For the upcoming Slow Foxtrtot Workshop starting 07 November 2011 we have spaces available in Beginners Followers and couples in Improvers, Intermediate and Advance Leaders only. Please be aware that the Beginners and Intermediate are at 7pm and the Improvers and Advance at 8:30pm. Click here for the full schedule. * * * * * Some of our teachers and pupils have just been filmed at the studio for the BBC's First Click, to watch the clip click here Check our Fackebook page for more information. Christmas Party: we are having our Christmas Party on Thursday 01 December 2011 from 7pm - 11:30pm. Tickets are available now and are £15 for Members and £18 for Non-Members. * * * * * A special Social Foxtrot / American Smooth workshop on November 6th. Registration has just opened, for more information click here. * * * * * Los Ocampos Argentine Tango master teachers Omar & Monica - Los Ocampo are in London and available for private lessons towards the end of November. Lessons are available daytime (10am-6pm) Mondays-Thursdays. If you are interested in scheduling a private lesson, please email Ralf (ralf@kensingtondancestudio.com). For more information about Omar & Monica, please go to our Guest Teachers page. * * * * * Exhibition Road roadworks Exhibition Road is currently undergoing a major renovation. Ultimately, the road will be a multi-use space, shared by pedestrians and vehicles. The renovation is happening in stages, and will continue at least through 2011, the road layout changes frequently. During this renovation process, all Pay & Display parking on Exhibition Road has been suspended. However, there are Pay & Display bays around the corner on Prince's Gardens. There are also a few Pay & Display bays on Prince Consort Road (to the west of Exhibition Road). Alternative locations for parking are Ennismore Gardens, the south carriage drive in Hyde Park, and Queen's Gate (to the west of Exhibition Road). If you are walking from the Tube station you can take the underpass but you have to come up by the V&A, as the rest of the underpass is closed. The road and footpath layout changes constantly you might have to check where you can cross Exhibition Road as you might not be able to walk up on both sides. * * * * * Last year Kele & Ralf had the honour of choreographing the Argentine Tangos for the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing. It was the 5th year they have worked on Strictly. Kele & Ralf had the pleasure of working with Scott Maslen & Natalie Lowe, Kara Tointon & Artem Chigvintsev, Tina O'Brian & Jared Murillo, Matt Baker & Aliona Vilani and Patsy Kensit & Robin Windsor. * * * * *
* * * * * Click here to read Angelo's review of his experiences at the Kensington Dance Studio on Angelo's Blog. * * * * *
The £9.99 paperback is an introduction to the ballroom and Latin dances featured on the show, and will include a brief history of each dance, plus 12 step-by-step classes. "Strictly" dancers Erin Boag, Anton du Beke, Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova will demonstrate each move, with diagrams showing the male and female steps. The book is written by KDS directors Kele Baker and Ralf Schiller, who choreograph the Argentine Tango on the show, and who will promote on publication. The book can be purchased from all major book stores and online book sellers. * * * * * Congratulations to everyone who passed their medal tests in November. * * * * * | ||||
Kele and Ralf have been commissioned by BBC Books (a division of Random House) to write Strictly's first 'how to dance' book. Entitled "Strictly Come Dancing: Step-By-Step Dance Class", the book will be published on December 10th to tie in with the finale of the show's seventh season as well as the live tour which begins in January.