Spice Girls hen party dance class Derby no auditions, no casting, all in
Everyone in your group already knows the words. Almost nobody has ever been taught the actual choreography that went with them — the arm routine, the point, the step-kick line that makes thirteen people look like a band. That is the ninety minutes, in a private Derby room, at one figure for the whole party: £176, with the venue cost of the room we hire on the same written quote. The sixty-minute version comes in at £151 plus venue.
The line, one beat before the point
Thirteen people who met the routine an hour ago, hitting the same beat together. This is the frame everybody wants off the back of a Spice booking.
Tell us what you want, and roughly when
A rough date and a rough number is all it takes. A person calls you back with availability at both rooms and one written figure covering the class and the venue in the same breath. Every other hen party idea on the list needs eleven people to agree first; this one needs a date and a phone number.
Nothing about the theme is locked at this point either. A hen do dance class can change its soundtrack months later, and a dance hen party is easily re-themed once the important bit — the date — is safe. No dance experience is expected from anyone at all, which is the reason this survives the cull when other hen party activities quietly get dropped.
The one nineties routine everybody half-knows
"Half the room can do about forty per cent of the arm routine. The ninety minutes are mostly spent on the other sixty, and that is where it gets funny." The teacher, most weekends
The teacher choreographs their own version for the group in the room on the day, rather than delivering something written for a different party in a different city last month. It is a busier job than it sounds on this theme, because a Spice booking almost always spans three generations and the nineteen-year-old and the sixty-eight-year-old need different routes to the same eight counts.
The session builds in obvious layers. The hand choreography first, taught properly and slowly, because it is the bit everyone thinks they already own. Then the footwork underneath it, which is where the laughing starts. Then formations — a line, a wedge, a five-and-the-rest arrangement if your group has assigned personas — and finally an attitude pass, which is nothing more than teaching people where to look and when to point. On the ninety-minute session there is time for a second track with a different feel and a proper staged ending with every phone in the room already recording.
Three generations reaching the same eight counts by different routes is exactly why a Spice booking suits the full ninety. The arm routine everybody thinks they own can be unpicked slowly, the youngest and the eldest each get time on their own way in, and personas can be argued over during a breather instead of mid-chorus.
Guests can drop out for a chorus and drop back in for the finale. Nobody keeps score and nobody is put on the spot.
Five singles that keep turning up on the day
WannabeThe obvious one, and the fastest way to get a shy room shouting. Chaotic by design, which helps.
the openerStopThe arm routine everyone half-remembers, taught until the whole line actually matches. The centrepiece.
the main eventSpice Up Your LifeBig, daft and made for a wide formation with plenty of pointing.
crowd-pleaserSay You'll Be ThereCooler, sharper and the one groups with a bit of confidence gravitate towards.
the stylish pickWho Do You Think You AreA disco stomp with a natural finish — the closer, if the clock is kind.
the big finishNobody gets promised a bill in advance. Those five are simply what the teacher tends to reach for, and the real choice happens in the room, once the group, the floor space and the first quarter of an hour have all had their say.
One single is essential?Flag it on the form and the teacher will aim the ninety minutes at it.
Check a date ↑
Where the ninety minutes drop into the day
Two private rooms, both hired by us, both named before you arrive. Railway Terrace, Derby DE1 2RU sits by the station and takes the strain out of a group arriving in dribs and drabs from Long Eaton, Ripley or Belper. Chapel Street, Derby DE1 3GU is at the top of the centre, a short walk from Sadler Gate and the Market Place, which is where most parties end up by early evening anyway.
Book the class for the middle of the afternoon and the day builds itself around it: food first, dancing while everyone is sharp, then out into town with a routine that will absolutely be performed again near a speaker at half past eleven. Should the outfit plan need emergency surgery, the Derbion is a few minutes from either room, duck.
And on outfits: nothing comes from us. No platform boots, no sashes, no props, no costume rail — whatever the group turns up in is entirely down to the group. Parties who go all in on the wardrobe get the better photographs; parties in jeans get exactly the same teaching, the same ninety minutes and the same finale.
Two letters that turned up afterwards
"Thirteen of us aged nineteen to sixty-eight and every single one knew the words. The teacher taught the arm routine properly, which not one of us had ever actually learned, then built a finale where everybody got their own moment."
"One fee for the lot of us, a room named on the confirmation, and a teacher who read the room in about a minute flat. Two of ours swore blind they would only watch and both were in the front line by the end of it."
Want the same afternoon?Give us a date and we will tell you what both rooms can do.
Enquire about a date ↑Six questions, asked constantly
Anything missing here, ring 07534 019087 — a person answers, and will happily settle persona disputes.
What is the price for the lot of us? +
£176 for ninety minutes, covering the whole party, plus the venue cost of the room we hire — one written quote, with a sixty-minute class available at £151 plus venue, and extra friends never change the class fee.
Which address do we send to the group chat? +
Chapel Street, Derby DE1 3GU, or Railway Terrace, Derby DE1 2RU near the station — the two private rooms we hire. Yours is confirmed in writing ahead of the day.
How do we decide who is which one? +
However you like, or not at all. Some parties hand out the five personas in the taxi and make a competition of it; others just dance. The teacher takes whichever arrives.
Does anyone actually need a union-flag dress? +
Nobody. We supply no outfits, boots or props whatsoever, so wardrobe is the group's own arrangement. Leggings get the identical class — a committed wardrobe just photographs better.
Can the mums keep up with this one? +
Easily, and they tend to know the words best. Steps come in a low-impact version too, chairs are there for a chorus off, and no dance experience is needed by anybody.
What if we cannot agree on songs? +
Leave it to the teacher — most groups do. The picks are made on the day around the room and the mood, and strong opinions sent via the message box get weighed up first.