COME FOR THE CLASSES, STAY FOR THE COMMUNITY.

COME FOR THE CLASSES, STAY FOR THE COMMUNITY.

Upcoming events

  • Dream it.

    16th March 2024 from 7pm at The Printworks Hastings

    Mixed Northern Soul Class - £3.00 cash per person Where’s the Printworks? Hit BE THERE button

    BE THERE

  • Learn it.

    16th March 2024 from 7pm at The Printworks Hastings

    Mixed Northern Soul Class £3.00 CASH per person Where’s The Printworks? Hit BE THERE button

    BE THERE

  • Practise it.

    16th March 2024 at The Printworks 8pm to 11pm Hit the dancefloor - All female DJS onboard! Book gig entry by going to the BE THERE below

    BE THERE

It looks joyful and relatively easy, but Northern Soul is actually quite the skill to master. The Northern Soul scene came into its own in the 1970s, but still has a massively dedicated following to this day. The hardest part of mastering the dance is knowing that there are no formal rules to it – it’s basically sliding one foot whilst you swivel on the other, but all whilst keeping good posture and never looking down, so even the simplest of steps can require the utmost concentration.

Make it

Whether you’re that hardcore Soul Head, talc in the back pocket, spinning like it’s the 70s, or someone who wants to dip their toes in the music: we welcome you with open arms

Beginners Dance Classes - Come along and discover the essential steps to your own Northern Soul Dance style!

Intermediate Dance Classes - Polish up on those shuffles, pivots, turns

Private Tuition - An hour-long private lesson. Learn what you want to learn at your own pace. Available for single or couple private tuition

WE’RE A NORTHERN SOUL DANCE CLASS AIMED AT PROVIDING WORKSHOPS DEDICATED TO FUN, WELLNESS AND COMMUNITY

The Hastings Northern Soul Dance classes are a place where you come as you are, have some fun and meet your SOULIE tribe.

Keep the Faith by joining our dance classes

Northern Soul is about the People

Northern Soul will touch your Soul

Meet Wendy

Northern Soul is in My Soul

Northern Soul has always been in my Soul

Wendy’s Northern roots were birthed over a century ago with her Great Grandmother, Kitty Shaw dancing professionally in the Victoria Glee Club in Manchester in the 1870s, a Grandmother who was the first ballet dancer to start a dancing school in Kendal in 1916 and a Mother as a ballet student and teacher in Manchester.

Wendy has traversed the world of dance, from being a professional ballerina for Capab Ballet company to dancing for Jazzart, a Jazz dancing company, and experimenting with Northern Soul dance in the 1980s.

Wendy is a qualified and licensed Northern Soul dance teacher, having obtained her license through the founder of Northern Soul Dance in the UK, Sharon L D Sullivan, BSc. Psych, MSC. Nutr., Fellow UKAPTD, Master/Examiner NSDLPTD

  • If you can dream it, you can do it

  • To Learn it; Be it

  • If you practice only one thing let it be Northern Soul

  • To share it you Keep the Faith

WHAT DO I WEAR TO A DANCE-SHOP?

Comfortable, loose-fitting clothes. Layers are helpful.

Flat, smooth-soled shoes, or socks.

Bring a bottle of water and a towel

Listen to Franki Vallie who’ll tell you that You’re Ready Now!

Swivelling requires smooth-souled shoes. Socks work too!

Location

Working on it!