Half our hen party lives in London and half never left Maidstone, so we met in the middle with a Grease class. By the hand jive nobody remembered which camp they were in — which was rather the point.
Tamsin Vardley Maid of honour, MaidstoneDance Classes & Hen Parties in Kent
Twenty dance styles taught weekly, 38-plus themed hen parties, and first-dance coaching for weddings — all brought to you across Kent, from the Medway towns and Maidstone out to Tunbridge Wells, Ashford and the coast.
38+Hen Party Themes
from £140 + venueFlat Rate, Any Group Size
20Dance Class Styles
from £8Per Weekly Class
Pick a Hen Party Theme. We Build the Routine.
Every Kent hen do begins by choosing a theme — Beyoncé, ABBA, Wicked, whatever suits the bride from the 38-plus list — and finishes with the whole group nailing a routine they picked up together in a single afternoon, wherever in the county you have based yourselves.
One professional choreographer walks you through each move, either at a private studio in your hub town or out at your cottage, holiday let or venue anywhere in the county. A single flat fee covers everybody there.
An afternoon on the floor, the Pantiles bars or Folkestone Harbour Arm come evening, then the routine again at the wedding six months on — that is a Kent hen weekend done right.
One Flat Price. No Per-Head Maths.
Nearly every rival hen outfit charges by the head, so the total shifts each time someone drops in or out. Ours is one fixed fee for the entire group, no matter how many actually surface from the holiday let and make it onto the floor.
One-hour party Warm-up, full routine, filmed finale
£140 + venueNinety-minute party More polish, more choruses, more laughing
£165 + venueBottle of bubbly Cold and waiting when you arrive
+£10One price for 6 hens or 30 — nobody pays a penny extra when plans change.
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Choose your theme
Scroll all 38-plus themes and choose one for the bride. Caught between a pair? Your choreographer will gladly weave them together.
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Pick studio or come-to-you
Pick a private studio in your chosen hub town with the nightlife right outside, or have the choreographer come out to wherever you are staying, anywhere in Kent.
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Learn the routine together
Taught in short, beginner-friendly chunks — nobody is left out, nobody is judged and nobody hides at the wall.
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Perform it — maybe twice
That filmed last run-through lands in the group chat within minutes, and loads of routines earn a second outing at the wedding itself.
Dance Classes in Kent
Twenty different styles run weekly from just £8 a drop-in, led by working professionals at partner studios in each hub town. Evening slots suit after-work arrivals, and children's classes run from Dartford right down to the coast.
Street Dance
Locking, popping, breaking and house from working dancers — the busiest class we run county-wide, with children's sessions from Maidstone across to Medway.
Salsa
Cuban rhythms, partners on rotation and a straight line into the Latin social nights around Kent.
Ballet
Barre and centre work in adult classes truly pitched at beginners. No leotard needed.
K-Pop
Point choreography and formations lifted from the videos — the quickest-growing class in the county.
Ballroom
Waltz, foxtrot and quickstep with a proper hold — couples and singles both welcome, and partners rotate.
Contemporary
Release work, floorwork and improvisation — alongside jazz, tap, heels, flamenco, bollywood and more. Twenty styles altogether, each one listed over on the classes page.
Wedding Dance Lessons in Kent
Those ninety seconds of your first dance draw more cameras than anything else at the reception — far too much for a nervous shuffle. Our choreographers craft a private routine around your track, anything from understated to full showstopper, at a hub-town studio or your own Kent venue.
Plenty of couples take four to six lessons across the months before the wedding; our two-hour Last Minute intensive has salvaged more than one two-weeks-to-go panic. Prices open at £75, with song edits and filmed run-throughs coming in as the packages step up.
Wedding Dance Details
Questions, Answered
The things Kent couples and hen groups check before they book — where it runs, what it costs, whether beginners cope and how far ahead to plan. Anything we have missed, drop it in an enquiry form and we reply within a working day.
Where in Kent do the classes and hen parties run?
It depends where in the county you are. We run come-to-you sessions and partner-studio classes across Maidstone, the Medway towns of Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham, Tunbridge Wells, Ashford and the coast around Folkestone and Thanet. For hen parties and private lessons the choreographer travels to your home, holiday let or venue anywhere in Kent.
How does the flat-rate hen party pricing work?
A single flat fee looks after everyone: £140 plus the venue buys an hour and £165 plus venue buys ninety minutes, and it costs the same whether six hens meet in Tunbridge Wells or twenty gather on the Folkestone coast. There is no per-head sum to do, and the bride's £10 bottle of fizz is the only extra.
How much are the weekly dance classes?
Every weekly session is £8 no matter how you pay — drop in once or take a four-week block, right across all twenty styles and every hub town. There are no joining fees and no contracts, so street dance in Maidstone this week and salsa in Ashford the next is completely fine.
Do I need any dance experience?
Absolutely none. Every style and every hub runs a genuine beginner level, and the hen routines assume half the room is convinced they cannot dance a step. The teachers are working pros who are brilliant at getting first-timers moving quickly.
Who teaches for Dance Centre UK in Kent?
Working dancers and choreographers who live around Kent — people whose weeks are filled with shoots, touring and stage contracts, teaching in between, from the Medway towns down to the coast. Children's classes are led by DBS-checked professionals.
How far ahead should we book?
A weekly class you can normally start the very same week. Hen bookings need three to five months for peak summer Saturdays — coastal and Tunbridge Wells weekends fill first — while engaged couples do best beginning their lessons a couple of months before the big day.
What Our Dancers Say
Hen weekends, first dances and weekly classes, right across the county.
The teacher came out to our village hall near Faversham for a private ballroom session — six neighbours, one long-running joke about Strictly ambitions, and genuinely the best evening our WI has organised in years.
Reece Quinnell Village-hall booking, FavershamOur wedding barn in the Weald had a beautiful, unforgiving brick floor. The choreographer built our first dance around gliding rather than turning — elegant, safe, and the photographer said it was the easiest dance she'd ever shot.
Odette & Warwick Sedgemoor Newlyweds, Tunbridge WellsFind Us in Kent
Partner studios in each hub town, children's classes from Dartford down to the coast, and choreographers who drive out to your venue anywhere in Kent — exact addresses confirmed once you book.
By Rail
Each hub town sits on its own rail corridor — Southeastern services reach Maidstone, Medway, Tunbridge Wells, Ashford and the coast — and evening classes are timed for the after-work trains.
Coming Into Town
There is no single Kent arrival station, so choose your hub first — Maidstone, Rochester, Tunbridge Wells, Ashford or the coast — and we shape the whole day around that town's line.
Driving Across Kent
Journeys across the county can be long — coast to Tunbridge Wells is a proper trek — so tell us your base and we will keep it all within easy reach and point you to venues with parking.
We Travel Too
Cottage, holiday let or a booked village hall — the choreographer comes to you anywhere in Kent, speaker and music included.
Kent, Let's Dance
Choose a hen theme, a class style or a wedding song — the best-value dance floor in Kent is a single enquiry away, whichever corner of the county you call home.
38+ themes
Hen Party Dance Classes
Flat rate from £140 whatever the group size — a studio, or we come to you.
Browse Themes 20 stylesWeekly Dance Classes
From £8 a class at studios across the hub towns — adults and children, beginners welcome.
See All ClassesQuestions? Call 07759 656300 or email info@dancecentreuk.co.uk