Dance courses - links

Dance courses are enjoyable!

Choose a level that you can handle.

If you are beginner or in doubt, it is mostly preferable to choose a level that you think might be slightly below your current skills, rather than to choose a more advanced level. The reason is that it is more enjoyable to feel good at what you are doing, rather than to hardly be able to catch up with the others. In most cases, there will any way be new ideas and suggestions that will improve your dancing . If you are in doubt, those organizing the course can probably give advice.

There are both professional and non-profit associations that arrange dance courses. If you know others who have participated in the courses, contact them and ask them for their experiences.

If you live in the Stockholm region, the links below might be useful.

Within parenthesis the number of courses I have participated in is shown. (Besides this I have participated in a number of courses with organizers that are no longer active, or are not listed here. This includes courses in latin dances, modern waltz, slow foxtrot, argentinean tango, cuban salsa, folklore, polskor, tap dance etc.).

Organizers with a mixed programme

Danshuset
Jazz dance, street dance, show dance and also some bugg, salsa and oriental dance. Most but not all of the courses are for children
Mälarsalen
The course programme has varied over time, today it contains mainly modern dance (>10)
Stockholm Salsa Dance
Salsa, Zumba and argentinean tango
Educational associations have a diversed course programme, mostly including dance courses
- ABF
- Kulturama (1)
- Studiefrämjandet
- Sensus
Urkraft
African and Afro inspired dances (Afrostreet, Dancehall, Reggaeton, Orientalic, House etc)

Bugg & Swing

Bugg, Lindy Hop, Balboa, Blues, Boogie Woogie, West Coast Swing, Tap etc

Brunna Danssportklubb
Bugg, Boogie Woogie, West Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, foxtrot, competition classes and social dancing
Chicago
Lindy Hop, tap and other swing oriented classes, and also extensive social dancing open for everyone. Also associated with the popular Herräng Dance Camp summertime (2)
Ebba Dansklubb
Boogie Woogie, bugg, Lindy Hop, including competition classes and social dancing for members (3)
Nackswinget
Bugg and social dancing for members
Stockholm Sång och Dans
Lindy Hop and West Coast Swing, and also singing, mainly for youth people
Swedish Swing Society
Lindy Hop, Balboa and tap, including dance camps, competition classes and social dancing open for everyone (5)
Swingkatten
Lindy Hop, Balboa, tap and other swing related classes. Also social dances open for everyone (Uppsala)
West Coast Jitterbugs
Lindy Hop, Balboa, Boogie Woogie, Blues and other swing related dances. Also social dances for members (Gothenburg)
Värmdö Dansare
An organisation with a less extensive programme. Bugg and foxtrot. Also competition and occasionally social dancing open for evereyone

Gammaldans, polskor, gillesdans, folkdans

Akademiska Folkdanslaget Gammaldans, polskor, folkdans
GDV Jakobsberg Gammaldans
Kungsängens folkdansgille Gammaldans, folkdans, polskor
Philochoros (Uppsala) Gammaldans, polskor
Slagsta Gille
Gammaldans, gillesdans, och även spelmansstämmor
Sollentuna Folkdansgille
Söderringen Gammaldans
Tuna Gille Gammaldans, polskor, foxtrot
Folkmusikhuset
Dance-, song- and music-activities, including instructions. This is a good alternative if you want to get in touch with dance for the first time. Instructions for beginners in gammaldans start at 18.00 Sundays, and polska at 19:00. The first Sunday in each month 16:30 - except in the summer - there is swedish tango practica (swedish tango). The entrance is free. The instructions are however quite comprehensive, a dance course provides more time and better opportunities to learn a dance, from the basics to more advanced levels (3)

Ballroom, Latin

Alemana Dansklubb Modern and latin dance
Dansklubben Nyckeln
Foxtrot, Bugg and Ballroom dance

Salsa etc.

IDance Salsa and Bachata

Argentinean tango, practicas, milonga

Argentango Courses and milongas
Tango Norte
The major arranger of argentinean tango in Stockholm, with courses, workshops, practicas, milongas and dance camps
Tangoverkstan
Courses, workshops, practicas and milongas

After the dance course

On a dance course you can learn the basics for a dance. In most cases there are also intermediate and advanced levels, giving possibilities to continue with the courses for several years. There are however also other alternatives.

Keep fit dance (Motionsdans), which is often based on gammaldans is in some cases organized by non-profit associations on workday evenings, often with live music.

Some non-profit associations arrange dance evenings with dance instructions.

Polskor with instructions are for example arranged by Mälparingen (sw) and Polskedansarna." (sw).

Societies have often an ample programme with gammaldans, polskor, dancing games, folk lore and possibly also modern dances.

Last but not least, you can practice and enrich your knowledge at public dance events.

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