The Inter Varsity Dance Association (IVDA) is a non profit student, administrative organisation, which promotes dancing amongst UK university students. Its main concern is dancesport (competitive Ballroom & Latin American dancing), but it is increasingly assisting those who compete in other dance styles, with plans to host the inaugural British Universities Dance Competition (BUDC) for dancers who compete in other dance styles.
IVDA was established in 1962 and has been steadily expanded ever since. IVDA co-ordinates university dance competitions as well as implementing initiatives to help develop university clubs, improve access to training and encourage more involvement in dancing, both on the university and open circuits.
The Association also hosts the annual national student dance competition, the Inter Varsity Dance Competition (IVDC), and enforces the regulations for the competition.
The "Northern" and "Southern" Universities have their own associations - NUDA and SUDA that host preliminary competitions to IVDC - NUDC and SUDC. These are usually hosted a couple of weeks before IVDC in the same weekend. No university may compete in both SUDC and NUDC. These associations have their own constitutions but these are largely similar to that of the IVDA.
Other member organisations host their own competitions during the "season" (November-March) with their own rules, but again these are similar to the rules of IVDA
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