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!
Browse our dance courses below and enrol today!
- BurlesqueCourse start date: Sat 25 Jul 2026 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gwendoline LamourBurlesque 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 - Flamenco castanets workshopCourse start date: Sun 26 Jul 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Danielle AllanThis 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 - Tap intensive (improvers)Course start date: Mon 27 Jul 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jacqueline PertIf 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 - Dance 60+ intensiveCourse start date: Mon 27 Jul 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Francis AngolThree 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 - Argentine Tango: introductionCourse start date: Sun 2 Aug 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Adriana PegorerAn 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 - Contemporary dance intensiveCourse start date: Mon 3 Aug 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Francis AngolLearn 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 - Salsa dance: improversCourse start date: Mon 14 Sep 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nuno SabrosoIf 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 - Tap dance: beginnersCourse start date: Mon 14 Sep 2026 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jacqueline PertIf 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 - Classical ballet: improversCourse start date: Mon 14 Sep 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Giovanna LambogliaWe 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 - Tap dance: improversCourse start date: Mon 14 Sep 2026 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jacqueline PertPractise 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 - Classical ballet: beginnersCourse start date: Mon 14 Sep 2026 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Giovanna LambogliaDesigned 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 - Jazz dance: beginnersCourse start date: Mon 14 Sep 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nuno SabrosoThis 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 - Silver Swans ballet class improver plusCourse start date: Tue 15 Sep 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Aoife DohertyThis 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 - Silver Swans ballet class improversCourse start date: Tue 15 Sep 2026 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Aoife DohertyThis 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 - Contemporary dance: improversCourse start date: Tue 15 Sep 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Francis AngolThe 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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