Six-Week Summer Series
Email to sign up.
Misses classes cannot be reimbursed or made up.
There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it was time well spent.
- Montaigne
A note on gender roles:
Traditionally, Ballroom and Latin dances are danced in male/female couples with roles assigned based on gender. Men lead and women follow. These roles require the acquisition of different skills, and the recent gains in liberating women and men from these gender roles in our society has not changed the gender roles on the dance floor.
While I would love every dancer to learn both roles, such a fantasy is at present is not practical. If you are male, you will be expected to lead and the same if you are female with regards to following. I will have to recommend that you spend time learning the role that is assigned to your gender.
N.D.C.A. guidelines constitutes a couple as one man and one woman. I do practice and follow all guidelines of the N.D.C.A.
However, if you chose to dance anything other than what is constituted in the N.D.C.A. guidelines....then more power to you!
Just remember anything other than that, will inhibit your enjoyment in social functions, limit your ability to compete and will not be considered traditional Ballroom dancing. (Could it be wrestling, maybe?)
Adult Group Classes
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Lori Gonzales & Teach Me Tango is committed to provide a safe and fun environment in which to learn. Accordingly, if anyone comes in under the influence of drugs or alcohol, displays destructive, threatening or disruptive behavior, displays fits of temper, brandishes any weapons or is inappropriately dressed will be asked to leave.
Class Policies
Please attend your class! Sadly, missed classes cannot be made up. Tuition is due at the first class of every month. If you need to drop a class, please take care to fill out a drop slip before your next tuition is due to avoid the office charging you. Students will be liable to pay for tuition when a drop slip is not filled out.
If you have difficulty making time in your schedule to take your class, please see me about switching over to a private lesson format.
Single adults are welcome.
Bronze Level Intermediate Class
Tuition is $50.00 per person per month.
No registration for continuing students.
Those finishing up the 16-week Social Success rotation ,may move into the Bronze Level II class. This class focuses on a continued learning in all core dances and
we also learn 8 New dances: Samba, Salsa, West Coast Swing, Bolero, Night Club Two Step, Merengue, Hustle and Argentine Tango.
Start dates Students finishing up the Social Success may join the intermediate at the beginning of any month.
Social Success Packaged Program for Beginners.
Course includes: 16 weeks of beginner instruction,
2 free practice parties and 1 free private lesson.
Tuition is $45.00 per person per month and one time
$15.90 registration fee for a single, $26.50 for a couple.
Start dates:
Advanced Performing Group.
Couples are required for open routines.
Ballroom costumes and shoes are a required cost.
Next opening date: September 3.
$100.00 Per month per couple.
90 Minute classes.
This is a local performing group.
Students must have at least 1+ year (18 month preferred)
minimum intermediate Ballroom and Rhythm or private
instruction to meet the requirements of this group.
We will be working on DVIDA Open Full Bronze /
Silver routines. Openings take place semi-annually.
It is required that you see Lori first if coming in from
an outside studio.
Rehearsals meet on Friday evenings.
Please email for audition appointment or flier.
Regular practice attendance holds equal importance to attending the actual class!
These classes are designed to be used with the aid of regular practice attendance.
Please see events page on how to better give yourself the gift of practice.
You may take a class as a drop-in at $15.00 per person on any start date with a one-time drop-in limit. Dancing is a skill that requires you to learn in layers. Thus it would be detrimental to your new skill to be a continual drop-in student.
We will cover the core 8 dances in 16 weeks.Students meet the first 4 Tuesdays
of the month. Classes meet for 1 hour.
Dance shoes are recommended, but not required.
Tuition is by the month, therefore missed classes cannot be made up or reimbursed.
Free private lesson only applies to those who fulfill their commitment the full 16-week course.
No need to pre-register! Just email me for a registration form and come in with your personal check a few minutes early. You will be ready to go two seconds before your class starts!
Tue. April 6, 8:00
Beginning Rumba
Tue. May 4, 8:00
Beginnning Tango
Tue. June 1, 8:00
*Beginning East Coast Swing
This class meets for 90 minutes per week, for the first four weeks a month. We work on one dance per month. This class is required if considering entering the
intermediate/advanced performing group or entering the Silver Level competitive style dance. Class meets at 8:15 on Wednesdays.
Tuition is by the month, therefore, missed classes cannot be made up or reimbursed.
The Bronze Level Intermediate class covers Bronze Levels II and III. Those wishing to enter this class from another studio must see me first.
Ballroom shoes are required for this class.
Upon completion of the 16 month Intermediate class rotation, students may either enter into private lesson format to finish full bronze and begin pre-silver/silver competitive style dance or join the performance group. Students in this advanced level will need to be committed to either competing or performing to accelerate their learning!
September 1, Waltz
April 7, Night Club Two Step
May 8, Rumba
June 2, Salsa.
July 7, Argentine Tango
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August 4, Merengue
Sept-Nov.
Intermediate Full Bronze/Advanced I Silver Waltz Variations & Choreography
Jan-Mar.
Intermermediate Full Bronze/ Advanced I Silver Mambo Variations & Choreography
Apr.- Jun.
Intermediate Full Bronze/ Adanvanced Silver I Argentine Tango Variations & Choreography.
July-Sept.
Intermediate Full Bronze/Advanced I Silver East Coast Swing Variations & Choreography.
Summer Ballroom intensive Dance Camp for Teens!
Friday evenings
July and August 2010.
Accepting sign-ups now!
Please email to sign up.
Limited space.
Partner required.
Sept. 3, 2010 Audition date.
March 1, 2011 Audition date.
Sept. 2, 2011 Audition date
Group class for kids 6-12
and teens 13-18.
To this date there has not been the right amount of interest to open a class. I would need 4 couples to open this class. If your daughter has a partner, they may either join the waiting list for a class to open with other couples or they may enter in private lesson format and work towards becoming serious competitiors.
Kids and Teens
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Six Week Salsa Series.
June 3-July 8, 8:00
$55/per person. No registration fee.
Six-Week Argentine Tango Series.
July 15-Aug.19, 8:00
$55/per person. No registration fee.
Tue. *May 18, 8:00
*Beginning Slow Waltz
Tue. *June 15, 8:00
Tue. *April 20, 8:00
*Beginning Viennese Waltz
Beginning Mambo
Dates with an astrik ( * ) are dates that I will need to pro-rate your tuition to get you started.
