FAQ
What is social dance?
The word social is the point: it is socialising through dancing together. People dance at social parties for fun and enjoyment, not for competition. You dance improvised dances with many different partners, and each dance is a body language between the two of you, with the music being the catalyst driving the conversation. No routine, no audience. Styles like Brazilian Zouk, Bachata, Salsa and Kizomba are all social dances.
Do I need a partner?
No. Social dancing rotates partners all through the party, and taxi dancers and the team are there to dance with you. Come along; you will not be alone.
Do I need experience?
No experience needed. The whole model starts at “never danced”: a free first class, then cheap pay as you go, then membership when you are ready.
Which dances can I learn?
Brazilian Zouk and Bachata Sensual come first, with Salsa, Kizomba, Tango and more following as the network grows. Solo styles run alongside: Hip Hop, Afrobeats, Contemporary, Heels, Reggaeton and Samba.
How do I start?
Choose a city, then your dance style, then the team you want around you. Your first event is the beginning, not an audition.
Your first class is free, and you register for it online first, on the link we share with each event. Tell the door helper it is your first time when you arrive and they will put you in the right one: Dance Express if it has not started yet, or Super Dance Express if it has. You can stay for the party after it.
What is the difference between Super Dance Express, Dance Express and Fundamentals?
Three formats, each a step deeper.
- Super Dance Express is made for your first time: learn 3 moves in 10 minutes. Arrive anytime up to an hour before the party finishes and a team member teaches you.
- Dance Express is a scheduled one-hour class: learn 6 moves over 3 weeks. You can hop back into it as many times as you like; we recommend a minimum of 3 weeks working on it.
- Fundamentals is a set hour inside the membership, and the format varies week to week with different focus areas: some weeks class based, some workgroup based. A workgroup week may look like 15 minutes of coach tips, 30 minutes of closed workgroup practice and 15 minutes of student sharing. The techniques, coaching and mentoring carry on in and out of class.
Do I have to commit to a membership?
No. You can buy a ticket for any one event online, or turn up and pay as you go at the door. Pay as you go exists exactly for that. It is walk-in only and never sold online: you pay at the door on the day by card, contactless tap, and we take no cash at the door.
Membership works the other way round. It is subscribed online only, and it is never sold at the door, so when you decide to join our membership you do it on the website. It is simply designed to be the better deal when you are coming every week.
Is there an age limit?
Our events are for adults: when you book a ticket, join our membership or register for your free first class, you confirm you are 18 or over.
Our special events each run for their own age band on top of that, and the bands change from week to week on purpose: it opens the door to meeting different age spectrums. Every band is announced ahead of time, so you always know who a given week is for before you book, and no event ever goes below 18. The band applies to everyone buying a ticket, our own dance members included.
Are there discounts?
We run an offer now and again, and when one is on it shows on your city’s page. Nothing else yet, and only one offer ever applies to a payment.
Can I bring a friend?
Members bring one friend per event free. Your pass carries your own link: send it to your friend, they register on it before the event, and you arrive together. What your friend can come to depends on your membership; the bring-a-friend matrix on your city’s page shows it.
I have an injury or a health condition. Can I still dance?
Social dancing is as gentle or as energetic as you make it, and you can sit out any dance, so many people dance happily around an injury. You know your body best and you stay responsible for it: if you are unsure, check with your doctor first. Always tell your teachers and your partners about an injury before you dance, so they can adapt. And do not push it. If something hurts, stop and sit the dance out; there is always another one.
What is the difference between teaching, coaching and mentoring?
Three different jobs, and you will meet all three.
- Teachers give you new material in classes: the steps, the technique, the foundations of the dance.
- Coaches refine what you already have, out on the social floor: they dance with you and give feedback as it happens, in the room, not weeks later. They ask questions as much as they give answers, so you make the discoveries yourself.
- Mentors guide the longer journey: what to work on next, which teachers and classes fit you, and the encouragement to keep going.
And you choose whose wing you grow under.
Why all three? Classes alone plateau almost everyone. A class gives you the step, feedback while you are actually dancing is what makes it stick, and a mentor keeps the whole journey pointed somewhere. That combination is what the membership pays for.
Where does the money go?
The full breakdown, with every number, is public on the Blueprint: who gets paid, what the venue takes, and the 3% of membership subscriptions that goes to the youth fund. Your own numbers, the memberships and what they include, the tickets and the door price, are on your city’s page. The structure behind them, the part another city would copy, is in How pricing is structured.