DanceSport Capacity Building Camp took off youth Dance Athletes Choice to begin the year 2024
The Uganda DanceSport Federation recently held a successful capacity-building camp in Fort Portal Tourism City at Nyakasura School. The camp was the 2nd edition and ran from 10th-14th January 2024. Over 231 students and 57 Physical Education teachers attended and participated in various activities. The camp lasted for four days and saw the participants equipped […]
Best DanceSport Schools Male and Female Student of the Year 2023 USSSA Awards
The Uganda Secondary Schools Sports Association (USSSA) recently held their inaugural Excellence Awards ceremony at the Imperial Royal Hotel in Kampala. This event was established to recognize and celebrate the achievements of the Most Valuable Athletes of the year 2023 in secondary schools Sports across Uganda. Breaking, Popping, Afro and Hip hop Crews DanceSport Battles, […]
UDSF National Youth Capacity Building Camp 2024
UDSF is delighted to announce the 2nd Annual Capacity Building Camp, which will take place from January 10th-14th, 2024 at Nyakasura School in Fort Portal Tourism City, Tooro Kingdom, Uganda. The camp aims to promote talent development, environmental protection, and sustainability objectives. The theme for this year’s camp is “Dance Green, Protect Environment”, which highlights […]
History of Breaking-DanceSport
Breaking is an urban dance style that originated in the Bronx borough of New York in the 1970s. Breaking the Mould Breaking, also known as break dancing, is a form of street dance. The earliest proponents of breaking were Black and Puerto Rican youths who formed crews who would compete in dance battles on the […]
The first National Secondary School DanceSport Championship Ever.
The highly anticipated first National Secondary School DanceSport Championship was one of a kind. Taking place wholly in Lira City at Dr Obote Secondary School and St. Katherine Secondary School, the sports inaugural competition was rich in skill, character, personality, Musicality from the 76 Athletes attached to 9 schools (St. Andrew Kaggwa Gombe High School, […]
UDSF DanceSport International Progress
INTRODUCTION UDSF is relatively the youngest Sports Federation in Uganda with only 4 years old as a national body recognized by NCS and UOC to develop and promote DanceSport. Following the last 3 years where focus was only on local sensitization and creating of awareness of DanceSport to the local population in all 9 regions […]
Dance Cranes set to compete at the Breaking for Gold World Series in Montpelier – France
The first Breaking For Gold World Series will be held this month in France on the occasion of the International Festival of Extreme Sports at Rive du Lez in Montpellier, from May 25 to 29, 2022. The World DanceSport Federation-WDSF issued series of qualification Breaking battles named “Breaking for Gold World Series” aimed at enabling […]
DanceSport Receives Positive Reception at the USSSA Secondary School Games 2022.
INTRODUCTION USSSA Secondary School Games have existed long enough before the initiation of DanceSport in Uganda. It has been at these Games that Students in secondary schools compete in different DanceSport disciplines. That noted, the USSSA Secondary School Games 2022 in Gulu City witnessed the showcase of an extremely exciting and attractive brand new […]
Uganda DanceSport Federation Road to National Recognition
Unlike at the international level where DanceSport has long been appreciated , locally dance is still widely interpreted as nothing close to a sport. However this is drastically changing following the initiation of Uganda DanceSport Federation in mid-2018. UDSF was and is still faced with a challenging task to create awareness about dance as a […]
DanceSport invitation for Secondary Schools to Compete at the USSSA Games 2022
Following official communication by the Uganda Secondary Schools Sports Association (USSSA) in conjunction with the Association of Secondary Schools Head Teachers in Uganda (ASSHU) and the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) inviting secondary schools in Uganda to participate in the DanceSport competitive showcase set to take place at St Joseph`s College Layibi in Gulu […]
Journalists Get To Know More About DanceSport As Federation Release Year Activity Calendar
In their struggle to make DanceSport a house discipline in the Pearl of Africa, the Uganda DanceSport Federation did hold a media clinic at their own home in Nankulabye on Thursday, 27th, January 2022. Though they have been moving places in different parts of the country, most ugandans, Journalists inclusive, they have mentality that dance […]
DanceSport Braces for Athletes Licensing, Judges Coaching Course
Uganda DanceSport Federation (UDSF) has embarked on a licensing program for athletes poised to feature in any of the upcoming international qualifying competitions and World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) organized games. The Licensing program will serve as a tool for both the development and benchmarking of professional dancers who will have to comply with certain criteria […]