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Studio Profile

2002 Social Events:
Ballroom & Latin Exams, Exhibitions, Functions

Studio Restarts 

9 January 2002

Guest-Drive Special

1 February To 28 February

Exams Lions Club

Saturday 2 February

Exhibitions Thaba-Tshwane

Saturday 9 March 

Exams Lions Club

Saturday 11 May

Exhibitions Thaba-Tshwane

Saturday 8 June 

Exams Lions Club

Saturday 13 July

Exams Lions Club

Saturday 17 August

Exams Lions Club

Saturday 14 September

Exhibitions (Medal) Thaba-Tshwane

Saturday 19 October 

Top20 Exhibitions/Exams Thaba-Tshwane

Saturday 9 November 

Exhibitions (Xmas) Thaba-Tshwane

Saturday 7 December 

Studio Closes

11 December 2002

Studio Restarts 

8 January 2003

 

Studio Profile

Business Award: - In 1991 and 1999 DanceWell Social Dance Studios won the prestigious Gold Star award by the BID (Business Initiative Directions) for outstanding customer service

Studio Opened: -January 1984
The Dances and Styles you may select from:

Ballroom: Two-step, Slow Foxtrot, Slow Waltz, Viennese Waltz, Sakkie-Sakkie, Sokkie, Tango, Quickstep, Peabody
Latin: -Cha-Cha, Samba, Rumba, Paso Doble, Mambo, Merengue, Salsa, Lambada, Bolero, Bossa Nova, Jive (competitively)
Modern: -Boogie, East & West coast Swing, Disco, Rock ‘n Roll, Jive
Special: Line Dancing / Argentine Tango / Zorba the Greek / Soft-shoe Shuffle

Type of tuition: Private (Individual) lessons to singles, couples (all age groups) at R34 a 1/2-hour lesson
Basic Course: 12 half-hours of private lessons. This course may be repeated many times - No Lengthy Contracts
Price: -R411 for singles or couples (couples share the cost, i.e. each pays half) May be paid in 3 instalments of R137 if the 12 lessons are stretch over a 3 month period, i.e. one lesson a week or, by paying cash (R399), the 12 lessons may be taken within 2 weeks 
Special: by enrolling through the internet, you have the following options

14 lessons for the price of 12, or
12 lessons plus a video step-pattern tape with 2 dances of your choice (normal price for our video step-pattern tape with 2 dances is R99). Our pupils find the video a great help when practising at home

Special 'Hobby Shield' Course: -24 half-hours of private lessons. Payments: R137 per month for 6 months. Or Cash: R798. This course is mainly for those who take up dancing as a serious hobby or for the excitement of dressing up and dancing shows on stage.
Video Step-pattern Tapes: -All the step patterns of the dances that we teach, are recorded on video tape. These dances cost: R39 per dance (1 three-hour tape has space for 20 dances) and R34 for the tape. The dances include 10 to 15 patterns - from basic to advanced. The format of the video recording is; first a demonstration of all the patterns to music from 1 to 10/15 as listed on our chart. Each pattern is then danced slowly to count; first the male's part, then the female's part. What makes our recording so popular and unique is that there is no talking, except for the count, and the learner copies the pattern directly, with the teacher's back towards the learner. The pupil follows the teacher facing the TV - as little neck craning as possible. We've had thousands of happy comebacks, not only from our own pupils, but also those who order our tape through DanceInfo SA.
Times Open: -From 3 in the afternoon until 10 at night - Monday to Friday
Levels: -Social: Bronze, Silver, Gold, International Style: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Advanced
Functions: -Monthly Public Dance Examinations. Quarterly Stage Shield Exhibitions and shows which are video-recorded for each performer's personal tape.
Address: Father's Moustache, 525 Duncan Street, Hatfield, Pretoria
Phone Number/s: 012-343 3747
Parking:  Ample
Security:  Yes
Our Studio Policy: -

  1. to continually strive to improve our teaching methods and customer service. To make learning to dance fun and easy for both the pupil and the teacher
  2. to teach our pupils the dances and styles that they want to learn, and not what we want to teach them
  3. to keep our price of lessons reasonable
  4. to not waste our pupils lesson-time by too much chatter, coming late for lessons, stopping lessons prematurely, faulty equipment, delays at functions
  5. not to allow unqualified teachers or trainees to teach paying customers
  6. for our teachers to conduct themselves in a professional manner at all times. Drinking alcohol before or during teaching times, smoking during lessons and the use of vulgar or abusive language are forbidden.
  7. teachers to be casual but neatly dressed for lessons. No jeans, takkies or T-shirts allowed
  8. to provide a personalized touch to our shields, awards, i.e. names, dates, dances to be engraved on them
  9. to ensure pupils and staff who qualify to receive diplomas, medals or orders, such as video recordings, receive these promptly. 
  10. To avoid changing function dates or venues.