For those of you travelling with us to Rome next week, there have been some updates to the dancesport website that will be huge interest to you.

 In the month of June Marianka Swain speaks to many of the UK and European dancers who compete here in National mainstream dance competitions as same sex couple and get their perspective on the highs and lows, the win and the challenges we still face... Read more below.

Photography: Jonathan Alk

UKSSDC Practice Sessions @ Bishopsgate Institute

If you wish to view the results of the 2019 Pink Jukebox Trophy finals then please click the link below directly to Easycomp:

Pink Jukebox Trophy - FINALS 

If you missed reading up on Marianka Swain's articles in the Dancing Times for 2018 then please see the invidiual links below. There are some FANTASTIC articles sharing our community's experiences over the past year:

Many of our UKSSDC members and friends were present at the 2018 Nordic Open in Vantaa on 30th December, followed by a celebration with our wider European Same Sex Dance family at their New Year Ball in Helsinki on 31st.

Dear Members & Friends

Please remember to pay your annual membership for 2019. You can either pay via BACS or in cash to Tom Dane (Treasurer) or one of our other committee members (see committee page for further details).

There are two types of membership:

Saturday 6thOctober brought us the 14thAnnual UK Fun Competition at the delightful Rivoli Ballroom in South East London. This year, a staggering 90 entrants participated in this fun packed afternoon of ballroom, Latin, sequence and line dancing, some of them for the very first time!

Rainbow Evidanse are pleased to announce that Le Rendez Vous 2019 will be held at the Gymnase Japy on Saturday 18th May 2019. They are excited to welcome you back to the same venue as the 10. Gay Games and will again have the following categories for Men, Women and Mixed Couples:

We are pleased to announce that the TSC. Contakt Equality Tournament will be part of the Duessel-Cup, the Gay and Lesbian Multisport event in Duesseldorf. (This is part of their preparation for the Eurogames in 2020).

We are delighted that both our members and supporters did fantastically well at the recent 10. Gay Games in Paris. We have carefully collated all of your results and you can read all about your collective achievements using the link below.

THE UK FUN COMPETITION

Just a few weeks left to REGISTER:

The 2018 Pink Jukebox Trophy will take place at the Rivoli Ballroom on Saturday 17th February 2018.

To comply with current equality legislation for 2018, we have formed the Pink Jukebox Trophy Association.

HOLD THE DATE: Monday 4th December 2018

Venue: London Sport, 190 Great Dover Street, London, SE1 4YB

Photography: Yanni Huang

Story by the United Kingdom Same Sex Dance Council

Photography: Henri T