Local Dances/Classes/Workshops

Bay Area organizations and teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area are eager to assist you in preparing for the April Follies Dancesport Competition. All teachers and events listed here are welcoming of same-sex dancers.

Citabria Phillips
Citabria teaches many styles of dance from beginner to advanced.  She is knowledgeable, supportive and enthusiastic. Competing as both a leader and follower makes her a versatile dancer and teacher.  This past year in Cologne, she and her partner took 5th at the highest level of women's ballroom in the Gay Games.  

Diane Jarmolow
Diane Jarmolow Ballroom Dance Teachers' College
You can have a career you love!Train to be a professional ballroom dance instructor at Diane Jarmolow's premier ballroom dance teacher training program. Training is comprehensive, convenient, and affordable. Visit our website or call us!
Diane Jarmolow
Melissa Saphir
American Style Smooth and Rhythm, Swing, and nightclub dances, for social dancers and aspiring performers, for beginners and beyond.
MoveLikeAChampion
Move Like a Champion!
Move Like a Champion © provides a simple and standardized language for the qualities of movement we associate wit champions: balance, posture, strength, flexibility, intensity, partnering, confidence, musicality, clarity of content, and speed. Find a workshop or buy the book! www.movelikeachampion.com
Maya Bergman

Tango Fuego
Argentine Tango will fill your soul with passion, wisdom, courage, peace, freedom, joy, elegance, color and rainbows.Argentine Tango with Maya for the LGBT beginners and beyond.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



 

 

 


Calendar of Weekend Events

Friday Evening, April 27


Saturday All Day & Evening, April 28

Competition Day! Ballroom opens at 9 AM. Competition events begin at 10 AM. Detailed competition schedule will be emailed to all competitors, and copies will be available at the venue.


Sunday Morning, April 29, 10AM - Noon

NASSPDA Open Community Meeting

10am -11:45am
Location to be announced

Talk with your NASSPDA Board members.
Hear what your organization has been up to; discuss future plans; share what you'd like to see NASSPDA do going forward.
Open to everyone--you need not be a member to attend.
Coffee and bagels will be served!


Sunday Workshops/Tea Dance, April 29

To be announced. Watch this space for details.


Finding Dance Partners

If you are interested in competing and would like to find a dance partner, please join ItTakes2, a yahoo group for all those same-sex dancers looking for dance partners.

April Follies, Bay Area Dance, its organizing committees, board and the moderator of this mailing group disclaim any and all liability connected with your membership of this group, the contents of postings and any and all actions and events arising there from. Membership in this group constitutes acceptance of these terms and conditions.

Practice Space

The following Bay Area Ballrooms are same-sex friendly and provide practice space at very reasonable rates:


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