Wheelchair Dancing...
News... On August 1st Absolutely DanceSport certifies in wheel chair dancing!
Absolutely DanceSport is officially the 1st dance studio to bring wheelchair dancing to the California disabled Community.
This website was created as a tribute to a very special lady named Beverly Weurding.
Beverly's motivation to bring wheelchair dancing to the disable community here in San Diego, started an avalanche of ideas, benefits and services that are now available to physically challenged 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 of the 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 was 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 opened its doors to the disable
community on August 5th, 2008.
Please give us a call to see how we can be of service to
you!
We can work with all kinds of manual and power chairs, all
types of disabilities and most of all with any disabled
individual.
Our goal is to reach 1 million wheelchair users by Dec 31st
2009 via our online series.
If you are ready to rock and roll.... give us a call today!
Feel free to visit our sister website with videos and daily
information regarding this new service in San Diego.