- New year, new night, new venue!
It’s been a long time coming, but we’re dancing again!
Join us on Thursdays from 29th October at the Gungahlin Community Centre, a great new venue in Canberra!
Who we are and what we do
Canberra Dance Company / Canberra Modern Jive is an inclusive, social and fun dance community focused on teaching and promoting the Modern Jive dance style. Modern Jive (also known as Ceroc, Le Bop, and Le Step, amongst many others) is a popular partner dance style that can be danced to the latest music, making it an adaptable and fabulously fun style.
Modern Jive is easy to learn as the Canberra Dance Company offers a casual class system – start any lesson and keep attending any class that’s convenient for you (no pre-payment required). Each session is designed so that you learn a couple of new moves that you can take home and practice or even show off with next time you go out dancing!
You don’t need a partner to book either – just turn up on the night!
As a reward for being brave enough to try your first dance class, we will give you your second class free. Just be sure to let the staff know it is your first night.
What else we do
As many of the staff are keen dance competitors, Canberra Modern Jive also help students who are interested in taking their dancing to the next level to focus on competitive dancing and sends contingents to the major dance competitions around Australia.
As well as offering classes that cater to people with no dance experience, we have classes for people who want to continue learning once they can handle themselves on the dance floor.
Canberra Modern Jive also supports the social aspect of dancing, with not only our regular dance parties, but with many students and staff meeting at venues around Canberra and Queanbeyan on Friday and Saturday nights for a few drinks and much dancing and merriment!
History of CDC and CanMJ
This dance studio arose from Ceroc Canberra, which for 15 years was Canberra’s premier Ceroc studio. When its proprietors retired, the ex-teaching-staff combined to form Canberra Dance Company. Their friendliness, combined skill and passion for dance makes Canberra Dance Company a vibrant, social and welcoming dance community for dancers of all levels of experience.
In 2017, CDC rebranded as Canberra Modern Jive, to emphasise our focus on our favourite form of dance.
Canberra Dance Studio is grateful to all the staff and students who supported us in our venture to keep Modern Jive dancing active and growing in the Australian Capital Territory.