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UCL Dance Society is an all-inclusive society about all things dance. Whether you are an absolute beginner or a professional, we have something for you! We offer the opportunity to dance and choreograph in 7 shows throughout the year. Don’t forget about our competition team too, available with a quick membership upgrade ! 

CLASSES : We offer free weekly classes for our members run by experienced, professional teachers in tap, ballet, jazz, contemporary, hip-hop, break and commercial. This year, we've also added student-led Absolute Beginner classes for anyone who wants to grow their confidence before jumping into their first beg/int dance class!

SHOWS: Each year, we host numerous events and shows, most of which are sign-up-based, providing you with lots of fun ways to get involved! These shows include: 24 Hour Show,  Freshers' Show, Triple Bill Charity Show, Spring Showcase, Societies' Charity Show,  and our annual Bloomsbury Show, which takes place in our very own off-West End Bloomsbury Theatre 🎭

COMPETITIONS: We also participate in multiple inter-university competitions in both Intermediate and Advanced categories. We even host our own annual dance competition called TranscenDance! Our competitive teams are always very successful, with all of our teams receiving at least one medal last year and being named Best Overall University (24/25).

^^Us at Reading Knights Dance Competition 24/25!

VOLUNTEERING: We also run a successful volunteering programme called Dance It!, where we teach dance at a local community centre. You can volunteer once, or as many times as you'd like! All the seniors are especially lovely and enthusiastic <3

SOCIALS: Dance Society is a huge society, so we hold regular socials in a wide variety of settings (drinking and non-drinking included) for you to meet other like-minded students! 

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There really is something for everyone, from classes and socials to shows and competitions teams as well as volunteering opportunities, so come along and see what UCL's largest and most exciting Arts Society has to offer! 

UCL Dance Society have signed the Zero Tolerance to Sexual Harassment Pledge.

If you would like to be a member of the society, please buy ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP (£27) which includes access to ALL classes throughout the year (that's right! no additional fees, you can attend as many classes as you like!) as well as the chance to participate in shows and competitions (only competitive teams have an additional fee of £65 which includes comp entry, travel, and accomodation for 2 out-of-London competitions).

Events

Dance Society Winter Ball ❄️
05/12/2025 | 19:00 - 23:00

Join us for an evening of celebration at our annual Winter Ball! Enjoy a night of dancing, music, and complimentary drinks. Don’t miss out on our last social of 2025 🕺

 

📅 Friday 5th of December 

📍The Stay Club, Kentish Town 

🕗 7:00pm - 11:00pm

🎟️ Tickets available now on the SU page

 

EVENT REFUND POLICY: for charity events, the tickets are non-refundable. For non-charity

Winter Workshop
07/12/2025 | 13:00 - 15:00

As winter approaches, come and share the light of dance in a workshop for Choose Love. Lead by Pola as part of a wider choreo project with Company Jinks, all UCL dancers are invited to a relaxed afternoon of movin’ and groovin’. We'll do some freestyle improv, some chill games and learn a choreo at the end. All levels and styles welcome - the choreo will be floaty and open style (contemp

Absolute Beginners JAZZ dance class (2/2)
08/12/2025 | 18:00 - 19:00

Dance Society Absolute Beginner class tickets! Happening every Monday 6-7pm in South Quad G01, open to all UCL students for £2 per class and free for all Dance Society members (no ticket needed). We will introduce you to the basics of a different dance style every 4 weeks, allowing you to progress through the fundamentals and build your confidence for our Beginners classes. 

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Transcendance
24/01/2026 | 8:30 - 19:00

UCL Dance society's annual dance competition: TRANSCENDANCE!

artsUCL Season: Déboussolé
05 - 07/03/2026

Movement is not something we do – it is who we are. Déboussolé (de-compassed) follows the peaks and troughs of trying to catch equilibrium yet inevitably remaining in disbalance.

This March, UCL Dance Society presents a turbulent, dynamic journey through the liminal spaces between balance and free falling — will your own compass remain intact?

Start Time: 7:30pm
Running Time: 2 hours,

UCL Dance Society Bloomsbury ‘26
05/03/2026 | 19:30 - 07/03/2026 | 21:30

Movement is not something we do; it is who we are. 

Journeying from peak to trough, is this how we exist — in disbalance? 

This 5th-7th of March 19:30-21:30, UCL dance society will present pieces in various styles, each tracing the journey of never quite finding stillness. Where boundaries are tested and thresholds become passages, we situate our existence as liminal — moving together through