This website was created as a tribute to a very special lady named Beverly Weurding.

Beverly's motivation to bring wheelchair dancingt to the disable community here in San Diego, started an avalanche of ideas, benefits and services that will be available to physically challenge individuals.

Absolutely DanceSport is proud to honor her as a pioneer in bringing wheelchair dancing for the first time to San Diego, California.

Wheelchair DanceSport is a partner dance competition and Dancesport where at least one dancers is in a wheelchair.

Wheelchair dancers participate in combi-style dancing with an able-bodied partner or duo dance with two wheelchairs. Standard dances include the waltz, tango, Viennese waltz, slow foxtrot and quickstep.

Latin-American dances include the samba, cha-cha-cha, rumba, paso doble and jive. In 1977, the first international competition in Wheelchair Dance Sport is governed by the International Paralympic Wheelchair Dance Sport Committee (IPWDSC) following the modified rules of the International DanceSport Federation (IDSF) and is widely practiced by athletes in many countries.

Wheelchair dancing is a popular social and recreational activity, with more than 5,000 dancers in over 40 countries. The physical benefits of wheelchair dancing is to assists with the maintenance of physical balance, flexibility, range of motion, coordination, and it enhances respiratory control. The psychological effects of ballroom dancing is social interaction and the development of relationships.

For social dancers, it is an opportunity to engage in a fun and a friendly event with others. For competitors, it assist in the development of fair play, sportsmanship and communication skills. Wheelchair dancing is an activity that integrates the wheelchair user and able-bodied person.

Absolutely DanceSport will open its doors wide open to the disable community starting August 5th, 2008.
Please give us a call to see how we can be of service to you!
Feel free to visit our sister website with videos and daily information regarding this new service in San Diego. http://www.wheelchairdancesport.tv

Dancingly Yours,

William Valencia
Dance Director