Dance - Keeley Street

Dance Courses in London

Tutor-led Dance Classes & Lessons for Adults

City Lit is the perfect place to learn dance in an enjoyable, welcoming environment with expert tuition from our industry professionals.

With our studios in the heart of Covent Garden, City Lit offers an extensive range of styles and disciplines, from Afro Contemporary to Ballet and Charleston, to Musical Theatre and Tap dance. Whether you're a complete beginner, advanced student or want to try something new, we have a dance course for you!

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Our Performing Arts Studios & Equipment in London

Join us at our vibrant Covent Garden campus, an inspiring hub designed to support your learning with modern facilities and state-of-the-art equipment. 

Our facilities in music include: two suites of digital pianos with fully weighted keys, Yamaha pianos and Steinway concert grands for our piano workshops. We also provide microphones, amplifiers, speakers and drumkit for jazz and pop courses. Our dance classes are taught in bright modern studios with sprung flooring, barres and mirrors.

The John Lyon's Theatre accommodates our popular accredited acting courses, City Lit Theatre Company, technical theatre and stage management, and many other acting and music courses and performances.

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  1. Burlesque
    Last Few Places, Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 25 Jul 2026 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Gwendoline Lamour
    Burlesque is an empowering and expressive performance art. Learn the basics of burlesque movement and dance in this glamorous and fun one day workshop. We will explore the posture, deportment, style and elegance of showgirl movement.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £55.00
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  2. Flamenco castanets workshop
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 26 Jul 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Danielle Allan

    This workshop is designed for students with some previous experience of playing castanets and Spanish dance. It offers a rich blend of history, practical technique, musicality, and coordination, focusing on how castanets integrate with Spanish dance movement.  Students will reinforce strong technical foundations, learn new rhythms, and explore fresh Spanish dance choreography. The course emphasizes musical expression and coordination, helping gain confidence and fluency while playing castanets in motion.

    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £34.00
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  3. Tap intensive (improvers)
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    Course start date:  Mon 27 Jul 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Jacqueline Pert

    If you have a strong foundation in tap, come and improve your technique, and increase your understanding of syncopation and your confidence in a variety of rhythms and tempos. Tap shoes are essential.

    Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £62.00
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  4. Dance 60+ intensive
    Last Few Places
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    Course start date:  Mon 27 Jul 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Francis Angol
    Three days of fun dance and performance classes to inspire older men and women to get creative with dance and movement. You will improve physical skills and use your experience to work with others and create your own movements. Suitable for beginners.
    Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £62.00
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  5. Argentine Tango: introduction
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 2 Aug 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Adriana Pegorer

    An introduction to the fundamentals of this famous partner dance, where you will learn and practice in a supportive and fun environment. This session is part of a series of one-day workshops. You can join more than one if you wish, as the content facilitation will vary.  These playful explorations emphasise posture, connection, and coordination, and provide a practice space for like-minded enthusiasts. Suitable for both beginners and those with some prior experience. No partner needed – come alone, with a partner or with friends.

    Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £34.00
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  6. Contemporary dance intensive
    Evening
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    Course start date:  Mon 3 Aug 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Francis Angol

    Learn how to express your physicality in a dynamic fashion and gain basic knowledge of the main principles of contemporary dance, with influences from other techniques. General level - suitable for both beginners and improvers.

    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00
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  7. Salsa dance: improvers
    Course start date:  Mon 14 Sep 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Nuno Sabroso

    If you’ve mastered the basics and want to develop your skills, our improver level course focuses on refining key fundamentals such as turns, cross-body leads, and styling. You’ll be challenged to dance to Salsa music at different tempos, building confidence as you learn and to practice more complex moves. No partner needed, part of the fun is meeting new people, but most of all enjoying yourself while learning.

    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £160.00
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  8. Tap dance: beginners
    Evening
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    Course start date:  Mon 14 Sep 2026 (and 7 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Jacqueline Pert
    If you are new to tap then this is the place to start. Come and find your dancing feet. Suitable for students of all ages with good general fitness. Tap shoes are essential.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £160.00
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  9. Classical ballet: improvers
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    Course start date:  Mon 14 Sep 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Giovanna Lamboglia
    We will focus on developing ballet technique using barre, centre work and allegro exercises. Suitable for those who have completed our beginner's ballet classes or equivalent and have a good grasp of the basic techniques and terminology.
    Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £195.00
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  10. Tap dance: improvers
    Evening
    Rating:
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    Course start date:  Mon 14 Sep 2026 (and 5 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Jacqueline Pert
    Practise and improve your basic Tap skills and increase your vocabulary of steps and sequences. Gain a greater understanding of rhythm, tempo and syncopation. Suitable for students of all ages with good general fitness. Tap shoes are essential.
    Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £195.00
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  11. Classical ballet: beginners
    Rating:
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    Course start date:  Mon 14 Sep 2026 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Giovanna Lamboglia

    Designed for the beginner or for those wanting to go back to basics. Develop knowledge and skill in this enjoyable Ballet class which provides a fun and satisfying way to improve alignment, muscle tone, flexibility and coordination. The classes will also help to improve any other dance styles you might be practicing.

    Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £195.00
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  12. Jazz dance: beginners
    Rating:
    91% of 100
    Course start date:  Mon 14 Sep 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Nuno Sabroso
    This class is suitable if you are new to dance or if you want to develop your existing skills and confidence.
    You will discover the basics of modern jazz dance, learn about posture, co-ordination and essential technique. Learn warm-up exercises, turns, steps and basic kicks along with amazing dance routines. It will help to build your fitness and tone your body too.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £160.00
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  13. Silver Swans ballet class improver plus
    Course start date:  Tue 15 Sep 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Aoife Doherty

    This Improvers Plus course will focus on expanding existing knowledge of classical ballet technique, introducing new and more technically challenging vocabulary and movement sequences. Participants will continue to develop their understanding of musicality, artistry and performance as well as gaining the skills and experience to dance as part of a corps de ballet. The improvers plus course is suitable for older leaners 55+ with a minimum of 2 years experience of ballet at improver level.

    Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £195.00
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  14. Silver Swans ballet class improvers
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    Course start date:  Tue 15 Sep 2026 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Aoife Doherty
    This improvers course will focus on expanding existing knowledge of ballet technique and vocabulary and is designed to enable you to learn and execute more varied and complex movement sequences. There is an emphasis on delivering ballet technique to facilitate healthy joints, flexibility, movement quality and core strength.
    Silver Swans® classes have been specifically designed for the over-55s and the improvers course is suitable for older leaners with at least 1 year of foundation ballet or Silver Swans experience.
    Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £195.00
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  15. Contemporary dance: improvers
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 15 Sep 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Francis Angol
    The course aims to give you a further embodied understanding of Contemporary dance that is underpinned by Somatics practice, and other contemporary dance techniques, to bring greater flow and dynamics to your expression as you allow yourself to move from your inner space and to negotiate the flow of weight, rhythm, breath, space and time.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £160.00
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