Court Social Dancing, Reigate, Surrey

Carshalton venue opened 31st January

As there was no further availablity on venues in Reigate we opened a NEW venue (midway between Sutton & Carshalton) at Highfield Halls, Carshalton Road, Carshalton, Surrey on Wednesday 31st January. See here for more details. Hopefully this will enable people who live north of Reigate to have the chance to dance at another venue.

What is social dancing?

You can learn how to dance ballroom & latin american dances (Waltz, Quickstep, Tango. Foxtrot, Cha Cha, Samba, Rumba, Ballroom Jive) plus Rock 'n' Roll, LeRoc (modern jive) and more. All of these can be learnt in a 'social class group' with a fun and friendly approach. The ethos always was and still is 'Everyone CAN dance' they just need to find that out.

The difference between social dancing and competitive dancing is that social dancers continually adjust what they dance and how they dance it to compensate for the other dancers and the shape of the floor. Competitive dancers learn a routine of choreographed figures that are designed to impress onlookers (the judges !!!!!) and generally try to show those routines off with little regard for other dancers.

We teach that laughing and smiling is just as much exercise as the dancing itself. The whole reason for learning to dance is the chance of dancing for fun. It's good to get it right but its still as good when you get it wrong and you can laugh about it. Evening sessions and a chance to practice are every Tuesday and Friday allowing people just to socialise and dance.

Strictly Come Dancing

As Darren Gough was heard to say at the end of the third series of Strictly Come Dancing, 'Well now I have won this, it proves that real blokes can dance'. As he was the first to admit, he previously needed a good few pints before going anywhere near the dance floor, and had two left feet firmly strapped to his right leg. He still was able, not just to win, but win by dancing 'HIS' way. Something we have been advocating for many years.

Strictly Come Dancing has been like a breath of fresh air to the general publics perception of dancers and dancing. At long last dancers are seen as fun, friendly and yet still retain a dedication to getting the best performance for the night. Real achievements from real people. It must be said however that when the celebrities are training they work in excess of eight hours a day, so the answer is yes you can learn a routine like them if you can afford that amount of time and effort.

Strictly Dance Fever

Younger age groups have also realised that dancing together can not only be fun but rewarding as well. The saying that it takes two to tango has been shown to be true today as it ever was. PartnerDancing for younger age groups is now a feature on Tuesday evenings (From 14th September) details. Dance with people of the same age group to music of that age. Hot latin rhythms, pumping modern tracks. If you can dance to it we probably are playing it.

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