Inter Varsity Dance Competition
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The Inter Varsity Dance Competition (IVDC) is an annual student dancesport
competition organised by Inter Varsity Dance Association
(IVDAhttp://www.universitydancesport.com). The IVDA write rules regarding entries, dress code and which dances will be part of the competition.
All UK universities may send representatives provided they are a member of the IVDA, and students who study at universities that do not have teams, may gain special consideration to dance for another university. Currently approximately 33 UK universities take part in this competition
Whilst Dancesport in the UK has seen a decline, that shows like Strictly Come Dancing
have rectified, the Inter Varsity Dance Association
(IVDA) has seen no such decline and struggles to find a UK venue large enough for its annual competitionhttp://www.dance-today.co.uk/d-today200406/dancetoday200406-01.html. Most of the Annual competitions in recent history have been hosted in Blackpool
At this time there is no student equivalent in other countries although the US has a strong student scene, and mainland Europe is building up its own competition scene.
IVDC is run with cooperation from the IDTAhttp://www.idta.co.uk/ and the English amateur dancesport association ltd http://eada.org.uk/new/university/university1.html
but remains an independent competition.
This is an annual event running since 1962 and hosted by different UK member universities.
For the Latin and Ballroom Events students are divided according to experience: Beginner, Novice, Intermediate and Advanced. Ex Students are also able to compete in some competitions. In lower ranking competitions dress restrictions apply. Beginners are encouraged and there is the "Best Beginners Team Trophy" which presented to the university with the most successful beginners overall.
Other individual returnable trophies available:
The Offbeat Competition is a "Fun" team "freestyle" even - the university can enter a 3 minute routine in any dance style. Interpretations vary from fun routines such as "The Full Monty" to serious high quality street dance routines. The Offbeat Winners Shield is presented to the winning team.
The most important event of the competition is the team match, which pits teams of 32 dancers from each member university against each other (These are split into teams of 8: A, B, C, D). This competition has undergone a drastic overhaul in recent years following innovations by Alistair Braden whilst at Bristol University. The team match is now a 2 division system that ranks all universities entered, instead of the traditional team match.
The following Team Trophies are awarded at IVDC:
The trophies held in the highest regard is the EADA Overall trophy and the A team trophy.
The Offbeat results are as follows:
2005 Imperial
2004 Sheffield
2003 Bristol
2002 Sheffield
2001 Cambridge
2000 London
1999 Essex
1998 Sheffield
1997 Imperial
1996 Bath
1995 Imperial
1994 Nottingham
1993 Imperial
1992 Manchester
1991 Bath
1974 Manchester
DanceSport
Dancesport denotes competitive ballroom dancing, as contrasted to social or exhibition dancing. It is wheelchair dancesport where at least one of the dancers is in a wheelchair....
competition organised by Inter Varsity Dance Association
Inter Varsity Dance Association
The Inter Varsity Dance Association is a non profit student, administrative organisation, which promotes dancing amongst UK university students...
(IVDAhttp://www.universitydancesport.com). The IVDA write rules regarding entries, dress code and which dances will be part of the competition.
Whilst Dancesport in the UK has seen a decline, that shows like Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing is a British television show, featuring celebrities with professional dance partners competing in Ballroom and Latin dances. The title of the show suggests a continuation of the long-running series Come Dancing, with an allusion to the film Strictly Ballroom...
have rectified, the Inter Varsity Dance Association
Inter Varsity Dance Association
The Inter Varsity Dance Association is a non profit student, administrative organisation, which promotes dancing amongst UK university students...
(IVDA) has seen no such decline and struggles to find a UK venue large enough for its annual competitionhttp://www.dance-today.co.uk/d-today200406/dancetoday200406-01.html. Most of the Annual competitions in recent history have been hosted in Blackpool
At this time there is no student equivalent in other countries although the US has a strong student scene, and mainland Europe is building up its own competition scene.
IVDC is run with cooperation from the IDTAhttp://www.idta.co.uk/ and the English amateur dancesport association ltd http://eada.org.uk/new/university/university1.html
but remains an independent competition.
The Competition and Events
The competition normally occurs in February / March each year. There are individual competitions during the day in ballroom, Latin, rock'n'roll, offbeat and the Team Match.This is an annual event running since 1962 and hosted by different UK member universities.
