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Dance Classes

 

Monday nights

St Johns Parish Hall, 6 Chandler Avenue, Royal Oak.

Beginners                 7pm

Intermediate Plus       8:15pm

 

 

Tuesday nights

Leicester Hall, cnr of Ramsgate & Findlay Streets, Ellerslie.

Beginners                 7pm

Intermediate             8:15pm

 

 

Thursday nights

Tamaki Ex-Services Hall, cnr Polygon & Turua Streets, St Heliers.

Beginners                 8pm

Intermediate             9:15pm

 

 

Chris Pugmire

Chris first started dancing 11 years ago but then took a long break (during which he ran the Auckland juggling club and taught juggling), three years ago he started dancing again and got totally addicted, attending 5+ classes a week for over two years.  Last year he trained to teach and has been teaching beginners and intermediate classes ever since..

“My philosophy is that a class should be fun, and no one should get lost or confused, after all dancing is just like juggling but with only one object which is rarely in the air, there should be lots of dancing and by the end you should leave knowing you've got some 'new' freestyle moves that will really work”

Gavin & Simone

Simone and Gavin met at Ceroc 8 years ago and have both been teaching advanced class for the past 6. They placed 2^nd in the Advanced A Waiwera Infinity Water Champs in 2003.  Simone has a language teaching background and Gavin works in the food industry and coaches Women’s soccer.  Both of them believe that anyone can learn Ceroc and they aim to create a fun, relaxed learning environment.

Alison Koerselman

I started Ceroc classes in Auckland in June 1998 and was hooked from day 1!  I entered the 2000 NZ Nationals (18 months later) in the Advanced Open category and have also competed in DWAS.

 

I have been involved in choreography for past Ceroc Demo Crews and was Competitor Liaison at the last three NZ Nationals.  I have taught all levels and first started teaching six years ago. 

 

My philosophy about Ceroc is simple – it has to be fun – at all levels!

 

I look forward to bringing this and more to your dancing experience!

Angela Metford

I’ve always been a keen night clubber back in the day.  After moving to Auckland and working from home I found Ceroc to be the perfect excuse to get me out of the house.  Meeting awesome people was a bonus, not to mention the great exercise!  I love the fact you can just turn up and don’t need a partner to be able to join in.

 

I started August 2005 and after 1 month and 4 lessons, I entered my first Ceroc Competition.  Placing 3rd in Beginner Freestyle and 1st in DWAS (Dance With A Stranger) I was hooked.  I then competed early 2007 coming 2nd in Advanced B and then later in 2007 I placed 1st in New Zealand Ceroc National Champs.  Other competitions since then have been the East & South Competition 2008 placing 3rd in Advanced A, the Kapi-Hutt Competition 2009 placing 1st in Advanced A and the East & South Competition 2009 placing 3rd.  Along with my dance partner Anton we performed our first ever showcase piece placing 1st – Go us!

 

Of all the different dance styles out there I personally find Ceroc to be the most adaptive to all genres of music and the best place to let your personality shine.  With becoming a teacher it will be a great journey to be able to help others to find their own style and let their personalities shine too!

Meet The Teachers!

Chris Craig

A keen dancer most of my life I didn’t encounter Ceroc until about 1996. As a versatile partner dance I found it fun and social. It wasn’t until I met Tricia that I became a teacher and started competing. My passion is for lively expressive dance with the ‘strictly’ removed (if you get my drift). Competition has brought its rewards but none more satisfying than the friendships and challenges of a team routine!

 

As teachers we enjoy making our classes fun and challenging. The focus in our classes is on understanding what makes a move work and exploring the key elements of Ceroc dancing.

Tricia Best

I first learnt Ceroc while at Auckland University in 1994. I founded the Auckland University Ceroc club the following year, to foster student’s participation and enjoyment of Ceroc outside of regular classes. It was successful at increasing the numbers participating and raising Ceroc’s profile on campus.

I trained to be a teacher in 2000 and have enjoyed being involved with Ceroc in various ways over the years, (student, competitor, judge, Ceroc Demo Crew member) but the most enjoyable and satisfying has been as a teacher.

 

As teachers we enjoy making our classes fun and challenging. The focus in our classes is on understanding what makes a move work and exploring the key elements of Ceroc dancing.

Collette Teunissen

Maybe dancing is in my genes with a dance instructor as a mother (although a completely different style!) yet I still had to beg my parents (including petitions from my friends) to start Latin and Ballroom lessons at the age of 14.

 

Years later (just a few…) after the odd salsa lesson here and there, I arrived in New Zealand. Some friends invited me along to Ceroc and I haven’t stopped going since.

 

In 2008 my dance partner and I entered our first Intermediate Freestyle competition in Kapi-Hutt and to my big surprise we got 1^st place. This was followed by a 3^rd place in Christchurch a month later where I also received 3^rd place in DWAS. In 2009 these achievements were followed by a 1^st place win in Advanced B Freestyle and a 3^rd place trophy with my first challenging team routine for Cityside at the New Zealand Ceroc National Champs. The year finished with another 1^st place win for Advanced B Freestyle at the 2009 East & South Champs.

 

Now it is time to share my passion and the skills I have learnt from those diligent, patient teachers with others. Ceroc is fun and very social. If you can walk you can start Ceroc (even if you think you have got two left feet), with a bit of commitment you can get quite good at it too! It is a tad addictive but hey there are worse things to get addicted to. Above all it’s just heaps of fun!

Russell Berg

My introduction to dance came when I was sitting in a box of an office with no air-conditioning and a drab grey colour on the wall. I needed to do something absolutely random so I flicked through the yellow pages and started calling dance studios. I chose the first class I ever went to based on the class being that night – I had very little idea what I was actually going to. Turns out I didn’t have two left feet and it was a Ballroom class which was the start of an 18 month journey through Latin and Ballroom.

 

Fully addicted and dancing 3 – 4 nights a week I was also travelling a lot for work. I often suffered withdrawal symptoms if I didn’t get my dance fix and that’s how I found a Ceroc studio which had a Sunday class. The first time I went I had no idea what Ceroc was (and to be honest it could almost have been ballet – I just wanted to dance). Ceroc very quickly grew on me. While I admired Latin and Ballroom there were some features of Ceroc which for me was the reason I loved dancing. I could dance to any music, I could dance almost anywhere (except the shower) and it was social.

 

Since starting Ceroc I have entered several competitions placing in team events and individual events over the last two years. My proudest moments were winning the Advanced B NZ Nationals in May 2009 and then the East and South Auckland champs in September 2009. I have also found an interest in choreography after working with the Cityside Beginners team who placed 3^rd at the 2009 East and South Auckland champs.

 

There is also life outside of dancing (although I have been questioned on this in the past) and some of the other stuff I love to do includes running, tramping and travelling. My pet projects at the moment are training for half marathons (hooked after my first one last year) and planning my trip to Cambodia and Vietnam for later this year.