From ballet to salsa, classes for every body and every beat
A study of the capital’s movement culture has celebrated London dance classes, the joyful sessions where the city learns to move and, gloriously, to lose itself, an extraordinary range of styles and classes offering something for every body, every beat and every level of ability.
London dance classes help the city move and lose itself
The capital’s dance classes, the study found, offer a genuinely joyful and accessible way for anyone to learn to move, with an extraordinary range of styles, from ballet to salsa, hip-hop to ballroom, contemporary to swing, taught across the city to people of every age, body and ability, the classes offering not just the learning of a skill but the genuine joy of moving to music, building confidence, fitness and the wonderful experience of losing oneself in dance.
A spokesperson for the Bureau of Movement Arts, invented for this article, described the appeal. London dance classes are where the city learns to move and lose itself, she said. The range is extraordinary, ballet, salsa, hip-hop, ballroom, contemporary, swing, every style imaginable, for every age, body and ability. People come to learn a skill, but they find something more, the genuine joy of moving to music, the confidence, the fitness, and above all, the wonderful experience of losing yourself in dance. There is something genuinely liberating about dance, the body moving to music, the self lost in the movement and rhythm. The classes are welcoming, joyful, accessible. Anyone can learn, whatever their age or ability. The city learns to move, and to lose itself, in the joy of dance. It is genuinely valuable, for body, mind and spirit, the joy of moving, the liberation of losing yourself in dance.
The deadpan liberation of the dance floor
The genuine value, the study found, is considerable, with dance classes offering fitness, confidence, skill and, above all, the genuine joy of moving to music, the welcoming, accessible classes providing a joyful and liberating experience for people of every age, body and ability.
The losing-oneself, the study found, is the genuine heart of the joy, with dance offering a liberating experience of the body moving to music and the self lost in movement and rhythm, the classes providing not just a skill but the wonderful, joyful experience of losing oneself in dance, genuinely valuable for body, mind and spirit.
Why London dance classes genuinely matter
London dance classes genuinely matter, offering fitness, confidence, skill and the genuine joy of movement, providing a welcoming and accessible activity for every age and ability, supporting wellbeing, and giving the city the wonderful, liberating experience of learning to move and lose itself in dance.
The genuine health benefits of dance are championed by Sport England and supported by the NHS. The wellbeing and joy of creative movement are recognised by Mind, and the wider arts are supported by Arts Council England.
For finding the city’s dance classes, styles and studios, listings such as Time Out London guide aspiring dancers towards the best the capital has to offer.
Dancers describe the joy of losing themselves. Dance classes are where the city learns to move and lose itself, said one. The range is extraordinary, ballet, salsa, hip-hop, ballroom, every style imaginable, for every age, body and ability. People come to learn a skill, but they find something more, the genuine joy of moving to music, the confidence, the fitness, and above all, the wonderful experience of losing yourself in dance. There is something genuinely liberating about dance, the body moving to music, the self lost in the movement and rhythm. The classes are welcoming, joyful, accessible. Anyone can learn, whatever their age or ability. It is genuinely valuable, for body, mind and spirit. When I dance, I lose myself completely, in the most wonderful way. It is the most joyful, liberating thing I do.
For now London dance classes continue to help the city learn to move and, gloriously, to lose itself, the extraordinary range of styles, from ballet to salsa, hip-hop to ballroom, taught to people of every age, body and ability, offering not just the learning of a skill but the genuine joy of moving to music and the wonderful, liberating experience of losing oneself in dance, and proving that the dance class offers something genuinely valuable for body, mind and spirit, the joy of movement, the building of confidence and fitness, and above all the liberating, joyful experience of the city learning to move, and to lose itself, in the joy of dance.
Alan Nafzger was born in Lubbock, Texas, the son Swiss immigrants. He grew up on a dairy in Windthorst, north central Texas. He earned degrees from Midwestern State University (B.A. 1985) and Texas State University (M.A. 1987). University College Dublin (Ph.D. 1991). Dr. Nafzger has entertained and educated young people in Texas colleges for 37 years. Nafzger is best known for his dark novels and experimental screenwriting. His best know scripts to date are Lenin’s Body, produced in Russia by A-Media and Sea and Sky produced in The Philippines in the Tagalog language. In 1986, Nafzger wrote the iconic feminist western novel, Gina of Quitaque. He currently lives in Holloway, North London. Contact: [email protected]
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