Ward Carter Dance Studio

After many years of salsa dancing in Denver, Cherry Creek Girl and I decided to experience martinis and Frank Sinatra through ballroom dancing at Ward Carter Dance studio. This is a friendly, home spun type of dance studio with three major areas for group and private lessons on a real hardwood floor. As mentioned in previous reviews, the parking is very accessable in thier own private lot, and location is also walking distance from a few fun places for a dash of vino prior to lessons (for those whom need to be psyched)
We started taking private lessons from Georgina (one hour) on the basic ballroom dances-​waltz, rumba, foxtrot, cha cha, east coast swing) –she is an excellent instructor whom gives perfect examples of how certain moves should be performed (like staying upright during the waltz not shaking your shoulders like salsa)
We moved to Level 2 in a few months and starting taking group lessons on Sunday afternoons (continuing our private lessons) also with Georgina. The groups are actually all ages and we are learning many dancers from Level 9 – 10 come back to take the basics all over again-​partially because the prices are very good compared to Fred Astaire. Each class progresses to a higher level and more «toys» are learned every week, like a new turn.
They have an excellent variety of classes, and a dance on most Saturday nights for about $ 7 bucks-​its great to have your own dance partner but also important to dance with different people whom all have unique levels of ability.
Ward Carter is a perfect place to learn dancing for all events-​your wedding, or just for fun!

Sir Nicholas is becoming more and more like Fred Astaire every day thanks to Ward Carter. This is important because part of the deal with marrying me is that he had to take dance lessons so we can tango and waltz and foxtrot and quickstep when we’re old, retired and taking cruises around the world for no real reason other than we don’t have anything to do. I want to be better dancers than the other geezers around us.
That and the first wedding dance thing.
So, anyway, Ward Carter has tons of group glasses, individual instruction programs and packages. And it was easily the most affordable of the studios we looked into. Plus, it’s in the Highlands so now I have an excuse to eat dinner at a place up there weekly. All of this is fantastic for me.
As for me becoming an extraordinary dancer, I just have to hold my back straight and follow Nick’s lead. It’s quite nice.

This is a really really good place to learn how to dance– salsa, ballroom, tango, rumba, etc– they have all of them, and all different levels. Its a diverse crowd in the evenings, and there haven’t been a lot of people in the same age range as me so far, but regardless, its very fun. The salsa instructor (Maggie) keeps things light and fun, but really teaches… she won’t let you get away with learning the dance steps wrong, or not learning. The level one salsa class is a little bigger than I’d like, but its definitely worth it. The studio itself has a lot of space, is easy to park at, get to etc– I definitely want to keep taking lessons here!