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Dear dancers! Summer has started and just in time, with our summer holidays around the corner, we are allowed to dance again! Oh how we've missed the twisting and turning in our dancing shoes, and of course, how we've missed all the social activities! To make up for some of this lost dancing and social time the board has come up with many activities this summer. Here's the programm for July: 07-07 Tuesday: Monthly Drinks: After so much time we are having our monthly drinks at the old location again! Join us form 21:00 till 23:00 at Café de Keyzer! 18-07 Saturday: Social Drinks: A weekend edition of our social drinks in the park! Join us from 21:00 till 23:00 @ Van Der Werfpark, and let's hopy for some great…

In just a week it's time again for the most magical night of the year: our annual gala! The 28th of February we will be enjoying a wonderful night of dancing beneath the stars! Not in the open air because that's too cold at this time of year but in two different rooms of Quintus Leiden, where one room will be for ballroom dancing, and one for salsa, bachata and kizomba. During the evening you will be provided with snacks, beer, wine and soda (until supplies last) and amazing dance music. The tickets for the event are available in our webshop. More information can be found in the facebook event. Even without making wishes upon stars this night will be the night of your dreams, so get your dancing shoes…

Dear members! Just like previous years, we will be organising a wonderful Christmas dinner! This year we will be eating at the Spanish tapas restaurant La Cubanita on Friday December 20.We would love to share this festive evening with you to toast to a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year in advance. Please sign up through this form, so we know how many people to expect! Deadline to sign up is at the end of November (30-11) so you only have a few days left! Love, Board Dijkstra  

As the last week of November has begun it is only a matter of time before all the festivities of Sinterklaas and Christmas will start. December is always a busy, festive and cold month, but our friends and family give us the warmth we need! Before all of these festivities start Leidance still has some awesome activities for you in the first week of December! Here's a short overview: Bachata Workshop: Sunday December 1, from 14:30 till 16:30 at the USC! All the way from Portugal André will fly over to the Netherlands for this awesome workshop. The level will be intermediate, to join you need to know just some simple basics of Bachata! Keep an eye on our facebook event for updates. Tickets will be online soon! Social Drinks…

This week we have multiple activities coming up again! First of all, on thursday evening we will have Social Dancing again. As usual this will be an evening where everybody is welcome to practice their moves and have some fun! We will be playing music for all dancing styles. Details: Thursday 21-11  -  21:00-23:00  -  @Danszaal, USC Leiden The second activity of this week is our next latin party Dansa de los Muertos! An evening full of fun and dancing salsa, bachata and kizomba! The tickets are available through our webshop! Datails: Friday 22-11  -  21:30-01:00  -  @Danszaal, USC Leiden And last but most certainly not least, this saturday we are having our xTDS ballroom latin workshop! This won't be just any regular workshop but it will be a complete…

On the 20th of September, we organise the first party of the year! The old and new board join forces to celebrate this new year, which brings us a new dancing season! Tickets are available in the webshop, buy them on time to profit from the discount. Your ticket includes a drink for a toast at midnight! The party is in Partycentrum De Zijl, Leiden, from 20:30h-01:00h. All dance styles are welcome - yes, also your moonwalks and robot dances. Hope to see you there!

Dear potential new member! Are you joining the El Cid and are you interested in Leidance? This week we will be present during the information market on monday, during the sports market on wednesday and during the information market at the LEF so you've got plenty of chances to come and visit us and ask all your questions! You can also join the mini dance courses during the sports day at the USC!

Dear members! A fresh new month has just started and that means it is time for an overview of our upcoming events: Tuesday June 4: Monthly Drinks Thursday June 6: Social Dancing Thursday June 20: Social Dancing Saturday June 29: Movie Night We would also like to inform you about our summer plans already. As you all know during the summer months July and August there are no dance classes at the USC. The board has come with a solution to this problem: Summer Social Dancing. During the summer we will have social dancing every two weeks on Wednesday evening. Before the socials we will have workshops! More information about this will be online very soon, we’ll keep you updated! Even though this will be awesome we would still like…

On the 25th of May, Leidance and SoSalsa organise a day dedicated to Kizomba! Schedule: 13h00 - 14h30: Bootcamp Urban Kizomba (Emrâh Bouyahi) 14h30 - 15h00: Break 15h00 - 16h30: Bootcamp Semba (Marvin) 16h30 - 17h00: Social dancing 17h00 - 18h00: Choose between choreography class mix urban/semba (Emrâh Bouyahi) or social dancing Location: Rhythm A&B, X (sports and culture centre TU Delft) Level: intermediate Price: Members: €6,5 / Non-members: €12 You don't want to miss this! Buy your ticket soon on tickets.sosalsa.nl, because there are limited tickets available!