Preston's Home of Dance - All Styles of Dance for All Ages

			Jason and Shemayne Parkinson have developed their dancing skills over many years to present you with a total dance experience, from expert tuition and British Championship winning choreography for both adults and children, through to promotions and event organisation.   If you are looking for a change of pace, a new lease of life or just to improve what you already know about dance, then Dance with Passion is your answer.  The Gallery has photographs and videos from events and competitions.   If you cannot find the information you are looking for on any of our website pages, please don't hesitate to contact us on Jason's mobile 0787 567 9193.  We will be very glad to help you.   If you're going to dance, then Dance with Passion.
*** Click on images to see enlarged dance timetables ***   The DWP Guarantee - If you have danced before, DWP guarantee to improve your dancing in one hour, or your money back.			September 2011 Preston Class Timetable

Contact

Jason's mobile: 0787 567 9193

Preston Dance with Passion Dance Studio, Olympia House, London Road, Preston, PR2 5AN

www.dancewithpassion.co.uk

Dance With-Passion

@dwppreston

Events

Saturday Social Night - Saturday 4th February 2012 - Every first Saturday of the month

DWP's Saturday Social Night at the DWP Dance Studio in Preston is on Saturday 4th February 2012.  Here's your chance to dance all your favourite Ballroom (Waltz, Quickstep, Foxtrot, Tango), Latin (Cha Cha Cha, Samba, Rumba), and sequence dances on one of the best dance floors in the area.  You've seen the Stars on Strictly, and with practice you can look just as good as them!  Your hosts, Jason and Shemayne, will be on hand to play all your favourite tunes.  Tell us what dances and music you want, and we'll be happy to play them.  An enjoyable and relaxing evening for everyone for £5.  Future dates: Saturday 3rd March 2012, Saturday 7th April 2012 and Saturday 5th May 2012.

Junior Formation

3rd Northern Masters Formation and Pairs Competition - 10th March 2012 - Kings Hall, Stoke

DWP and Starlite School of Dance present the 3rd Northern Masters Formation and Pairs Competition on Saturday 10th March 2012 at the Kings Hall, Stoke Town Hall, Stoke Civic Centre, top of Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 1HH.  There will competitions for Juveniles 4 and 8 couples, Juniors 4 and 8 couples and Adults 4 to 8 couples.  There will also be beginners categories for each section.  Tickets cost £13.

Jason & Shemayne Parkinson and Mark & Jayne Shutlar present
3rd Annual Northern Formation Masters
Saturday 10th March 2012
Kings Hall, Stoke Town Hall, Stoke Civic Centre, top of Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 1HH

A whole day of competitions for formation teams from around the country set in the fabulous Kings Hall, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire.
Open to all Schools.

1. Juvenile Beginners 4/8 couples
2. Junior Beginners 4/8 couples
3. Juvenile 4 couple
4. Junior 4 couple
5. Juvenile 6/8 couples
6. Junior 6/8 couples
7. Adult 4/8 couples

There will also be a selection of pairs competitions in Ballroom and Latin events to be confirmed soon.
Please have all entries (Formation only) and ticket requirements to us by 10th February 2012.
Judges to be announced.
Doors open at 9am.  Formation competitions start 10am.
Tickets £13.00.
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55th Blackpool Junior Dance Festival - 9th-15th April 2012 - Blackpool Winter Gardens

In 2012 the 55th Blackpool Junior Dance Championships is from Monday 9th April to Sunday 15th April 2012 at the Empress Ballroom in the Blackpool Winter Gardens.  The Blackpool Junior Dance Festival is the largest Junior dance Championships in the World for children aged 16 and under.  The Juvenile 8 Couple and Junior 4 Couple formation Championships are on Saturday 14th April 2012 and the Juvenile 4 Couple and Junior 8 Couple formation Championships are on Sunday 15th April 2012.  The Gallery has photographs of the DWP formations teams.

