Dance your best by taking any of the ballroom dance classes listed below 

All course prices include sales tax.

Dance-A-Cross located at 1970 Grand Ave. in West Des Moines (in Normandy Plaza) Dance-A-Cross Studio website

Valley Junction Activity Center at 217 5th St. West Des Moines (in Valley Junction) West Des Moines Parks and Recreation website (class registration page)

Winter/Spring Classes starting in January and running to early May.

Sundays:

• Level I/2 - Ballroom, Latin, & Swing Dance combination class 12:30-1:30 pm with Jim and Suzi.  These courses get you ready to dance at any "big band" or DJed type of dance.  The following dates are available:
  
  
• 1.  A  six   week  course  running from     April 14th  -  May 19th.    $60 per person.
• 2.  An eight week course running from     July 7th  - August 25th.     $80 per person.
  

These courses will teach Foxtrot, Swing, Waltz, and Rumba - spending an equal amount of time on each dance.  These courses will be held at the Valley Junction Activity Center.   This Level 1/2 course is for anyone who is an absolute beginner, or someone who has had a small amount of dance experience, or someone who wants to refresh their dancing.   The classes will run from 12:30-1:30 pm and Jim and Suzi will teach 5-7 figures for each dance. Each class will review the previous weeks figures and then teach the new material.  This is a couples only class, we do not have rotation of partners. 

These courses are run by the West Des Moines Parks and Recreation and you can find the courses at the following link. When you go to this link, click on Adult Programs and then show courses under ARTS and the ballroom classes will be shown right away.  Please register with them before attending class. You must pay for this class at the following link or at the front desk when you first come to class. Checks are to be made payable to the City of West Des Moines when you attend this class. You can also pay at their website as well.   This will save us a lot of time the first class day. They have a beautiful ballroom dance floor to use to dance and learn your figures.

•            http://www.wdm.iowa.gov/government/parks-recreation/program-registration
  
  
  
• Level  II and Level III - "Putting it All Together" Class 1:30-2:30 pm with Jim and Suzi. These courses take you beyound the beginner level dancing and continues to enhance your dances with additional figures and introduces 2 or 3 new dances at the beginner level.  In addition we will try to put together groups of figures that will work well together in your social dancing.  The following dates are available: 
  
  
• 1. A   six   week course running from      April 14th  - May 19th.     $60 per person.
• 2. An eight week course running from     July 7th  - August 25th.     $80 per person.
   
• These courses will teach 9 dances on a regular cycle consisting of Foxtrot, Swing, Waltz, Rumba, Tango, Cha Cha, and new dances Quickstop, Polka, and Mambo.  These courses will be held at the Valley Junction Activity Center.   This Level II & Level III course is for anyone who has taken our Level I course or has equivalent experience, or someone who wants to refresh their dancing.    The Level II portion of the course is for those students who have completed a Level I course and would like to learn additional figures in these dances.  Level II students will receive higher level figures than the Level I students in addition to the ability to review all the Level I figures you have learned.  Each class will review the previous weeks figures and then teach the new material. These courses are couples only classes.   
  
  Thess courses are run by the West Des Moines Parks and Recreation and you can find the courses at the following link. When you go to this link, click on Adult Programs and then show courses under ARTS and the ballroom classes will be shown right away.   Please register with them before attending class. You must pay for this class at the following link or at the front desk when you first come to class. Checks are to be made payable to the City of West Des Moines when you attend this class. You can also pay at their website as well.  This will save us time the first class day. 
  
  
  •           http://www.wdm.iowa.gov/government/parks-recreation/program-registration