Pineapple Studios – Drop-in classes

With 40+ dance styles available to all abilities taught by some of the world’s leading choreographers and teachers, there’s a dance class for everyone at Pineapple. Styles include, Jazz, Jazz Technique, Ballet, Pointe, Cecchetti, Musical Theatre, Burlesque, Heels, Vogue, Tap, Ballroom, Bollywood, Belly Dance, Commercial, R&B, Contemporary, Lyrical, Graham Technique, Dance Fitness, 80’s Workout, House, Waacking, Shuffle, Hip Hop, Breakdancing, Locking & Popping, K-Pop, Line Dancing, Salsa, Samba, Tango, Bachata, Zumba, Reggaeton, Afrobeats, Tumbling, Kids Dance Classes and so much more.

All classes are drop-in, open to everyone, include our membership fee and can be booked up to 7 days in advance. All classes must be pre-booked via the Pineapple Dance Studios app or here on the Pineapple Website.

Because Pineapple is so famous in the world of dance, you might think it’s a place for professional dancers only. It’s not. It’s for anyone who wants to learn, enjoy and practice dance, regardless of ability, age and anything else you care to think of. Pineapple really is for everyone.

Drop in, but please don’t drop out!
Most Pineapple classes (beginner’s included) are drop in. You come as, and when, you want. Obviously this has big advantages, because it means you only pay for the classes you do. You can do as few, or as many classes as you want each week, and there are classes in a multitude of genres, at all different levels, every day and evening.

Pineapple classes labelled ‘beginners’ are pitched at a relatively high level, but there are good reasons for this. Think of it this way… If a teacher were to run a beginner’s dance course over ten weeks, they would start very slowly, and build up until you had a basic grasp of steps, technique, music and feeling in that form of dance. Pineapple beginner’s classes are pitched at the ‘week ten’ stage of that course. If we pitched our classes at the ‘week one’ stage, people would get bored very quickly, because we would simply be repeating the absolute basics over and over again.

Also, lots of teachers (particularly in street dance and jazz) like to keep their classes (beginner’s included) moving at a fairly fast pace. This keeps the energy levels running high throughout the class, and enables people to feel like they’ve had a workout in a class, as well as learnt the dance.

What this means, both in terms of the range of moves you will encounter, and the speed at which you are taught them, is that you will find your first few Pineapple classes a big challenge. But don’t give up! The first class is the hardest, because everything is new. Your brain and body are working incredibly hard, trying to process moves and sequences. But after that initial class, in each subsequent class the moves will feel a little more familiar, and a little less frightening. And lo and behold, after a few weeks or months, you’ve grown into the level of the class. The moves you initially found tricky now come with ease and grace.