Intermediate to Advanced
Ballroom & Latin

What level should I come to?

Should you be coming to our Improver, Intermediate or Advanced Ballroom and Latin American classes and workshops?  Depending on how long you've been dancing, we have a number of options to choose from.

Improver or Improver 2

Classes for those that have been with us from 6 months to 5 years.  Covering Bronze level steps and sequences to take your dancing to the next level.

Intermediate or Intermediate 2

Our Intermediate Ballroom and Latin American Level dancers tend to have been learning with us 4 to 8 years.  Steps and sequences are taken from Silver level at Intermediate Level 1, Gold level at Intermediate Level 2.

Advanced

Gold level and above classes and workshops.  Dancers tend to have been dancing 8 years plus or have extensive Ballroom and Latin American experience.

One Dance Courses

Initial six week courses on one dance including improving your technique as well as learning new sequences.

Course is extended in 6 week blocks as long as students want the course to continue.

Dance Breaks

There are a couple of Ballroom and Latin American dance weekends that we run throughout the year.  These are a great opportunity to learn some new steps, whilst having a fun weekend away with other students.

Private Lessons

Want some more focused tuition?  Private lessons are for up to two people and can be tailored around your individual requirements or aims.

Sessions start from 30 minutes up to 90 minutes.

Improver to Intermediate Group Shot

Regular Weekly Classes

Below you'll find details of the weekly classes that we run for once you are ready to progress past beginner.  Our different levels of Improver to Intermediate and Advanced Ballroom and Latin American normally follow the NATD ballroom syllabus.

For each level we have also given a few examples of the sort of steps covered.  If you have been learning elsewhere this will help give you an idea of the right level to join.

Improver Level

Sundays at 8pm, Mondays at 9pm, Wednesdays at 1.30pm and 8pm

Have you been coming to our beginner classes and wondering where to go from there?  Our Improver level classes aim to take you to the next level of your dancing.

At Improver level we assume you are confident with the basics.  When first moving up to Improver it is therefore recommended to attend both the Beginner and Improver on the same day.

Once you are happy and confident in the basics you can transition fully to Improver level.

Our Beginner and Improver Level classes cover the basic Bronze level steps.  We tend to do the same steps in rotation.  Examples of the sort of steps covered are:

  • Waltz
    • Beginner - basic 'change' step, natural turn
    • Improver - Reverse turn, simple corner turn, Natural Turn with Hesitation
  • Cha Cha
    • Beginner - Basics, Underarm Turn, Hand to Hands
    • Improver - Underarm turn to Left, New Yorks, Shoulder to Shoulder

Improver classes take place on Sundays at 8pm, Mondays at 9pm, Wednesdays at 1.30pm and 8pm.

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Improver Level 2

Wednesdays at 9pm

At this level we focus on the later Bronze level steps or sequences.  We will also spend time going over technique in more detail.

Most attendees to this level have been coming to us for between 2 and 5 years.

Examples of the sort of steps covered (we choose different things to look at each rotation):

  • Waltz
    • Whisk & Chasse
    • Natural Spin Turn
    • Outside Change
  • Cha Cha
    • Fan with Hockey Stick or Alemana
    • Natural Top
    • Closed Hip Twist

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Intermediate Level 1

Thursdays at 7pm

Now we move onto Silver level steps and techniques.

Normally our Thursday classes move in a progression.  So the steps or sequences learnt in the first class that week are taken further in each subsequent level.

Examples of the sort of steps covered at this level include:

  • Waltz
    • Open Telemark
    • Whisk & Weave
    • Wing
  • Cha Cha
    • Open Hip Twist
    • Reverse Top
    • Cuban Breaks

Students at this level have normally been attending classes between 4-8 years.

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Intermediate Level 2

Thursdays at 8pm

Now we move onto Gold level steps and techniques.

Normally our Thursday classes move in a progression.  So the steps or sequences learnt in the first class that week are taken further in each subsequent level.

Examples of the sort of steps covered at this level include:

  • Waltz
    • Turning Lock to Right
    • Left Whisk
    • Fallaway Reverse Slip Pivot
  • Cha Cha
    • Advanced Hip Twist
    • Turkish Towel
    • Follow My Leader

Students at this level have normally been attending classes between 6-10 years.

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Advanced

Thursdays at 9pm

This is our above Gold level class.  Our regulars have been coming to us generally for over 7 years (including our first 'actual' students).

As well as covering some steps from the Gold syllabus we mainly show variations and trickier movements.

Examples of steps we can cover in this class include:

  • Waltz
    • Turning Chasse to Spin
    • Promenade Ronde
    • Double Wing
  • Cha Cha
    • Freeze Hip Twist
    • New York Rondes
    • Rope Spin, Swivels & Break

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Improver and Above Schedule