Move your body, move your feet. Sway and swing and samba with the rest of Brisbane as we all go dance crazy. And there’s a dance type to suit all interests, including swing, latin, tap, ballroom and belly dancing. Sign up for a class, or simply join in with the dancing on the streets.
Brisbane has hundreds of dance studios, thousands of lesson times and almost endless options to dance for fun, for competition or for fitness.
Search for “dance” in the Active and Healthy Events Calendar and find dance classes and workshops offered for free in the parks all over Brisbane. You will get an introduction to many different styles of dance, including Ethiopian dance workshops, Indian Bollywood classes or South Pacific music and dance. Check the calendar regularly for upcoming options.
The oubrisbane.com directory lists dance venues and places that offer dancing tuition . This list is not exhaustive - although you will be exhausted if you dance in them all…
The directory also lists Brisbane’s dancing venues and clubs; and includes many of Brisbane’s dance studios but we know we don’t have them all listed just yet. If you would like your dance studio to have a listing, enter the details now. It’s a simple matter of registering and typing in the details.
Be part of the glittering and glamorous world of ballroom dancing. Learn the waltz, the foxtrot, quickstep and more.
Learn this ancient form of female dancing from the Middle East.
The glamour and celebration of Mumbai movies are now fast conquering the Western world.
Bollywood Dreams ® teaches Bollywood dance (popular dance form of Indian mainstream movies). Bollywood Dreams Dance School offers Beginners and Advanced Bollywood dance sessions in different places across Brisbane.
Colonial dancing has its origins in Australia’s convict days. Learn the dances as they are called out.
Love the hip-hop style of dance? Then you’ve probably heard of Raw Metal , one of Brisbane’s most well-known dance exports. They perform hip-hop funk, acrobatics and tap dancing in an urban, contemporary style. Now you can learn to dance like them at workshops and classes.
Great music, fast moves and fun times means jive, swing and rock’n’roll dancing are very popular in Brisbane. Numerous places offer lessons, including:
To get a feel for how popular this dance form is, take a peek and get involved in the South East Queensland Swing Group.
There are a number of schools in Brisbane teaching Zouk
There’s more to line dancing than achy-breaky heart or boot-scootin’ boogie. No partner required and cowboy hats aren’t essential either.
Girls - learn pole dancing like a pro. Classes run in Brisbane for women only and apparently it is great for upper body strength and toned legs.
Dancing for children can teach them rhythm, coordination, posture and confidence, and it’s fun too. Brisbane has literally hundreds of dancing schools for children and it's impossible to list them all here. But here’s a few tips:
If you run a dance studio that offers classes for children, please enter your details in our directory so that the parents of Brisbane can find you online.
Due to the number of dance styles and popularity of the sport, we aren't able to cover ALL aspects of dancing in Brisbane. Our apologies to those we haven’t covered, including Irish dancing, clogging, indigenous dancing, folk, and many more.