Mom's Night Out: Let's Dance!
This is a post about dance classes, but not for your kids, for YOU (minus the little tutus or sequined leotards you may be imagining.) Parents need an outlet to release energy and creativity, and well, just to have fun once in a while too. On a recent mom’s night out, a friend and I decided to do something completely different and took a Bollywood dance class. I’m talking a simple drop-in, no experience necessary, wear what you want, just for fun dance class. There are plenty of them offered here in NYC in all sorts of styles for less than $20. So what do you want to try, Belly dancing, African Dance or maybe Hula Hooping?
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For our Bollywood class we learned a simple routine, step-by-step, until we all were able to perform the whole song together by the end of class. I had a blast, and felt like I was in the closing number of “Slumdog Millionaire.” The dancing was a fun way to unwind, break a sweat and switch off for a while by focusing on dance steps rather than tomorrow’s family schedule.
Here are just a few places in NYC that offer one-time, drop-in classes to get your groove on for your next mom’s night out.
Dhoonya Dance
2 locations on W.19th Street and E.49th Street, MN
347-644-0052
$10 first class offer online
Regularly $20 for Drop-In Class
Bollywood dance classes, (children’s classes also offered)
Djoniba Dance Center
126 East 13th Street at 4th Avenue, MN
212-477-3464
Free Trial Class for New Students offered online
Regularly $17 for 1.5 hour class
African dance classes, (children’s dance and drum classes also offered).
Mark Morris Dance Group
3 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn
718.624.8400
See online schedule and class descriptions
Class rates from $13 - $15
(children’s classes also offered)
Drop-in classes in several styles for beginners from modern dance to Zumba.
Shockra Studio
114 East 28th St, #2A btwn Park Ave and Lexington, MN
212-696-9642
See full schedule of classes online
$15 for single drop-in class (cash only at location)
Drop-in classes in several styles for beginners from belly dance to ballet.
HoopClass
Children’s Aid Society 3rd Floor
219 Sullivan Street btwn Bleeker and West 3rd, MN
$15 classes on Wednesdays at 7:30pm
Hula hoop classes - not quite dancing, but fun!
