Dazzle Workshops

Dance birthday party
2025-01-12

Dance & Stretch Monday
2025-01-13 09:15 - 10:30, 2025-01-20 09:15 - 10:30 (Europe/London)
What makes a Dazzle Dance & Stretch course unique?Every week is a new fun routine, a new dance style, new feel good music.
Each routine is choreographed with three aims – I want the choreography to feel achievable and for you to leave feeling a sense of achievement – I want you to also feel challenged enough to focus on the dancing and forget about the world outside – I want to put a smile on your face. Some classes focus more on the fitness, some are bouncy, some are more technical and others but each class is independent so you can rock up, enjoy, take what you need from it and forget about it. There is no pressure to remember any moves for the next class, just enjoy then say goodbye and get on with your week.
A short warm up starts the class before gradually, section by section, we develop and learn an achievable, fun, stylish but challenging enough routine. With lots of repeated sequences, you will be able to add in more style and individuality as we run through the finished masterpiece a few times before a simple cool down. The time flies by and you can put in as much or as little as you want. If you are there for fitness, to hang out with friends, to dance, to forget about the cupboards that need sorting, it doesn’t matter.

Then we roll out our mats for a well deserved guided 15-20 minute stretch and relax. Building strength and flexibility, relaxing, reaping the benefits of the dance workout and helping you to leave the class a little less wired up.

Bollywood Beginners Monday
2025-01-13 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-01-20 11:00 - 12:00
Bollywood dancing is a colourful, dynamic and highly theatrical dance style seen in Indian films, a mix of the words Hollywood& Bombay. The success of a Bollywood film can be down to the quality of the song-and-dance numbers.
It combines classical forms of dance including traditional Indian, folk, salsa, belly-dance while also incorporating more contemporary western forms such as hip hop, jazz and disco. Expressive hand gestures in Indian dance are called mudras. They come from sacred rituals in which every movement is carefully choreographed and symbolic.
The Beginners Bollywood dance course will explore in detail this super fun, high energy and upbeat dance style. Each week will focus on new mudras and a selection of Bollywood sequences and gradually building towards a final class when we combine all of our fancy moves!
Once the course has started Dazzle cannot offer a refund for any missed classes.
If Dazzle needs to cancel a class a refund will be given or an alternative class arranged.
If you cannot make your normal class please check the other class options in case you can swap.

Street Kids
2025-01-13 15:45 - 16:30, 2025-01-20 15:45 - 16:30
Ros is the amazing class leader for the childrens street dance courses.
“I attended my very first dance class in 1998. I was a nervous, self conscious tennager looking for something fun to ease the pressures of secondary school. It was a street dance class and from the very first second, I was hooked.
Since then I have tried many other styles, but I still get drawn back to street dance time and again. It is the genre that most influences my choreography. It can be smooth and then punchy. It can be gentle and then fierce. It can be sassy and then strong. I Love playing on those juxtapositions, creating unusual shapes or unexpected moments.
You can be anyone and do anything in street dance, there’s no rules or restrictions. I love that kind of freedom.
My classes will be aimed at anyone who wants to have a go! No previous experience necessary. Just like my classes as a teenager, these classes are designed with fun in mind. No exams, no competitions, no stress. Just a time to come together and dance for the sake of dancing.”
Dazzle always aims to be inclusive unless it is detrimental to the others safety, enjoyment and participation.

Street Dance Teens
2025-01-13 16:45 - 17:45, 2025-01-20 16:45 - 17:45
Ros is back with two exciting new StreetDance courses for all abilities and experience!
“I attended my very first dance class in 1998. I was a nervous, self conscious tennager looking for something fun to ease the pressures of secondary school. It was a street dance class and from the very first second, I was hooked.
Since then I have tried many other styles, but I still get drawn back to street dance time and again. It is the genre that most influences my choreography. It can be smooth and then punchy. It can be gentle and then fierce. It can be sassy and then strong. I Love playing on those juxtapositions, creating unusual shapes or unexpected moments.
You can be anyone and do anything in street dance, there’s no rules or restrictions. I love that kind of freedom.
My classes will be aimed at anyone who wants to have a go! No previous experience necessary. Just like my classes as a teenager, these classes are designed with fun in mind. No exams, no competitions, no stress. Just a time to come together and dance for the sake of dancing.”
Dazzle always aims to be inclusive unless it is detrimental to the others safety, enjoyment and participation.
4 week course
January 13th-February 3rd
10 places available
Please note we require a minimum of 6 course bookings for the course to go ahead.