For the Latin and Ballroom Events students are divided according to experience: Beginner, Novice, Intermediate and Advanced. Ex Students are also able to compete in some competitions. In lower ranking competitions dress restrictions apply. Beginners are encouraged and there is the "Best Beginners Team Trophy" which presented to the university with the most successful beginners overall.
Other individual returnable trophies available:
- The Timur Olegovich Gulinskiy Advanced modern Trophy (In memory of a Leeds Dancesport Student who died whilst studying in 2000)
- The Novice Modern Trophy
- The Intermediate Modern Trophy
- The Far’s Advanced Latin Trophy
- The Novice Latin Trophy
- The Intermediate Latin Trophy
- Ex-students ballroom trophy
- Ex-students Latin trophy
- The Dance Basics best Beginners’ Trophy (awarded to the Beginner couple finishing highest over all four Beginners’ events)
- The Choice of London Rock ‘n’ Roll Trophy
- The Edna Murphy Shield (presented to the most promising couple, as decided by the Chairman of Adjudicators)
- The Far’s Dance Best Newcomer Trophy (awarded to the couple who receive the highestmarks in the team match and who have never competed in an IVDC team match before)
The Offbeat Competition is a "Fun" team "freestyle" even - the university can enter a 3 minute routine in any dance style. Interpretations vary from fun routines such as "The Full Monty" to serious high quality street dance routines. The Offbeat Winners Shield is presented to the winning team.
The most important event of the competition is the team match, which pits teams of 32 dancers from each member university against each other (These are split into teams of 8: A, B, C, D). This competition has undergone a drastic overhaul in recent years following innovations by Alistair Braden whilst at Bristol University. The team match is now a 2 division system that ranks all universities entered, instead of the traditional team match.
The following Team Trophies are awarded at IVDC:
- The EADA Overall IVDA Champions Trophy (presented to the university placed first in the overall rankings)
- The Choice IVDA Overall Runners-Up Trophy
- The Far’s Dance A-Team Winners Trophy
- The Choice IVDA A-Team Runners-Up Trophy
- The B-Team Winners Shield
- The IDTA B-TEam Runners-Up Trophy
- The C-Team Winners Shield
- The IDTA C-Team Runners-Up Trophy
- The D-Team Winners Trophy
- The IDTA D-Team Runners-Up Trophy
- The EADA IVDA Division 2 Winners Trophy
- The Choice IVDA Division 2 Runners-Up Trophy
- The IVDA Challenge Trophy (presented to the highest-placed university composed entirely of teams in division 2
The trophies held in the highest regard is the EADA Overall trophy and the A team trophy.
History of results
Oxford University is the reigning champion, having won all team matches at the competition in 2010. Cambridge University won the title in the previous four years. The A team trophy is the one with the most records and even following the changes to the team match it is held in high regard.| Year | Team match (A Team Trophy) | Advanced ballroom | Advanced Latin | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Oxford | Graham Dixon, Robyn Price (Nottingham) | Arman Sahovic, Maria Naumchenko (Imperial) | Winter Gardens, Blackpool Blackpool Blackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester... |
| 2010 | Oxford | Arman Sahovic, Maria Naumchenko (Imperial) | Tudor Balan, Janet Gooi (Manchester) | Winter Gardens, Blackpool Blackpool Blackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester... |
| 2009 | Cambridge | Arman Sahovic, Anne Marie Wirth (Imperial) | Peter Kecskemethy, Reka Balogh (Oxford) | Winter Gardens, Blackpool Blackpool Blackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester... |
| 2008 | Cambridge | Ryan Lamb, Katie Armstrong (Durham) | Ivan Lubenko, Pippa Underwood (Oxford) | Winter Gardens, Blackpool Blackpool Blackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester... |
