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IDANCE offers various short courses, including medal courses. What are "Medals"? Medals are a dancing industry standard of teaching dancing in a progressive format. They begin at Bronze level, and work up through Bronze Bar, Silver, Silver Bar, Gold levels and beyond. Routines of a suitable difficulty level for each medal are taught, and then danced on one of our "Medal Days". A qualified adjudicator judges the performances, and medals are awarded for a satisfactory standard at that level. Click here for medal day results... Medals are awarded in four styles - Street Latin, Latin American, Ballroom & New Vogue. For example, to be awarded the Bronze Medal in Street Latin, students are required to dance three dances to a satisfactory standard - Salsa, Cha Cha and Argentine Tango. At each higher level, the steps become more difficult, and a higher level of technique and styling is also expected. Other awards are also available: Rosettes - Dance examination for juniors in one style. Sashes - For a single dance style in a particular level, ie. salsa at one particular level. The dances at each level are shown in the following table (there are also higher levels after gold) :
Why Medals? Medals provide a systematic, graduated approach to learning all dance styles. They provide great goals for each student to work towards. Casual group classes and medal classes complement each other. Other short courses, such as performance courses and others, are also sometimes conducted. Course Timetable Our new medal timetable will be out soon. The next round of medals will start early September. Medal courses are generally a pre-paid 12 week course. These are run as prepaid courses. This is due to the fact that a number of routines (3 or 4) are taught, and so everyone needs to attend the majority of lessons. In casual classes it is simply pay as you go.
IDANCE MEDAL DAY Sunday August 24th Our latest medal day was a great success, with many fantastic results. 14 medals received honours, out of a total of 30 medals danced! What a great tribute to our students hard work. Many highly commended passes were also acheived. Our next round of medal courses has just got under way, with Bronze Ballroom & Silver Latin American. Gold Street Latin is soon to begin, so contact us if you are interested. Our next medal day spectacular is Sunday 21st December, so don't miss out!
Alex performed a number of stunning Latin dances with his partner Angela McCrystal during our evening session, including Rumba, Zouk Lambada, Samba, and some lightning fast, sizzling Salsa. Alex danced with Kate Langbroek on Channel 7's "Dancing with the Stars". Alex also won second place on the ABC series "Strictly Dancing".
Our very popular new dance course, for ladies only! Latin dance strengthens the core muscles, is a great workout for hips and thighs, improves posture and balance, and is a great fun way to lose weight and get fit. We are offering a ten week course covering elements of Salsa, Cha Cha, Argentine Tango, Merengue, Swing, Jive, and more, all to great music. No partner work. Dance in tracksuits and sneakers. Bring a sense of humour and watch the pounds melt away! Course runs on Saturday afternoons, 2.00pm, for ten weeks, one hour duration. Tell your girlfriends as this is not to be missed! Enrollments are closed for our current course, but enquire now about the starting date for our next course... Bookings essential. Cost $150.00 |
