Wageningen Ballroom Dance Association - WUBDA

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Wageningen Ballroom Dance Association - WUBDA

WuBDA (Wageningen Ballroom Dance Association) provides fun dancing lessons for all students of Wagen

13/10/2022

Last weekend we went into the future ! We had a great time and some very nice results🥳

We won the teampresentation with our home-made jetpacks🧡
Andriy () got 5th place in the standard master finals🏅,
Luuk reached 6th place in the standard amateurs class🏅,
and Huub was 6th in the beginners latin!🏅

Also congrats to Andrea () who reached semi-finals standard champions, and Helena & Indy () who surpassed themselves and reached the 1/8 final latin masters!!

Many thanks to the organisation & the photographers of these pictures :)

19/08/2022

It's time for the annual AID, and we are there for you! Come find us at the sports- or information market to ask us all your questions, or join one of the workshops to experience our amazing sport. See you there!

16/06/2022

Ahh the quickstep!! We can owe the origin of this dance to the immigrant population that popularized it, as is common for most ballroom dances. The core of quickstep comes from dancers of African and Caribbean decent living suburban New York. They started the dance during World War I, were it was first danced solo! The quickstep started off as a combination of the Slow Foxtrot (which is another dance WuBDA does), Charleston, One-step, Peabody, and S**g, and was standardized England in 1927. It was originally called the “QuickTime Foxtrot and Charleston”, but I’m happy they shorted this mouthful of a name! The dance is fast and lively, with hops and syncopations aplenty, setting it apart from the Slow Foxtrot. The dance became increasingly popular as bands stared to play slow Foxtrot music too fast, which was appropriate as intricate, fast dances were becoming all the rage. Did you know that the energy exerted while dancing a minute of quickstep is the same as running a kilometre and a half in record time?!
I’ll see you soon when we’ll learn about the Rumba!

02/06/2022

The WuBDA Beet is in the house!! Interested in learning more about the origins of the dances we do at WuBDA? You’ve come to the right place :)
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Let’s start with the Cha Cha (originally called the Cha Cha Cha)! This fun and peppy dance originated from Cuba, where it evolved from the Cuban Triple Mambo (a mix of swing and Cuban Són) and the Danzon (the Cuban national dance). Danzo-mambo music was changed so that it focused on the first downbeat, resulting in dancers adding a triple step (the cha cha cha) to the dance. They say that the name comes from an onomatopoeia of the sound of dancers shoes!
In the 1950s, the dance was introduced to Britain by Pierre Lavelle, an English dance teacher who saw Cha Cha dancers in Cuba. He created the basis of the modern dance that we use today in WuBDA. In the 1950s, the dance was brought to Western Europe, the United States and Latin America, and by 1959 it was even one of the most popular dances in the US. The ballroom Cha-Cha is less then a hundred years old, but is continuously evolving and continues to be popular around the world.

See you soon where I’ll tell you all about the quickstep!

25/05/2022

On Sunday the 15th, we got a bootcamp given to us by none other than Mihai and Lisa! Four hours long, they enlightened us on posture, frame, timing and other technicalities of the dances. It is safe to say that everybody learned and improved a lot. Thanks a lot for the great bootcamp, !

21/05/2022

Weather is ever changing, so you need to make the most of it when it's good. WuBDA did this in the form of a beach party! Our members got together at the Rhine to enjoy the sun, drinks, snacks and of course each others company. Still, evenings get a little chilly, so inside they went. Strange hairdos and table football battles ensued. Overall, a very fun evening.

17/05/2022

Last week was the alumni day. Our dear old members got together to dance with us once more. First they got their dinner served by some of our current members, after which they gathered in the Wilde Wereld to dance to their hearts content. It was great to see everyone again, and to catch up on what everybody is up to. On to the next alumni day!

06/05/2022

The beercantus: an activity with singing, beer, chaos, more singing and even more beer. Overall a lot of fun! Thank you for the lovely meal provided to us

27/04/2022

A while ago we got an amazing Lindyhop workshop, given to us by Janna Marcella. A lot of people got hopping, which was great to see! We hope you all liked it as much as we did. Afterwards we enjoyed some drinks in the sun.

20/03/2022

Last weekend was the ! A weekend full of dancing and lots of fun😁

Ofcourse we are proud of every member that participated but a special shout-out to Stef
() and Guusje () who made it to the finals!! And Tamara (), Gijs (.spaans) and Heleen ( ) who made it to the semi-finals !!

09/03/2022

Yesterday was the workshop exchange with

Members of both WuBDA and StudentDanceFactory could join a tasty meal and drinks
After that Isabella from SDF taught us some improvising techniques of contemporary dance. We really enjoyed the workshop and we hope to exchange workshops again next year!
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03/02/2022

Last weekend the board went away for a weekend! We had a very nice walk on the Sallandse Heuvelrug as you can see on the picture. Ofcourse we also spend time working together on the next GMM and other WuBDA tasks.

Adres

Bornsesteeg 2 (de Bongerd)
Wageningen
6708PE

Website

http://www.wubda.nl/

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