Des Moines Ballroom Dance - Gives you the opportunity to:

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...to yourself or to someone you love 

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In the midst of your busy life take time to dance.  Forget about life's worries for an hour or two and relieve the stress of work and everyday life. 

Dancing is a fun activity for all ages and all occasions.  

Fill the Gap!  Dancing fills social, mental, and physical gaps.  Select the dance style that fits your personality.  Smooth, novelty, rhythm, aerobic line dance, or country style of dances. 

Awaken your leisure time with enhanced fun dance skills for weddings, cruises, proms, pro/am or am/am competitions, social events, holidays, class or family reunions.

July Classes:

Saturdays

• Youth classes  with Anne.  10:00-11:00 will be a Ballroom Lead/Follow class and Anne will teach two dances for the entire month.  11:00-12:00 will be a Performance class for those dancers who wish to perform.  The Performance dancers should also take the Ballroom Lead/Follow classes from 10:00-11:00 as well.  Class cost for the Ballroom Lead/Follow class is $120 per person for 3 months, or $10 per person drop in fee.  A second youth from the same family will only pay $100 for the 3 month class.  The Performance class costs $120 for 3 months and for both classes the cost will be $220 for 3 months.  These are great classes to get the young people started into ballroom dances and perhaps continuing to become great ballroom dances.

Sundays

• Swing 1 with Larry and Rae.  12:00-1:30.  July 5th - July 26th.  This class will teach the fundamentals of swing with a vintage swing influence.  Learn Swing the way it was done in the Big Band Era.  This is a beginning class and will teach the fundamentals you can use in all your Swing dancing.  This 4 week class costs $55 couple, $30 single, or a $10 per person drop in fee.
• Salsa/Rueda with Luisito.  6:00-7:30.  July 5th - June 26th.  This class will teach Rueda which is a little like Salsa round dance, with the steps being called out and switching of partners occurring.  Later on Luisito expects to have a higher level of Rueda as well.  Dancers will have an opportunity to perform the Rueda at various locations for those interested.  This 4 week class costs $40 per person and no drop ins allowed.

Mondays

• Balboa with Larry and Rae.  7:00-8:30.  July 6th - June 27th.  Balboa is a dancers' dance used in the 1930's on the heavily crowded ballroom dance floors.  Some swing dance experience is needed to become proficient at this dance.  This 4 week class costs $55 couple, $30 single, or a $10 per person drop in fee.
• Beginner and Intermediate Foxtrot and Swing  with Anne.  July 6th - July 27th. There will be two levels of this dance taught during the month.  From 6:30-7:30 will be a beginner class and from 7:30-8:30 will be an intermediate class.   This class will teach Foxtrot and Swing in a 1/2 hour session for each dance, each week.  You will be able have more intensive training in this class as you learn each dance and you will have a more in depth knowledge of each dance at the end of the class.  These 4 week classes costs $55/couple or $30/single or $10 per person drop in fee. 

Tuesdays   

• Beginning Ballroom 2 Class  with Jim and Suzi.  6:30-8:00  June 30th - August 25th.  This class is the follow on class from Beginner Ballroom 1.  It will teach Foxtrot, East Coast Swing, Waltz, Rumba, Tango, and Cha Cha.  There will be additional concentration on technique and the review of the previous figures from Beginner Ballroom 1 class and the addition of 3-4 more figures in each dance.  This 9 week class costs $130 per couple or $70 per single or $10 drop in fee and those who pay in full will have the Beginner Ballroom dance on July 11th included for free.  There will be a practice and review night in late July as one of the 9 scheduled classes.
• Intermediate Tango/Quickstep Class  with Jim and Suzi.  8:00-9:00+ July 7th - July 28th.  This class will teach mid bronze figures in Tango and beginning bronze figures in Quickstep with additional technique provided to improve your smooth dancing.  It is anticipated that each student will practice during the week on both figures and technique.  This 5 week class costs $55 per couple or $30 per single or $10 drop in fee.  There will be some practice time provided at the end of each class.

Wednesdays

• Beginner Waltz and Tango  with Donovan.  7:00-8:00.    July 1st - July 29th.  This class will teach Waltz and Tango in a 1/2 hour session for each dance, each week.  You will be able have more intensive training in this class as you learn each dance and you will have a more in depth knowledge of each dance at the end of the class.  These 4 week classes costs $55/couple or $30/single or $10 per person drop in fee. 
• Advanced 1 Tango/Quickstep Class  with Jim and Suzi.  8:00-9:00+ July 1st - July 29th.  This class will teach high bronze figures in Tango and mid-bronze figures in Quickstep with additional technique provided to improve your smooth dancing.  It is anticipated that each student will practice during the week on both figures and technique.  This 5 week class costs $55 per couple or $30 per single or $10 drop in fee.  There will be some practice time provided at the end of each class.

Thursdays

• Beginning Ballroom 1 with Jim and Suzi.  6:30-8:00    July 2nd - August 27th.  This class will teach 7 ballroom dances, Merengue (Salsa), Foxtrot, East Coast Swing, Waltz, Rumba, Tango, and Cha Cha.  The first hour of class will be teaching time and the last part of the class will be a guided practice time with the instructors available to assist you with the figures you are learning.  This 9 week class will cost $130 per couple and those who pay in full will have the Beginner Ballroom dance on September 12th included for free. There will be a practice and review night in in this course as one of the 9 scheduled classes.

Fridays

• Advanced Waltz with Markus.  7:00-8:00   July 10th - July 31st.  This class will develop additional figures for the Waltz at mid-high bronze levels.  Students should be familiar with the basic Waltz figures or this class will prove to be very difficult.  This 4 week class will cost $55/couple, $30/single or $10 per person each week.
• Beginning Salsa with Luisito.  7:00-8:00   July 10h - July 31st .  This class will start you into the world of Salsa and give you the instruction necessary to go to Salsa clubs and dance the night away.  This 4 week class will cost $55/couple, $30/single or $10 per person each week.

August Classes of note:

Wednesdays

• Beginning Ballroom 1 with Roger and Karen.  6:30-8:00  August 5th - September 23rd.  This class will teach 6 ballroom dances, Foxtrot, East Coast Swing, Waltz, Rumba, Tango, and Cha Cha, as well as the Merengue which is a slow Salsa dance.  The first hour or so of the class will be teaching time and the last part of the class will be a guided practice time with the instructors available to assist you with the figures you are learning..  This 8 week class costs $130 per couple or $70 per single or $10 drop in fee and those who pay in full will have the Beginner Ballroom dance on October 10th included for free. 

Thurdays

• Beginning Polka with Roger.  8:00-9:00    August 13th - September 17th.  This class will teach the Polka and finish in time for Oktoberfest in the Des Moines Area.  Come learn the Polka and enjoy dancing at Oktoberfest and also at Lake Robbins Ballroom.  This 6 week class will cost $70 per couple and $40 a single or a $10 per person drop in fee. 

Rise to meet each day ~ not all work ~ add a dash of play.

              Call 515.277.3545 for more information

• Des Moines Ballroom Dance
• 2745 Douglas Ave.
• Des Moines, Iowa  50310