I am thinking about starting some kind of dance classes but have no idea what I might enjoy or where to go! I think maybe something like 50's rock and roll dancing but I'm not sure if my boyfriend would go with me or maybe even something like ballet as its something I've always wanted to do but think i may be too old for that now! Does anyone go to anywhere like that or know of any other types of dance classes in Sheffield? I dont know anything about dancing so it would need to be a beginners class! Any advice would be appreciated.

Theres City Limits dance centre at Hillsborough, they might have something for you?

http://www.city-limits.co.uk/dancentre/

I used to go to Salsa dance classes at Rhythm & Dance on Langsett Road, but it's been closed own for ages now. I only went to a few beginners lessons but I really enjoyed it and would love to take it up again. I don't know any where else that does it.

Oh please let there be salsa classes somewhere in Sheffield. We have really enjoyed our Aussie classes and don't want it to end now we are moving to Sheffield.

Just to make it more of a challenge, are there ballroom and latin classes anywhere for kids aged 9 and 11?
Here's hoping!
Deb

Theres City Limits dance centre at Hillsborough, they might have something for you?

http://www.city-limits.co.uk/dancentre/

Oh I didn't know that was there! It's not far from me either :hihi: Well I might have to join up - thanks Zarch :D

Oh I didn't know that was there! It's not far from me either :hihi: Well I might have to join up - thanks Zarch :D

No worries. Never been myself, just seen it whilst driving down Penistone Road.

There is a dance studio above Leadmill. Dont know what its like but sounds good.
Take a look at there website:

http://www.hypedance.org.uk/homepage.htm

there is Ceroc (modern jive) on a Tuesday or Lindy Hop classes on a Wednesday

Oh please let there be salsa classes somewhere in Sheffield. We have really enjoyed our Aussie classes and don't want it to end now we are moving to Sheffield.

Just to make it more of a challenge, are there ballroom and latin classes anywhere for kids aged 9 and 11?
Here's hoping!
Deb

Drapers Dance School at Beighton. Hayley and Scott are really nice people, they have other dance teachers too. Tell them Elaine reccommended them to you

www.drapersdancecentre.co.uk

Oh please let there be salsa classes somewhere in Sheffield. We have really enjoyed our Aussie classes and don't want it to end now we are moving to Sheffield.

Just to make it more of a challenge, are there ballroom and latin classes anywhere for kids aged 9 and 11?
Here's hoping!
Deb

We teach Salsa and Mambo classes in Sheffield. Check our website for details.

Theres a lindy hop class on Solly Street on a Wednesday which is of the 50's rock-n-roll swing dance flavour - details here: http://www.thedanceco.co.uk/SheffieldLindyHop.html

City Limits is just about to start its beginner rock and roll lessons again in September, come along. my other half wasnt a dancer either but he now loves it (Although we are having to do the entire beginners course again becasue the poor guy has no rythem) It is good fun.

Hey, how about something a bit saucier? I go to a Burlesque dance class and the tutor runs several. I go to one in Chapeltown but she also runs one in Hillsborough and Intake. Google velvet burlesque it's soooo much fun!

I've done numerous partner dances and the one I always recommend for people wanting to try this sort of thing out is Ceroc [modern Jive]. It's by far the easiest one to start with, you don't need a partner as you swap during class and most relevant it is danced to contemporary music, so if you go out or to a wedding, chances are you be able to use your new skills to have fun. I love Salsa and swing, but unless you go to a salsa or swing night, you will struggle to dance. Salsa and swing are also well worth doing, but are much slower to learn. But well worth learning!
The other benefit about doing Ceroc/Lindy/Salsa is that there are usually no fixed courses that last ten weeks and then nothing. So you can start when ever you want and if you like it you can keep going for as long as you enjoy it. Plus you can also go to other nights in the area. People in Sheffield also travel to Doncaster, Nottingham, Derby.... to get their dance fix.

http://www.ceroc.uk.com/

Theres a lindy hop class on Solly Street on a Wednesday which is of the 50's rock-n-roll swing dance flavour - details here: http://www.thedanceco.co.uk/SheffieldLindyHop.html
Not quite, Lindy Hop is a dance that originated in the late twenties/early thirties.
50's rock and roll is very different, even though a direct descendent of Lindy, as is Ceroc.
Lindy is my favourite of the partner dances as it has the most sense of humour.
Go here
http://www.ajpl.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/herrang_2006/index.htm
to see a gallery of images from Herrang Dance camp, which is 4 weeks of Lindy Hopping and crazyness that takes place every year in Sweden.

Oh please let there be salsa classes somewhere in Sheffield. We have really enjoyed our Aussie classes and don't want it to end now we are moving to Sheffield.
Deb
University on Saturdays, Forum on Tuesdays, Dancing at Cubana at Weekend.

http://www.salsa-merengue.co.uk/infodesk/schedule.html

Hey, how about something a bit saucier? I go to a Burlesque dance class and the tutor runs several. I go to one in Chapeltown but she also runs one in Hillsborough and Intake. Google velvet burlesque it's soooo much fun!

