Ballroom & Latin Dance - Beginners

Course intent

Ballroom and Latin dancing is excellent for staying supple and improving your strength and balance. Each session you will be stretching and bending all your limbs and joints, strengthening your core & posture whilst remembering the moves and bringing it all together to music. This is an ideal course for people wishing to learn or re-learn from a basic level within a small sociable group.

What will I learn?

You will learn the basic steps of dances, including social foxtrot, quickstep, waltz, rumba, and cha cha cha at a beginner level. You will also learn to recognise the musical rhythm and structure of the dances and how to dance socially with your partner. You will find your own progress much easier if you can attend every lesson.

Who is this course for? Is there anything I need to know before joining?

Dance Partners · During the course you will be dancing with a partner but please do not feel you need to enrol as a partnership. We welcome individual enrolments as well.

Your Health & Wellbeing · A course for those who enjoy dancing. It is ideal for people wanting to improve strength & flexibility in all joints but particularly back and lower limbs. It is excellent for maintaining good balance, good posture and staying supple. This is a very sociable course.

Your Prior Knowledge & Abilities · This course is designed for those with no prior experience or those with fewer than six months’ experience.

What do I need to bring to the first class?

Please ensure you: · Wear comfortable, loose clothing, allowing you to raise your arms above your head. · Dance shoes are preferred, but optional. Heeled or flat shoes that hold the foot, preferably with straps, not flip flops, pumps, or trainers. · Complete and return the health check. Your enrolment information will contain a link · You will need a drinking water bottle. There are water fountains at the centres.

What can I do when I finish the course?

At the end of the term, you may wish to re-enrol on the next Ballroom & Latin Dance course.

Additional Information

We welcome learners with additional needs and disabilities. When you enrol, please let us know if you would like to discuss your extra support needs with a member of the Supported Learning Team who will then contact you as soon as possible. If you are enrolling within 10 days of the course start date, we may not be able to contact you before your first class.

We value and support equality, diversity and inclusion by promoting fairness and respect at all times.

How to enrol

Our courses are for adult learners aged 19 or over. If you are under 19, please call 0300 200 1044.

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