Bem Vindo! (Welcome!) to Rio Rhythmics Latin Dance Academy, Brisbane’s home of social Latin dance and culture since 1994.
Come join us and be welcomed onto our dance floors and into our vibrant community.
You’ll find a Latin dance course to suit with classes running 6 days a week from introductory to advanced in 11 popular Latin dance styles.
For safety, we’re following the QLD Dance & Physical Performing Arts COVID Safe Industry Plan.
If you’re new to Latin dance, come join us for a 10 week Intro Course, find out more and book online here.
If you have Latin dance experience, find the full current schedule here.
Join us for a 90min party-style Intro Lesson to get a taste of what Latin dancing and the Rio Rhythmics Community is all about.
Saturdays fortnightly.
Find upcoming Saturday Latin Mix Intro Lesson and Party dates and book online today here.
Find all upcoming Latin dance events via our Facebook Events here.
Whether you’re an absolute beginner or an advanced social Latin dancer we offer courses, coaching, festivas, social catch ups and a life of dance for you.
DIRECTOR’S WELCOME
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LATEST STORIES & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Block B Special | Term 1 from 22 February
We are currently enrolling for Block B of Term 1 and we have an exciting opportunity for all new Latin Dance Starters wanting to boost their learning so that they can progress to Foundation 2 in Term 2. To our standard 6wk Latin Dance Starter course, we have added a...
Latin Dance Open Day | Sunday 21 February
We are looking forward to our first Latin Dance Open Day for 2016, this Sunday 21 February from 10am to 2pm. Join us for and take our classes for a test drive. Try out different styles like Tango, Salsa or Samba - or even our Latin Mix, the basis of our unique 6wk...
Queen St Mall Demonstrations Friday 19 February
If you're in the CBD this Friday night, 19 February then make sure you catch our demonstrations at the Queen St Mall main stage, outside Myers. Instructors Bruno, Elise, Pablo and Rebekah will be demonstrating various dance styles ahead of our Latin Dance Open Day...
Samba flashmob at Woodford Folk Festival 2015
What we enjoy the most is getting people to dance when they least expect it! And that's exactly what happened when we staged a Samba Flashmob at Woodford Folk Festival's Folklorica venue. "The unfamiliar evocative percussive rhythms of Brazil delighted and amazed the...
Confessions of a Tango Addict
Arthur Athanassiou may not need much introduction! He started dancing at Rio Rhythmics 18 years ago and went from enthusiastic student to much loved teacher. He now lives in Sydney, but we were so delighted to run into him at the Woodford Folk Festival in December...
Our team at Sydney Latin Festival
"Chookas!!! " Such a weird term but it's theatrical slang for "Good luck and break a leg"! Anyway, we will be thinking of our Student team and instructors Bruno Ferreira and Elise Azar performing and teaching over this weekend at Sydney Latin Festival.