Burlesque & Cabaret style Dance Classes: http://www.velvetburlesque.co.uk/id21.htm

L.x.

I go to velvets burlesque class too - the weds one in intake and the fri one in chapeltown. Absolutely fab is all i can say!!! The dancing gets you fit and builds body confidence and the ladeez are all lovely and you have a right laugh. highly recommend it xx

I go to Easy Dance - loads of fun and fantastic for beginners too.

www.easydance.co.uk

I think i might be trying this.
I did Drapers for a while and learned the basics just never got the opportunity to do them again, so I forget them.

I think i might be trying this.
I did Drapers for a while and learned the basics just never got the opportunity to do them again, so I forget them.

Hello, thats good and Im sure you will enjoy yourself. Wednesday nights are now closed because of lack of numbers but Thursdays are packed and the atmosphere is really good.

Anyway if you do go have a great night!!

x

I think it will be Sundays @ Chesterfield, although if we can get some enthusiasm up after work we might do Thursdays.

I think i might be trying this.
I did Drapers for a while and learned the basics just never got the opportunity to do them again, so I forget them.

One of the best things about Ceroc is that you dance with other people straight after each class, which is the best way to retain what you have learned. Of all the many classes I've done, it's bar far the best format for actually learning and retaining the dance. Use it or lose it!:thumbsup:

I have just been looking at the website for velvet burlesque and I am thinking I might have to give it a go...... bit nervous though, not the slimmest of people.

I've done photographed a number of burlesque dancers and they come in all shapes and sizes, so I wouldn't worry too much.
My OH started going to Velvert Burlesque a few weeks back and she loves it.

Thank you for the encouragement, I appreciate it. Which one does your O/H go to ? I will look out for her.

I have just been looking at the website for velvet burlesque and I am thinking I might have to give it a go...... bit nervous though, not the slimmest of people.

Im exactly the same, sounds fun but dont think id have the confidence to do it. :)

I will give it a go if you do then Samantha1985..........

Ladies - I have women of all shapes and sizes attending my classes, and it really is a fabulous way to have fun, get fit, and gain some much needed body and self-confidence ... get yourself to class - you`ll not regret it!

Lara.x.

Not quite, Lindy Hop is a dance that originated in the late twenties/early thirties.
50's rock and roll is very different, even though a direct descendent of Lindy, as is Ceroc.
Lindy is my favourite of the partner dances as it has the most sense of humour.
Go here
http://www.ajpl.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/herrang_2006/index.htm
to see a gallery of images from Herrang Dance camp, which is 4 weeks of Lindy Hopping and crazyness that takes place every year in Sweden.

True, but the basic moves of Lindy Hop and R N' R are the same, in that they are done in 6 counts, move is slow slow quick-quick slow and the quick-quick is a rock back (so stepping back on left leg for the male and the lady mirrors the man). So if you can dance one you can do the other......but lindy is lot more bendy in the knees and butt sticking out whilst rock n roll is more like jive stance and just as bouncy.

Theres City Limits dance centre at Hillsborough, they might have something for you?

http://www.city-limits.co.uk/dancentre/

This place is the best......That is where I go, I did the beginners Rock N'Roll there and it was most excellent. Igor the Dance teacher is the best and is totally underated there, you can't go wrong with him, this guy knows his dances and if he don't know it it ain't worth learning/knowing. I am now in his Rock N Roll Dance group at city limits and we danced in chance to dance in the city centre this June gone by.

True, but the basic moves of Lindy Hop and R N' R are the same, in that they are done in 6 counts, move is slow slow quick-quick slow and the quick-quick is a rock back (so stepping back on left leg for the male and the lady mirrors the man). So if you can dance one you can do the other......but lindy is lot more bendy in the knees and butt sticking out whilst rock n roll is more like jive stance and just as bouncy.I'm afraid you are quite wrong there in a few ways.
Lindy basics are all 8 count, not 6, and the timing is also quite different as it is
rock step, tri......ple step - rock step, tri......ple step
or duh duh, duh....de duh - duh duh, duh....de duh
i.e. 1 2, 3....and 4 - 5 6, 7....and 8
The pause after the 3 is what makes Lindy swing. You may be confusing Lindy with Boogie Woogie, which uses the six beat foot pattern
rock step, tri....ple step, tri...ple step
again syncopated like Lindy and it may be danced to some Rock and Roll music. RnR is usually awful to Lindy to as the music is simply not the right timing. Not that it stops some people trying, just like some Modern jive dancers try and Modern Jive to everything regardless of its suitability. This is not helped by the many [ignorant] promoters who falsely claim you can do Modern Jive to any music with a 4/4 beat.

Also of note is that modern jive [like Ceroc] and ballroom jive are again two very different dances with completely different timings. Modern jive isn't bouncy unlike Ballroom jive - which is basically Lindy danced badly, as if you have a broom stuck up one's backside! :D Lindy is danced into the floor not away from the floor, hence the lower more relaxed stance.

