We have reached Gold Status for 2024-25 and 2026! (For more information about the TeamWorc Points Accreditation Scheme, click here).
About us
We are a diverse group of dancers who all share a passion for dance and performance.
Our talented team of dance captains choreograph and teach a variety of routines during our open classes throughout the year. These classes are available to anyone! Come and try them out, even if you've never danced before! We offer recreational dance classes in Street, Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical and Contemporary.
During our competition season in March, we have seven competition teams that represent our university and compete around the country. If you're interested, please attend an open group audition in October in front of the captains!. You can audition for as many teams as you wish, and on audition day, you will have the opportunity to be chosen for up to four of our competitive teams, which include Street, Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, Wildcard, Commercial and Lyrical.
There will also be many performance opportunities for every member of the society. Both our recreational classes and competition teams have the chance to perform in many fundraising events over the year. These include our annual Christmas and end of year Dance Showcases. In 2025 and 2026, we also got the chance to perform half time at a football game!.
Like many other clubs and societies, we also meet up for social on a Wednesday evening! Each week has a theme, simply dress according and meet the rest of the team in the Students Union, our social secretaries take care of the rest! Be prepared for an evening of fun as we take part in many drinking games before dancing the night away in Tramps.
Achievements
Over the last few years we have collected many titles and trophies.
In 2022 at the GHGH University Dance Championships and were successful in achieving 2nd place in Wildcard, 2nd place in Jazz, and 1st place in tap! We then travelled to the Royal Holloway dance competition where we placed Tap 1st, Street 1st, Jazz 2nd, and Contemporary 2nd! We rounded the 21/22 year off by winning 'Event of the Year' at the #TeamWorc Awards for our amazing Saints Strictly Come Dancing event.
In 2023, we returned to the GHGH University Dance Championships, and we achieved 3rd place Ballet, 3rd place in Jazz, 2nd place in Street and 1st place in our Wildcard piece 'Dancing through the decades'. We then travelled up to Liverpool University dance competition, and achieved 3rd places in our Jazz, Street and Tap teams. We ended our competition season attending University of Northampton dance competition, placing 3rd in Jazz. We ended the year with the return of our Saints Strictly Come Dancing Event and completed a Charity Football Match against Worcester Sinners Cheerleading raising £321.47 for charity.
In 2024, once again we had a very successful year! We attended Leeds Beckett University competition being awarded 1st in Tap, 1st in Lyrical, 1st in Contemporary, 2nd in Street, 2nd in Wildcard, 3rd in Ballet, 3rd in Jazz as well as some special awards of 2nd in Duo, 3rd in Improv and 1st for best male dancer of the day. The awards kept coming at our next competition attending Nottingham Trent University competition and won 1st in Contemporary, 3rd in Lyrical, 3rd in street 2nd in solo and 1st in the duo category which was also awarded best choreography for the whole competition! Finally, we returned to the GHGH University Dance Championships, and we achieved 1st place in Jazz, 1st place in lyrical, 2nd place in Ballet, 1st place in Tap, 1st place in our Wildcard piece ‘Here we go again’, 2nd place in Contemporary, 2nd place in Team Spirit and 3rd place in Peoples choice. This was an amazing competition for us and finished off our season winning a total of 24 trophies!
In 2025, we attended our first competition at Royal Holloway, where we proudly achieved 3rd place in Ballet, 2nd place in Contemporary, 2nd place in Lyrical, 2nd place in the Solo category, and celebrated Nyah winning the Judges’ Choice Award. We were also honoured to be named the ‘Most Supportive University’ at this competition. Our second competition was Go Hard or Go Home, a team favourite, where we secured 1st place in Lyrical. We then had the incredible opportunity to host our very own dance competition, welcoming eight universities to take part. The results were outstanding: 1st place in Contemporary along with the Best Choreography Award, 2nd place in Tap, and 3rd place in Street, Solo, and Duet. Competition season was not only a huge success but also an unforgettable experience for our team. We are incredibly proud of one another’s achievements and cannot wait to see what the 2025/26 season holds!
2026 has been an incredible year for Saints Dance Society, with fantastic achievements across every competition. Starting with Reading, our Contemporary team achieved an amazing 1st place, while our Lyrical team placed 3rd and our Jazz team also achieved 3rd place. At Leeds Beckett, we had an outstanding competition, with Contemporary taking 1st place and also winning the Best Choreography Award, and Street took 1st place. Our Ballet achieved 2nd place, and Lyrical achieved 2nd place. Our Jazz team achieved 3rd place, and Wildcard placed 3rd. Our Duet also had a fantastic performance, taking 1st place, while Lexi’s Solo achieved 2nd place. At UEA, the Saints continued to achieve incredible results, with Contemporary taking 1st place, Wildcard achieving 1st place, Jazz placing 2nd, Street placing 2nd and Tap achieving 2nd place. We were also incredibly proud of Holly, who received the Judges’ Choice Award for her Trio Street and Wildcard performances combined. Finally, at Worcester, we finished the competition season with some amazing results. Contemporary once again took 1st place, making it four wins across all four competitions, while Jazz achieved 1st place also! Wildcard, Ballet, Street and Lyrical all placed 2nd, and Tap placed 3rd. Our Trio achieved 3rd place, while our Duet took another 1st place. Lexi’s Solo achieved 2nd place and was also awarded the Judges’ Choice Award. Overall, 2026 has been an incredible year for Saints, with countless podium finishes, multiple 1st places and special awards. These achievements are a true reflection of the hard work, dedication, creativity and passion of every dancer and choreographer involved, and we could not be prouder of what Saints has accomplished this year.
All our dance classes are held in the Thomas Telford Building (Room 5).
Timetable -
Monday
Lyrical Team – 18:30pm – 19:30pm.
Lyrical/Ballet Class – 19:30pm – 20:00pm.
Ballet Team – 20:00pm – 21:00pm.
Tap Team – 21:00pm – 22:00pm.
Tuesday
Contemporary Team – 18:30pm – 19:30pm.
Contemporary Class – 19:30pm -20:00pm.
Jazz Class – 20:00pm – 20:30pm.
Jazz Team – 20:30pm – 21:30pm.
Thursday
Wildcard Team - 18:30pm- 19:30pm
Street Team – 19:30pm – 20:30pm.
Street Class – 20:30pm – 21:00pm.
Commercial Team – 21:00pm – 22:00pm.
Contact Us
Please follow us on our social media and join our Facebook group for up to date information. If you have any questions, please feel free to send us a message on any of the following platforms, and we will get back to you as soon as we can.
Ellie Preston (Chair) Pree1_24@uni.worc.ac.uk
Email: uowsaintsdance@gmail.com
Members Facebook group: Saints 26/27
Public Facebook Page: University of Worcester Saints Dance Society | Worcester | Facebook
Twitter: UoWdance
Instagram: @uowdancesaints
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We look forward to welcoming you into our Saints Family!