Learn to Square Dance
Whether you’re learning your first steps or mastering advanced moves, our experienced callers and friendly members will help you feel right at home. No partner and no experience needed.
Workshop and lessons on Tuesday nights
The Hubs hold a workshop and lessons on Tuesday nights, 7:00 – 9:00 PM, at Valley Presbyterian Church, 17560 Chillicothe Road, Chagrin Falls. New dancer classes are usually free the first two weeks. After that it’s a very modest charge per person.
Questions about lessons? Send us a note and a club member will get back to you.
No lesson dates listed? A new class may be about to start: ask us, or find a class anywhere around Cleveland below.
Seven reasons
Why you’ll love it from the first spin
Great low-impact exercise
It’s not uncommon to walk the equivalent of 2 miles during an evening’s dance. Put that unused treadmill in your basement!
You don’t need a partner
If you don’t have someone to dance with, don’t worry. We have “angels” (experienced dancers) in all of our classes who are there to help you every step of the way.
No better entertainment value anywhere
Most new dancer classes are free the first two weeks. After that, it’s a very modest charge per person: way less than the cost of a movie!
Terrific mental workout
Square dancing is all about dancing the right moves as the caller sings them out, and there are a lot of moves. You’ll be calling on your mental and muscle memory all night.
Friendships for a lifetime
Square dancing is “friendship set to music.” You’ll make friends you keep for a lifetime, and no matter where on Earth you go, you’ll find other dancers: instant new friends everywhere!
“But I hate country music!”
Today’s callers use rock, pop, jazz, blues and more, in addition to country. The music is as varied as the callers and dancers.
Fun for the entire family
Square dancing is fun for all ages. Anyone from 8 to 80 can enjoy themselves at our smoke and alcohol free dances.
How it works
A caller stands at the front and calls out each move in time to the music. Eight dancers, four couples in a square, follow along together. Nobody memorizes a routine: you learn the calls a few at a time, and before long you’re dancing with callers all over Ohio, and anywhere in the world.
The Hubs dance Plus, with rounds between the tips. New dancers learn the basics first and grow from there.
More classes around Cleveland
Other Cleveland area clubs teach too, on different nights of the week. Find them on the Cleveland Square Dance Federation’s lessons page.
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Want a head start?
Our 3D Animations page shows any call danced out, step by step, so you can see a move before you try it.