9pm at Student Central! This is in addition to Friday practice spaces, and comes at NO additional cost to society members! This time can also be used for privates with Harley & Thomas. 😊

£10 per COUPLE for 3 hours of practice space Monday or Friday! The more the merrier 😊 We really want to implement more strict finals and the more people there who want it, the more we can!

Please note - there is no practice space Jan 16th or Jan 27th. Available all other days!

01/01/2023

Get competition ready!!! We’re thrilled to announce that Ksenia Zhelutkova will be coming to Student Central on Malet street (Upper hall room 305) on the 16th of January 6-9pm to teach a workshop on competition hair styling. This will be interactive so you will get a chance to try out the hairstyle with Ksenia’s guidance! This is open to members and non members - free for all students, £5 ex students and £10 for non members. Please see what to bring on the next slide and if you have any questions please message the team or Ksenia. Items: 1.Silhouette Gel 2.Double hair-comb 3.Silhouette hairspray 3.Elastics 4.Hairnets 5.Taft Gel 6.Hairpins 7.Hair brush 8.Hairdryer Links to buy some of the products: https://www.notino.co.uk Double hair comb: https://a.aliexpress.com/_mKsPj0i Hairnets: https://a.aliexpress.com/_mL74DOm Elastics: https://a.aliexpress.com/_mPA9O6E

21/11/2022

Sign up for privates with Petar & Zia in Central London here!

First come first served - exciting opportunity to have privates with WORLD Latin Champions!

Beginners and novices especially you can learn so much from these lessons, and you can do it with a friend! No advance prep needed - just pick what dance you'd like to learn more about.

https://forms.gle/eHWgfUhfHBTyGGma7

Act quick to secure your slot!

Date: December 16th Location: Upper Hall, Birkbeck Student Central near Euston Station Prices are £55/hr and can be split between you and someone else - doesn't have to be your partner! Time slots are first come first served, and highly encouraged.

19/11/2022

Schedule update:

Sunday 19th
2-3pm: beginner lesson
3-5pm: practice

We’ve got some exciting socials coming up as well as a practice competition in January, a hair styling and makeup session, and some open competitions! Post more shortly… Keep an eye out for more!!

We’ll be collecting feedback at the start of December but have plans to make term 2 even better than term 1! Thanks to everyone for your enthusiasm and participation already ♥️ We should be having our shoe try on session soon on one of the Friday practice days before Christmas!

Tuesday 22nd
8-10pm : practice space, no lesson

16/11/2022

09/11/2022

We have some very exciting news!

We’re adding a new practice space from THIS FRIDAY (Nov 11th) at no extra charge for our members.

Venue: Birkbeck Central, BCB 305 Upper Hall, Malet St, London WC1E 7HY

Time:
5-6pm: beginners only practice space
6-9pm: open practice space

Dates:
Every Friday starting Nov 11th with the last session Dec 16th!

We will try out what works best but the idea for open practice hours will follow a sort of pattern
- 50 mins practice with music in the background that you can use or not, + 10mins of finals.
Happy to get feedback :)

In the future the space 6-9 will also be used for privates with either Harley Nelson, Petar Daskalov or Zia James. More on that soon!

For practice only who don’t have membership, please pay cash to the exec on the day. Price is £10 per couple per day, to gain access to 3 hours of space (6-9pm). Any questions please ask!

02/11/2022

Bath comp!

Competition date: Saturday 26th November
Entries due: 14th November

Cost: £19per person

Timings
Here are the estimated timings of the day -
8.30am Doors Open
9.00am Ballroom Rounds Begin
12.05pm Ballroom Presentation
Lunch
1.00pm Latin Rounds Begin
4.20pm Latin Presentation
4.45pm Team Walk-On and Team Match
5.45pm Team Presentation

Venue: University of Bath, Founders Hall
We will be holding Bath Winter Friendly at Founders Hall, University of Bath, Bath
BA2 7AY.

Entry form here: https://forms.gle/QZSnxhzkVEwBc2vn6

Ex-students can enter categories Novice, Inter, Advanced but not beginner.

Beginner & novice dress is restricted dress. Please check in with the exec if you're unclear on this.

Competition date: Saturday 26th November Entries due: 14th November Cost: £19per person Timings Here are the estimated timings of the day - 8.30am Doors Open 9.00am Ballroom Rounds Begin 12.05pm Ballroom Presentation Lunch 1.00pm Latin Rounds Begin 4.20pm Latin Presentation 4.45pm Team Walk-On and ...

07/10/2022

Good morning!

Just sharing the details for the taster session tonight.

It’s from 6pm-8pm at Basil Jellicoe Hall. Our ballroom teacher Harley will be leading the taster session, teaching some Latin and some Ballroom and then our Team Captain Phoebe will end the taster session with some fun line dancing.

We will then be going for drinks at a local bar/pub, all are welcome to join and it will be a great chance to get to know everyone better!

Really looking forward to seeing you all later 💃🕺