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3 - 6 Week Dance Courses
Learn Latin, Ballroom & Jive
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From your first steps to advanced styling. Choose your level and start dancing.​
Friendly, progressive Ballroom & Latin courses for absolute beginners, improvers, intermediate and advanced dancers will help you learn, improve and enjoy dancing in a welcoming social environment. You don't need a partner.
Reviews
"Friendly" • "Professional" • "Beginners Welcome" • "Inclusive"
Time
Beginner Courses
Mondays 7pm - 8pm
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Improvers, Intermediate and Advanced
Mondays 8:15pm - 9:30pm​​
Price
£20 /ps. to try the first week
£78/ps. class-membership price for 6 weeks​​​
and Advanced
£65/ps. class-membership price for 4 weeks
The teachers:
The journey
PART 1: The Foundation.
A Beginner Group Experience
​​​​​Build the foundations. 6-week courses. Lots of repetition, relaxed group experience, fun. Perfect to prepare for a Ball or Wedding dance. Two levels: Beginner 1 & 2
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PART 2: The Refinement -Improvers, Intermediate & Advanced Courses
Focused learning in a supportive and social group. 4-week courses focusing on one dance . Share a hobby, join our parties together.
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​Dates & Bookings
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Beginners, six weeks
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Time:
Mondays 7pm to 8pm​​​​​
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Levels:
Beginners 1 = absolute Beginners
Beginners 2 = still Beginners, ready for more
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​Next courses:​
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19 Oct - 23 Nov BOOK
​(Cha Cha Cha, Waltz, Tango, Rumba, Bachata)
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30 Nov, 7 & 14 Dec
3 weeks Viennese Waltz​ Special
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4 Jan - 8 Feb
(Jive, Viennese Waltz, Rhythm Foxtrot, Quickstep, Merengue)
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Improvers, Intermediate
& Advanced Courses, four weeks
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​Mondays 8:15pm to 9:30pm
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Next courses​
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Slow Foxtrot (from start) BOOK
5-26 Oct
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Rumba BOOK
2-23 Nov
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Viennese Waltz (3 weeks)
30 Nov, 7 & 14 Dec​
Book and pay only the first class in week one. Then come along, meet the teachers, experience the class and see if London Dance Studio is right for you. If you like it, you can upgrade to the whole course by paying the difference to the full price by card.
What do others say? Testimonals
"I was a bit nervous when I started the course as I didn’t have a partner and wasn’t sure which level to choose, but received a warm welcome and great guidance. I didn’t feel out of place as there were loads of other singles." (J.)
"The teaching was thorough and professional but at the same time great fun. The pace of learning seemed just right, each week we recapped what we had already learned and then built on so by the end of the course was pleased with my progress. Made some great friends along the way. " (John)
Part 2. The Refinement - Focused Progressive Courses
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Who: Dancers with at least 6 to 12 months of exerience, looking to refine their skills.
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Levels: Improvers, Intermediate and Advanced.
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Duration: 4-week courses.
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Focus: Deep dive into one specific dance per month.
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Dances Covered: Cha-Cha-Cha, Jive, Rumba, Samba, Paso Doble, Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Slow Foxtrot, Quickstep and more.
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Key Benefit: No partner required. Supportive group environment with focus on growing and learning, with patient teachers and a friendly, inclusive dancers community. Learn more figures, improve your connection with the partner, your poise and hold, footwork, body movement, leading, following and more.
The journey.
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PART 1. The Foundation.​
A Beginners Group Experience
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Who: Absolute beginners with zero experience (= Beginners level 1). Or Beginners wo know a little bit and would like to repeat and learn more (= Beginners level 2).
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Duration: 6-week foundational courses.
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Focus: A social introduction to Ballroom and Latin styles.
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Dances Covered:
Group A: Jive, Viennese Waltz, Rhythm Foxtrot, Quickstep, Merengue or​
​Group B: Cha Cha Cha, Waltz, Tango, Rumba, Bachata. Taught over two six weeks courses, always alternating.
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Key Benefit: No partner required. Fun, relaxed group environment. Learn foundational rhythm, the first steps and basic footwork.
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Try first, then decide
If you would like to try a Beginners course, book a 'Try the first week' ticket. If you enjoy the class, you could upgrade by paying the difference to the full price of the course. Just bring your payment card.
