A Typical Ceroc Class...

Each Ceroc class is structured to cater for total beginners, Intermediates or Intermediate/Advanced dancers. The structure is designed to help beginners learn moves quickly, give everyone lots of practice, and get everyone to meet each other. A typical Ceroc class is heaps of fun!

You'll be greeted at the door by one of the instructors; if you're new, they'll introduce themselves and will provide you with a "starter kit" to help you learn your first few moves and really enjoy your Ceroc experience.

Icebreaker Session

Between 7:15pm and 8:00pm (45 minutes), you'll learn three easy beginner moves, designed to get you dancing on your very first night and meeting heaps of people to dance with. Classes use a partner rotation system, which means any extra guys or girls are rotated into the class, with extras rotated out. This system means that everyone gets an equal chance to learn the moves, and you don't have to bring your own partner to any social Ceroc class. Most intermediate and advanced dancers also attend the beginner session, as it's a good warm-up and most of them still enjoy meeting new people and helping new dancers to learn the moves.

There's then a 25 minutes break (called "Freestyle"), in which some great tunes are played for you to practice your new moves to. In Ceroc, men and women both ask each other to dance, and the culture of Ceroc is to always accept a dance unless you absolutely can't for some reason.

At the end of the break, the Intermediate routine will be demonstrated. This is the more difficult set of about 3 moves that will be taught to Intermediate dancers in the next half hour or so. Generally, beginners "graduate" to the Intermediate class after just 12 lessons - you may be surprised how fast you'll improve when you see the Intermediate routine, and with a few hints you can progress even faster!  While the intermediates do their class, the beginners attend the Beginner-Consolidation class (see below).

"Beginner-Consolidation" / Intermediate Session

The class divides at about 8:25pm, with Beginner dancers (less than 12 classes) doing a "consolidation" class where they go over the three moves they learned in more detail with a smaller group. You can concentrate on footwork and technique, and ask questions you might have had when learning the move but weren't confident to ask in front of the initial beginner class. Intermediate dancers learn the more difficult Intermediate routine.

Then there's a second freestyle period from about 8:85pm, where you can put your new moves to the test. Dancing your new moves in the freestyle period really helps you to remember them and it's lots of fun to improvise a little to some really great music.

"Intermediate-Consolidation" /  I/A Session

The class is again divided at about 9:20pm, with Intermediate dancers (less than one year experience or Intermediate dancers without a Ceroc "Green" card) doing an "Intermediate- consolidation" class where they go over the three moves they learned in the Intermediate class. You can review the slightly more challenging moves from Intermediate class at a slower pace and get another chance to improve and correct some mistakes.,

In the meantime, the Intermediate-Advanced dancers do the I/A session with 3-4 spectacular moves - what most new Beginners aspire to do when they get more experience.

These classes go until 9:50pm, then there's a THIRD freestyle period until 10:15pm, where you again practice your skills and meet people.

Apres Dance - Drinks, Chat, and Extra Groove

After classes, there's often a group of people who go out to chill together and get to know each other over a drink or two. Listen out to hear where people are heading!