Hen party themes · Strictly ballroom glitz
Strictly Hen Party
Dance Class
Plymouth.
Sequins, spray tans optional, drama compulsory: a ballroom-glitz Strictly routine inspired by the Saturday-night show, taught to your whole party by a private choreographer in Plymouth city centre. An hour costs £160 flat, ninety minutes £185 — the same figure whether six hens come or twenty-six.
Everyone judges it from the sofa. Your group finally gets up and earns the tens.
Sequins · sass · a perfect scoreCheck your date
Keeeep dancing at
the hen do.
Glitterball weekends get snapped up — a short form is all it takes for us to hold your date and find the floor.
- £160 flat however many take to the floor — never a per-head rate
- Ballroom-glitz choreography with a showdance moment for the bride
- A reply lands within the day, often before the kettle boils
Plymouth Dance Centre
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Any group size — one flat rate.
No per-person maths.
Thank you!
Why Strictly works
Saturday night,
any weekend.
Half the country spends autumn shouting scores at the telly; this theme lets your group cross the floor and join in. To be clear, we're not affiliated with any broadcaster — what you get is our own ballroom-glitz session inspired by the Saturday-night show, and among our hen party dance classes in Plymouth it's the one the mums and aunties request by name. Cha-cha flavour, jive kicks, dramatic dips: all taught from absolute zero. Expect razzle-dazzle from the first count — chins up, jazz hands loaded, and a teacher who takes the sparkle exactly as seriously as your group wants to, whether that's gentle homage or full spray-tan pantomime.
Your choreographer stitches those flavours into one routine the entire party performs together, no partners required, with plenty of posing built in for the cameras. The finish is pure showdance: bride in the middle, hens fanned out, everybody selling it to an imaginary judging panel. Groups who fall for the vintage side of ballroom often eye up our Charleston theme next, while anyone chasing that lift-scene fantasy should peek at Dirty Dancing before deciding. Nobody here is scored on accuracy, only on commitment — and commitment has historically never been a problem for a hen party holding imaginary paddles.
The studio sits a short stroll from the Hoe, which means golden-hour photos in your sequins if you time it right. And here's the quiet bonus: a bride who has just survived a ballroom routine with her fourteen favourite people walks into wedding first dance lessons with all the fear already gone. Several of our couples started exactly this way — one glitzy hen afternoon, then a first dance that got its own round of applause. And if the group wants to lean all the way in, sequinned sashes and boas you've brought along look glorious against the studio mirrors — the choreographer will even stage a mock results announcement to close the session, because somebody, cruelly, must be in the dance-off.
No hidden extras
The scoreboard,
read out.
Every item below is inside the flat fee. Floor hire is the single extra, and we handle the arranging of it ourselves.
What's included
- Professional dance instructor
- Strictly-style choreography built for your group
- All music and sound equipment
- Warm-up and cool-down
- Beginner-friendly instruction
- Photo and video opportunities
- Help picking the theme and the song
- Group coordination beforehand
- A spotlight moment for the bride
What you'll experience
- A ballroom hold that instantly looks expensive
- Cha-cha steps with full Latin hip drama
- Jive kicks pitched at genuine beginners
- Dramatic dips and poses — all lift-free
- A showdance finale arranged around the bride
- An imaginary judging panel scoring you tens
Perfect for
- Households where Saturday telly is sacred
- Hen parties spanning nan to niece
- The bride who critiques every quickstep from the sofa
- Anyone with a sequin dress begging for an outing
- Groups wanting glamour without the nightclub
- Weekends built around one big showstopper
Hour by hour
Your hour on
the ballroom floor.
Posture comes first — chins lifted, shoulders back, frames held like the pros — because in ballroom the attitude is ninety percent of the illusion. Then the routine builds: a cha-cha basic, a jive kick sequence, a travelling step across the floor, each layer repeated until it stops needing thought.
The final stretch turns it into a proper showdance, music up, bride in the spotlight, dips landing on the last beat. Ninety-minute sessions leave room for extra styling, a paso-flavoured entrance and repeat takes of the finale until the imaginary paddles all read ten.
The judges' comments
Scores from
the floor.
"My nan held a ballroom frame for the first time in forty years and refused to let it go all evening. Worth every penny for that alone."
"We shouted SEV-ERN at everything for the rest of the weekend. The routine itself? Tens, obviously."
"Our instructor had the patience of a saint and the drama of a pro — the dip at the end made the bride shriek. Ninety minutes flew."
"Sequins before noon. No regrets."
Strictly specifics
Before the paddles
go up.
What hens want to know about our ballroom-glitz theme before committing to the floor. The form underneath catches everything else.
01Is this an official Strictly Come Dancing event?
No — we have no connection to the BBC or the programme. It's our own ballroom-and-Latin party class inspired by the Saturday-night show: the glitz, the drama and the scoring jokes, delivered by our own choreographers.
02Do we need dance partners for the ballroom bits?
Not at all — the routine is danced as one company, everyone facing the same imaginary judges. Groups that want a giggle can pair up for a short hold-and-sway section, but it's optional and we keep it deliberately silly.
03Which styles end up in the routine?
A blend, the way a showdance would be — cha-cha hips, jive kicks, a waltz-ish sway and a dramatic dip or three, set to big-band and pop crossover tracks. Tell us the bride's favourite and we'll try to choreograph around it.
04Sequins: encouraged or required?
Encouraged, loudly, but never required — comfy clothes and soft shoes do the job on the technical side. If your group turns up glittered to the eyebrows in outfits you've organised yourselves, expect the choreographer to be delighted.
05Does the bride get special treatment on the night?
The showdance ending is hers: centre spot, the party framed around her, and a lift-free dip timed to the final note. If she's the type to milk it we'll add a solo walk-on; if she'd rather share the limelight, the formation closes in around her instead.
06Where does the Strictly class happen?
In a studio we hire in Plymouth city centre, a sequin's throw from the Hoe and the evening's first cocktail — the precise address comes with your booking confirmation. Groups staying somewhere with a generous living room can have the whole class brought to them.