November 15, 2020

Squad auditions will be working a little differently this year as they will be virtual.... BUT they will be just as much fun and give everyone that auditions some audition experience. So make sure to buy your tickets from the guild website!!

May 28, 2020

Well it was certainly different this year! For the first time ever our committee AGM was virtual. Huge thanks to all those who stood for a position, the new committee can't wait to see what this year holds! Hope you like our Corona-style committee photo!!

March 14, 2020

What a weekend for our squads at Loughborough University dance comp! This is the biggest inter-university dance comp and we smashed it! 1st places for Advanced Ballet and Advanced Contemporary and 3rd places for Advanced Jazz and Advanced Tap. WOW!

February 22, 2020

This weekend our BUDS competition squads took the University of Manchester dance competition by storm! Some amazing dancing against tough competition, saw our Advanced Ballet and Tap squads each take 1st place while our Advanced Contemporary was awarded 2nd place. What a coach journey back to Brum and celebrations at the Guild!!

March 27, 2019

After a packed AGM and some tight competition our Committee for the 2019/20 academic year has now been chosen. Huge congrats to all of you and good luck for the year ahead!

March 17, 2019

This week we had our annual show and this years theme was The Brits! The show was a huge success with tickets selling out days before the show started! Massive well done to everyone that was involved from the tech team to our 311 cast members, without you the show would not have been possible. Check out some photos here

March 10, 2019

Our Competition Squads travelled to their final and biggest competition of the season, Loughborough University dance Competition. After an unbelievably high standard of dance throughout the day they walked away with 1st Advanced Jazz, 2nd Advanced Tap, 2nd Wildcard, Best Female (awarded to Sophie Barraclough) and to top it all off BEST OVERALL UNIVERSITY TEAM!!! 

February 23, 2019

Today our competition teams headed to Leeds University for another competition. After a day of fabulous dancing the teams came away with 1st in Advanced Ballet, Tap and Jazz, 1st in Wildcard, Best Choreography for Jazz, Best Female Dancer (awarded to Sophie Barraclough) and Best Overall Team! We can't put into words how exciting this was for us! Huge congratulations to all of our dancers x

February 10, 2019

Today our Squads made the trip to Cardiff University Dance Competition to compete against Universities from across the country. The day was a huge success with our Squads walking away with 1st place in Advanced Jazz, 1st place in Wildcard, 2nd place in Advanced Tap and the award for Best Costume. We also got a commendation from the judges for Best Team! Massive well done to all our dancers and a great way to kick off competition season!

December 05, 2018

Today we had the pleasure of industry professional Tarek Khwiss coming in to teach a heels and commercial workshop. Thank you to everyone who came down to the class, you all did amazingly and we all had such fun! Click below to see some videos from the class and visit @tarekkhwisschoreography to see more about Tarek and his classes. 

November 24, 2018

Our brand new Performance Squad took to the pitch on Saturday for the annual XpLosION American football game. There was a great turn out in the crowd and, although the team lost the match, our performance went down a storm! Thank you to everyone who was involved in the event and to all of you who came down to support the girls. 

November 22, 2018

Huge thank you to everyone that came down to our professional tap workshop run by Tom Lowe. There was a great turn out with nearly 30 of our tappers turning up to dance! We hope to have Tom back in later in the year for more workshops in all different styles. Check out some of the videos on our Instagram page and more about Tom at @tomlowe10.

November 18, 2018

Thank you to everyone that came to out Absolute 80s themed Charity week this week! we raised over £300 for Birmingham Children's Hospital thanks to your generosity. Special thank you to UoB Rugby team for taking part in our annual Charity dance class! Click below to see some footage from the class! 

October 05, 2018

This weekend we held our annual Squad auditions. Our squad leaders watch over 300 dancers who came to audition and narrowed it down to 50 people to be part of our competition and performance squads. Well done to everyone that came along, the standard was extremely high and the decision was made very difficult for the leaders! Head to our squad page to see our squad members for 2018/19.

May 13, 2018

We recently welcomed Cheeks Carr back to teach an Advanced Commercial workshop for our members. The class was a a he success with everyone having a great time and looking amazing! Well done to everyone to everyone that came along. Check out our girls slaying the routine below! follow: @cheekscarr

March 21, 2018

Our new committee for 2018/19 have ben decided! A new position of Freshers' Rep was added to the committee for the coming year. Additionally, our squad leaders have been chosen and next year we have Squads in the styles of Jazz, Ballet, Tap, Wildcard and a new Performance Squad! Keep an eye out for more information on the new group of people running the society in the next academic year!

March 17, 2018

Our annual show, BUDSFest, ran for 5 sell out shows involving over 260 students! The show was festival themed, with colourful banners, wristbands and programmes on sale to raise money for out charity, Love146. The show was a massive success with all the audience and students loving every minute of being involved! Click below to see photos of the show.

February 17, 2018

On Saturday our Squads headed up to Manchester University Dance Competition to compete against dancers from Universities from across the country. After a long day and plenty of dancing we came away with 1st place in the Advanced Jazz category and our very own Jack Norris walked away with overall best male dancer! Congratulations to all our Squad members on an amazing day! Click below to find out more about the day and view this year's dances.

November 11, 2017

This week our Commercial Squad took to the field at Quarter Time of the American football match between the Birmingham Lions and the Portsmouth Destroyers. A massive well done to all of you for your amazing performance, the crowd loved it! Also a huge thank you to everyone that came down to support our Squad! Click below to see a video of the performance

November 03, 2017

As a result of our first semester Chartiy Week we have raised a massive £520 for our chosen charity, Love146! Take a look at our charity page for more information on Love146. Thank you to everyone who came to classes and bought raffle tickets to raise the money. Special thank you to the UoB Rugby team for taking part in our annual Rugby boys Class. Click below to see how they did!

October 19, 2017

BUDS recently welcomed Kane Foley to run professional workshops in both Advanced Commercial and Heels. The night was a great hit with everyone loving the throwback dances and the workshops selling out! Click below to see the dances. Instagram: @kanefoleydance

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June 05, 2017

Recently we welcomed two professional teachers to the BUDS community: Melanie Ann and Cheeks Carr. They travelled to the university to hold Commercial and Hip Hop workshops for all our members to take part in. These were a great success, and we even got to use the new dance studio in the Sports and Fitness Centre for the very first time! Take a look at how our members did below. Instagram: @missmilliea @cheekscarr

March 18, 2017

Over 300 students took part in our show, performing to a sold-out audience every night. With dances choreographed to music from throughout the ages, and of all different genres, the show was a roaring success - as always!

March 11, 2017

Our 2016/17 dance squads travelled to Loughborough dance competition to compete against universities from all across the country. It was a fantastic day, with all the squads performing amazingly. However, to really top the day off, our Jazz squad secured second place in the Advanced Jazz category, narrowly losing out to St. Andrews, and even finishing just above Loughborough! Let’s hope that our squads this year can continue this success.

click below to see all the 2016/17 squad dances