How to progress as beginner
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As a beginner dancer, your first year is all about building a strong foundation. Start by learning the first basic steps and rhythms, and developing muscle memory through repeated Beginners Courses. Begin with Level 1 for absolute beginners, then progress to Level 2 as you gain confidence. Do each dances group (A and B) first on level 1, then change to level 2 in that group as soon as you feel ready.
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Regular practice, ideally on a weekly basis, will enhance your skills and make the most of your time. You could combine both the Beginners Courses and the Wednesday Weekly Drop-In Classes which includes a Social to practice, socialise and have fun. Our London Ballroom Fever party series with parties and Balls four times a year are a great place to have fun and socialise, while you put into practice what you've learnt.
After 6 to 18 months of practice, you will be ready to move up to the Improvers Courses if you would like to refine your dancing and learn more steps. But then a continous learning, ideally once or twice a week, and practicing by going social dancing becomes necessary. Some stay for a longer time on the Beginners level because it's fun and easier, and a very good practice.
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Happy dancing!
The course levels explained*
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Our course levels are building up on each other and should be attended in that order. The content is alligned with the Syllabus in Modern Ballroom and Latin American Dances of the ISTD (Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing). We are happy to help with finding your right level.
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BEGINNERS 1
• Who: Absolute Beginners with zero experience
• Goal: Build the foundations, learn & practice the first Basic Step patterns & rhythms.
• Focus: Fun and developing muscle memory
• Which syllabus dance figures: first Basic steps, social dance figures​
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BEGINNERS 2
• Who: Beginners who did level 1 or some other Beginners class before and are now ready to repeat and learn more steps and technique.
• Goal: Strengthen the foundations, improve & practice first Basic Step patterns & rhythms.
• Focus: Fun and
• Which syllabus dance figures: more Basic steps, Pre-Bronze Figures
• New dance, old dance: You can change back and forth between Beginners 1 & 2 level - depending on the dance - as these levels and the dances are taught at the same time.
• The Beginners level at the Wednesday Drop-In class is mostly Beginners 1, as it is aimed at absolute Beginners. But we might teach a bit of the Beginners​ 2 level figures if most of the students, who are present on a that evening, are no complete Beginners.
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​IMPROVERS
• Who: Students who have been dancing the relevant dance for one or two years (on Beginners 1 and 2 course level)
• Goal: Build confidence
• Focus: Transitioning from basic steps to simple routines. Learning proper hold and frame.
• Which syllabus figures: Pre-Bronze and Bronze figures.
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​INTERMEDIATE
• Who: Students who have been dancing and learning that dance for two to four years and have attended our Improvers Course or an equivalent course for the relevant dance once or twice and feel quite confident with those dance figures, at least when being reminded.
• Goal: Enhance technique.
• Focus: Musicality, footwork precision, and lead-and-follow dynamics.
• Which syllabus figures: Bronze and Silver figures.
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​ADVANCED
• Who: Students who have been dancing and learning that dance at least for five to six years, have attended the Intermediate Course level repeatedly in that relevant dance, know the basics up to Silver well and have developed their technique sufficiently.
• Goal: Master artistry.
• Focus: High-level choreography, styling, competitive posture, and performance flair.
• Which syllabus figures: Silver, Gold and Goldstar figures.
If you can't make one class
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If you can't make it to one evening of a 3-6 weeks course at our dance studio, don't worry! We offer alternatives, if you have given us advance notice.​
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​​​We can reschedule your missed class to the Wednesday Weekly Drop-In Class (Beginners session at 8:15pm, including the Social afterwards).
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What are the conditions?
We can reschedule your class only if you told us BEFORE the class that you'll miss it and you can reschedule to the Wednesday Drop-In class within 3 months of the missed class.
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What to do?
Just tell us that you'll miss a class beforehand and then email us the day before the chosen Wednesday referring to which course and date you are replacing.
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That way we can ensure you get the best possible experience in our classes.
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How many classes can you attend on Wednesdays?
Improvers, Intermediate and Advanced can exchange a class for the whole evening (2 levels) of the Wednesday Weekly Drop-In class, Beginners are only welcome to Improvers if they did level 2 for this dance before. ​