Dance in Perth

Crystal Ballroom is a ballroom and social dance studio on Marshall Road, Malaga, led by principals Richard and Julie Morrissey. Adults learn waltz, cha-cha, slow rhythm and other social dances in an eight-week Wednesday evening course from 7pm, followed by a social dance until 9.30pm, for $120. People can come solo or with a partner. Kids classes run Saturday mornings at $15 a week, and private lessons, competition coaching and wedding dance packages are also offered.

Flying High Aerial Arts Studios is a pole dance and flexibility studio on Westchester Road, Malaga, that has been teaching in Perth for more than ten years. Small classes run from beginner pole, covering spins, poses and climbs, through intermediate and advanced levels, alongside flexibility and conditioning sessions. No experience is needed and new students start each week. Class times vary with the timetable, and new students can take two weeks of unlimited classes for $88.

A Fitzgerald Street studio that takes adults seriously as dancers rather than as an afterthought to the children's timetable — its own description is Perth's only studio teaching exclusively adults and mature-age students. Nineteen styles run across the week, from ballet and tap to flamenco, Bollywood, K-pop and heels, and the levels start at absolute beginner and go through to professional. Six-week BASICS courses run from $120.