What do we do? and what is our focus?
NEW CYCLE OF CLASSES STARTING THIS 21st of FEBRUARY.
- NO PERTNER NEEDED
- FREE FIRST CLASS
- THREE STYLES THREE LEVELS TO CHOOSE
- GREAT ENVIRONMENT
Our society is dedicated to integrating the community within UCC by incentivising everyone interested in dancing in participating in our activities. Our goal is to construct a broad community that includes staff, students, and Cork communities. We want to distinguish from other societies and clubs dedicated to dancing by allowing activities dedicated to staff members and including dance styles rooted from afro Latin styles. By considering these styles, we hope to bring the interest of everyone, creating a fun and welcoming environment.
The society is non-lucrative and fosters the run of activities without generating income. Nevertheless, subscriptions or participation fees are requested to pay for expenses involved in executing activities. This information is transparent for our members, and all collected funds (from our members or collaborations) will be used for performing additional activities (workshops and end-of-year activities) and donations. We hope you are interested in participating with us, so do not hesitate to contact us!!.
For information related to registering and participating in our activities, visit the FAQs and Registration site.
Vanessa Ruan - Bachata Teacher
Vanessa was a mathematics teacher in China; nevertheless, she has always had a strong passion for dancing. Since she was a small child, she has been dancing Chinese traditional dance (for more than 20 years), helping her build a strong dance foundation. Six years ago, she started her Bachata journey from Shanghai. Then, four years ago, she moved to Cork but never stopped developing her skills by attending several classes and workshops. She kept her dance routine every day and has an open mind to learn different types of dance. She profoundly believes there is no boundary between dancers as we all have the same language -- body language from the bottom of our hearts.
2020 and 2021 were highly challenging for all the dancers; with things starting to get better and dancing is back, Vanessa is super excited and cannot wait to share her passion and knowledge of dancing with you.
Anya Charushina - Lady Style and Corporality Teacher
Anya Charushina is originally Russian from Lithuania. She used to work as an acrobatic, acro-yoga, choreographer teacher in the acrobatic, gymnastic schools of Lithuania and Ireland for many years but later discovered her passion in African dance Kizomba through Latin Dancing Scene. She found a way to combine two different fields between strict sport and playful dance, where she was able to bring her knowledge and skills into social dancing, engage with the dancing community and find immense joy with her new interest.
Anya was dedicated to the new dance, culture, and community for the last 6 years, attended several national and international workshops, festivals with top leading teachers and dancers. In addition, she organized individual stretching, flexibility, body awareness & isolation classes for ladies and supported the local events.
Since 2021, after a pandemic period, she started to work on the new dancing concept and program with classes for the couple dance where she was able to share her additional knowledge in human behaviour, mindfulness, psychosomatic apart from the main focus on the dancing and deep interest to save Kizomba Dance in the Irish Dancing Scene.
More information about her works, contributions, and dedication can be found throughout the news section of the UCC dance society.
Eduardo Vyhmeister - Salsa Teacher
Eduardo is a Chilean staff member at UCC at the School of Computer Science and Information Technology. His beginning in the dancing is rooted within his family. Nevertheless, his focus as a passion started about ten years ago. Eduardo has participated in several salsa congresses and festivals that have allowed him to achieve a deep understanding of salsa musicality and techniques. In order to continue with his passion, he is currently focused into drive a dance society at UCC that will allow integration of Latin dances styles within UCC. His primary focus is on salsa, but he also is interested in Bachata.
Nacim and Magda - Kizomba Teachers
Nacim and Magda started their dance journey seven years ago, always focusing on kizomba. They have been teaching and performing their style for around four years. They are enchanted with the opportunity to teach at the UCC dance society and share their knowledge with our staff and students.
