Whitfords Ballroom Dance Group
Meet Mitzi Jane, our mascot, who likes to sit on the stage and watch our dancers. She is also quite partial to the odd small treat and a pat!
Happy new Year 2025
We hope every one enjoyed their xmas break and are ready for sequenced dancing in 2025. The next dance is on 15th January at 09.30 in the Whitfords seniors main hall.
Our dance program is currently quite small and this is intentional to give peope the chance to learn our basic dances. We intend to increase the number of dances slowly to give everyone the chance to familiarise themselves with the sequences.
Please make sure you talk to the organisers and let us know what you like and what you do not like.
Our Mission
We hope to provide enjoyment and friendship through the medium of Ballroom dancing
We meet in the main hall of the Whitfords Senior Citizens Centre every Wednesday at 9.30 AM.
At each dance we follow our 15 minute tea break with a short demonstration of
a recently introduced dance or revision of one which may have involved some difficulty.
Our weekly dances are chosen from the current dance list shown below.
The next dance program can be viewed by clicking the “NEXT DANCE” program at the bottom of this page.
a list of our current dances
WALTZ
Catherine
Emerdale
Engagement
Rose Lane
Tracie Leigh
FOXTROT
Carousel
Glenroy
Merrilyn
Metro
SAUNTER
Heathers’
Lemare
Red Rose
Together
BLUES
Balmoral
Barclay
Crystal
Floral
RUMBA
Beguine
Galaxy
QOHearts
CHA CHA
El Tel
Fiesta
Sally Anne
QUICKSTEP
Mayfair
Jubilee
Ripple
TANGO
Sereda
Solaire
Terrific
MISC
Blueberry
Cindy
Gypsy
Spindle
Hey Mambo
Mambo Magic
Alp Stroll
Barn Dance
our proposed dances For Addition to the list
WALTZ
Alpha Waltz
New Vogue
Winscar
Killarney
Lucille
FOXTROT
Excelesior
Joyette
Stardust
SAUNTER
BLUES
RUMBA
Serenata
CHA CHA
QUICKSTEP
Crystal
Kew
TANGO
Carnival
La Bomba
MISC
Ballroom Dancing for Adults. Is this Beneficial?
There have been a number of studies conducted by credible organizations concerning the importance of continuing to exercise as we age. One activity was cited as particularly beneficial and this was ballroom dancing. In fact ballroom dancing was shown to be potentially advantageous for people of all ages.
Dance therapy is a creative arts therapy that has been defined by the American Dance Therapy Association as “the psychotherapeutic use of movement to further the emotional, cognitive, physical, and social integration of the individual.”
Cross-sectional studies have shown that older adults who dance on a regular basis have greater flexibility, postural stability, balance, physical reaction time, and cognitive performance than older adults who do not dance on a regular basis.
Indeed each of us who has taken up ballroom dancing has found that it has been
beneficial in developing social skills and in building up a circle of friends. If
this is important to you please look in on us and consider taking up dancing with us.