Country Chicks Monday
2025-01-13 18:15 - 19:15, 2025-01-20 18:15 - 19:15
The amazing Ros is leading these new dance courses starting in January specialising in and exploring classic country moves but with a twist!
“I fell in love with country music in 2013 when I was living in Canada’s wild west state of Alberta, spending weekends at the rodeo and nights out at the honkeytonk! I discovered a modern, varied genre of music where every artist is incredibly talented and every song tells a story.
Back in the UK my love of country music is stronger than ever and there’s nothing I love more than pulling on my cowboy boots and kicking up dust to feel good country music. But without a local honkeytonk, the opportunities are few and far between!
I’ve tried traditional line dance classes but the footwork and repetition makes me feel restricted. So, I decided to create the kind of dance class I would want to attend…
Simple dance routines that have been influenced by classic line dance steps with a twist of freedom from hip hop and commercial styles.
A new routine every week set to the very best country hits, old and new.
So come and join me. This is line dancing reimagined.”
Please note we require 6 course bookings for the course to go ahead.

Rock Chicks Monday
2025-01-13 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-01-20 19:30 - 20:30
Ros is back with another unique ladies 4 week dance course.
Big hair, leather, studded belts and eyeliner ready, this January & February course will explore a brand new powerful routine every week so you can join the discounted course or single classes.
Music will include Bonnie Tyler, Van Halen, Cher, Bon Jovi, Alanis Morrisette, Heart, Guns N’ Roses & Aerosmith.
Please note we require a minimum of 6 course bookings for the course to go ahead.

Drama Club
2025-01-14 15:30 - 17:15, 2025-01-21 15:30 - 17:15
5 week drama course for children in school years 1-6 running from January 14th to February 11th.
ONLY 12 places available.
Use code DDC10 for 10% discount when booking 2 or more siblings.
Priority is to those booking the discounted course but any remaining places will be available to book at £12 per session.
Dazzle classes and workshops are non-refundable after booking.

Bollywood Beginners Tuesday 6pm-7pm
2025-01-14 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-01-21 18:00 - 19:00

Dance & Stretch Tuesday
2025-01-14 19:30 - 20:45, 2025-01-21 19:30 - 20:45
What makes a Dazzle Dance & Stretch course unique?
Every week is a new fun routine, a new dance style, new feel good music.
Each routine is choreographed with three aims – I want the choreography to feel achievable and for you to leave feeling a sense of achievement – I want you to also feel challenged enough to focus on the dancing and forget about the world outside – I want to put a smile on your face. Some classes focus more on the fitness, some are bouncy, some are more technical and others but each class is independent so you can rock up, enjoy, take what you need from it and forget about it. There is no pressure to remember any moves for the next class, just enjoy then say goodbye and get on with your week.
A short warm up starts the class before gradually, section by section, we develop and learn an achievable, fun, stylish but challenging enough routine. With lots of repeated sequences, you will be able to add in more style and individuality as we run through the finished masterpiece a few times before a simple cool down. The time flies by and you can put in as much or as little as you want. If you are there for fitness, to hang out with friends, to dance, to forget about the cupboards that need sorting, it doesn’t matter.

Then we roll out our mats for a well deserved guided 15-20 minute stretch and relax. Building strength and flexibility, relaxing, reaping the benefits of the dance workout and helping you to leave the class a little less wired up.

Beginners Tap Dance Course
2025-01-15 17:15 - 18:00, 2025-01-22 17:15 - 18:00
Lucy is looking forward to getting her tap shoes back on.
She started tapping when she was a little girl and distinctly remembers a starring tap solo in a jungle book dance, dressed in fur and leapard print. Since then, Lucy has competed in competition’s and festivals and continued her tap training at the prestigious Guildford Scholol of Acting, where she graduated with a Musical Theatre degree. Lucy loves to create and explore with different styles and rhythms. Her favourite style of tap to watch is American tap which was undoubtedly influenced by the West End show ‘ STOMP’.
For this course, we will look at a more classical and sophisticated tap style which will accompanied by the beautiful music from” Top Hat”the musical. We will learn basic beginner tap steps and then add them to a routine which will build each week.
A full course commitment is encouraged, although not essential. But as the course is focusing on and developing one routine, single classes can only be booked for the first two weeks.
Benefits of tap dance!

Everyone can do it! Tap dance is popular among the preschool set and senior citizens…and everyone in between. Whether you are a young child just starting dance lessons, or an adult who has always secretly wanted to try… there is a class and a level for you. Check out Savion Glover or the hit show “Tap Dogs”. Tap dance can be adapted for every fitness level and skill level. And it still looks and sounds terrific.

Tap dance makes lots of noise! Whether you are 3 or 103, everyone loves to make a little noise now and then. Tap dancing can be a uniquely satisfying physical and emotional release because of its ability to produce sound. For children who are constantly being told to sit down and be quiet, being allowed to stand up and make noise can be particularly cathartic. Tap dance holds the same therapeutic benefits for teens, adults, seniors…anyone looking to find their voice.