| 2007 | Cambridge | Ryan Lamb, Katie Armstrong (Durham) | Lev Kravchencko, Toni Isaacs (Bristol) | Winter Gardens, Blackpool Blackpool Blackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester... |
| 2006 | Cambridge | Paul Fannon, Vesna Kadelburg (Cambridge) | Alexander Hobbs, Samantha Jayatilaka (Imperial) | Guildford Spectrum |
| 2005 | Oxford | Nick Faull, Ju Min Wong (Oxford) | Arun Arumugam, Lisa Shen | Winter Gardens, Blackpool Blackpool Blackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester... |
| 2004 | Oxford | Paul Fannon, Vesna Kadelburg (Cambridge) | Nick Faull, Harriet Smith (Oxford) | Stoke-on-trent |
| 2003 | Oxford Cambridge, Cardiff (3 way tie) | Paul Fannon, Vesna Kadelburg (Cambridge) | Scott Bradley, Sarah Adams (Cambridge) | Watford |
| 2002 | Oxford | Martin Bird, Shelley Bird (Reading) | Igor Strukov, Rebecca Emmott (Sheffield) | Stoke-on-trent |
| 2001 | Oxford | Martin Bird, Shelley Bird (Reading) | Ellis Williams, Indika Gunaratne (Imperial) | Stoke-on-trent |
| 2000 | Cambridge | Martin Bird, Shelley Bird(Reading) | George Georghiou, Lucy Jones (Cambridge) | Guildford |
| 1999 | Imperial | S Richmond & J.Silmon-Clyde (Imperial) | Oxford | |
| 1998 | London | A Walker & S.E Long (Liv/York) | Manchester | |
| 1997 | Imperial | A Walker & J Killup (Liv) | London | |
| 1996 | Imperial | Mark Birchenough, Shannah Long (Liv/York) | UEA | |
| 1995 | Oxford | Mark Birchenough, Shannah Long (Liv/York) | Hull | |
| 1994 | Imperial | Mark Birchenough, Shannah Long (Liv/York) | Liverpool | |
| 1993 | Imperial | P Latter & H Schafer (Camb) | Imperial | |
| 1992 | Imperial | MC Bath & G Rydill (Liv) | Nottingham | |
| 1991 | Imperial | MC Robinson & CA Turner (B'ham) | Birmingham | |
| 1990 | Oxford | MC Robinson & CA Turner (Aston) | Hull | |
| 1989 | Cambridge | S Thompson & M Webber (Bristol | Southampton | |
| 1988 | Leeds | Liverpool | ||
| 1987 | Cambridge | Bristol | ||
| 1986 | Cambridge | Leicester | ||
| 1985 | Imperial | Cambridge | ||
| 1984 | Oxford | Warwick | ||
| 1983 | Oxford | Lancaster | ||
| 1982 | Oxford | Southampton | ||
| 1981 | Lancaster | Oxford | ||
| 1980 | Oxford | Cambridge | ||
| 1979 | Cambridge | Lancaster | ||
| 1978 | Liverpool | Liverpool | ||
| 1977 | Liverpool | Imperial | ||
| 1976 | Liverpool | Exeter | ||
| 1975 | Liverpool | Newcastle | ||
| 1974 | Liverpool | Imperial | ||
| 1973 | Leeds | Manchester | ||
| 1972 | Leeds | Liverpool | ||
| 1971 | Leeds | Leeds | ||
| 1970 | Manchester | Bristol | ||
| 1969 | Cambridge | |||
| 1968 | UCL | |||
| 1967 | Liverpool | |||
| 1966 | Liverpool | |||
| 1965 | Leicester | |||
| 1964 | Liverpool | |||
| 1963 | Manchester | |||
The Offbeat results are as follows:
2005 Imperial
2004 Sheffield
2003 Bristol
2002 Sheffield
2001 Cambridge
2000 London
1999 Essex
1998 Sheffield
1997 Imperial
1996 Bath
1995 Imperial
1994 Nottingham
1993 Imperial
1992 Manchester
1991 Bath
1974 Manchester
See also
- Ballroom danceBallroom danceBallroom dance refers to a set of partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world. Because of its performance and entertainment aspects, ballroom dance is also widely enjoyed on stage, film, and television....
- Inter Varsity Dance AssociationInter Varsity Dance AssociationThe Inter Varsity Dance Association is a non profit student, administrative organisation, which promotes dancing amongst UK university students...
- Competitive danceCompetitive danceCompetitive dance is a popular, widespread activity in which competitors perform dances in any of several permitted dance styles—such as acro, ballet, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, modern, and tap—before a common group of judges...
- Dance basic topics
- DanceDanceDance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
External links
- IVDA home page for more rules, dates and guidelines and to see which universities have representatives
- Dance Today Review
- European Students Dancesport Tournament
- Links to American Collegiate Dancesport
- IVDA 2008 results