May Group Class Schedule
Monday May 6th - 20th
No Class on Memorial Day May 27th. Monday classes prices adjusted to reflect 3 weeks instead of 4.
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This is our introductory class. It is designed to get you started in salsa teaching you some of the basic steps and partnering skills. After this class you will move on to Beginner 1 Salsa.
No experience necessary.
Teacher: Sydney
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This is an advanced level class where you will learn how to dance salsa on 2. We will go over different topics each month where we will focus on a certain figure while also engraining the musicality of dancing on 2.
Prerequisite Intermediate/advanced Salsa
Teacher: Tony
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This is a style that has ballet and contemporary influence. It is danced solo, no partner necessary. It is a choreography based class where you learn different choreography each month.
This class is open to dancers of all levels.
Teacher: Jess
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In this class we will continue to expand on what you learned in the Intro class. Diving a bit deeper into the dance. We will be working on Broken Left Turns, Cross body lead with inside turn, Outside turns and Hammer locks. This class has a 2 month rotating syllabus. You need to stay in this class for the full 8 weeks before moving onto Beginner 2 Salsa.
Prerequisite: Intro to Salsa
Teacher: Sydney
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This class will focus on more complex combinations, copas and rotational figures.
Prerequisite — Beginner Salsa. Everyone progresses at different rates. To ensure you are ready for this class you must get the teachers permission before moving from beginner to intermediate level.
Teacher: Tony
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This is a style that has ballet and contemporary influence. It is danced solo, no partner necessary. It is a choreography based class where you learn different choreography each month. This class has a higher technique base integrating jumps and turns.
Prerequisite Beginner lyrical or comparable experience.
Teacher: Jess
Tuesday May 7th - 28th
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Welcome to the beautiful world of Brazilian Zouk, a modern social dance that evolved from Lambada! In this class you will learn a few basic figures that will get you on the dance floor as well as ready to start leveling up in the Beginner level at 7pm. Vamos!
Teacher: Sydney
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In this class, we will focus on foundational footwork and partnerwork needed for Brazilian Zouk. These include paso basico, viradinha, lateral, simple turn, soltinho, among others. The class is intended to be repeated for 2-3 months before moving onto the Intermediate level.
Prerequisite: Intro to Zouk
Teacher: Sydney
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In this class you will be introduced to swing. We start off using single time swing to learn the basics, under arm turns, partnering skills and musicality. In beginner swing we teach you 6 count swing or triple time. After 3 months of beginner swing you can then move on to learning Lindy.
Teacher: Jess
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This class is taught as a 3 month series. We have 3 alternating syllabus used to teach the fundamentals of 6 count swing to prepare you to start learning Lindy Hop. You will want to stay in this class for at least 3 months to gain a solid foundation before moving onto Intermediate Swing and Lindy Hop.
Prerequisite Intro to Swing
Teacher: Jess
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In this class, we will continue to dive into Brazilian Zouk syllabus figures including raul, yo-yo, and boomerang. We will also introduce isolations and head movement.
Prerequisite: Beginner Zouk or permission of the teacher
Teacher: Sydney
Wednesday May 1st - 22nd
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This class gives an introduction to the latin dances of Cha cha, Rumba and Samba.
Teacher: Camilla
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This class is the next level after Beginner Bachata.
Prerequisite: Beginner Bachata
Teacher: Tony
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This class is an introduction to Tango. Meant for someone with no prior experience. In this class you will be introduced to the the basic figures and partnering skills of Tango.
Teacher: Eteri
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This class is an introduction to Bachata. Bachata is a super popular Latin dance that originated in the Dominican Republic. If you’re learning Salsa you definingly need to learn Bachata as well since they are both played equally at Salsa Clubs and parties.
No experience necessary
Teacher: Tony
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Teacher: Jess
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This class will focus on building your technique in partnering skills. We will be teaching partnering skills of lead/follow and connections using the beginner level figures. This is crucial to being a good lead or follow and being able to handle the Intermediate level material.
Prerequisite: Beginner Bachata. Everyone progresses at different rates. To ensure you are ready for this class, you must get the teachers permission before moving from beginner to intermediate level.
