Latest Dance News – June 2025

Winter Holiday break

Dance Company will be closed from Thursday 26th June with lessons resuming on Tuesday 5 August. Its time for my annual holiday to somewhere warm.

Do send me an email if you are interested in any of the teaching options I have available, I wont be able to respond to phone calls.

Lesson options from August

Group Classes – these are planned to continue on Sunday 6pm and Tuesday 7.30pm. They run over 6 weeks and generally you need to bring a partner. They cover 1 Latin dance and 1 Ballroom dance over the 6 week block.  Each lesson in the series builds on the previous ones. If you are interested send me an email for more details. I like to keep the lesson numbers low – around 6-8 couples.

Private Lessons – If you are interested in regular or occasional lessons in ballroom, latin, new vogue and even classical sequence and modern jive do email and check availability. I dance lead and follow so all aspects of the dances are covered if you don’t have a partner.  

I also am available to take 2/3 couples in a private lesson hour if you want to learn to dance with friends or family. This works well if you have a special occasion coming up, if you are just a little bored with what you already know or lead, or if you want to learn a New Vogue dance in a way that’s much easier than following another couple on the floor.

“…its great to try something new and we both (think) you are an amazing passionate teacher”..

Wedding dances – I always advise that having your choreography done at least 2 weeks before the big day gives you one thing less to stress about. You can also learn your choreographed wedding dance well in advance and come back for a final run through before your wedding – and that works well for some couples. Do consider booking your wedding dance lessons in advance – that means one less thing to worry about closer to the actual day.

Practice – Every fortnight I offer a Sunday practice – 6.00pm – 7.30pm, $5 per person at the St Johns Church Hall 94 Bureta Rd. This is a chance to dance those moves you know, and ask any questions. Its very relaxed and covers off any of the ballroom, latin, new vogue, classical sequence, modern jive etc dances that couples want to go over. The last one before the holiday is the 15th of June and the next post holiday one is 10th of August.

Chair and Floor based Stretch and Strengthening class

I was looking for a class for myself to balance the dance teaching I do and I was delighted to find this class. Its suitable for everyone to join no matter what fitness level you have. $70 for 5 classes or $120 for 10 classes. Term 3 starts 14th July – 19th September. Fridays 10.30 – 11.30 at the Bethlehem Community Hall. Please email Michelle at: over50sballet@gmail.com to register.

Have a wonderful July – and I hope to see you in August

Contact

Elly (027 215 1430) or hi@dancecompany.co.nz