Northampton dance school launches youngster Cha Cha classes on Zoom

If you’ve got kids, fitness instructor Joe Wicks probably feels like part of the family.

He’s not the only person offering up their time and skills to keep your kids healthy and entertained.

From Tuesday, April 21, dance director Andrzej Mialkowski will be teaching free online dance lessons based on competition routines from 'Dancing Schools UK'.

Before lockdown, primary school children and teachers from across Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire had started practising routines for the annual dance competition Dancing Schools UK, due to be held in July.

Andrzej said: “We wanted to give children at home some activities for them to do and to help parents keep them entertained.

"It seemed a natural progression to carry on teaching the competition routines we had started teaching many kids in primary schools across the county.”

The dance classes have already proved very popular with over 160 online spaces already booked up.

He will be teaching three virtual classes on Zoom on Tuesday (today) for years one and two from 12 noon – 12.45pm, years three and four at 1pm – 1.45pm and for years five and six at 2pm – 2.45pm.

The classes aren’t just for the kids either. Teachers and parents can join in too. To join in the fun, you will need to book a space by clicking here.

A specially audio-described dance class will also be taught online on Tuesday for visually impaired adults and children.

Doris Shrier, a teacher at Step by Step Dance school, will be teaching steps in cha-cha-cha and the waltz on facebook live at 3pm with extra audio description.

To access the school's facebook page: Step by Step - Online.