Teacher: Daniela
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This class is the next level after Intro to Bachata. You’ll continue to work on basic elements of bachata such as outside turns, hammer locks, drapes and start adding rotational figures. This class rotates through multiple months of syllabus so you’ll want to stay in this class for a couple months before moving onto the next level.
prerequisite Intro to Bachata
Teacher: Tony
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This class will focus on building your technique in partnering skills. We will be teaching partnering skills of lead/follow and connections using the beginner level figures. This is crucial to being a good lead or follow and being able to handle the Intermediate level material.
Prerequisite: Intermediate Bachata. Everyone progresses at different rates. To ensure you are ready for this class, you must get the teachers permission before moving from beginner to intermediate level.
Teacher: Daniela
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This class is a continuation of Intro to Tango. You’ll continue to expand on the fundamentals of tango to be able to comfortably social dance. In this class we will continue to work on the fundamentals learned in Intro to Tango. In this class we will mainly focus on learning and working on forward ochos as well as a few figures that go along with forward ochos. After this class you will move on to Beginner level 2 which focuses on Backwards Ochos.
Teacher: Eteri
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In this class, you will learn classic 8-count Lindy Hop figures and how to mix them with the 6-count swing steps you already know. These include swing outs, Charleston variations, and the Shim Sham.
Prerequisite: beginner level swing
Teacher: Sydney
Thursday May 2nd - 23rd
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This class gives an introduction to the ballroom dances of Waltz, Tango and Fox Trot
Teacher: Charles
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This class will expand on what you learned in Intermediate 1. Adding new figures and digging deeper into technique. There is a higher focus on partnering skills in this class.
Prerequisite Intermediate Salsa
Teacher: Jorge
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Teacher: Eteri
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Teacher: Rosette
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West Coast Swing is a slotted dance (like Salsa and Hustle) that evolved from Lindy Hop and is done to modern music. Come learn the basic figures from DCC’s newest addition to its staff!
Teacher: Jess
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Teacher: Jess
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This class will further build on the techniques and combinations of Intermediate Salsa, but allows for more complications.
Prerequisite: Intermediate Salsa
Teacher: Jorge
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This class is set as an ongoing class where each month we go over new topics and combinations of more advanced figures and techniques.
Prerequisite all levels of Tango classes from Intro through intermediate and a strong foundation of the fundamentals.
Teacher: Eteri
Price
**In order for a class to run, we need a minimum of 4 students enrolled. If a class is canceled, we will either credit you towards another class or issue a refund.**
Price:
It is very helpful to us if you register ahead of time. Therefore, we give a lower rate for early registration.
Single Class (4 week session) $65 preregistered, $70 after 12pm on the first day of the month, $75 at the door.
This is for one class (example: Intro to Salsa) which meets once a week for 4 weeks.
Classes meet once a week for the first four weeks of the month. We do not hold classes on the fifth week of the month (if applicable)!
Monthly Unlimited Class Pass $105 preregistered, $110 after 12pm on the first day of the month. $115 at the door.
You can take any of the classes we offer at your level or below. You must complete the prerequisites of each level before moving on.
Class levels
Intro - This is the introductory level.
This is for people new to dance or taking a class of dance style they have never done before. This is run in a 4 week session going over the basics of a dance.
Beginner level - You must have completed the intro level or have an understanding of the basics of the dance.
Beginner level syllabus covers the fundamentals of the dance style. The material is broken up and taught over the course of two or three months depending on the style. You may join at any time but you must complete all months and have a strong understanding of the material covered to move onto the intermediate level.
Intermediate - You have completed the beginner level and be very comfortable with all the basics of a dance.
This level has a 3 month rotating Syllabus. You’ll want to take this level for 3 months in a row to go through all material before going to the advanced levels.
Advance - You have proficiency in figures and technique, have taken all prior levels.
Make-up Policy
We can not refund an individual class hour or transfer it to the next month. For example you are going to miss one class in a month. We can not refund that single class or transfer it to the next month.
Each class builds on the last class. We require that you make it to the class for at least 3 of the weeks so that the flow of class is not disrupted. If you need to miss a class this is ok. We always review what we went over the previous week before teaching new material.
We sell our classes monthly sessions of 4 weeks in a session. Each monthly session starts the first week of the month.
If you know at the beginning of the session you will miss a class we welcome you to jump into one of our other classes either the first or second week of the monthly session. After this all classes are closed.
It is up to you to make sure you make it to the classes. If you registered then realize you will miss most of the classes we can refund or transfer the current session to the next month.