Wednesday July 1, 2026 19:15–20:45

class and social

Beginners Course

With live music from Lily Sheehan and Zoé Basha 🎵🎸

Venue: The Pillar Room

Beginners Course

With live music from Lily Sheehan and Zoé Basha 🎵🎸

This is a four-week beginners course for learning Balboa from the start. We will build the basic rhythm, partner connection, footwork and social-dance habits over four Wednesday evenings, with enough repetition each week for the material to settle.

Balboa is a close-embrace swing dance that grew out of crowded Southern California ballrooms in the 1930s. It is compact, rhythmic and very social: most of the dance happens through small weight changes, pulse and connection rather than big shapes. The videos below show what Balboa can look like at higher levels, so you can get a feel for the music and movement before class.

Videos

Olga and Andreas
Alice and Blake

Level/Experience

This course is for complete beginners. You do not need any dance experience, and this can be your first dance lesson.

You do not need to bring a partner. We rotate partners every few minutes so everyone gets to practise with different people. If you come with someone and only want to dance with them, that is also completely fine.

Dates & Time

Wednesdays: June 17th, June 24th, July 1st and July 8th.

  • 7pm: Doors open
  • 7.15 – 8.15pm Class
  • 8.15 – 8.45pm Practice/Social dancing with live music from Lily Sheehan and Zoé Basha!

Cost

The full four-week course costs €45. You can pay through Stripe here.

Venue and entry

The course takes place in The Pillar Room at the Rotunda, at the top of O'Connell Street beside The Gate Theatre.

After you book, you will receive an email with exact instructions for how to enter the building and find the room.

Event schedule

Venue

The Pillar Room

Rotunda Hospital
Parnell St
Rotunda
Dublin 1
D01 K4H0
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