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
Starters: The excellent adventures of a student supporter (SSP) – Chapter 8
Starters: The excellent adventures of a student supporter (SSP) - Chapter 8 This Student Supporter has been twinkled (once again) by (another) Latin dance starter class. Partly, by the Brazilian magic of the instructor (Tarcisio), but mostly, (this time) by all the...
Tricks : The excellent adventures of a student supporter (SSP) – Chapter 7
Tricks: The excellent adventures of a student supporter (SSP) - Chapter 7 I’ve got a bag of SSP tricks. But that’s not unusual. Most of Rio Rhythmics’ thirty or so Student Supporters have bags they’ve filled with dance-magic, over time. Some SSPs like to keep the...
The leader: The excellent adventures of a student supporter (SSP) – Chapter 6
The leader: The excellent adventures of a student supporter (SSP) - Chapter 6 “D’you like leading?" We’re dancing forro, the starters are just about to finish an eight-week intro course, and we’re short on leaders. I’m a Student Supporter, so I step up. “Do you like...
The Pivot: The excellent adventures of a student supporter (SSP) – Chapter 5
The pivot: The excellent adventures of a student supporter (SSP) - Chapter 5 There’s something about wearing a uniform that gives you a buzz, makes you think you know things, makes you cooler and calmer about going places than you’d ever be if you were wearing your...
Heart to heart: The excellent adventures of a student supporter (SSP) – Chapter 4
Heart to heart: The excellent adventures of a student supporter (SSP) - Chapter 4 It’s the t-shirts. Rio Rhythmics’ Student Supporter tees are magic. Like the wardrobe-portal in the C.S Lewis novel (the one with the lion and the witch), Student Supporter tees open...
The first performance: A shy dancers story – Chapter 3
The news was not good. The shy dancer had lost her dance partner to the rushing tide of life. Before being pulled-away-by-other-things, Mary-the-Magnificent had boosted the shy dancer’s confidence by inviting her into a zouk choreography. “You want to lead ME?” the...