Cork's Leading Social Ballroom & Latin American Dance School
Classes
At Viva Dance Studio, we specialise in Ballroom & Latin American Dance classes, private lessons and choreography for your first wedding dance. Please read through the various types of dance below, all of which are taught at Viva!
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Ballroom Dancing
Waltz
A ballroom dance made fashionable in Vienna in the 1780's. The waltz is a flowing dance where the partners dance in a closed hold. The music has 3 beats to a bar.
Foxtrot
A smooth and elegant Ballroom dance, where the dancers travel effortlessly around the floor.
Ballroom Tango
Although its roots are from the original Argentine Tango, the Ballroom Tango has swayed away from its origins. It's characterised by sharp and staccato actions.
Quickstep
Like the Foxtrot, the Quickstep is very elegant and should be smooth and glamorous. The dancers appear to be very light on their feet as they travel briskly around the floor.
Viennese Waltz
The Viennese Waltz is a rotary dance where the dancers are constantly turning either in a clockwise (natural) or anti-clockwise (reverse) direction.
Since enrolling at Viva Dance Studio, I have learned to quickstep, foxtrot, jive and a lot more besides. The inimitable combination of learning a new still in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere motivates me to continue. Classes are both fun and organised and are individually tailored allowing students to develop at a comfortable pace. You always leave feeling you have made progress. Social dancing attracts a wonderful cross section of people of all ages and backgrounds. At this stage my week simply wouldn’t be the same without my dance class fix.
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Latin American
Cha-cha-cha
A fast rhythmic ballroom dance of Latin American origin with a basic pattern of three steps and a shuffle.
Rumba
Best known for the dancers' subtle side to side hip movements with the torso erect, the rumba is danced with a basic pattern of two quick side steps and a slow forward step.
Samba
Characterized by simple forward and backward steps and tilting, rocking body movements, it is danced to music in 4/4 time with syncopated
Salsa
Salsa is lively, upbeat, and danceable, adding a little sauce to the spice of life.
Jive
The Jive has a high lift of the knees, upbeat steps and swinging hip motion.