Contemporary Dance Beginners Classes

*GET 30% OFF WINTER TERM IF YOU BOOK BEFORE 26TH SEPTEMBER*

Book our Winter Term before 26th September and received a 30% discount. Just enter code DAN30 at the checkout. 

Please note, this discount is only for new students. Returning students have already been emailed their discount code. If you do not enjoy your first class, let us know within 24 hours and you will receive a full refund minus the cost of the first class.

Looking for fun and rewarding dance lessons in London?

This high-octane, fun-packed dance course for adults will have you moving and finding your rhythm whilst surrounded by a brand-new group of friends. Get ready to build confidence, develop technique and revitalise your creativity. Contemporary dance is a style of expressive dance that combines elements of several different genres including modern, jazz, lyrical and classical ballet. It’s a form of dance that strives to connect the mind and the body through fluid dance movements.

Sign up for our Winter term for a chance to perform at our Stage & the City Charity Showcase!

Cultivate your dancing skills

Our Contemporary Dance classes will teach you a fusion of techniques to build on a commercial style, whilst developing your emotional exploration, storytelling and performing skills. You will also explore your own body’s flexibility, coordination, freedom and efficiency of movement to different styles of music. Our teacher will encourage you to step out of your comfort zone and enjoy every minute of this course, which will give you a great workout as well as enhancing your dance technique.

Once you have completed a couple of terms you will have the opportunity to audition for Stage & the City’s Contemporary Dance Company, giving you opportunities to perform in competitions and showcases.

Unsure about signing up for the full course? Join us for a £10 Taster Evening by clicking the button below. 

Contemporary Dance Beginners takes place on Thursdays 6.45pm – 7.45pm, 29th September – 1st December. ALL profits from this course will go towards the Fiorentini Foundation and helping disadvantaged children access the performing arts.

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Or if you wish to pay in TWO instalments, please send an email to satc@afperformingarts.com and someone will get back to you within 48hrs to arrange.

*Please note that as we are an adult performing arts school, any video footage or photographs taken during your class may be used on our social media for marketing and promotional purposes.

Weekly dance classes in London will look a little like this:

SPECIFIC SKILLS YOU WILL LEARN THIS TERM: Body/Mind connection and awareness (holistic approach to dance), Weight Placement, Basic Turns

• WEEK ONE: Warm up (10 mins) – yoga style, stretch and gentle strengthening.
  Technique (15 – 20 mins) – core focus exercises, letting go, breathing, getting used to the space.
  Usually in preparation for the choreography.
  Choreography (30 mins) – the second half of the class focuses on learning a short dance routine. (The routine changes every 2 – 3 weeks depending on the class and how much we enjoy the routine!)
• WEEK TWO: Same as week one but with added levels such as Lamon inspired techniques
• WEEK THREE: Same as weeks one and two but again with added levels such as footwork patterns e.g. Pas de Bouree
• WEEK FOUR: Warm up (10 mins) Technique (20 mins) focus on weight placement exercises through footwork and balance, changing feet etc. Choreography (30 mins). Continue working on same choreography and adding on each week as option to perform in show.
• WEEK FIVE: Same as week four, but with added levels such as floor work
• WEEK SIX: Same as weeks four and five but with added levels such as basic turns such as Chaine and Pencil turns
• WEEK SEVEN: Warm up (10 mins) Technique (20 mins) – working on basic turning exercises adding on slightly more complex levels depending on general class ability. Choreography (30 mins) – working on show choreography adding and finalising places depending how many people in show.
• WEEK EIGHT: Same as week seven
• WEEK NINE: Warm up (10 mins). Focus purely on choreography, performance and confidence in preparation for show.

The pace is still class led but the last few weeks will move slightly quicker applying previous sequences learnt and adding slightly more complex routines. By week 9, students will have built up more confidence with the technique learnt, strength in dancing and have a better understanding of contemporary movement in their body.

If you do not enjoy your first class, let us know within 24 hours and you will receive a full refund minus the cost of the first class.