Dance your best by taking any of the ballroom dance classes listed below

All course prices include sales tax.

Dance-A-Cross located at 1970 Grand Ave. in West Des Moines (in Normandy Plaza) Dance-A-Cross Studio website

West Des Moines Community Center at 217 5th St. in West Des Moines (in Valley Junction) West Des Moines Parks and Recreation website

Classes starting in May 2013 Classes

Sundays:

• Level II - Ballroom, Latin & Swing Dance 4:00-5:00 pm with Jim and Suzi.  This course is a follow-on course to the level I class and is a 7 week course in May and June.  The classes will be held at the West Des Moines Community Center.   This Beyond Beginner level course will run from 4:00-5:00 pm and Jim and Suzi will teach 3-4 additional figures beyond the Level I Beginning Ballroom class figures.  There is a ½ hour guided practice from 1:30-2:00 pm on Sunday or 7:30-8:00 pm on Wednesday and you may attend either of these practice sessions as part of this class.   They will be teaching addition material in Foxtrot, East Coast Swing, Waltz, and Rumba.  In addition the introduction to Tango will be expanded and Cha Cha will also be added to this course.  3 weeks will be spend on Tango and Cha Cha.  This 7 week course will cost $120 per couple and this is a couples only class.
  
  This course is run by the West Des Moines Parks and Recreation and you can find the course at the following link. When you go to this link, click on adult classes and the ballroom classes will be shown right away.  Please register with them before attending class. You must pay for this class at the following link or at the front desk when you first come to class. Checks are to be made payable to the City of West Des Moines when you attend this class. You can also pay at their website as well.  This will save us a lot of time the first class day.  Use the Beyond Beginner class for this class but show up at 4:00 and NOT at 2:00.
  
  
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• Level I - Beginning Ballroom & Swing Dance 12:30-1:30 pm with 1:30 - 2:00 pm practice included with Jim and Suzi.  This course gets you into the spring spirit and puts spring into your step with a 7 week course running from May 5th - June 23rd (skipping May 26th, Memorial Day Weekend).  This course will teach 5 dances (Merengue, Foxtrot, Swing, Waltz, and Rumba) over this 7 week period.   These classes will be held at the West Des Moines Community Center.  This Absolute Beginner level course will run from 12:30-2:00 pm and Jim and Suzi will teach 3-5 figures in the Beginner level class for each dance during the first hour with an addition ½ hour of guided practice from 1:30-2:00 pm. If you have had some dance experience and would like to review your figures and get some additional figures added on you may attend this class and we will work with you to add some additional figures. Each class will teach the new material and during the practice time the last one or two dances will be reviewed. The 7 week course cost $60 per person including the ½ hour of guided practice. If you do not have a partner, please contact us and we will see if we have a partner available for you.
  
  This course is run by the West Des Moines Parks and Recreation and you can find the course at the following link. When you go to this link, click on adult classes and the ballroom classes will be shown right away.  Please register with them before attending class. You must pay for this class at the following link or at the front desk when you first come to class. Checks are to be made payable to the City of West Des Moines when you attend this class. You can also pay at their website as well.   This will save us a lot of time the first class day. They have a beautiful ballroom dance floor to use to dance and learn your figures. 
  
  
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• Level III  - Ballroom, Latin & Swing Dance 2:00-3:00 pm with 1:30 - 2:00 pm practice included with Jim and Suzi. This 7 week course in May and June will be held at the West Des Moines Community Center.   This Intermediate level course will run from 2:00-3:00 pm and Jim and Suzi will teach additional figures beyond the Level I and Level II Beginner class figures.  There is a ½ hour guided practice from 1:30-2:00 pm and then the new material will be taught from 2:00 to 3:00 pm.  The 7 week course from May 5th  - June 23rd will have 3 weeks of Foxtrot/Waltz, 2 weeks of Rumba, and 2 weeks of beginning Bolero.  This 7 week course will cost $120 per couple and this is a couples only class.
  
  This course is run by the West Des Moines Parks and Recreation and you can find the course at the following link. When you go to this link, click on adult classes and the ballroom classes will be shown right away.  Please register with them before attending class. You must pay for this class at the following link or at the front desk when you first come to class. Checks are to be made payable to the City of West Des Moines when you attend this class. You can also pay at their website as well.  This will save us a lot of time the first class day.  If you register on line, select the Beyond Beginner class to register and attend the 2:00 class for intermedite level dancers.
  
  
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• Level III f - Ballroom Formation 3:00 - 4:00 pm with Jim and Suzi.   This class is intended to promote your dancing and to put groups together who would be willing to showcase their dancing at senior citizen centers, the Iowa State Fair, shopping malls, various dances and (for those interested) go to a competition.  This will help you use your dance skills by requiring you to dance specific figures in a specific order to create the synconicity of the dance.  It is a fun way to continue to use your dance training.  We will work with mulitple levels of dancers and the beginner group must have completed Beginner Ballroom 1 (Absolute Beginner Ballroom) in the selected dance.  Formation team practice will cost just $50 for classes from April through June.  This group has started but others may join at anytime where we can work you into the group or when we start working a formation for a new dance. If you wish to join the currect formations, you may have to take private lessons in order to learn an existing routine.   These classes will be held at the West Des Moines Community Center.  Check with Jim or Suzi if you are concerned about your abilities to train with these groups although we hope to have a level for everyone.  This course costs $50 per couple for 3 months of classes and the class time is 3:00-4:00 on Sundays.  You will need to pay at the West Des Moines Community Center front desk when you come to your first class.
  

Wednesdays:

• Level I - Beginning Ballroom & Swing Dance 6:30- 7:30 pm with 7:30 - 8:00 pm practice included with Jim and Suzi.  This course gets you into the spring spirit and puts spring into your step with an 8 week course running from May 1st - June 19th.  This course will teach 6 dances (Merengue, Foxtrot, Swing, Waltz, Rumba, and Tango) over this 8 week period. These classes will be held at Dance-A-Cross (enter at door 2 if store front is closed).  This Absolute Beginner level course will run from 6:30-7:30 pm and Jim and Suzi will teach 3-5 figures in the Beginner level class for each dance during the first hour with an addition ½ hour of guided practice from 7:30-8:00 pm.  If you have had some dance experience and would like to review your figures and get some additional figures added on you may attend this class and we will work with you to add some additional figures.  Each class will teach the new material and during the practice time the last one or two dances will be reviewed.  This 8 course costs $130 per couple or $70 per single for the 8 weeks of teaching.  If you sign up without a partner you will get less dance time but you will still be able to learn the various dances.  If you do not have a partner, please contact us and we will see if we have a partner available for you.

  8 Week 1 1/2 hour Class at Dance-A-Cross

  Couple $130.00 USD Single $70.00 USD

  

• Level  IV - Ballroom, Latin & Swing Dance 6:45-7:45 pm with 7:45 - 8:15 pm practice included with Jim and Suzi from 6:45-7:45 pm and included is a guided practice from 7:45-8:45.  These courses are continuing courses and will continue for an indefinte time.  They will be held at the West Des Moines Community Center.   Jim and Suzi will teach beginning and intermediate figures in new dances and low silver figures in the 6 basic ballroom dances.  April 4-25 - American Foxtrot, May 2-23 - Rumba and May 30-June 20 - Quickstep.  Each class will begin with a review of the previous weeks figures and then teach for the rest of the time.  This class has a ½ hour guided practice included each week immediately after the teaching time.  Each 4 class course costs $65 per couple for any course.  You must pay for the classes at the front desk and make any checks payable to the City of West Des Moines when you start each of these classes. 

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