Charleston Hen Party Dance Class Canterbury
Charleston Hen Party Dance Class in Canterbury
Charleston Hen Do — Canterbury
My Dance Hen Party Canterbury
Venues
City Centre Studio
The High Street / Westgate & the cathedral quarter — confirmed on booking
Riverside Studio
St Dunstan's / the Stour & Westgate Gardens side — confirmed on booking
Your Venue
Hotels & Airbnbs — we come to you across Canterbury & East Kent
About This Charleston Hen Party Dance Class in Canterbury
Trade the present century for an hour and throw the hen party back a hundred years with a Charleston class — all swivel kicks, flapper hands and that irrepressible knees-and-elbows bounce. Our Canterbury version hands the bride a set of roaring-twenties glamour to sparkle through with her favourite people, and a grin that is impossible to dance the steps without.
Few cities frame the theme as neatly. The half-timbered Old Weavers' House still leans over the Stour where sixteenth-century Huguenot refugees once brought their silk looms to the city — a riverside, jazz-age postcard of a backdrop that we tip our hat to purely for inspiration, never as a booked venue. That sense of timbered, waterside history gives the Charleston a real place to live before a single heel has kicked.
Your choreographer comes to wherever the group is based across Canterbury and East Kent — a cottage near the cathedral, a hotel by Westgate, an Airbnb along the river — with a hot-jazz playlist ready to go, or you take a central studio instead. The steps are among the friendliest we teach: joyful, rhythmic and forgiving, layered up until the group owns a polished number worth performing at the reception. Pricing keeps it simple — £140 for the hour or £165 for ninety minutes, one figure for everyone, with bubbly at a flat £10 should a toast feel in order.
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What's Included in Your Charleston Hen Party
- A choreographer steeped in 1920s hot-jazz styling
- One polished Charleston routine built from authentic steps
- Swivel kicks, the bee's knees and cross-body flapper work
- The bride out front like the guest of honour at a speakeasy
- £140 an hour or £165 for ninety minutes — one flat figure
- Five to thirty dancers, the price unchanged
- We travel to your East Kent venue or arrange a central studio
- Bubbly at a flat £10 if the group wants to toast
- A filmed final take framed like a vintage newsreel
What You'll Experience at Our Charleston Dance Class
- A loose-limbed warm-up to find the jazz-age bounce
- Swivel kicks drilled until the whole line lands together
- Flapper-hand styling and the shimmy that goes with it
- A tandem, side-by-side section for the full ensemble
- The bride's own flourish before the group sweeps back in
- A last filmed run with the routine polished end to end
Perfect For Your Canterbury Hen Do
- Brides with a fringe dress already hanging up
- Groups after glamour over anything sweaty
- Hens who fancy a Gatsby theme with real steps behind it
- Parties pairing the class with a show at the Marlowe Theatre
- Mixed-ability groups — the bounce forgives everyone
- Anyone who photographs better mid-kick than standing still
What Our Hens Say
Charleston hen parties we have taught across Canterbury.
"Our choreographer had us swivel-kicking in proper unison within twenty minutes, which for this group is nothing short of a miracle. The bride looked like she had stepped straight out of a 1920s photograph."
— Nadia Setterfield ★★★★★"Twelve of us in full flapper fringe, none of whom had danced before, and we finished with a number we genuinely performed at the wedding. Elegant chaos, start to finish."
— Georgie Neame ★★★★★"We wanted something with more class than the usual hen do and this delivered it — real jazz, real kicks, and a riverside session that felt like another era entirely."
— Priya Coppins ★★★★★"One price for the whole lot of us and worth every second. Patient, funny, ridiculously talented teacher. We went from clueless to a full routine in ninety minutes."
— Tamara Baldock ★★★★★Charleston Hen Party FAQ
Everything you need to know about our Charleston hen party dance class in Canterbury.
How much is a Charleston hen party dance class in Canterbury? +
£140 for an hour or £165 for ninety minutes, one flat figure for a group of five to thirty. Bubbly at a flat £10 is the only thing that can sit on top, and only if you want to toast the bride.
Which Charleston moves will we learn? +
Swivel kicks, the bee's knees, flapper hands, a shoulder shimmy and the cross-body Charleston, all built into a single polished routine you finish the session able to perform together.
Do we need any experience? +
None at all — the Charleston is one of the most beginner-friendly themes we run. The steps are rhythmic and repetitive by design, so once the bounce clicks the rest tends to follow on its own.
Where can it happen? +
At your accommodation anywhere across Canterbury and East Kent, or a central studio we source for you. Coastal parties staying in Whitstable are welcome as well, allowing for the short transfer into the city.
What should we wear? +
Fringe dresses, feathered bands and long pearls look wonderful for the photos, but flat shoes or a low heel are best for the actual kicks. Come in full flapper or come in gym kit — we work with whatever turns up, and props are yours to bring.
How far ahead should we book? +
Three to five months is the comfortable window for a Saturday in peak season, though last-minute dates do sometimes open up. Get in touch with your date and group size and we will tell you honestly what is free.