General Admission Tickets each day are Adults/Senior Citizen £20.50 and Children £15.50.  A Two Day Admission Ticket is available on Saturday and Sunday for Adults/Senior Citizen £34.00 and Children £24.00.  More information can be found at www.blackpooldancefestival.com. 

Future date: 1st - 8th April 2013.  

5th FTA Formation Competition - 12th-13th May 2012 - Wolverhampton Civic Hall

2011 FTA Formation Competition results are at www.easycompsoftware.com/results.asp

DWP Showcase - 10th June 2012 - DWP Dance Studio, Preston

The DWP Showcase at the DWP Dance Studio in Preston is on Sunday 10th June 2012.

17th Dance and Listen Awards Competition - 24th June 2012 - Watford

Adult Competitions

87th Blackpool Dance Festival - 24th May - 1st June 2012 - Blackpool Winter Gardens

The 87th Blackpool Dance Festival is being held at the Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool from Thursday 24th May to Friday 1st June 2012.  The Festival is one of the World's most prestigious dance festivals.  It covers Ballroom and Latin American dancing, incorporating the British Open Championships for Adult Amateur and Professional couples, plus Latin and Ballroom Formation Teams.  The Latin Formation competition is usually held on the last Friday of the Championships.  More information can be found at www.blackpooldancefestival.com.

British National Dance Championships - 15th-17th November 2012 - Blackpool Winter Gardens

The British National Dance Championships will run from Thursday 15th to Saturday 17th November 2012 at the Empress Ballroom in the Blackpool Winter Gardens.  The Latin Formation competition is usually held on the Thursday of the Championships.  More information can be found at www.blackpooldancefestival.com.  The 2011 results can be found at www.scrutelle.info/results/estelle/2011/111117_brit_nat/index.htm

Latest News - See our new Class Timetable

DWP Christmas Ball - Saturday 3rd December 2011- Photos of Daniele and Natasha

DWP's Christmas Ball at the DWP Dance Studio in Preston was on Saturday 3rd December 2011.  There was a Luxury Christmas Buffet and World Class Cabaret. Photos of Daniele Emiliani and Natasha Jackson, Under 21 Latin British National Finalists.  Photos of Gregor Rebula and Rachael Heron, British Professional Latin American Champions, performing at the Christmas Ball on Saturday 18th December 2010.  Gregor and Rachael are available for private tuition at the Dance Studio.  Call in at the Dance Studio Reception or call 0787 567 9193 to arrange lessons.

Dance-a-thon Challenge for Marie Curie Cancer Care - Sunday 20th November 2011 12 noon - 3pm - Blackpool Winter Gardens

Photos and videos from the event can be found on the Dance With-Passion Facebook page and the Marie Curie Cancer Care - North Events Facebook page www.facebook.com/mariecuriedoit4.

DWP are hosting a Dance-a-thon Challenge for Marie Curie Cancer Care on Sunday 20th November 2011 from 12 noon - 3pm at Blackpool Winter Gardens.  Over 3 hours you’ll be challenged with several different styles of dance including Zumba, cheerleading and pop choreography.  You don't have to master the moves - you just have to keep on moving!  The event is open to anyone aged 12 and over and it costs just £10 to register, and this includes a t-shirt.  There will be regular refreshment breaks.  For more information about Dance-a-thon Blackpool, contact the Events Team on 08700 340 040 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  You can register online at: www.mariecurie.org.uk/danceathon. 

DWP Street Teams win titles at Sanderson Competition

Congratulations to the DWP under 12s Street Feet team and under 18s Predators who both won titles at the Sanderson's Street competition.  We are now opening the doors to new members of our street teams, so get in touch in you are interested in joining our team.
 

Zumba every Monday and Thursday - Join the Party!

