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Studio Eight

DANCE FOR EVERYONE

  • Absolute beginners welcome
  • Drop in or join a term
  • No partner needed
  • First class free

1

Just book it

Message us or turn up ten minutes early. No forms, no faff, no fitness questionnaire.

2

Wear what you own

Leggings and a t-shirt. Bare feet or trainers depending on the class, and we'll tell you which.

3

Stand at the back

Everyone does, week one. By week three you'll have edged forward without noticing.

4

Come back

That's the whole trick. The people who look good started exactly where you are.

  • No upper body strength needed to start
  • Hammocks hold up to 300kg, and yes, we test them
  • Six hammocks only, so classes are small

NEW THIS TERM

Aerial Yoga

Same practice, six feet off the floor. A silk hammock takes your weight, so poses that fight you on a mat suddenly open up, and inversions stop being frightening. Easier on the spine and knees than you would expect, and a genuinely strange amount of fun.

  • Any drop-in class
  • No booking needed
  • Pay at the desk
  • First one's free

Drop-in

£12 /class

Turn up when it suits you.

  • One class, ten weeks
  • Your spot held
  • Catch up a missed week
  • Ballet & Contemporary

Works out at £9.50 a class.

Term block

£95 /10 weeks

MOST POPULAR

  • Every class, every week
  • Cancel any time
  • Bring a friend once a month
  • Studio open practice

£58 /month

Unlimited

For the ones who move in.

THE CLASSES

Six ways to move. And one to fly.

Every class is taught from the ground up, so you can walk into any of them having never danced a step. Pick the one that sounds like fun. You can always switch.

ALL LEVELS

Ballet

Barre, posture, and the slow patient business of learning to move well. Classical technique taught kindly, at a pace that suits the room.

Mon & Thu · 60 min

BEGINNER

Salsa

The most sociable hour of your week. We rotate partners, so come alone and you'll leave knowing half the room by name.

Tue & Fri · 75 min

DROP IN

Zumba

Latin rhythms, no counting, no corrections. Turn up, follow along, sweat a lot, and don't worry about getting it wrong.

Wed & Sat · 45 min

BALLET - STUDIO FOUNDER

Elena Duarte

Twenty years dancing, twelve teaching. Elena opened Studio Eight because she wanted a ballet class that didn't make anyone feel unwelcome, whatever age they started.

CONTEMPORARY - SALSA

Theo Carter

Choreographer by day, salsa teacher by night. Theo will have you moving across the floor in your first hour and won't let you apologise for it.

SENIOR DANCE - ZUMBA

Marta Nowak

Trained in dance for older adults and utterly unflappable. Her Wednesday class has a waiting list and a very serious tea round.

Your town and country

They came for one class.

I hadn't danced since school and I'm 61. Marta's class is the best hour of my week and I've made actual friends, which I wasn't expecting at all.

Jean W.

Senior Dance, two years

Turned up to salsa alone and terrified. Theo pairs everyone up and rotates, so within twenty minutes I'd danced with half the class. Went back the next week.

Cade O.

Salsa beginner

My daughter started ballet here at six and I ended up joining the adult class myself. Elena somehow makes a room of nervous grown-ups feel completely fine.

Katie S.

Ballet, and ballet mum

Your first class is free

Pick any class on the timetable. Turn up ten minutes early. That's genuinely the whole process.

Before you come

The things everybody asks at the door.

  • I've genuinely never danced. Is that a problem?

    It's the most common thing we hear, and no. Every class starts from the basics, and most of the room has been dancing for less time than they'd admit.

  • Do I need a partner for salsa?

    No. We rotate partners throughout the class, which is better for learning anyway. Most people come alone.

     

  • What should I wear?

    Something you can move in. Bare feet or socks for contemporary and yoga, soft shoes for ballet, trainers for zumba. Nobody needs to buy anything to start.

  • Is there an age limit?

    Our youngest regular is six and our oldest is eighty-six. Kids' ballet runs Saturday mornings, and Senior Dance is built specifically for older bodies at a gentler pace.

  • Can I try before I commit to a term?

    Yes. Your first class is free, and after that you can drop in as often or as rarely as you like. Terms are there if you want them, not because we want to tie you in.

     

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Come and dance with us.

Not sure which class? Tell us roughly what you're after and we'll point you at the right one. There's no wrong answer here.

07700 000 000

Mon–Sat, 9am–8pm

hello@studioeight.co.uk

We reply the same day

Studio Eight, 8 Mill Lane

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Everybody counts you in.

Six classes, one studio, no experience required. Whether you're eight or eighty, in ballet shoes or trainers, the count starts the same way for all of us.

6

dance styles

16

classes a week

first class

Free

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IMPROVER

Floorwork, weight, breath, and making shapes that mean something. The class people join for a term and stay in for years.

Tue & Thu · 90 min

Breath, strength and a stretch at the end. The class people book after a hard week, and the one that makes every other class easier.

Mon & Wed · 60 min

Seated warm-up, gentle standing routines, and a cup of tea afterwards. Built for balance, mobility, and the pleasure of it.

Wed & Fri · 60 min

Contemporary

Yoga

Senior Dance

16 classes a week. Drop into any of them, or book a term and keep your spot.

When we're dancing.

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THE WEEK

Term classes: Ballet and Contemporary run in 10-week blocks.

Drop-in: turn up 10 minutes early and pay at the desk.

Three teachers, one rule: nobody gets left behind.

WHO TEACHES YOU

No joining fee, no contract, no awkward cancellation phone call. Ever.

Pay as you go, or settle in.

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PRICING

Nobody is watching you. Promise.

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YOUR FIRST CLASS

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WHAT PEOPLE SAY

GET IN TOUCH

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GENTLE

ALL LEVELS

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