About Us
Welcome to the Birkbeck UoL Dancesport Club!
✨Take advantage of our limited time sale - 50% off membership for Birkbeck students until the 18th October!✨
Join the Birkbeck UoL Dancesport Society and be part of a community of passionate dancers who love to learn, teach, and have fun together!
We host weekly practice sessions at Birkbeck Central, as well as Ballroom and Latin dance classes led by renowned international Latin champions Peter Daskalov and Zia James, and the fabulous Harley Nelson and Thomas Purdy, well-decorated national Ballroom champions.
We also have beginner hours during which more experienced dancers share their expertise with our beginner dancers. Furthermore, we organise fun social events to help everyone get to know each other! Dancesport opens up a large social network among people from many different universities and fields of work.
Join us to learn new skills, make new friends, and even get your full glam on ready to compete at the iconic Blackpool Tower Ballroom!
For our competitive dancers, there are many student competitions hosted throughout the year, regularly attended by Team Birkbeck. But we also provide space for social dancers at our own events or by venturing out to fun ballrooms around London.
We charge a membership fee to help fund the group's activities. This is heavily subsidised by Students' Union funding, as we strive to make extra-curricular activity at Birkbeck as accessible as possible. If you are a student from another UoL institution, a Birkbeck alumnus, staff member, or guest, we ask you to contribute a larger amount to ensure a fair and transparent deal for Birkbeck students, and to keep our group affordable and sustainable.
We can't wait to meet you and start the year off right!
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P.S. According to our membership policy, if you are a current student at any university, you are eligible for the UoL membership (even if you are not at a UoL university!). Birkbeck students can purchase the standard membership. However, for affiliate membership, you must have been a member of a university Dancesport club as a student. Unfortunately, we are not generally accepting people who do not meet this criterion. We may make exceptions for individuals on a case-by-case basis. Please email LondonDancesport@gmail.com with any cases or queries.