DWP is the home of Zumba in Preston with fully qualified Zumba teachers Jason and Joanne.  They will be holding some special Zumba workshops, meaning double the fun and double the party!  Zumba classes are every Monday at 8.30pm and every Thursday at 6pm and 8.15pm.  Beginners are especially welcome. Take a look at these Zumba video clips: What is Zumba?, Zumba Basic Steps Demo, Zumba Class.  More information on Zumba Fitness can be found at www.zumba.com

Latin formation teams -  New members welcome

Work has started on the new routines for all our Latin formation teams for Juveniles (11 and under), Juniors (12 to 16) and adults.  We are pleased to announce that this year's themes include Cirque du Soleil's "Viva Elvis", "Around the World" and "Glam Rock".  It promises to be a great year.  Our Juvenile 4 and 8 couple teams were the highest placed English teams at this year's British 'Open to the World' Championship.  We are still taking new members for all our teams.  So, whether you have done formation before, or fancy giving it a try, contact us at the studio if you are interested in joining our successful teams.  The Gallery has photographs of the DWP formations teams.

DWP Cheeleading Teams win titles at UKA Competition.

The DWP cheerleading teams has had continued success at the latest UKA Cheer competition at Blackpool Winter Gardens.  The DWP under 7s and DWP under 9s won the titles.  The DWP under 13s and DWP under 15s were runners up, and the DWP under 11s and the DWP Adults came 3rd place these.  These were a great set of results as all teams had new routines.  If you want to join our Cheer or Street teams then get in touch.

DWP on Facebook and Twitter

DWP can be found on Facebook at Dance With-Passion and Twitter @dwppreston.

DWP Summer Ball photos

Photos of Kyle Taylor and Polina Shklyaeva performing at the Summer Ball on Saturday 6th August 2011.

Intermediate Salsa with Mckenzie and Emma every Thursday 9pm

There is a new intermediate salsa class on Thursdays at 9pm with Mckenzie Young and Emma Sumner.  With the classes structured around leading and following, Mckenzie and Emma will be teaching the latest salsa turn patterns with style.  A Salsa and Bachata social dance follows after the class.

Strictly Come Dancing 2011

Get all the latest on your favourite dancers at Strictly Come Dancing.

2011 Blackpool Dance Festival

86th Blackpool Dance Festival - Including British Open Latin Formation Dancing Championships

Thursday 26th May - Friday 3rd June 2011

Blackpool Winter Gardens

The British Open Adult Latin Formation Dancing Championships was on Friday 3rd June 2011.

The teams are listed in alphabetical order.
Beijing Yan Ling Dance Academy
Fever’s Changes
Guangzhou Arts School
TDE Manchester
The Fever Latin Team Preston
The Forren School of Music Beijing
Idaho Ballroom Academy Black Team
Idaho Ballroom Academy Red Team
Idaho Ballroom Academy White Team
XS Latin Cambridge
Ystrad Fawr Latin Team

More details on the Blackpool Dance Festival, including ticket information can be found at www.blackpooldancefestival.com.

The official competition results are at www.scrutelle.info/results/estelle/2011/110526_blackpool/

Results and photos can be seen at www.blackpooldancefestival.net

In 2012 the Festival will run from Thursday 24th May to Friday 1st June 2012.

Wolverhampton FTA Formation Competition Photos

The Wolverhampton FTA Formation Competition photos from Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd May 2011 are available on www.simonjameswilliams.co.uk for a limited time.

F.T.A. Formation Competition, Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd May 2011 Results

Formation Teachers Alliance (FTA) Competition, Wolverhampton Civic Hall, North Street, Wolverhampton, WV11RQ.

