It’s Never too Late to Start Ballroom Dancing!

‘I shouldn’t do ballroom dancing, I’m too old!’ ‘I won’t fit in!’
No matter what age you are, it’s never too late to start ballroom dancing! Doing Ballroom Dancing can help improve many things physically, emotionally, and mentally.

How to achieve excellent Ballroom posture

It can feel like a mystery how to achieve great ballroom posture, but there are just two key things that you really need to do to have the posture of a professional dancer.

Ballet Classes for Children

Ballet classes for children in Lilydale Children from Lilydale and surrounding suburbs have been delighted in Term 2, 2022 to join The Ballet Studio, Lilydale’s newest classical ballet studio for children.  Every Saturday in the Dance Kingdom Ballroom, young ballerinas have been learning how to plie, arabesque, chases and tendu under the expert tuition of […]

Olga Shniakina

Dance Kingdom welcomes new Dancesport Coach Olga Shniakina Dance Kingdom is proud to welcome a new member of the DK teaching team, Olga Shniakina. Olga started Ballroom and Latin American dancing at five in Russia and fell in love with it because it was ‘cool’.   The early years started with her mastering the basics […]

The Ballet Studio

The Ballet Studio comes to Dance Kingdom! Starting term 2 2022 children’s ballet classes will be running in the Dance Kingdom Ballroom. They offer the following classes: Preschool Ballet Perfect for kindergarten aged children.  Classes provide a fun and engaging introduction to classical ballet for younger dancers.  Students are introduced to classical ballet class environment, […]

Melbourne’s Forgotten Ballroom

Unknown to most, Flinders Street Station is so much more than a busy transport hub where one simply goes to catch a train. In fact, in its long history, the building has had many uses such as acting as an education space to host lectures and night courses, housed a lending library, boasted a private […]

5 tips to ensure singles get sore feet at a social dance

Why would I I want to get sore feet?.. you ask…
Because you NEVER want to be sitting down at a social Ballroom dance. You want to get asked to dance as much as possible.  You want to be asked to dance by the best dancers at the event!

Tango is a ‘flat’ dance…what does this mean?

Why is Tango described as a ‘flat’ dance.
On the face of it, Ballroom Tango should be an easy dance. There is no rise and fall, so, apart from having a small and consistent flex in your legs, it’s the most similar to walking of all the Ballroom dances.

Ladies Head Spot in Twilight Waltz

Ladies in New Vogue and Ballroom dancing often stylise their dancing by turning their heads to the right. Sometimes this head turn is done independently of body turn, but…