Theres City Limits dance centre at Hillsborough, they might have something for you?

http://www.city-limits.co.uk/dancentre/

This place is the best......That is where I goNot necessarily, as if you want to learn social dancing you are usually much better going to places that do social dancing, not learn in more formal classes. My experience of people who learn in these more formal and structured environments is that they can usually do routines very well, but once you start improvising or dancing to a different song to the one they learnt their routine to, then those from formal classes can struggle to dance. And I'm talking about people good enough to win prizes at high levels!
Social dancing is where you learn to dance without having to know any set choreography and can even dance with any partner in a social setting like a nightclub or at a wedding. The other thing about places that do social dancing is that you can go whenever you want, there are no courses of a set length and it is not a problem if you go to a different venue/night or miss the odd week and best of all they have social dancing immediately after every session - which is the fun bit. :D

Social dancers tend to be less technically proficient than those who do more formal classes, but are far superior at freestyle or social dancing. So if you like learning routines, formal classes are better but if you want to dance with a variety of partners, social dances like Salsa, Modern Jive, Lindy are better. MJ is the best for being able to dance at places outside of the social dance events as it is better matched to modern contemporary music than the others - not because it is in any way superior.
Fundamentally social dancing is more er.... sociable.

I agree with jezzyjj: social dancing is the way to go. Personally I'm a modern jiver and am quite aware that my dancing is far less technically proficient than someone who's been dancing a more formal style for the same amount of time, but it's a lot of fun. And you can dance to most stuff you hear at weddings, parties, etc, which is a big contrast to salsa, ballroom jive, rock'n'roll, etc.

There are two main groups hosting modern jive lessons in Sheffield: Ceroc (Tuesdays at the Davy Club on Prince of Wales Road: www.ceroc.uk.com/sheffield.html) and Blitz (Wed & Thurs at Crookes Social Club, Mulehouse Road, www.blitzjive.com). Both run evenings along the same lines: beginners' class at about 7.40, bit of freestyle to let you practice those moves, then the intermediate class at about 9.00 while the beginners go over the beginner moves again in a side-room.

And don't worry that you're not young, slim, gorgeous, and have a partner to go with. There's a wide variety of people at all Modern Jive events, some of them are all those things, most of us aren't! One of the advantages of the social dance styles is that because everyone rotates around in the classes, you don't need to bring a partner and will get to chat to lots of people with different levels of experience.

It's a very social experience in the freestyle parts of the evening too: most people change partners at every track and you can ask anyone to dance (ladies ask the men as much as men ask the ladies) so you never need fear not having someone to dance with.

UPDATE:

I shall be starting a new class for Burlesque & Cabaret style dance in S1 in November.
Please email me: VelvetBurlesque@aol.com if you wish to register your interest/receive further details.

Many thanks,
Lara
"Hells Belle"

Hello.

I am pleased to announce that I will be starting a new class on Tuesday 9th November - 8.30-10pm, at Hype Dance, Earl Street, Sheffield, S1 4PY.
Full details can be found here: http://www.velvetburlesque.co.uk/id18.htm

The class/teaching will include a wide range of classic Burlesque right through to Show/Stage/Cabaret style dance routines.
* Please note that I will be starting from scratch again with this class, so if you`ve been coming to my other classes for a while, then be patient as I`ll be teaching right from the more basic routines onwards. *

Please do not hesitate to contact me should you require any additional information.
I`d also appreciate if you could pass this information onto anyone who you might think would be interested.


Kind regards,
Lara
"Hells Belle"
www.VelvetBurlesque.co.uk

Breakdance/Body Popping Class

My class take's place on Fridays 5:30 til 6:30 at:
Divas Dance academy
34-38 Market Sq
Woodhouse
Sheffield, S13 7JX
0114 288 0300
Ages 5+
Altho if your child is younger feel free to bring them along for a taster session to see how they get on.

(Just Ten minutes up the park way from sheffield town centre, or 25,25A,22 Woodhouse bus from sheffield takes you straight there the last stop in woodhouse)
Dance studio charges Roughly around £3.50-£4.50 per class.

Cheers hope to see you there.

2nd and 4th Wed of the month; next is Wed 10th November for Cuban style salsa
Burton Street Project, Burton Street, between Pennistone Road and Langsett Road near Infirmary Road, (S6 2HH) in upstairs room
7.30 Beginners partner - FREE
8-9 Rueda (Cuban salsa in a group) for those who have done salsa but not rueda
9-10 Rueda (for those who know some rueda)
Rueda classes £3.50 one, £5 for two

CITY-LIMITS DANCE CENTRE has lots and lots of classes you can join!!

Salsa, Ballroom and Latin, Street, ZUMBA, Ballet, Tap, Jazz, argentine tango and lots more!!

For both adults and children, no need to book just turn up!! Look on our website for more details, we've started some new beginner classes which close at the end of this week. Next lots of new classes will start in January :-)