New Parking Restrictions

There are new parking restrictions in force at the Cherry Orchard.

Only the first 30 minutes of parking are now free (previously 2 hours) between the hours of 7am-7pm. There will still be no parking for the general public after 7pm.

Learn To Dance students will still receive free parking so long as they enter their number plate in the tablet provided.

This means that every student will need to enter their number plate when they arrive, but still only once per day.

Winter Dinner & Dance

Our Winter Dinner & Dance takes place on Friday 8th November.

Places cost £40pp and include a welcome drink and two course menu. We’re already 25% booked!

All bookings and menu choices required by 1st November Read more….

Ceilidh Live Band Event

On Friday 31st January 2025 we’ll be welcoming a live Ceilidh Band, Nedron’s Jig, to the studio for a fabulous Ceilidh night.

There’ll be a caller to instruct us in the various dances and it promises to be an entertaining evening.

We’re already 50% booked!

Tickets costs £35pp. Book Now

18th Anniversary Party

Back in April we celebrated 18 years since the formation of Learn To Dance!

We are so grateful to all our students for their continued support. It’s great to say that we are finally back to full strength after all these post-COVID years.

In fact we’re already starting to make preparations for our grand 20 year anniversary in 2026!!!

Simply Swing Live Band Event

Our first ever live band event at Learn To Dance took place on Friday 28th June.

It was amazing to be able to dance to live music in the studio and we received amazing feedback from the event.

We look forward to welcoming them back hopefully next year!

Download Updated Schedules

Want to download our most recent schedules rather than picking up a printout? Use the links below:

• Beginner Details (updated 07/09/23)
• Dates for your Diary (updated 24/08/24)
• Schedule of Dances (updated 12/07/24)
• Class Timetable (list) (updated 22/08/24)
• Class Timetable (schedule) (updated 22/08/24)
• FitSteps Details (updated 08/01/24)
• Weekly Tea Dances (updated 08/01/24)

18th Anniversary Party

Can you believe that Learn To Dance is turning 18 this month!

We’ll be celebrating with our annual anniversary party on Friday 26th April from 7pm (dancing from 8.30pm). Read more…

Spring Dinner & Dance

Our Spring Dinner & Dance takes place on Friday 10th May.

Places cost £40pp and include a welcome drink and two course menu.

All bookings and menu choices required by 3rd May Read more….

Simply Swing Live Band Event

On Friday 28th June we’ll be welcoming the Ballroom & Latin American band Simply Swing to the dance studio for an evening of live music for dancing.

There’ll be a five-piece band playing a variety of strict tempo music. Whether you want to dance, or just enjoy the live music, it’s guaranteed to be a great night.

Tickets costs £50pp. Read more…

Flavia Cacace Workshops

Back in February we were honoured to welcome Strictly Legend Flavia Cacace to our dance studio for an afternoon of Argentine Tango workshops.

It was a really fun and informative afternoon and you can see a highlight reel on our Instagram page (full gallery to be uploaded).

Next up is Kristina Rihanoff in May for a morning of Latin American dance workshops!

We hope to have Erin Boag revisit us in November and we should have confirmation of this next month.

Good Friday Afternoon Tea

On Friday 29th March we held our annual Good Friday Afternoon Tea.

This gave us the perfect opportunity to try out some five-tier cake stands we’d purchased, and given the amount of food our caterer provided I’m glad we did!

It was a wonderful start to the Easter weekend and we look forward to our next catered event, our Spring dinner & dance in May.

Download Updated Schedules

Want to download our most recent schedules (as at 19th April 2024), rather than picking up a printout? Use the links below:

• Beginner Details (updated 07/09/23)
• Dates for your Diary (updated 09/04/24)
• Schedule of Dances (updated 20/03/24)
• Class Timetable (list) (updated 08/01/24)
• Class Timetable (schedule) (updated 08/01/24)
• FitSteps Details (updated 08/01/24)
• Weekly Tea Dances (updated 08/01/24)

Tango & Samba Courses

This week sees our new One Dance Courses commencing. Tonight will be Tango and Wednesday Samba.

Courses cost £50pp and start at 7pm. Both courses can be booked online or contact us for more information.

Valentine Dinner & Dance

Our Valentine Dinner & Dance takes place on Friday 9th February.

Places cost £40pp and include a welcome drink and two course menu.

All bookings and menu choices required by 2nd February Read more….

Charity Silent Social

Last year’s Silent Social for Comic Relief was such a huge hit that we couldn’t wait to have another one! We will be repeating the event on Friday 15th March.

All participants are issued with headsets that can tune into one of three channels: Ballroom, Latin American, General.

Places cost £20pp and are available to book now.

Bournemouth Dance Weekend

Our ever-popular Bournemouth Dance Weekend was a great success, with some wonderful masks for the masquerade ball.

Unfortunately the dance floor in the suite we hire is not being well-maintained and we are currently looking for a new venue for this year’s break.

We hope to have something arranged within the next month and more details will be released when available.

Download Updated Schedules

Want to download our most recent schedules (as at 8th January 2024), rather than picking up a printout? Use the links below:

• Beginner Details
• Dates for your Diary
• Schedule of Dances
• Class Timetable (list)
• Class Timetable (schedule)
• FitSteps Details
• Weekly Tea Dances
• Good Friday Afternoon Tea Dance Details
• Valentine Dinner & Dance