Dance classes Midi-Toulousain

Atelier Flamenco initiates you to the sensual and dynamic gestures of flamenco dances and sevillanas. Much more than a dance, it is the whole art of flamenco that is transmitted to you here. Adults and children will learn the skillful techniques of the feet and hands, their placement and the posture of the body in the energy of the movement. You will be able to dance with guitar accompaniment, while evolving in a friendly atmosphere. A very nice way to keep the traditions alive and to distill emotions through a very expressive dance.

This year the school celebrates its 24 years of existence! Beyond Argentine tango classes, salsa, cha cha, rock, waltz, swing, swing, samba, Pascale Mazurelle and Raymond Clanet offer tap classes, and it's probably this plurality of disciplines that have been successful for over 20 years! Specific beginners programs are organized, and collective or individual courses are tailored to all levels. Children from age 6 also have their dance courses, and can take care of Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly from 8 years old. You pass through a 330 m 2 dance trail or a special course studio of 32 m 2. Rather original, the school organizes specific courses for the future bride, so that they do not make any false step on J Day, when opening the first dance! Good for the curious and indécis: it is possible to attend a collective course free of charge!

This authentic dance school, sévillanes and guitar, founded by dancer-choreographer La Tomillo and guitarist Ramon Llamas, introduces the Toulouse to the Andalusian art and culture. Both of them ensure, throughout the year, through weekly courses and occasional courses, the training in dance and music of beginner or confirmed students. Former disciple of the famous Maria Magdalena Blanco, professor at the Spanish National Ballet in Madrid, La Tomillo, accompanied by guitarist Ramon Llamas, teaches his art with passion! At the end of the year, the dance academy organizes a great flamenca festival: students are interested in families and friends to show them a live show, always greatly appreciated by a large audience… Discover Andalusia in Toulouse!

Every first Thursday of the month, the MJC Pont des Demoiselles in Toulouse offers a traditional ball workshop. Traditional music teachers and their students can take the stage to test their repertoire, make people dance and put themselves in the situation of ball musicians. This is a real moment of conviviality and sharing, where amateur and experienced dancers can join the musicians on stage to enjoy the music.

The MJC of Castanet-Tolosan is committed to the transmission of the heritage repertoire in all its diversity in a convivial and festive way by proposing traditional dance classes. In a collective practice, you can take part in dance classes of the Oc country and of the neighbors (Basque Country, Berry...) as well as of traditional dances of Europe (Balkans, Ireland, Catalan countries...) for all levels. The group also participates in several festive events during the year.

La Baraque is a contemporary dance company based in Toulouse. Founded in 1989, it seeks to break free from the academic canons of dance to create its own style in which all bodies can express themselves in complete freedom. Convinced that dance can be a vehicle for emancipation, the company emphasizes the generosity of the performers' gestures and the sensitivity of others. Since 2011, La Baraque has been based at La Vannerie - Friche Culturelle de St-Simon, where it organizes creative residencies for contemporary dance companies from the Occitanie region. The company combines creation with awareness-raising, enriching the work of professionals and amateurs, inspiring vocations and training new audiences. It also seeks to create synergies between different artistic practices and to broaden audiences.

For more than forty years, the Occitan Center for Traditional Music and Dance has had as its goal the dissemination of traditional music and dance, the sensitization and transmission as well as the conservation and valorization of this vernacular heritage. It organizes concerts, offers courses as well as training courses of Occitan song, and also organizes workshops of initiation. To your instruments: accordion, oboe, Gascon bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy..

La Place de la Danse (or Centre de développement chorégraphique national) supports the creation and research of choreographic artists by hosting them in residence, producing or co-producing their works and presenting them during its season and its annual festival. The institute accompanies all audiences, trains dancers through the "Extensions" program and offers several events during the season: the Dance Day, the Ici & Là festival, Danse à la cinémathèque and the Bloom Festival.