Worcester Saints Dance Society
About us
We are a diverse group of dancers who all share a passion for dance and performance.
We run open classes with a range of exciting routines which are choreographed and taught by our talented team captains. These classes are open to everyone! Even if you've never danced before, come along and give them a go! We offer classes in all five of our styles: Street, Ballet, Jazz, Tap, and Contemporary.
In addition to our open classes, there's the opportunity to audition for our competition teams. Each dance style has a team which represents the university, around the country, at competitions. If this is something that interests you then come down to an informal group audition in front of the team captains. You can audition for as many teams as you like!
There will also be many performance opportunities for every member of the society. Both our open 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 shows.
Like many other clubs and societies, we also meet up for social on a wednesay 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. But remember... no phones, bags or heels!
Achievements
Over the last few years we have collected many titles and trophies.
Previous Worcester Saints won the university Varsity competition for 3 years running, 2015/2016/2017. We are also Varsity winners for 2019!
In 2017 we also achieved 3rd in Ballet, 2nd in Street and Overall Best Team Spirit at the University of Northampton Take the Stage competition.
We have since then competed at the 2018 University Dance Championships in Nottingham where the titles and trophies just kept coming! We achieved: 1st place Contemporary, 1st place Jazz, 2nd place Wildcard, 3rd place Tap and 3rd place Ballet, as well as Best Team Spirit AND Dancer of the Day (Megan Scrivens).
We returned to the 2019 University Dance Championships in Nottingham where we again brought home many trophies! These included: 1st place Ballet, 2nd place Tap, 3rd place Jazz, and 3rd place Contemporary!
Oh, and we're also Tramps Nightclub Social Wars Winners 2018!
This year we took our dancers to the 2020 Royal Holloway Dance Competition. We had the most incredible day and came home with an incredible 9 trophies! Making this our most successful competition to date! These included: 1st place Jazz, 2nd place in Ballet, Tap, Contemporary, Street and Wildcard, Best Concept (Wildcard), Best Female of the Day (Giorgia Zinna) and Overall Team Spirit!
In the same week we also reclaimed our title as Tramps Nightclub Winners 2020! Resulting in us winning 10 trophies in one week!
Meeting Times
Moday
Contemporary: 7-8:30pm (Arena Court-Side Room)
Street: 8:30-10pm (Riverside Dance Studio)
Tuesday
Wildcard (Team Members Only) = 8-10pm (Arena Court-Side Room)
Wednesday
Tap: 1:30-3pm (Arena Court-Side Room)
Thursday
Ballet: 7-8:30pm (Arena Court-Side Room)
Jazz: 8:30-10pm (Arena Court-Side Room)
For individual class and team times please request to join our closed Facebook group ('Worcester Saints Dance Society 2019/20') for weekly updates from your dance captains.
Contact us
Please follow us on our social media and like our facebook group for more information. You can also join our closed facebook group. 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.
Chloe Freeman-Chick (Chairwoman): frec1_17@uni.worc.ac.uk
Email: uowsaintsdance@gmail.com
Closed Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/329604937722062/
Public Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/University-of-Worcester-Saints-Dance-Society-364241030877100/
Twitter: UoWdance
Instagram: @uoworcester_saints
We look forward to welcoming you into our Saints Family!