Young’s Academy and the Supadance League
What is The Supadance League and how are we involved?
The League is a National League for Medallist Ballroom and Latin American Dancers. It is a team event divided into five separate sections:
Juvenile (Under 12’s)
Junior (Under 16’s)
Adult (16 and over)
Over 35’s
All Ladies
There are nine events held through out the year in the North West Area League, which is the League that we compete in. The Ninth event is the Finals event, usually held in Blackpool in December. This is where all the schools in the country compete against each other.
We have been competing in the Northwest area league since 2015 and the 2022 season was our most successful season so far. We have a Juvenile, Junior, All Ladies, Adult and Over 35’s Team, see photo’s below.
The League has been running for over thirty years and is an National invitational inter-school medalist team competition. Each school enters a minimum of three teams, with four couples in each team, split into Juveniles (under 12's) Juniors (12-15) Adults (Over 16), Over 35's and All Ladies. The schools compete against each other for eight events during the year followed by a big finals weekend usually in Blackpool in December.
We were very honoured to be invited to join the league in 2015, and have had some success so far, gradually building teams in numbers and ability. Many start as beginners.
We are aiming to continue building our team membership this year. Like anything team related there is a level of commitment required and Supadance have some simple rules to follow.
Dancers must have taken an examination in ballroom and Latin in the past twelve months.
Juniors and Juveniles must attend at least one of our training session per week, come to the usual classes and have one private lesson.
Adults must commit to a regular weekly private lesson and regular Saturday evening competitors practice.