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No partner needed
We rotate every few minutes. Bringing someone is fine, coming alone is completely normal, and most of the room did exactly that.
Monday beginners, Tuesday improvers, Wednesday merengue with a social after it. Drop in on any date, no course to commit to, no partner to bring.
We rotate every few minutes. Bringing someone is fine, coming alone is completely normal, and most of the room did exactly that.
Doors open half an hour before. Come at ten to, get a drink, and start on time with everyone else.
Anything with a smooth sole. Grippy trainers fight the floor and your knees lose. Heels are optional and never expected.
Each class is sold per date, so you only pay for the weeks you can make. On the door it is £2 more, if there is space.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Pick the date from the list on each card; every session we have released is in there.
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Nobody checks, and nobody minds if you get it wrong the first time. But you will enjoy it far more in the right room, so here is the honest version.
Monday Beginners. It assumes nothing whatsoever, it starts again from scratch every week, and roughly half the room came on their own.
Tuesday Improvers. You should already have the basic step and be able to survive a cross body lead without counting out loud.
Merengue Wednesday. Two beats and a hip. It is the quickest Latin dance to pick up, and the class runs straight into a social so you can use it the same night.
Then skip the classes. Latin Thursday is relaxed with no lesson at all, and Friday and Saturday are proper parties.
One-to-one or as a couple, on any style we teach, at £60 an hour. Popular for wedding first dances, for anyone who wants to catch up quickly, and for people who would simply rather learn without an audience.
Written the way we would want it written if we were the ones booking. If anything here is unclear, email us and we will just tell you.
Cancel more than 24 hours ahead and you get a full refund or a credit, your choice. Inside 24 hours we will move you to another date. Nobody has ever had to argue about this.
Cancel more than 24 hours before the class and you can have a full refund to your card or a class credit that never expires, whichever you prefer. Just reply to your confirmation email.
Inside 24 hours we cannot refund the place, because it is too late to release it to somebody else. We will move you to any other date in the next eight weeks, once, at no charge.
Every class works the same way, so there is nothing special to remember.
If we cancel a class, teacher illness, a burst pipe, the one snow day a year, you get a full automatic refund within three working days, plus a free class credit for the inconvenience. You do not have to ask.
Come in. We will wave you into the back of the circle at the next partner rotation and catch you up in the break. We would rather you danced forty minutes than none.
Whatever you would wear to a bar, plus shoes with a smooth sole so you can turn. Trainers with heavy grip are the single most common reason a beginner's knees ache the next day.
There is no dress code, no uniform and nothing to buy. Proper dance shoes are lovely and completely unnecessary for at least your first few months.
Classes are 18+. The club nights are 18+ before 11pm and 21+ after, and the door asks everybody for ID regardless of how old you look. Bring it.
The Friday WARM-UP ticket includes entry to the social afterwards, so you do not queue and you do not pay twice.
Step-free from the street to the main room and the bar. The accessible toilet is on the same level. The back room has one shallow step and we have a portable ramp behind the bar, ask any of us.
Tell us in advance what would help and we will sort it before you arrive rather than in front of everybody.
Anybody can say no to a dance, at any point, without giving a reason. Anybody can end a dance halfway through. Nobody is owed an explanation, and nobody gets to make a thing of it.
Teach only if you are asked. Lead only what the person can safely follow. If somebody makes you uncomfortable, tell any member of staff, we would far rather lose a customer than a regular.
We photograph the socials and the ball, never the beginner classes. If you would rather not appear anywhere, say so at the door and we will make sure of it, and if something of you is already up, one message and it is down the same day.
Every class is taught by the same named person every week. They will know your name back by the third week, and there is no rotating pool of stand-ins.
Monday Beginners
Takes the absolute beginners every Monday. Explains things three different ways until one of them lands.
Tuesday Improvers
Runs Tuesday improvers. Will stop the whole room to fix one hand position, and he will be right.
Merengue Wednesday
Merengue taught as body movement first and figures second, then they stay on the floor for the social afterwards.
We have only just opened, so there is nothing to quote yet, no reviews, no star rating, no testimonials. Come to a Monday and tell us what you think; we will put the honest ones up as they arrive.
And if you are going to come more than twice a week, the membership is cheaper by the second visit.
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