Tap dance makes you smarter. Tap dancing consists of learning rhythm patterns. Learning and memorizing patterns is a great workout for your brain. And it’s all math. Repeating, reversing and counting the rhythm patterns reinforces math concepts that younger students are learning in school. And for the adults and seniors… we all know that mental exercise promotes healthy brain activity and can help ward off disorders such as Alzheimer’s and dementia. So get tapping!

Tap dance is a great workout. Learn a few basic patterns and you are off to a great cardio workout. Tap dance gets the heart rate up in a way that’s way more enjoyable than a jog around the block. It tones the major muscle groups in the legs and core and is a super fun way to stay in shape.

Tap dance works the core for improved balance. Knowing where the body’s weight should be and when to shift the weight from one foot to the other is essential for proper tap technique. One of the first things you should learn in any tap class is proper weight placement over the balls of the feet with soft knees and an engaged core. Training the muscle memory in this way improves balance, coordination and control. And the benefits of a strong core are numerous, including less back pain and risk of falling.

Tap dance is steeped in history. American masters such as Leonard Reed and Bill Robinson shaped the dance form into what it is today. Tap dance is very much an oral and demonstrated tradition with skills, steps and choreography passed from teacher to student for generations. There is a certain reverence for the masters that motivates and inspires students even today. The legendary Shim Sham Shimmy has been done by tap dancers for over one hundred years… and still entertains and inspires those who see it as it did in Vaudeville times.

Tap dance is one of the only dance genres you are meant to hear. Learning to tap dance is basically learning to play an instrument. Rhythm patterns and clear sounds make this art form so intriguing to the ear. Couple that with upper body movement and traveling around the stage and you’ve got a feast for the senses. The audience can not only enjoy the visual creativity of the performance, but also the rhythm patterns over the chosen music… or even tap dancing making the music all by itself. It adds a whole new dimension to the art of dance.

Tap dance is portable. While many dance genres would need a wide-open space for performance, tap dance is traditionally quite humble…fitting itself into life and appearing on street corners, in dance halls and anywhere where enthusiasts gather. Tap dance can be practiced literally anywhere. And you don’t need your tap shoes on to do it! The aisles of the food store are great for traveling steps. The bathroom floor is a great practice space while brushing teeth, or in front of the copier at work. Under your desk during math class (quietly) is a great place to practice patterns… any place the feet have a bit of room to move. It’s contagious!

Tap dance is a very social art form. Throughout the history of tap dance, performers have come together for friendly competition, tap offs and “conversations” had through sound. Tap dance has even been used in African and Irish cultures as a way of communicating without words. American tap dance as we know it today is a unique blend of its African and Irish roots that met and merged in the early part of the 20th century in casual settings and even on street corners before moving to the Vaudeville stage.

Everyone loves to watch a tap dance. Tap dance is a crowd pleaser every time! I’ve never seen a somber audience during a tap performance…or a somber performer for that matter. Senior citizens love to watch tap dance…so do preschoolers. Whether we are watching or participating, tap dance is an all-American art form that everyone seems to enjoy.

Musical Theatre Dance Course
2025-01-15 18:15 - 19:15, 2025-01-22 18:15 - 19:15
Lucy trained at the prestigious Guildford School of Acting in Musical Theatre. Since graduating she has worked around the world performing professionally in musicals, plays, dance shows, Shakespearean productions and for a leading children’s theatre company in New Zealand. Her passion and talent for dance led her to the world of teaching and choreographing and it brings her great joy to pass on her knowledge and expertise. Her favorite styles to teach are Jazz, Lyrical, Musical Theatre and Contemporary and her choreography is often influenced from her Latin dance training, in which she competed at Blackpool many times. She enjoys dancing the Lindy Hop and Jive in her spare time and loves being swung around in partner dances!
Lucy is a freelance choreographer, and has worked on Grease at Cheltenham College, a lead youth practitioner and movement director for the Everyman Theatre Cheltenham, and regularly choreographs for their Summer Productions on the main stage.
Lucy is also qualified Yoga instructor and is an advocate for leading a healthy and happy lifestyle. She still dips her toes in the acting world and is a devoted member of the Cotswold Playhouse in Stroud and the Cheltenham Operatic Society. Her most recent performance was in Evita at the Cheltenham Playhouse.
Lucy is Mummy to her little boy, Arlo. She is determined that he will be the next Billy Elliot and has already invested in some baby tap shoes.
She hopes you find a great sense of joy and escapism in her classes.

Dazzle Showgirls rehearsals
2025-01-15 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-01-22 19:30 - 21:30

Dance & Stretch Thursday
2025-01-16 09:15 - 10:30

School topic dance/pe courses
2025-01-16 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-01-17 09:00 - 11:00, 2025-01-23 13:00 - 15:00

St Joseph's Musical Theatre After School Dance Club
2025-01-16 15:20 - 16:20