The results are at www.easycompsoftware.com/results.asp

Saturday 21st May 2011

Sunday 22nd May 2011

Juv 4 Couple - Final
1st => 2 Dance Crazy Juv Team
2nd => 5 Dance Crazy Latino
3rd => 4 TNT Juv Team
4th => 1 Dance With Passion Lou Bega
5th => 3 Dance With Passion oh yeh
6th => 6 Windsor Candy

Juv 4 coup Rising Star - Final
1st => 1 Windsor Candy Team

Junior 6-8 Couple - Final
1st => 2 Dance Crazy Phantom
2nd => 4 TNT Junior Team
3rd => 3 Windsor 8 Couple Junior
4th => 7 Ystrad Fawr Bee Gees
5th => 6 Ystrad Fawr Fiesta
6th => 1 Dance With Passion The Beat
7th => 5 Starlite 40s Team

Junior 6-8 Couple Rising Star - Final
1st => 3 Ystrad Fawr Fiesta
2nd => 1 Ystrad Fawr Bee Gees
3rd => 2 Windsor 8 couple Junior

Adjudicators: Mathew Hearn, Gary Foster, Robert Barley, Brenda Gascoigne, Kevin Clapson (Sat), Tony Bennett (Sun).

Blackpool Junior Dance Festival Results - DWP Double English Champions 2011

Well done to all the DWP Juvenile and Junior Latin American formation teams who on Saturday 30th April and Sunday 1st May 2011 competed in the British 'Open to the World' Junior Formation Dance Championships at the 54th Blackpool Junior Dance Festival at the Empress Ballroom in the Blackpool Winter Gardens. 

DWP Juvenile 4 Couple Team - 'Lou Bega' came 5th out of 21 teams. Photos: 1st Round. Semi-Final. Final.
DWP Juvenile 4 Couple Team - 'Oh Yeah' came 9th out of 21 teams. Photos: 1st Round. Semi-Final.
DWP Juvenile 8 Couple Team - 'Italia' came 4th out of 15 teams. Photos: 1st Round. Semi-Final. Final.
DWP Junior 4 Couple Team - 'Happy Feet' came 7th out of 26 teams (just missing getting in the final). Photos: Rehearsal. 1st Round. Semi-Final.
DWP Junior 8 Couple Team - 'The Beat' came 10th out of 21 teams. Photos: Rehearsal. 1st round. Semi-Final.

Photos: Sunday Evening Dancing.

In both the Juvenile 4 Couple and Juvenile 8 Couple competitions DWP were the highest placed English team!  Many congratulations to all the Juveniles for being English Champions twice!  This is a fabulous result. As usual, the talented Welsh dance schools dominated the finals.  

Very well done to our Juniors, with the DWP Junior 4 Couple Team - 'Happy Feet' just missing out on getting to the final by 1 place.  The DWP Junior 8 Couple Team - 'The Beat' danced phenomenally well, but were competing against other Dance Schools who were fielding multiple teams and had dancers sometimes much older than our own, including a team from Hungary.

Jason and Shemayne are very proud of all the Juveniles and Juniors and would like to thank all the parents, family and friends who all year have given their support that has enabled DWP to be double English Champions in 2011.

The full results can be found on

www.scrutelle.info/results/estelle/2011/110425_british_jnr/index.htm

You may need to refresh your web page to see the latest results.  The DWP teams competed in the following competitions (B/L stands for Ballroom/Latin) :

Event 61 - F Juvenile B/L 6-8 Couple Formation (Saturday)
Event 62 - F1 Junior B/L 4-Couple Formation (Saturday)
Event 63 - G Juvenile B/L 4-Couple Formation (Sunday)
Event 64 - G1 Junior B/L 6-8 Couple Formation (Sunday)

Background Information on Scoring system used

In the first two rounds (first round and semi-final) each of the nine judges are allowed to award up to 20 marks giving a total of 180 marks.  A performance with no mistakes would be awarded 180 marks.  Depending on the number of teams in competition, either the top 9 or 12 teams then go through to semi-final (or Round 2) where again each judge again awards up to 20 marks and the best 6 teams go into the final.  No marks from the first round count towards the second round.

