Classes
Seventeen styles, taught by people who still dance
Every style below is taught in at least one of the three studios, in fixed weekly slots with the same teacher. Nothing is taught by video, and no class is a franchise programme.
Technique and contemporary
Hohenfelde — the Loft
Ballet
Barre, centre and a short adage. Classical vocabulary without the drama.
Hohenfelde5 classes a weekContemporary
Release-based, weight and momentum first, phrase work at the end.
Hohenfelde5 classes a weekFloorwork
Spirals, slides and safe ways down. Knee pads welcome.
Hohenfelde2 classes a weekJazz
Lyrical and Broadway jazz, isolations and a set combination weekly.
Hohenfelde3 classes a weekImprovisation
Scores, partnering and listening. No mirrors, curtains closed.
Hohenfelde2 classes a week
Urban and club styles
Wandsbek — the Hall
Hip Hop
Grooves first, then the choreography. Party foundation every second week.
Wandsbek6 classes a weekHouse
Jacking, footwork and the long tracks. Bring flat shoes.
Wandsbek3 classes a weekBreaking
Toprock, footwork, freezes and power, on lino built for it.
Wandsbek4 classes a weekDancehall
Steps by name, in the order they were made. History included.
Wandsbek2 classes a weekWaacking
Arms, timing and posing to disco. The fastest class we teach.
Wandsbek2 classes a weekHeels
Ankle work and a full commercial routine. Trainers are fine too.
WandsbekHarburg3 classes a weekStreet Kids (8–12)
Saturday street dance for children, one adult may watch from the bench.
Wandsbek1 class a week
Partner and social dance
Harburg — the Glass Box
Salsa (Cuban)
Cuban style, in a circle, partners rotate every four minutes.
Harburg4 classes a weekBachata
Dominican basics before sensual styling, always in that order.
Harburg4 classes a weekTango Argentino
Walking, embrace and the pause. Both roles taught to everyone.
Harburg3 classes a weekWest Coast Swing
Slotted, elastic and forgiving. The easiest one to start on Sunday.
Harburg3 classes a week
Body work
Hohenfelde and Harburg
Stretch & Conditioning
Hips, hamstrings and feet. The class most of our dancers never skip.
HohenfeldeHarburg6 classes a week
Your studio
What runs in Hohenfelde
Our technique house. Ballet, contemporary, jazz and floorwork, taught in long arcs rather than one-off drops. Classes here run in eight-week blocks with the same group.
Ballet
5 classes a week
Barre, centre and a short adage. Classical vocabulary without the drama.
BeginnerOpen levelIntermediateAdvanced
Contemporary
5 classes a week
Release-based, weight and momentum first, phrase work at the end.
IntermediateOpen levelBeginnerAdvanced
Floorwork
2 classes a week
Spirals, slides and safe ways down. Knee pads welcome.
IntermediateBeginner
Jazz
3 classes a week
Lyrical and Broadway jazz, isolations and a set combination weekly.
BeginnerIntermediateOpen level
Improvisation
2 classes a week
Scores, partnering and listening. No mirrors, curtains closed.
Open level
Stretch & Conditioning
2 classes a week
Hips, hamstrings and feet. The class most of our dancers never skip.
Open level
Your studio
What runs in Wandsbek
The urban house. Hip hop, house, breaking, dancehall and heels — drop-in friendly, loud, and open latest of the three. Crews rehearse here in the evenings.
Hip Hop
6 classes a week
Grooves first, then the choreography. Party foundation every second week.
BeginnerAdvancedOpen levelIntermediate
House
3 classes a week
Jacking, footwork and the long tracks. Bring flat shoes.
IntermediateOpen levelBeginner
Breaking
4 classes a week
Toprock, footwork, freezes and power, on lino built for it.
BeginnerAdvancedIntermediateOpen level
Dancehall
2 classes a week
Steps by name, in the order they were made. History included.
Open levelIntermediate
Heels
2 classes a week
Ankle work and a full commercial routine. Trainers are fine too.
BeginnerIntermediate
Waacking
2 classes a week
Arms, timing and posing to disco. The fastest class we teach.
BeginnerIntermediate
Street Kids (8–12)
1 class a week
Saturday street dance for children, one adult may watch from the bench.
Open level
Your studio
What runs in Harburg
The social house. Salsa, bachata, tango argentino and west coast swing, plus the conditioning classes that keep the rest working. Come alone — we rotate partners.
Salsa (Cuban)
4 classes a week
Cuban style, in a circle, partners rotate every four minutes.
BeginnerIntermediateOpen level
Bachata
4 classes a week
Dominican basics before sensual styling, always in that order.
BeginnerIntermediateOpen level
Tango Argentino
3 classes a week
Walking, embrace and the pause. Both roles taught to everyone.
IntermediateBeginnerOpen level
West Coast Swing
3 classes a week
Slotted, elastic and forgiving. The easiest one to start on Sunday.
Open levelIntermediateBeginner
Heels
1 class a week
Latin-flavoured heels: hips, walks and a short routine.
Open level
Dancer Conditioning
4 classes a week
Mat and band work for ankles, hips and the lower back.
Open level
Levels
How we use the four labels
We would rather you came to a class one step below where you think you are. Every teacher gives a second option for the harder half of a phrase.
- Beginner
- No experience assumed. You will be taught the vocabulary, and the group will have been running for at most eight weeks.
- Intermediate
- You have danced this style for about a year, know the basic steps by name and can pick up a short phrase in one go.
- Advanced
- Several years in this style. Phrases are taught fast, and rehearsal-style corrections are given to the whole room.
- Open level
- Everybody in the same room, with two versions of each phrase. Most of the weekend classes and all practicas are open level.
Before your first class
- Come ten minutes early and say it is your first time — the teacher will place you where you can see.
- Wear what you can move in. Ballet needs socks or ballet shoes, breaking needs clean indoor trainers, heels classes accept trainers.
- There is water at every studio and a locker you can lock. Bring nothing valuable to the Cypher-Raum, it has no lockers of its own.
- You can stop, sit down or leave at any point. Nobody will ask you why.
Street Kids, ages 8 to 12
One children's class, Saturdays at 10:30 in Wandsbek, taught by Tuva Lindgren. Twelve Saturdays a term, €135, no membership needed. One adult may stay on the bench at the side.
Booking is done by a parent or guardian and we ask only for the child's first name, their age and one contact number. We do not photograph the class and we delete the registration data twelve months after the term ends.