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

Latest News & Events

5 August 2008 : UK wheelchair dance directory updated
New details for the High Spirits team of Taunton.

10 July 2008 : a big thank-you to more funding
The Concordes send out a big THANK YOU to Co-operative Membership Community Fund, who generously donated to our charity - their money will help the team with travel costs to the National Wheelchair Dance Festival to be held in November. Thanks! (Certificate, left, enlarges when clicked.)

7 July 2008 : the Concordes establish more links with... well, Concorde
Last week we enjoyed a visit from the Admin Manager of Concorde at Filton's visitor centre - where some of the legendary Concorde aeroplane was designed and built. They very kindly donated to us a new team badge - click the picture by this story for a closer look - which matches our uniform just perfectly! Many thanks to Concorde at Filton. Hopefully we'll have some more Concorde-related news/photos soon.

17 June 2008: Photos of our recent demonstration event, held during the Vassall Centre's Open Day at 6pm on Wednesday 11 June, are now available here in our gallery. Much fun was had by those in our team able to participate on the day, and also the generous audience who turned up to cheer us on!

11 June 2008: A big thank-you to the John James Bristol Foundation for their recent kind donation to our team. Read more about the Foundation, and the good work they do, at www.johnjames.org.uk.

Forthcoming Events: Wheelchair Dance Association National Festival at the Hilton Hotel, Blackpool - Saturday 8 November 2008.

Who are the Concordes?

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 17 Jun 2008)

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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

wheelchairdance.co.uk is glad to support The Vassall Centre Trust, providing barrier-free access to disabled people.