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Leeds University Union Ballet Society is a long-established and thriving community with over 200 members who come together to stay fit, enhance their technique, perform, and connect with new friends. We welcome anyone with an interest in ballet, no matter their experience level, offering classes from complete beginner to advanced. As a growing society, our goal is to provide the best possible experience for our members, and we were proud to be recognized for this by winning LUU's Best Dance Society award last year.

Weekly classes are held on campus within purpose built studios with sprung floors, mirrors and barres. Our professional teachers support and coach our dancers, providing challenging but fun material throughout the year. Descriptions of the classes we provide can be found in the section ‘Files’ under ‘LUU Ballet Society Class Descriptions’. Our Semester 1 Timetable will be uploaded here before the beginning of term once timings have been confirmed!

Performance and Competitions 

We have two award winning competitions teams, who travel to universities in Semester 2 to compete against different universities. Our teams did amazingly well at our 2024 competition season and we can’t wait to see how they do next year!

In 2024:

Advanced Team:  1st Leeds, 2nd York, 3rd Nottingham

Intermediate Team: 1st Leeds, 2nd LJMU, 3rd York, 3rd Nottingham 

Our competition teams give our dancers the opportunity to travel across the North of England to perform in front of other talented  dancers and further improve their performance skills in a challenging, but supportive environment. Auditions for our team will be held in the first few weeks of term. Please note, all competition dancers will need to take part in a technique class. 

In addition to our competition teams, we have two show teams. In 2024 our show teams performed two beautiful pieces in both the LUU Dance Show and our annual Ballet Show. There are no auditions for our show teams but all members must take a technique class alongside their show class. Due to popular demand we are adding a third show team for the 2024/25 year!

Our annual Ballet Show takes place in Semester 2. All dancers in our society are given the opportunity to take part in this, and routines are taught in our weekly classes in the weeks leading up to the show. Last year's show was titled ‘The Library’, and dances were based on famous books. The show is a great opportunity to show friends and family what we have learnt in the year. To see videos of our previous show routines, head over to our Youtube channel, LUU Ballet!

Socials

Our socials are open to all our members, and occur every other Wednesday. We have a mix of drinking and sober socials, where you are guaranteed to have a great time and meet lots of friends. In the last few years we’ve had nights out at Revs and Mischief, laser quest, pottery painting, Christmas meals, and even discounted ballet theatre trips!

We also host multiple charity events each year, including our Danceathon, sponsored hike and charity pub quiz. The Danceathon is our biggest fundraising event which is open to everyone (not just our members), where we hold many dance classes throughout the week. We collaborate with many of the amazing dance societies at LUU to provide a wide variety of dance styles. It’s always an amazing way to try new styles while raising money/items for charity! In 2023, we collected donations for Star at Leeds (Student Action for Refugees), an incredible charity at LUU and won Best Charity Fundraiser. We managed to collect over 100 non-perishable items which we hope will make a difference to many locals.  

Details of all our socials will be posted on our members facebook page ‘LUU Ballet Society 24/25 Members’. Make sure you request to join this group after purchasing your membership!

Insurance

Please be aware that you do not have personal accident insurance cover related to this activity. If you would like any cover, please seek this individually. You can enquire with Endsleigh and Sports Cover Direct if required. 

Contact us at luuballet@hotmail.com.

Follow us on our socials for updates.