Learn to dance ballroom and socialise in style
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2 reviews - Indian YMCA
Description
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Classes, Live Music and Clubbing
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Tickets from £10.00
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Jazz, Retro and Rhythm and Blues
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Over 18
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This event has taken place.
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18:00 - 22:00
Learn to dance ballroom and socialise in style, Classes designed for beginners and rusty dancers who have musicality- that is they can identify the beat at the beginning of each bar of music.
We do the absolute beginners' lessons from 6.pm to 7.15p,pm, and the impovers class from 7.30pm to 9pm, then from 9pm there is one hour of social dancing to vintage dance music. The dances taught will be waltz, social rhythm, quickstep, slow foxtrot, and tango, and they are taught in bi-weekly rotation. The vintage records we play will be as above, plus some rumba, jive, Charleston and samba
We have designed a new style of teaching ballroom that will enable those with musicality to progress far faster. Ballroom is simply walking in time, in coordination with a partner, to music. Music is your friend in learning to dance, not an obstacle. Our aim is for 80% of students to be able to competently and joyfully get around the floor after one lesson, and for 70% to have made sufficient progress to join the improver class after two lessons. So- progress from the beginners to the improvers class will be rapid.
Ourhead trainer is Raymond Root who won the world ballroom championships in 1969, and may other world class competitions
We encourage those without partners to come, and encourage all our students and guests to change partners throughout the evening. Please note, it is easier and faster for followers (usually women) to become competent in ballroom than leaders (usually men), So, generally speaking, men have to work harder and practice more.
We hold black tie balls one Friday a month in the same building where we hire an orchestra, so you will have a convenient and friendly place to practice your new skills in a social situation. We also provide all our students with an on line list of all the other progressive partnered dance events in London.
Our aim is to introduce those with musiciality to the world of progressive partnered dancing, and produce our own dances with live music, where such skills may be tested and put to fun use in a civilised environment .
There is a also good quality Indian canteen in the same building with a set three course menu (from 7pm to 8.30pm) for £8.50.
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Tickets/Times
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lesson ballroom
entry to either the beginner or improver dance class and one hour of free practice from 9pm
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18:00 - 22:00 | £10.00 |
Location
Address
Indian YMCA, 41, Fitzroy Square, London, W1T 6AQ
Nearest Station
Warren Street (Tube)
JustPark
Organiser
George Tudor-Hart
George Tudor Hart is a ballroom dancer and has been organising the Black Tie Ballroom Club dances for three years, and has been running a ballroom dance school in South London for ten years
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2. Tickets are issued subject to the rules and regulations of the venue.
3. Please check your tickets, as mistakes cannot always be rectified.
4. Occasionally, events are cancelled or postponed by the promoter, team, performer or venue for a variety of reasons. If the event is cancelled, please contact us for information on receiving a refund from the responsible party. If the event was moved or rescheduled, the venue or promoter may set refund limitations. It is your responsibility to ascertain the date and time of any rearranged event.
5. The venue reserves the right to refuse admission and may on occasion have to conduct security searches to ensure the safety of the patrons.
6. Every effort to admit latecomers will be made at a suitable break in the event, but admission cannot always be guaranteed.
7. We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase.
8. Tickets are sold subject to the venue or promoter's right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its control without being obliged to refund monies or exchange tickets.
9. If this ticket is re-sold or transferred for profit or commercial gain by anyone other than the promoter, venue management, DesignMyNight or one of their authorised sub-agents, it will become voidable and the holder may be
refused entry to or ejected from the venue.
10. The venue may operate a No Smoking Policy.
11. The promoter, venue management and DesignMyNight accept no responsibility for any personal property.
12. The event listed on the purchased ticket is strictly for ticket holders who are over 18 years of age. Identification may be required.
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