by admin | Aug 1, 2025 | Dance, Dancers, Dancing, Lizz Bleakley, Para Dance, Para Dance Sport, Para DanceSport, Uncategorized, Wheelchair, Wheelchair Dancing
Lizz Bleakley is a 26-year-old, 6-time Australian Champion in Para Dance. Lizz started dancing when one of her good friends who was already dancing with Ballroom Fit encouraged her to join. She originally said no, but now she is glad she changed her mind. “The people...
by admin | Jul 30, 2025 | Ability Dance, Ballroom Fit, Chris Wood, Disability Dance, Hard of Hearing Dancing, Para Dance, Para Dance Sport, Special Olympics, Uncategorized, Wheelchair Dancing
Chris Wood is a champion ballroom dancer who started his journey in 1984 at a social dancing class with his brother in New Zealand and he quickly rose through the ranks; he and his partner Andrea Wood competed in the New Zealand National DanceSport Championships; the...
by admin | Jul 23, 2025 | Dance, Dancers, Dancing, Friends, Friendship, Para Dance, Para Dance Sport, Para DanceSport, Respect, Siria Lochrie, Wheelchair, Wheelchair Dancing
My name is Siria, I am 16 years old (2025), and I have Spina Bifida. This means that my lower body doesn’t work as well as it should, this results in me getting fatigued quite quickly and I struggle with walking far distances. With this dance school, everyone has...
by admin | Jul 22, 2025 | Disability Dance, Para Dance, Special Olympics, Vision Impaired Dancing, Wheelchair Dancing
Join Us for the 4th Annual Special Olympics Ballroom DanceSport Development Competition in Bunbury – 3 August 2025 Dancing for people with disabilities is not only a joy to watch, it is also a powerful display of commitment, resilience, and talent. The...
by admin | Jul 22, 2025 | Dance, Dancers, Dancing, Para Dance, Para Dance Sport, Para DanceSport, Wheelchair Dancing
The Australian Para Dance team consists of five para dancers: Amanda Smith, Danielle Stitfall, Heidi Prindiville, Liz Bleakley, and Samantha Hall, along with their able-bodied dance partners Alister Hermann, James Bardill, Peter Hegarty, and Simon Mills. Team manager...
by admin | Nov 9, 2018 | Para Dance, Para Dance Sport, Para DanceSport, Wheelchair Dancing
Jane Hutch took up dancing only 12 weeks ago. Having never done ballroom dancing before, or even imagined herself doing it, Jane found the sport to be a delightful surprise. Para Dance is defined by Ballroom Fit as “an elegant, graceful and stylish sport which...
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