Welcome to new, returning and alumni dancers! Here you can find all the BULABDS information you're looking for!
BULABDS is one of the largest societies at Bristol University, with dance classes taught by professional coaches designed to suit all abilities whether you want to compete or not. At BULABDS, everyone is welcome, and our main goal is to just have fun and enjoy dancing together!
The dancing that we offer is separated into two categories: Latin and Ballroom:
Latin dance comprises of the rather chic, sexy and cheeky dances such as the:
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Ballroom comprises of dances associated with more grace and elegance such as the:
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We run a social class for those wanting to dance socially in a fun, friendly and relaxed atmosphere; as well as team classes run by professional coach Snezhana Draper (see her impressive credentials here) for those deciding to be part of our competition team, or just want to have a greater focus on technique and presentation.
If you'd like to try out BULABDS in second term, we recommend joining our social class as our team classes have been progressing since September. If you would like to join a team class, please contact one of our team captains to discuss this first.
The team classes are split into the following levels:
Social class
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Fridays in Carpenter room at 8pm |
Ballroom classes |
Thursdays in the Richmond building Beginner: 17:15 - 18:45 in Carpenter Thursdays at Cotham School: Novice: 19:00 - 20:30 Intermediate/Advanced: 20:30 - 22:00 |
Latin Classes |
Sundays in the Richmond building Beginner: 14:30 - 16:00 in AR5 Sundays at the indoor sports centre: Novice: 16:30 - 18:00 in studio 3 Intermediate/advanced: 19:30 - 21:00 in studio 1 |
Classes are open to Bristol University students, UWE students and ex-students.
UWE and ex-students are required to affiliate with the University of Bristol Students Union.*
This trial membership gives you access to all classes for the first week of joining BULABDS meaning you can try out any and as many of our classes as you want. If you have bought trial membership the £10 will be taken off your team membership payment.
Society membership includes access to all social classes for no additional cost as well as all the other perks of being a part of BULABDS
This membership gives you access to all social classes and team classes for the whole year (levelled at either Beginner, Novice or Intermediate/Advanced). You do not need to purchase society membership separately. You get a £10 discount for buying the full year team class instead of purchasing each teaching block seperately!
This membership gives you access to all social classes and team classes in teaching block 1 (levelled at either Beginner, Novice or Intermediate/Advanced). You do not need to purchase society membership separately.
If you have difficulties in paying the membership, you may be eligible to apply for the SU hardship fund.
*Please note: Non-students will, unfortunately, have to pay an annual £25 affiliation fee to the Students Union. (link here)
**Additional costs for competitions, transport and optional private lessons are not included in these prices.
Vishal Joshi
He/him
President
Olga Nechyporuk
Vice president and EDI officer
Jasmine Yang
She/her
Treasurer
William Budd
He/him
Social secretary
Sophie Tyrrell
She/her
PR and social media officer
Natalie Yeung
She/her
Quartermaster
We pride ourselves on being the only society to have a proper end of year ball where we dance all ten dances!
We also hold a wide range of weekly socials from coffee catch ups to picnics, drinks after class to clubbing at OMG and ice skating to trampolining.