About Us
Husband and wife team Dieter Hessel and Colleen Clancey have been dancing together for thirty-five years and teaching for 25. They dance all the wonderful social dances - Ballroom, Latin, Swing and Argentine Tango. They are passionate about social dancing as an art distinctly different from performance or competition dancing. All are wonderful but each requires a different set of skills and attitudes. Social dancing must, first of all, feel great and it will look great as a consequence.
Colleen & Dieter emphasize good technique in all their classes and consider partner connection and musicality to be of key importance. That everyone develops a repertoire and style that resonates with them is also very important. The point is to enjoy dancing and the more organic it is the more fun it will be.
Social dancing is also just that - social. They would love to see people rediscover dancing as an integral part of their social life. With this goal in mind they produce dance evenings on a regular basis in downtown Toronto.