UAAP Ballroom Formation Competition

UAAP Ballroom Formation Competition

Sport	Dancesport
Founded	2016
No. of teams	4 (in 2023)
Country	Philippines
Most recent champion(s)	University of the Philippines (Latin, Standard, Latin Mixed)

The UAAP Ballroom Formation Competition is a contest on dance sport among member-schools of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. Its first edition was held on 3 September 2016 in UST Quadricentennial Pavilion Arena.[1][2]

It has two categories: the Latin division and the Standard division. The competition is only a special event sport; thus, it has no bearing on the overall standing.[3]

In its first competition, seven out of all eight UAAP member-schools joined. University of the Philippines Ballroom Formation Team won both categories.

Latin Mixed was added for its third edition in UAAP Season 85 where UP claimed the first-ever title.[4]

Categories

• Latin division – Consisted of cha-cha-cha, rumba, and jive.
• Standard division – Consisted of waltz, tango, and quickstep.

Participants

School	Team
Adamson University (AdU)	Adamson Ballroom Pep Club (2016) Adamson Dance Company (2023)
Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU)	Ateneo Dance Sport Club [5]
De La Salle University (DLSU)	DLSU Ballroom Blitz
Far Eastern University (FEU)	FEU Dance Company – Ballroom Team
National University (NU)	NU Dancesport Company [6]
University of the East (UE)	UE Warrior Dancesport Team
University of the Philippines (UP)	UP Ballroom Formation Team
University of Santo Tomas (UST)	UST Sinag Ballroom Dance Company

Results

Latin division

Year	Season host	Venue	Champion	2nd place	3rd place	4th place	5th place	6th place	7th place	8th place	Ref.
2016	UST	UST Quadricentennial Pavilion Manila	UP 92.48	UST 91.66	UE 84.42						[1]
2019	NU	UST Quadricentennial Pavilion Manila	UP 89.10	UST 84.80	FEU 74.40						[7]
2023	Adamson	UST Quadricentennial Pavilion Manila	UP 88.20	FEU 85.50	UST 84.70						[4]

Standard division

Year	Season host	Venue	Champion	2nd place	3rd place	4th place	5th place	6th place	7th place	8th place	Ref.
2016	UST	UST Quadricentennial Pavilion Manila	UP 94.30	UST 91.10	La Salle 87.00						[1]
2019	NU	UST Quadricentennial Pavilion Manila	UST 89.10	UP 85.20							[7]
2023	Adamson	UST Quadricentennial Pavilion Manila	UP 80.40	UST 76.20	Adamson 75.90						[4]

See also

• UAAP Street Dance Competition
• NCAA Cheerleading Competition
• List of domestic club championship attendance: UAAP Cheerdance Competition in a global context.

References

1. Valderrama, Aeron Paul (2016-09-03). "UP sweeps inaugural UAAP Ballroom Formation Competition". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
2. Riego, Benjamin (2016-08-03). "Historic Opening Day sets in motion UAAP Season 79". ABS-CBN SPORTS. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
3. Bracher, Jane (2016-08-03). "UP sweeps first UAAP ballroom competition". Rappler. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
4. Valderrama, Aeron Paul (2023-04-29). "UAAP 85 Ballroom: UP dances way to three-title sweep". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
5. Jan Cerezo (2016-09-03), Ateneo Dance Sport Club | UAAP79 Ballroom Formation Dance Competition, retrieved 2017-05-23
6. Randy Sioson (2016-09-04), UAAP 79 - Ballroom Dance (Latin) - NU, retrieved 2017-05-23
7. Tañas, Theresa Clare (3 May 2019). "UST tops UAAP standard ballroom event". The Varsitarian. Retrieved 23 May 2019.