The marking in the final is different to the previous two rounds.  In the final each judges has to rank each team in order and all the judges' rankings are then combined together using the 'Skating System' to achieve a final set of results.  The  'Skating System' is complicated, but in general terms with nine judges, a majority of 5 best places is used to decide the overall winner.  For instance if a team got five 1st placings they would be the winners.  However, if two teams each got four 1st placing each, the winners would be based on the team with the most 2nd placings, and so on.  This means that a team need five good placings, and their lowest four are less important unless teams tie.

View the results to see which Strictly Come Dancing Champion put DWP Juvenile 4 Lou Bega 1st and DWP Juvenile 8 Italia 2nd.  You've always been our favourite Karen Hardy!

British Junior Dance Festival competition results

2011 www.scrutelle.info/results/estelle/2011/110425_british_jnr/index.htm

2010 www.scrutelle.info/results/estelle/2010/british_junior_2010/index.htm

2009 www.scrutelle.info/results/estelle/2009/british_junior/index.htm 

Official photographs

The official photographs are at www.danceimages.co.uk.  

Photos from previous Blackpool Junior Dance Festivals

2010 photos: DWP Juvenile 4 Couple team - Lou Bega.  DWP Juvenile 7 Couple team - Italia.  DWP Junior 4 Couple team - Strictly Ballroom.  DWP Junior 8 Couple team - The Beat.

2009 photos: DWP Teams, DWP Juvenile 4 Couple Team, DWP Juvenile 6 Couple Team - Italia, DWP Junior 4 Couple Team - Happy Feet, DWP Junior 4 Couple Team - The Beat, DWP Junior 8 Couple Team - Cuba and Saturday Evening dancing.

Competition Results

UKA Cheerleading Competition - Sunday 10th April 2011 - Blackpool Winter Gardens

Congratulations to the DWP Cheerleading teams who competed at the Sandersons UKA Cheerleading Competition at the Blackpool Winter Gardens on Sunday 10th April 2011.  The DWP teams once again produced another set of impressive results.
DWP Under 7s team – Champions
DWP Under 9s team – Champions
DWP Under 13s team – 3rd
DWP Under 15s team – Runners-up
DWP Adult team – 3rd
Well done also to all the DWP solo successes.

Northern Masters - Saturday 19th March 2011 - Kings Hall, Stoke-on-Trent

DWP and Starlite co-hosted the 2nd Northern Masters Formation and Pairs Competition at the Kings Hall, Stoke Town Hall, Stoke Civic Centre, Stoke-on-Trent on Saturday 19th March 2011.  Congratulations to all the DWP Latin American formation teams.

DWP Juvenile 4 Couple 'Oh Yeah' team - Champions. Photos.

DWP Juvenile 4 Couple 'Lou Bega' team - Runners-up. Photos.

DWP Juvenile 8 Couple 'Italia' team - Champions. Photos.

DWP Junior 4 Couple 'Happy Feet' team - Champions. Photos.

DWP Junior 8 Couple 'The Beat' team - Runners-up. Photos.

DWP Adult 4 Couple 'The Race' team - Champions. Photos.

Street Competition - Blackpool Tower Ballroom

DWP had a great day at the recent Street competition at Blackpool Tower.

DWP Street feet Under 10s - Champions
DWP Predators Under 14s - Runners up
There were also lots of champions and trophy winners in set dance freestyle and duos.  Congratulations to everyone.

Sandersons Cheerleading Competition - Sunday 6th March 2011 - Blackpool Tower Ballroom

Gallery

The Gallery has photographs and videos from events and competitions.

World Latin Formation Championship 2010, Moscow

Videos by Joleg27384 and InterDanceRu of teams in 2010 World Latin Formation Championship in Moscow on Saturday 30th October 2010.   

Employment opportunities

Competition Results

Results from competitions at Blackpool, Watford and Reading.

Facebook groups

Dance With-Passion is DWP's Facebook group with all the latest class and event information.

dance with passion are the best! - Photographs and videos from events and competitions from 2007 onwards.

Dance With Passion to win blackpool '10 - 2010 competitions photographs and videos