The Dance Shack/Dances

Salsa

Extremely well received here in Jacksonville, the Salsa has earned it's own category. There are many nightclubs here that have their own Salsa Night.

Thursday Nights here at the studio we teach the dances you will do most out at a club on Latin Night: Bachata, Merengue, and of course Salsa.

On Saturday and Sunday we teach Salsa on it's own, and on Sunday Night, we have Latin Dance Party.

All of these times are listed on our front page and our calendar.

Swing

Swing dancing is a term that we use to refer to the dances you can do to music like pop, rock, and most of the Top 40 songs you hear on the radio today.

There are three speeds of swing that we teach: Single, Double, and Triple-time swing. Knowing these will let you dance to any speed of swing song that comes on, whether it's a slow blues tune or punk rock.

Our swing classes on the weekend focus specifically on this type of dance.

Dances related to swing are Huslte, West Coast Swing, Foxtrot, and Cha-Cha.

You'll be able to dance swing and it's related dances at many bars and nightclubs around town, as well as at our Friday Ballroom Dance Party, and our Swingin' Saturday dance party!

Ballroom

Ballroom is a catch-all term for any dance that you can do with a partner in your arms. So you'll see plenty of Latin and Swing dances taught in our ballroom classes.

Tango, Waltz, and Bolero are danced on the many Ballroom nights around town. Other ballroom dances can be done anywhere, like Foxtrot (GREAT for slow dancing in a crowded nightclub,) Cha-Cha (oddly not danced much on Latin Nights, but always danced in country and oldies bars,) and Samba (goes great with reggaeton music on Latin Nights.)

 


Here are a list of the dances we teach, and some info on them!

Waltz - Mondays at 6pm