DEMO — ThinkFirst Studios · [Your name here]
A couple dancing salsa across a tiled floor while musicians play by the windows
Adults only · no partner needed

Learn to dance. Or get ready for your first dance.

Six-week beginner courses in salsa, bachata, swing, ballroom and tango — and wedding first-dance packages built back from your date.

Next course · Mon Nov 2Friday social · $12Weddings from $285
Choose your door

Two ways in

Different people, different pages, different forms.

Adults laughing during a beginner dance class
I want to learn to dance

The beginner course

Six weeks, one evening a week, from Monday November 2. $120. No partner needed — we rotate partners in class.

A couple in evening wear dancing in a ballroom
My wedding is coming up

Your first dance

Three packages from $285, built backwards from your date. Start 8–12 weeks out; a 30-minute consult is free.

Starts in November

Beginner courses this month

Beginner courses starting this month · 6 weeks · $120 · no partner needed
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
7:00 – 8:00 PM6 WKSalsa — starts Nov 2Start this course
7:00 – 8:00 PM6 WKBachata — starts Nov 3Start this course
7:30 – 8:30 PM6 WKSwing — starts Nov 4Start this course
7:00 – 8:00 PM6 WKBallroom — starts Nov 5Start this course
8:30 – 11:30 PM$12Friday social — beginner lesson at 8About the social
Privates
5:00 – 6:30 PM6 WKArgentine Tango — starts Nov 8Start this course

All courses

A couple mid-turn in a high-ceilinged room with a band behind them

Salsa

Monday beginners from Nov 2. Quick, rhythmic, the busiest floor on Fridays.

A couple dancing a lively step by a window, black and white

Swing

Wednesday beginners from Nov 4. Lindy hop basics and a lot of laughing.

A couple in tango hold under a stone arcade

Argentine Tango

Sunday beginners from Nov 8. Slow, close, and about the walk.

A dark dance floor at night with couples turning
Every Friday

The Friday social

8:30 to 11:30 PM, $12 at the door, free for anyone on a course. A 30-minute beginner lesson starts at 8. Come alone — most people do.

How a social works

Do I need to bring anyone?

No. Everyone asks everyone, and declining is fine.

Will I have to dance with strangers?

Only if you want to. Say no thanks and it's done.

What do I wear?

Whatever you'd wear to dinner, and shoes that turn.

Floor etiquette and conduct policy: written by the studio, shown here in full once supplied

Your first dance

Wedding packages

Priced on the page, with what is and isn't included.

Essentials

Three lessons

$285

For couples who want to sway with confidence.

  • 3 × 50-minute privates
  • Simple routine to your song
  • Included: song edit advice
  • Not included: travel to the venue
Deposit, rescheduling and refunds: set by the studio's counsel
Book a wedding consult
Signature

Five lessons

$450

A short choreographed first dance.

  • 5 × 50-minute privates
  • Choreography to your song
  • Included: one dress rehearsal in shoes
  • Not included: venue visit
Deposit, rescheduling and refunds: set by the studio's counsel
Book a wedding consult
Full

Eight lessons

$720

Lifts-free full routine with a dip and a finish.

  • 8 × 50-minute privates
  • Choreography and a cut of your song
  • Included: venue floor check
  • Not included: parent dances
Deposit, rescheduling and refunds: set by the studio's counsel
Book a wedding consult

Included and not included are listed in every package. Wedding photographs appear only with the couple's written consent and the photographer's licence.

Private lessons

One-to-one, or as a couple

$75 for a 50-minute private, or $340 for a block of five ($68 a lesson). Book any style.

Block expiry, transfer and refunds: set by the studio's counsel

See privates
A couple practising in a sunlit hall

Your teachers

Iphoto to come

Inés

Salsa & bachata

Cphoto to come

Callum

Swing

Ophoto to come

Odette

Ballroom & weddings

Rphoto to come

Rafa

Argentine tango

Accessibility

Accessibility
ItemAnswer
Step-free entryYes, from Cardew Street
Accessible restroomGround floor
Seated or adaptive partner danceAsk Odette — sessions by arrangement
Wheelchair danceWelcome in privates and courses
ParkingFree lot behind the building
Learn to danceStart the beginner course · Mon Nov 2Your first danceBook a wedding consult