We are able to offer lessons at discounted rates because all of our teachers are Assistant Teachers, the majority of whom are paying us to study at Ballroom College. Think of our studio like the Aveda School, where you can go and get a discounted haircut because you’re receiving the service from someone who is learning - supervised by a teacher.

Group classes are $55/person for a 4 week session.

Private lessons can be purchased one at a time or in packages:

1-4 lessons: $85/lesson

5-9 lessons: $80/lesson

10-19 lessons: $75/lesson

20+ lessons: $70/lesson

Assistant Teachers are some of the most enthusiastic teachers you’ll ever meet because they’re sharing what’s new and interesting to them.

Do they have the teaching ability of say a master teacher or a lead teacher? Absolutely not, but It’s also important to note that your lesson is simultaneously a lesson for the Assistant Teachers, which means there’s always a lead teacher available for backup if your teacher gets stumped.

The short answer is “yes” and “no.” We will attempt to schedule you with the same teacher, but you may take lessons from various teachers during your time training with us.

We may have you change teachers because a specific teachers needs to teach a step or pattern that you are scheduled to learn next. This works because each lesson is supervised by a lead teacher and the Assistant Teachers are working from the same syllabus - set of steps - so the transition from one teacher to another is seamless.

Additionally, the lead teacher is really the person responsible for all the lessons that occur at the college (like an attending physician at a hospital supervising residents), so he/she will make sure you’re well taken care of.

We do not offer refunds for any service once you have paid.

We have a strict 48 hour cancellation policy for all lessons and group classes. We do not make exceptions to this policy.

If you cancel within 48 hours, the scheduled lesson will be marked as “attended” and you will lose that lesson.

For group classes, we do offer two make up classes throughout the month, but you must cancel the class in your Ballroom College account and sign up for the make up class.

Ballroom College is located within with studio of Ballroom Dance Chicago, our parent studio.

4039b N. Ravenswood Ave

Chicago, IL 60613

Yes and no. The only people who teach at Ballroom College are Assistant Teachers. Our Founder, Director and Lead Teachers all have regular teaching hours at our parent studio, Ballroom Dance Chicago. Contact them for more information:

312.504.5866

info@ballroomdancechicago.com

www.ballroomdancechicago.com

We teach 12 partner dance styles:

• Bachata

• Cha-cha

• Country Western Two-Step

• East Coast Swing & Lindy Hop

• Foxtrot

• Hustle

• Night club two-step

• Rumba

• Salsa

• Tango

• Waltz/Viennese Waltz

• West Coast Swing

Lessons:

Thursday & Friday: 4:45pm-7:45pm

Saturday: 12:00pm - 3:45pm

Teacher Training:

Thursday & Friday: 3:30pm-7:45pm

Saturday: 10:00am - 3:45pm

Our private lessons and group classes are all 45 minutes long. Through years of experience, we’ve discovered that anything longer than 45 minutes can lead to brain fog and anything less is simply too short.

We are BYOB! However, we do not provide glassware or bottle/wine openers.

Our Assistant Teachers have a dress code: dark jeans, Ballroom College t-shirt and dance shoes. We do not have a dress code for students, but we do have some requirements:

1) Shoes must be clean and dry to enter the dance floor.

2) No sandals or flip flops allowed.

3) Please wear shirts or dresses that have sleeves, even if short sleeves. No tank tops allowed.

We’re a dance teacher school that has a 194 hour curriculum for learning to teach the basic steps. That being said, we’d like to say 194 hours is a good starting point, but we understand there are limitations on time and finances.

10 lessons (a total of 7.5 hours of instruction) is really the minimum to get ready for your wedding. However, if you have less time, we can show you some basics.

What’s most important to us, and your learning, is for you to have consistently (weekly or bi-weekly) lessons.

Our Assistant Teachers attend classes four hours a day, four days a week. While we wish our students could dedicate this much time, we understand this isn’t realistic.

We recommend a consistent schedule of once or twice a week. Skipping weeks or coming once or twice a month isn’t ideal. You’ll need to relearn information. In the end, you’ll spend more time and money learning to dance and the experience won’t be as much fun.

The earlier the better. Six+ months out is the sweet spot, that way you have plenty of time to learn and practice.

When we start getting a month or two out, the stress levels go up and the to do list gets longer and this really isn’t the best time to learn a new skill. Ideally, a month or two out you’ve already got most of your dance learned and your polishing things up and working on performing.

We do offer open practice times. They’re $12 for each 45 minute slot (up to 2 people) and can be scheduled via Wellness Living.

There is plentiful free(!) street parking along Ravenswood Ave. Because it’s free, it often fills up when the Cubs are in town, so keep that in mind for your planning.

We are about a block away from the Irving Park stop on the Brown Line and roughly a mile from the Ravenswood Metra stop.

The vast majority of students coming to our college to learn to dance have zero previous experience. We’re well versed at starting from the bare basics. In fact, breaking dance down so that it can be understood by complete newbies is a huge part of our curriculum for our Assistant Teachers.

All lessons expire after one year from the purchase date. If you are unable to use your lessons, you can contact the studio manager to discuss transferring the lessons to someone else for a $30 transfer fee. This decision will be made at the studio managers discretion.

If you have purchased 60+ lessons at one time, your lessons will expire after 18 months.

We do not offer refunds for unused lessons.