Ballroom dance lessons?

Question

I live in the Houston, TX area and I'm trying to find a place where I can learn how to ballroom dance. I really want someone good and experienced a professional business preferably. I know how to dance some and i'm a fast learner. Any suggestions/ideas? I don't mind driving to the Woodlands either.

Answer 1

I don't live in TX so I can't tell you exactly where to go. But here is a couple of good resources: http://www.ballroomdancers.com/Directory/ , http://www.accessdance.com
These websites have ballroom studios listed by ZIP code. Also, http://www.ndca.org has a list of registered teacher and professional competitors. Weaker teachers usually don't bother to register with NDCA.
Go to a couple of ballroom competitions in your area, ask what studio do these people go to.
http://www.usabda.org - find your local chapter, they can be a good resource too.

Answer 2

Snowflake always has good answers but also has a bias against the franchise studios, and you might also want to look into the Arthur Murray and Fred Astaire websites. At the franchise studios, you may very easily be assigned a teacher who's almost as new to ballroom as you are (hence the bias), but that isn't always as terrible as it sounds for beginners, and as you progress you'll have more advanced teachers should you choose to go that route. There's a lot of variability in quality both in the franchise studios and in the independents, so caveat emptor.

Answer 3

I am Professional Ballroom Dancer and instructor in Houston with rich international experience. I will be glad and able to help with any level of dance. Teaching is my pleasure!
For more information please visit: www.ulianadance.com or call (713) 516 83 61 Uliana.

Answer 4

http://maps.google.com/maps?tab=nl

go here and go to search businesses and type dance or something like that in the 1st box and Houston, TX in the 2nd one

Answer 5

try the wanda deagen studio. they have a website ( http://www.sadu.org/WandaDeagen.htm ) Its in SA, but i think you can email her, she knows a lot of really good dance teachers! She could give you a suggestion...or 2

Answer 6

http://local.yahoo.com/results;_ylc=X3oDMTEwNTByOW5sBF9TAzI3MTYxNDkEc2VjA2ZwLXRhYgRzbGsDc3Bpcml0?stx=dance&csz=Houston%2C+TX&fr=yfp-t-501


If you ever need to find something local, go to www.yahoo.com, select the "local" search tab, and type in whatever you're looking for. I searched for "dance" for this one, but you can do it again and search for "ballroom," "latin," etc. Good luck!