Regular Events
Weekly Classes
Each month we teach weekly classes in Burlington and Shelburne. These classes cover three dances over the course of four weeks. To see next months schedule, please visit our Lessons page.
Monthly Dances
We hold dances on the Second and Fourth Friday of each month at The Champlain Club in Burlington. Each dance begins at 7pm with two 30-minute lessons, and open dancing continues until 11pm. For more details, please visit our Lessons page.
New Program Starting in 2008!!
Ballroom Dance Instructors' Academy
We are very proud to announce that First Step Dance will be expanding and starting a new venture in 2008. The Ballroom Dance Instructors' Academy will be focused on training new instructors how to dance with technique, how to effectively teach ballroom dancing to students, and how to begin a career as a dance professional. This teacher training program will be based on Diane Jarmolow's Ballroom Dance Teachers College; a program that is in use at over 30 different ballroom studios in the US and Canada.
The class will meet for four hours each week, from 5-7pm on Monday and from 5-7pm on Thursday. The program will provide 16 hours of teacher training classes per month and the tuition will also allow free admittance to all FSD classes, dances and practice sessions. This means a great savings for any avid student who pays full price for classes.
Even if you aren't interested in becoming a dance instructor, this program would also be a great way to learn ballroom more intensively, and to learn the valuable skill of leading and following all 17 social dances.
To learn more about the Ballroom Dance Instructors' Academy, please visit:
these pages.