Weekly classes · Hip-Hop
Hip-Hop Dance
Classes in
Plymouth.
Weekly hip-hop dance classes in Plymouth city centre for adults who want to learn the real foundations — bounce, rock, grooves and a short piece of choreography each week — without feeling like the oldest or stiffest person in the room. £10 for a single class, £32 for a four-week block, and nothing to sign.
Hip-hop isn't about tricks. It's about finding the groove in your own body and trusting it — and that's a skill anyone can learn.
Adults only · all levels · no experience neededJoin the class
Get your groove
on Plymouth time.
Drop us a line and we'll come back with the current hip-hop timetable, where in the city centre the class runs and a few tips for your first night.
- A tenner per class, or four for £32 — no membership
- Foundation grooves first, choreography second, tricks never
- We answer inside a day, often within the hour
Class details
Hip-hop,
week in, week out.
At a glance
- Location Plymouth City Centre
- Day Sent with your timetable
- Time Evenings
- Level Beginner-friendly
- Age group 17 – 75
- Partner needed No
About hip-hop dance classes in Plymouth
Most adults who join our hip-hop dance classes in Plymouth have one worry: that everyone else will be nineteen and able to do a headspin. Neither is true. The room is a mix of ages and jobs, and the class is built on the foundations that every hip-hop dancer starts with — the bounce, the rock, the two-step, the way your weight sits in your knees rather than your shoulders. Get those feeling natural and the choreography that follows looks like you, rather than a stiff copy of the teacher. Nobody is asked to do anything acrobatic, and the floor work stays optional.
Hip-hop is the most laid-back class on our Plymouth dance timetable, and the one where people talk most — half the room arrives early just to catch up. If you enjoy it and want something sharper and more performance-led, our street dance class is the natural next step — many dancers do both. Groups who fall for the style sometimes turn it into a street dance hen party for a friend's big weekend.
How the class is structured
We open with a ten-minute warm-up that doubles as groove practice — bouncing to the beat, isolating shoulders and chest, loosening the hips. Then twenty minutes on a foundation move or two, drilled slowly and then at tempo, so the movement lands in your muscle memory rather than just your head. The last half-hour goes on a short choreographed piece that grows across the four-week block: newcomers pick up the opening eight counts, regulars keep building. Everything is broken down count by count, nobody freestyles unless they want to, and the music is the kind you'll actually want to dance to on the drive home. Most weeks finish with a relaxed run-through in two groups, so you get to watch as well as dance, and the teacher gives a couple of things to practise before next time. It's an hour that feels shorter than it is.
Where it goes
A block of hip-hop,
week by week.
The change in a hip-hop beginner over a single block is dramatic. This is the shape of it.
Loosening up
The bounce and the rock — learning to let the beat move your knees and chest instead of holding yourself rigid.
Foundations
Two-step, party grooves and the basic footwork patterns that every hip-hop routine is built from.
Texture and attitude
Isolations, hits and levels — the difference between doing the moves and performing them.
The full piece
A complete piece of choreography to a proper track, danced in small groups with the lights low.
Why hip-hop
What hip-hop
does for you.
More than steps — the changes regulars notice a few weeks in, in the studio and well outside it.
- Looser shoulders and hips after a week at a desk
- Musicality — hearing beats and breaks you used to miss
- Stamina that builds without you noticing
- Coordination that transfers to any other style
- A body that moves with attitude instead of apology
- Freedom to dance at a gig or a party without a drink first
- A weekly hour that switches the work brain off
- Friends of every age who share a playlist
Hip-hop questions
Ask us
about hip-hop.
What Plymouth beginners ask before their first hip-hop class — ten questions, ten straight replies. Something we've missed? Use the form higher up.
01Am I too old to start hip-hop?
No. Our hip-hop class is for adults from 17 to 75 and the age spread in the room reflects that. Grooves don't have an age limit, and the foundations we teach are the same whether you're 22 or 62.
02Do I need any dance background?
None at all. We start from the bounce — literally learning to move your knees to a beat — and layer everything on top of that. If you can nod along to a song, you have the raw material.
03Is this the same as street dance?
They overlap but aren't identical. Hip-hop is the foundation style — grooves, party moves, freestyle-friendly — while our street dance class leans more towards sharp commercial choreography. Plenty of people do both; hip-hop first makes the other easier.
04Any kit I need for hip-hop, or is it just trainers?
Loose, comfortable clothes you can sweat in and a pair of clean trainers with a flat sole. We don't supply footwear, kit or props of any kind, so bring what you're happy dancing in and a bottle of water.
05Will I have to freestyle in front of everyone?
Not unless you want to. The class is choreography-led with the option to add your own flavour, and freestyle circles are strictly opt-in. Nobody will be pushed into the middle.
06How much is hip-hop, and are there hidden fees?
A single hip-hop class is £10; the four-week block is £32, so £8 a week. No joining fee, no membership and nothing that renews automatically.
07How central is the hip-hop studio?
Hip-hop runs from a studio we hire in Plymouth city centre; you can walk it from the station, most buses stop nearby and the main car parks are minutes away. Your timetable, sent when you enquire, names the building and the room.
08Old-school or current — whose music is it?
Classic and current hip-hop, with a bit of R&B and old-school breaks mixed in. The tempo is eased down for the early weeks and comes back up as the room's timing sharpens.
09Will hip-hop actually get me fit?
Harder than it looks from the outside. An hour of bouncing, low stances and full-body grooves works the legs and core hard, and most people are surprised how much they've sweated. You can still take it at your own level.
10Can I test the water with one hip-hop class?
Drop-ins are how nearly everyone starts. Come along once for £10, see if the teacher and the room suit you, then start a four-week block from the next session if you're keen. No hard sell.