body+soul brings you the best of Sydney's dance studios.Whether it’s hip-hop, salsa, jazz or funk that takes your fancy, there’s a dance studio to suit your style.Sydney Dance Company is a world-class studio for amateur and professional dancers. The stunning Walsh Bay facility, established in 1969, has four dance studios overlooking Sydney harbour. Each week, more than 70 walk-in casual classes are available for people aged 16 years and over. Styles offered include contemporary, ballet, hip-hop, tap, funk, jazz, lyrical, elementary, Latin American and more.Classes are graded beginner, elementary, intermediate, advanced or professional so you’ll know what you’re in for. No bookings are required. The company also runs holiday programs, school excursions and customised corporate classes.When Lady Gaga’s tour dancers come to teach at your studio, you know you’re on to a good thing. Other high-profile dancers teaching at Urban Dance Centre’s international workshops throughout the year include Kimberly Wyatt (Pussycat Dolls), Eddie Morales (Justin Timberlake’s dancer) and the dancers from America’s So You Think You Can Dance top 10.

Founded by Juliette Verne and Douglas Blaikie in 2006, the studio runs casual classes for beginners through to competition-level dancers. More serious students can audition for performance groups Urban Dance or Youth Projects, or the full-time accredited Certificate IV Performing Arts course.Facilities include three large rehearsal studios with timber floors and wall-to-wall mirrors..auDance Central was the rehearsal home for six couples participating in the most recent series of Channel Seven’s Dancing With The Stars, including model Lara Bingle and series winner, My Kitchen Rules judge Manu Feildel.This colourful studio’s raison d’etat is to embrace and promote cultural dance from all corners of the globe.The timetable, listing about 40 casual drop-in classes per week, reflects this aim, offering Tahitian, hulahoop, showgirl, popping, belly dance, booty dance, break dance, burlesque, Bollywood and more.Open since 2001, Dance Central runs a variety of two-hour intensive weekend workshops under evocative titles such as Beyoncé “Single Ladies” Boot Camp, Black Swan (for ballerinas) and Burlesque the Hit Flick.

Special mums and bubs classes are also available..auPole dancing is an alternative form of exercise for a growing number of women. The directors of the Pole Dance Academy, Maddie and Shimmie, started the studio after they fell in love with the workout they got from one pole in their garage.Pole dancing is a fun way to get fit, with results including improved core and upper-body strength and flexibility. “You’ll be doing the splits in no time,” Maddie says.The academy, for women only, encourages pole dancers to commit to an eight-week program of one-hour classes. It offers 42 classes per week as well as casual burlesque workshops. It’s open weekdays 9am to 10pm, weekends 10am to 10pm..auThis family-owned dance club on the lower north shore runs afternoon and evening classes in traditional ballroom, Latin American, swing and salsa styles, as well as Zumba. The team of seven teachers caters for beginners up to advanced dancers, as well as couples and singles. There’s also a sampler class for absolute beginners who aren’t sure what style they want to learn.

Firefly Dance Club offers 11 drop-in classes per week as well as 12 different courses, running from Monday to Saturday. There’s also a regular Friday night social event and there is plenty of street parking available..auFlamenco is a dance form that goes beyond just the physical and deep into the emotions. As well as being a great workout, flamenco is said to improve confidence, femininity, self-expression, posture, coordination and cultural awareness. Boston Terrier For Sale MaineIt was born in Andalucia, in southern Spain, from a combination of musical cultures, and was embraced by the gypsies.Beagle Puppies For Sale YorkRun by flamenco artist and teacher Marina Tamayo, Flamenco Australia offers about 25 classes per week at Brookvale and Avalon (new classes will be held in the city soon). Warehouse For Sale Port Adelaide

Classes cater for beginners through to professionals. The emphasis at this dance studio is on getting fit while having fun. Dance Fitness International offers 13 adult group classes a week, specialising in ballroom, Latin American (for both couples and solo dancing), salsa and hip-hop. Beginner, intermediate and advanced classes are offered in Latin and ballroom, with a different style taught each month. Hip-hop is divided into beginner and open grades. .auBelly dancing is one of the oldest dance forms in the world. Amera’s Palace opened its doors in 1987 to bring the ancient dance form to Sydneysiders. Core strength is at the heart of belly dancing, which is accompanied by the hypnotic rhythms of Middle Eastern music. The dance form offers a cardiovascular workout, postural lift and correction, improved body awareness through isolated body moves and hip flexibility. Amera’s Palace offers 18 classes per week out of its Marrickville studio. .auLike your dancing a little bit naughty?

This studio, which opened in 2007, specialises in pole dancing and burlesque classes. Its range of six-week pole-dancing courses are graded from beginner (which covers the basics) all the way to advanced. If burlesque is more your thing, the school runs four-week courses in burlesque as well as chair and fan dancing.Classes are an hour long and run weekdays from Monday to Thursday, with one-off dance workshops held on Saturdays. Workshops cover a range of fun styles, from Bollywood to Go-Go and 80s disco..au Dancekool was the first street dance-focused studio in Sydney and now offers 40 classes a week out of its Parramatta, Chatswood and Sydney CBD studios. Founded in 2002 with an emphasis on hip-hop, the studio has developed a reputation for authentic street styles by embracing popping, locking, breaking, house and street jazz.Dancekool teachers have performed all over the world – from Japan to the US, China and the Philippines – and have been involved with So You Think You Can Dance Australia, movie choreography (Mask II), Art Gallery of NSW performances and TV appearances.

Private and group workshops supplement the weekly timetable.Dance Studio 101 is surrounded by artists’ studios in the funky Surry Hills Hibernien House building. The New York-style loft studio is best known for its African American-inspired dance styles including reggae, afro/Cuban contemporary, African dance and hip-hop.Run by directors Rosano Martinez and Maya Sheridan, the studio offers about 20 classes per week. Intensive weekend workshops are available, as well as hens’ parties, wedding dance lessons and a five-to-eight-week Solid Gold Routine course that teaches participants a dance routine and celebrates with a glass of champagne and a costumed performance at the end of the course.Dance Studio 101 is open 10am to 10pm weekdays and Saturday 10am to 6pm..auThis school, situated in beautiful heritage-listed studios in the CBD, with high ceilings and lots of natural light, specialises in Latin American and ballroom dance classes. Styles covered in weekly classes include samba, rumba, cha cha, swing, salsa, hustle, merengue, bolero, lindy hop, Argentine tango, paso doble, foxtrot, quickstep, waltz, Viennese waltz and tango.

The studio also offers weekly Latin cardio classes, a fusion of Latin dance steps to work the whole body, and courses in burlesque dancing and the lambada-inspired zouk dancing. Private classes for wedding dances are also available.Fifteen classes run from Monday to Saturday, as both drop-in classes and exclusive courses. There is also a weekly dance party on Friday nights..auCeroc is a dance style that dates back to post World War II in France. It is an evolving style that blends ballroom, swing and modern jive moves and is performed to top-40 hits or modern-style blues.Ceroc & Modern Jive Dance Company director Julie Gunn says as American GIs were jiving and swinging girls around after the war, the French were watching and made it their own. The dance style evolved again when it hit the UK in the 1980s, and again in 1991 when it arrived in Australia.Classes run from Sunday to Thursday nights across nine locations – Wentworthville, West Ryde, Lane Cove, Gymea, Concord, Dee Why, Five Dock, Willoughby and Parramatta.