Welcome to wheelchairdance.co.uk, home of the Concorde Wheelchair Dancers and the UK Wheelchair Dance Directory.

The Concorde Wheelchair Dancers are a Bristol dance team with members representing all ages and many disabilities.

We are the reigning Regional 2005 and National 2006 Wheelchair Dance Festival champions, and are always on the lookout for new recruits! If you can propel your own wheelchair - whether manual or electric - and share our passion for team-based dancing, regardless of your disability, age or experience, we'd like to hear from you. Check out the information on this website, and if you're interested, send us an email or give our chairperson, Julia, a call on 01173 009615.

Apart from practicing every Monday evening (except Bank Holidays) from 7.30 - 9.30pm at Page Hall, Staple Hill, Bristol, we enjoy national festivals and competitions, fund-raisers and fun days, and perform at demonstration events across the region and beyond.

This website is also home to the brand new UK Wheelchair Dance Directory, an in-development resource intended for wheelchair dancers to find or start up teams in their local area.

Make www.wheelchairdance.co.uk your home for the latest information about the Concordes, and wheelchair dancing across the UK!

All the best,

Rob Chilcott

Concordes Marketing and Recruitment

The Concordes in brief

Over a dozen dancers in wheelchairs, all ages and disabilities
Dance tutor with over 10 years' experience
Weekly practices
Demonstration and fundraising events across the country
National Wheelchair Dance Festival reigning champions
Featured in the BBC 1 documentary, "One Life: Dancing on Wheels", April 2007
Formation ballroom dancing for both wheelchair users and able-bodied partners

Watch our promotional video on YouTube

View our Photo Gallery (updated 3 Jan 2008)

Sign up to our email newsletter

Help spread the word of Wheelchair Dance in the UK by downloading:

Our Promotional Poster (A4, pdf format)

Our Promotional Leaflet (A4, pdf format)

wheelchairdance.co.uk is proud to be listed on Ableize - Disability and Disabled Arts, a disability directory including adult and children's disability art such as wheelchair dancing, music, theatre groups and visual arts.

Also find us at www.thewheellife.com

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UPDATE: 12 February, 2008

UK Wheelchair Dance Directory Updated: the Directory is pleased to welcome the first registered individual to its list. If you're in the Worthing / West Sussex area and you want to get involved with wheelchair dancing, check out the Directory right away.

News Update: 11 February, 2008
UK Wheelchair Dance Directory Updated: another update of Directory details today, this time for the Funky Fifers. View the current Directory of UK wheelchair dancers here.

News Update: 9 February, 2008
Concordes Membership Details Updated: Unfortunately, due to the pressure of rising hall hire costs, the Concordes have had to increase some membership charges. As always, the latest details can be found on the team information page.

News Update: 29 January, 2008
UK Wheelchair Dance Directory Updated: just a quick change to the Directory today, for the New Wheelies. View the current Directory of UK wheelchair dancers here.

News Update: 21 January, 2008
Forthcoming Changes at wheelchairdance.co.uk: In the next few weeks, you'll see some big changes on this website, as we'll be providing an online home to the Wheelchair Dance Association of Great Britain! With more details about wheelchair dance teams across the UK (being an expanded Directory), you'll be able to read the latest news about wheelchair dancing in your area. Check back soon, or sign up to our free email newsletter for updates here.

News Update: 3 January, 2008
Christmas and New Year update: Since the webmaster here has been away for the whole of the Christmas and New Year period (exhausted by family, now glad to be back behind the computer), updates have been disappointingly thin on the ground. However, we've now added over a dozen new pictures to our gallery of the Concordes last practice session in December 2007, so check them out if you want to see more of the Concordes in their cool new uniform. In December, we also had the pleasure of welcoming Tiffany, another youngster, into our ranks, as well as the pleasantly surprising return of Michelle, who was a youngster herself when she last danced with the Concordes! Ending 2007 with two new members, we hope the trend will continue into 2008, so if you're interested in starting wheelchair dancing, why not read all about it on wheelchairdance.co.uk?

Wheelchair Users Invited to Hit the Ice in Record Numbers: On another festive note, we at wheelchairdance.co.uk were intrigued to receive a press release about an attempt for wheelchair users to feature in the next Guiness Book of Records - simply by hitting the ice. On Saturday the 19th of January, 11am at the Eden Project in St Austell, Cornwall, amputee Leanne Grose will be coordinating a (hopefully) record-breaking number of wheelchair users on ice. Leanne says, "There are not many opportunities for people in wheelchairs to get involved in exercise and set world records, I wanted to do something which every wheelchair user could join in with and have fun. Being on the ice at the Eden Project is a wonderful experience and the whole place is just great. I'm sure everybody who takes part will get a real buzz from it." If you're not tempted enough just to enter the record books, all wheelchair users and their carers who take part are promised free entry into the Eden Project for the day, along with a special certificate to mark the occasion of the record attempt. For more information, or to book your place on the day, take a look at Leanne's website.

News Update: 13 November, 2007

Wheelchair Dance Directory Update: The Directory welcomes New Wheelies of Scotland! Click here to browse the UK Wheelchair Dance Directory.

Meet the Concorde Wheelchair Dancers of Bristol: Don't forget, the Concordes will be fund raising at Morrison's Supermarket in Yate, Bristol, all day on this coming Saturday, 17 November. Why not meet the team, dig deep and donate!

News Update: 30 October, 2007

Wheelchair Dance Directory Update: The Directory welcomes High Spirits Wheelchair Line Dancing of Taunton, and Thameside of Southend on Sea! Once again, if you're interested in wheelchair dancing and live around about those areas, you can read all the team details in the UK Wheelchair Dance Directory.

News Update: 27 October, 2007

Wheelchair Dance Directory Update: The Directory welcomes Wallace Co of Renfrewshire, Scotland. If you're in that area, head on over to the Directory to check out their details.

News Update: 21 October, 2007

Wheelchair Dance Directory Update: The Directory welcomes the Funky Fifers of Scotland! Click here to view all teams in the Directory, and if your team is not listed (or you are an individual with an interest in wheelchair dancing who wants to meet up with like-minded people) why not add your details to the Directory? NB Please try to include an email address and telephone number if you are adding your details to the Directory. If the Funky Fifers have any further contact details, please send me an email so that I can update them.

News Update: 8 October, 2007

Fun Day: Saturday 6 October was a busy day for wheelchair dancing, as the Concordes hosted the 2007 National Wheelchair Dance Fun Day, open to all wheelchair dancers in the UK. Click here to read our special report from the event.

A big thank-you to BBC Radio Bristol for mentioning the Fun Day on their morning show.

From 'Fun' to 'Funds': The Concordes will be fund-raising on 17th November 2007 at Morrison's Supermarket in Yate, Bristol (click here for a map and directions ). Our team will be hanging around with collection tins at the main doors throughout the day, so come along and meet the dancers, ask questions, and most importantly - dig deep and donate!

The All-New wheelchairdance.co.uk launches: Yes, we know we're up to our third new-look, but this one was necessary to include the UK Wheelchair Dance Directory and to reflect the Concordes new colour scheme and logo (which has been liberally pasted all over this website). We hope you like the new, new-look. A lot of the unnecessary waffle has been cut, with just two pages about the Concordes to read through; but that doesn't mean the regular updates will stop, since we still plan to have a Frequently Asked Questions section, polls and other opportunities for our readers to interact with the world of UK Wheelchair Dancing. Who knows, we may finally add team member profiles in the coming weeks! If you have any suggestions for content, or news about wheelchair dancing, please share it with us.