Dance Classes in Washington, DC

This course is designed for students with little or no salsa dance experience. This class will teach basic fundamentals of salsa timing, rhythm, footwork and an introduction to partner dancing helping you build a SOLID Salsa foundation. Our goal will be to raise your awareness of timing, technique & basic body movements so you can dance the night...

Introducing more complex steps and patterns based on skills developed in the Beginning class. You will be doing different patterns with turns, cross body leads, and some styling. Continue to develop leading/following and turning skills in order to prepare you for the next step. This class is to take the fundamentals to the next level. Note: No black...

This course is designed for students with little or no Bachata/Merengue dance experience. This class will teach basic fundamentals of timing, rhythm, footwork and an introduction to partner dancing helping you build a SOLID Merengue/Bachata foundation. Our goal will be to raise your awareness of timing, technique & basic body movements so you can...

Students here are expected to have a good level of communication (lead /follow) , and musicality. The skills develop on this class relate to musicality, communication,  tango feeling, elegance, and fluidity of movement, generating the ability to create better interpretation of the music, and the usage of more complex figures for better enjoyment...

Here is where we try to understand better the art of Argentine Tango, and take the foundation to the next level, preparing the student for a more musical and fluid tango performance. Students will study more difficult choreography. The class emphasis is in communication, exploring Leading and flowing techniques. No total beginners are allowed. Note...

Here is where we develop the foundation of this dance. It takes from 6 months to one year to cover most of the Argentine Tango foundation essential topics. Note: No black soled or rubber sole shoes. Shoes allowed on the dance floor are jazz shoes, practice sneakers, social shoes with leather soles, or suede. Socks are ok. Absolutely no scuffing shoes. ...

Designed to create great foundation for the social dancer. Students will gain understanding of Latin dances as well as technique like Cuban motion, body isolations, arm styling, turns, etc. Note: No black soled or rubber sole shoes. Shoes allowed on the dance floor are jazz shoes, practice sneakers, social shoes with leather soles, or suede. Socks...

Designed to create a great foundation for the social dancer. You will learn tempo, lead and follow, foot position, alignment, and poise in several different dances. Note:  No black soled or rubber sole shoes. Shoes allowed on the dance floor are jazz shoes, practice sneakers, social shoes with leather soles, or suede. Socks are ok. Absolutely...

Aerial rope, also known as corde lisse, is one of the purest of the aerial arts, challenging in its very simplicity. This class is for the strong beginning aerial student or the more experienced aerialist looking to challenge themselves on a new dynamic apparatus. Students will learn basic skills, climbs, inversions, and beat techniques. Prerequisites:...

Ballroom Lessons (Smooth or Rhythm) with Fabio Bonini, Nicholas Pasch or Guest Instructors prior to our Ballroom Dance Party.  Note: No black soled or rubber sole shoes. Shoes allowed on the dance floor are jazz shoes, practice sneakers, social shoes with leather soles, or suede. Socks are ok. Absolutely no scuffing shoes.  Be early, latercomer...

We will cover a variety of styles. (Eskista, Guragigna, Oromigna, Tigrigna, Wolititgna) Let’s learn Ethiopian Dance. If you live or visited one of the many Ethiopian restaurants in the Washington DC area, you may have witnessed the ‘shoulder dance’ or Iskista as it is know. Well Iskista is just one of many Ethiopian dance forms, there is Oromigna,...