GREENWICH DANCE introduces themed Tea Dances for the New Year

Stars and Stripes  -  Strictly Ballroom  - The Vintage Years

Greenwich Dance, Borough Hall, Royal Hill, London SE10 8RE

28 January, 3 March and 21 April, 2 – 4:30pm         £5 (£4 concessions)

Kai's Kats

Greenwich Dance’s popular Saturday afternoon Tea Dances return this January with a series of themed special events.

 Kicking off the season on 28 January, the Stars and Stripes Tea Dance pays homage to vintage American style.

Live music will be provided by retro band Kai's Kats Quartet, led by American jazz singer Kai Hoffman. Her band play an authentic mix of jive, swing and early rock and roll, in the style of great jazz entertainers such as Louis Armstrong, Louis Jordan, Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole.

Greenwich Dance’s home, the beautiful 1930's Borough Hall, has played host to Tea Dances for several decades and is the perfect setting for an afternoon of socialising, live music and dancing.   

Brendan Keaney, Director at Greenwich Dance said: ‘Our Tea Dances are a very popular way for local people of all ages and walks of life to come together, dance and have fun.’  

‘This year for the first time we are introducing specific themed events with the emphasis on America, Ballroom and nostalgia for the dancing days of the twenties, thirties and forties.

‘While many people will enjoy revisiting the dance styles of their youth, this also offers younger people the opportunity to sample the bygone era of social dances for themselves."

This will be followed on 3 March with Strictly Ballroom, a chance to step out in style and The Vintage Years on 21 April, a celebration of the 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s.

Each Tea Dance offers the chance to try out Ballroom, Jive, Latin or Sequence dances, complete with tea and cake and a raffle draw.