Dance Classes in Leicester
20 Styles of Dance Class in Leicester
Real Beginners, Every Week
In most sessions the beginners outnumber everyone else, and every style opens with a starter level that takes nothing for granted. Dancers with training move up to improver classes led by professionals who still perform around the city. Sorting a hen do? The same choreographers cover it on one booking.
Built for the Leicester Week
Weeknight and weekend classes run at partner studios in the city centre and the Cultural Quarter, most a ten-minute walk from Leicester station and ringed by 3,000-plus parking spaces at Highcross — so a class after work asks nothing of you. Drop in as it suits or block-book to bring the cost down. Tying the knot? Our wedding dance lessons run from the same rooms.
£8 a Class, No Tie-In
£8 a class, full stop — drop in once or book four weeks, the price doesn't move — no membership, no joining fee and nothing that quietly renews itself. Try a Latin class one week and ballet the next, whatever takes you. Ready to begin? Get in touch.
Pick Your Style
Twenty styles to choose from below — each one welcomes total beginners and is taught by a professional who's still performing on Leicester stages.
Bachata
A soft three-and-tap, close connection and hips that carry the story — the Dominican partner dance filling Leicester's student-packed Latin nights.
Bachata Classes
Ballet
Plié, tendu and the patient craft of the barre — pitched squarely at grown-up first-timers and anyone stepping back in after years away.
Ballet Classes
Ballroom
Waltz, foxtrot and quickstep carried in a proper hold — the party trick that keeps paying off at weddings, works dos and family do's alike.
Ballroom Classes
Belly Dance
Slow hip drops, veil work and the shimmy technique of raqs sharqi — every age and shape welcome, with a deep-core burn nobody warns you about.
Belly Dance Classes
Bollywood
Big-screen film-song routines, expressive hands and festival colour — this is the city that lights up Belgrave Road for the biggest Diwali outside India.
Bollywood Classes
Burlesque
Poise, a knowing strut and old-school showgirl swagger — the clothing stays put; it's the nerves that get shed.
Burlesque Classes
Commercial
Chart music-video routines drilled to a camera-ready finish — led by dancers who do it for the industry, in the city that hosts Britain's longest comedy festival every winter.
Commercial Classes
Contemporary
Weight, momentum and floor travel built on release technique — expressive, exploratory movement for anything words can't quite reach.
Contemporary Classes
Flamenco
Percussive footwork, crisp hand-claps and proud, upright carriage — flamenco is exacting, yet every phrase is unpicked slowly enough to follow from scratch.
Flamenco Classes
Heels
Powerful lines, sass and command danced in heels — pull on trainers to begin if you'd rather, and let the confidence be the only non-negotiable.
Heels Classes
Hip-Hop
Bounce, rock and the social party dances behind five decades of hip-hop — musicality is taught here, never assumed, and it stays its own thing apart from the street-dance umbrella.
Hip-Hop Classes
Irish Dancing
Quick reels and jigs, arms pinned to your sides while the feet do impossible things — harder than it reads and a proper laugh once it clicks.
Irish Dancing Classes
Jazz
Kicks, pirouettes and clean stage lines — the technical bedrock under the touring shows that roll through Curve and De Montfort Hall.
Jazz Classes
K-Pop
The point moves and split-second formations straight from the videos, taught in fine detail and filmed at the end — Leicester's two big universities pack these rooms out.
K-Pop Classes
Line Dancing
Grapevines, stomps and heel-digs danced shoulder to shoulder — no partner needed, honky-tonk roots, and a playlist that's more chart than Nashville.
Line Dancing Classes
Pole Dance
Controlled climbs, spins and your first inverts at a dedicated partner pole studio — no upper-body strength to start; it arrives with the hours, and every shape belongs here.
Pole Dance Classes
Salsa
Cuban rhythm, turn patterns and partners swapping round so nobody's left out — the easiest door into Leicester's lively, two-university Latin nights.
Salsa Classes
Street Dance
Locking, popping, breaking and house taught under one umbrella — Leicester's working street dancers lead it, kept clearly apart from the hip-hop grooves class.
Street Dance Classes
Tango
The close-embrace walk of Argentine tango — patient steps, suspended pauses and total shared focus, the studio narrowing to just the two of you.
Tango Classes
Tap
Shuffles, ball-changes and time steps that clatter out a beat — here your feet are the whole percussion section, with loaner taps on hand until you buy a pair.
Tap ClassesClass Pricing
Simple, contract-free pricing across every style.
Drop-In
Walk in, dance, head home — nothing to commit to in advance.
£8 per classFour-Week Block
Keep a regular spot and knock the price down each week.
£32 £8 per classKids' Classes
Kids' classes grouped by age, all teachers DBS-checked.
From £8 per classHow to Start
- Pick a style — twenty below; whatever you'd turn up loud at home is the right pick.
- Enquire — send a message from that style's page and we'll come back with times, the venue and where to start.
- Turn up — clothes you can move in, sensible shoes, and no experience expected.
Where We Teach in Leicester
Studios in the city centre and Cultural Quarter, with children's classes right across Leicestershire.
City-Centre Studios
The Lanes, Cultural Quarter, Belgrave & the West EndAdult classes run at partner studios across the city centre and the Cultural Quarter, with more out towards Belgrave and the West End — most a short walk from Leicester station or a signed Highcross car park, and timed for after-work arrivals. We confirm the exact venue once you're booked in.
Closer-to-Home Venues
Kids & teens, across LeicestershireChildren's classes happen nearer home in halls and studios right across Leicester and out into the county — from Loughborough down to Market Harborough. Tell us your area on the enquiry form and we'll match you to the closest group.
Dance Classes in Leicester FAQ
The things Leicester dancers check before booking that first session.
How much do dance classes in Leicester cost?
£8 a class, full stop — drop in once or book four weeks, the price doesn't move. There's no joining fee and no contract, so trying a style out costs you £8 and nothing more.
Which parts of Leicester are the classes in?
Adult classes sit in the city centre and the Cultural Quarter, with more towards Belgrave and the West End; children's groups run right across Leicestershire. Most studios are a ten-minute walk from Leicester station or a short step from a Highcross car park, and each style's page pins down the detail.
I've never danced a step — where do I begin?
Start with whatever music already gets you going — that keeps you coming back longer than any natural knack. Street dance, salsa and Bollywood pull the biggest first-timer crowds in Leicester, though all twenty styles run a genuine beginner level.
Do you teach children as well as adults?
We do — age-banded children's classes run in most styles with DBS-checked teachers, in the city and out across the county. Street dance and ballet get asked for most; flag your nearest area on the enquiry form and we'll sort a venue.
Do I have to bring a partner for salsa or ballroom?
Not at all — salsa, bachata, ballroom and tango rotate partners as a matter of course, so turning up alone is completely normal. Bring someone and stick together if you'd rather, or swap around and meet the whole room.