Dance with us

At PanDans we love ballroom and latin dancing. The popular dances that you may know from “Strictly Come Dancing” on TV. We also throw ourselves into line dancing.

We originate from the LGBT+ community, but everyone is welcome. Diversity, inclusiveness and openness are values ​​we expect all our members to subscribe to.

Dance with us, whether you’ve never danced a single step before or you’ve been dancing all your life. We want to embrace you whether you just want to dance for fun or you want to participate in tournaments. We have classes for it all.




Choose your role

With us, you are free to decide which gender you dance with, and you choose the role you feel most comfortable with. In the mainstream dance world you would say that you dance “gentleman” or “lady” – we call it “leader” and “follower”.

We have all conceivable couple constellations and everyone, regardless of gender, can dance “leader” and “follower”. Some couples also choose to change roles so that you don’t dance the same role all the time. If you are a man and a woman and feel most comfortable with the traditional roles, where the man is “leader” and the woman is “follower”, then you naturally choose that.

All combinations are equally valid with us.

Social life in our classes and across the association plays an equally important role. New friendships are made all the time during classes, and there are also often participants who go out together after class to the local café or bar. If that tradition is not already established in the class, you can always help start it by taking the initiative 🙂

A few times a year we organise “dance days”, where formal teaching is offered, but where there is also time for socialising across the classes.

We socialise too

Classes

We offer classes at all levels: beginner, intermediate, advanced and technique.
Each class has its own Facebook group, and it is in this that any cancellations are announced.

See the overview for winter/spring 2024:

Beginner Ballroom and Latin (Class 146)

By Karoline Viktor and Kirsten Bayer Andersen
Mondays 18:30-20:00
Skolen på Nyelandsvej, 2000 Frederiksberg
First lesson: 8th January 2024 (launched in January)

Do you like to dance and would you like to learn to dance standard and latin, then come and join the beginners’ team! Here you learn basic steps and basic variations in English waltz, quickstep, tango, cha-cha-cha, rumba and jive. The class is for those of you who want to learn to dance while we have fun.

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The school is at Nyelandsvej 23. Go through the gate to the left of the main entrance. Cross the court yard, enter the double doors, you will find the hall on the first floor.

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Beginner Ballroom and Latin (Class 142)

By Karoline Viktor and Kirsten Bayer Andersen
Wednesdays 18:00-19:30
Skolen på Nyelandsvej, 2000 Frederiksberg
First lesson: 10th January 2024 (continuing from Sept 2023)

Do you like to dance and would you like to learn to dance standard and latin, then come and join the beginners’ team! Here you learn basic steps and basic variations in English waltz, quickstep, tango, cha-cha-cha, rumba and jive. The class is for those of you who want to learn to dance while we have fun.
The class started in September 2023.

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The school is at Nyelandsvej 23. Go through the gate to the left of the main entrance. Cross the courtyard, enter the double doors, you will find the hall on the first floor.

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Beginner Ballroom and Latin (Class 149)

By Niels Henrik Hartvigson
Thursdays 17:30-19:00
Tove Ditlevsens skole, 1670 København
First lesson: 11th January 2024 (continuing from Sept 2023)

For those who have either never tried dancing before or with a little experience. English waltz, tango, quickstep, cha-cha-cha, rumba and jive are taught. We will learn a whole lot of dance steps, and not least learn to dance them together with a partner! Come alone or with a partner.
The class started in September 2023.

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The school is at Enghave Plads 21. Use the gate to the left of the main building. Cross the courtyard, entrance to the hall is next to the metal staircase.

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Intermediate Ballroom and Latin (Class 144)

This class has been cancelled. We will resume the intermediate level next season.

Advanced Ballroom and Latin (Class 145)

By Kasper Bang Jensen 
Mondays 18:30-20:00
Skolen på Grundtvigsvej, 1866 Frederiksberg
First lesson: 8th January 2024

For you who have been dancing for several seasons and who want to develop programmes and go into detail with technique. English waltz, tango, slowfox, quickstep, cha-cha-cha, rumba, samba and jive are taught, where both new steps are learned and a technical topic is covered each time. If you want to participate in tournaments for the first time, this is definitely the team where you as a dancer will be prepared for this.

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The hall is found at Henrik Steffens Vej 8. The hall is at ground level, entrance at the gate.

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Advanced Ballroom and Latin (Class 148)

By Gilles Hoxer
Tuesdays 18:00-19:30
Skolen på Nyelandsvej, 2000 Frederiksberg
First lesson: 9th January 2024

For those who have been dancing for several seasons and who want to develop as a dancer in pleasant company with other dance enthusiasts. The focus is on having fun while learning new routines and occasionally going into technical detail. All 10 dances are taught. It is not a requirement that you master all dances – we will teach you. In addition, we also dance Les Lanciers, which we have a lot of fun with.

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The school is at Nyelandsvej 23. Go through the gate to the left of the main entrance. Cross the court yard, enter the double doors, you will find the hall on the first floor.

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Technique Latin (Class 143)

By Gilles Hoxer
Tuesdays 19:30-21:30
Skolen på Nyelandsvej, 2000 Frederiksberg
First lesson: 9th January 2024

For dancers who want to work with dance at a higher level and perhaps have a desire to compete at tournaments (but not a requirement). It is not necessary to have a partner to go on this team, but of course it helps when we dance finals. It is expected that the couples have programmes and want to work with technique and detail and, not least, performance.

The teaching is usually divided into two parts. In the first part, as a team, a theme will be taken up that we will work with for a given period, and we will help to get it implemented in our own dance. The second part is free training/final training with individual coaching.

We would very much like the participating dancers to actively share what they would like to work on.

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The school is at Nyelandsvej 23. Go through the gate to the left of the main entrance. Cross the court yard, enter the double doors, you will find the hall on the first floor.

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Technique Ballroom (Class 141)

By Marta Lund
Wednesdays 19:30-21:00
Skolen på Nyelandsvej, 2000 Frederiksberg
First lesson: 10th January 2024

For dancers who want to work with dance at a higher level and have a desire to compete at tournaments (but not a requirement). It is not necessary to have a partner to go on this team, but of course it helps when we dance finals. It is expected that the couples have programmes and want to work with technique and detail and, not least, performance.

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The school is at Nyelandsvej 23. Go through the gate to the left of the main entrance. Cross the court yard, enter the double doors, you will find the hall on the first floor.

Line dance (Class 147)

By Sabrina Dobberschütz, Janina Dobberschütz and Niels Henrik Hartvigson
Saturdays 10:00-12:00, even weeks
Hillerødgade Bad og Hal, 2200 København
First lesson: 13th January 2024

In this class fixed choreographies are danced without a partner to music from different decades and styles. It all takes place in a relaxed atmosphere where we have fun and laugh at ourselves. We have dances for all possible levels, so everyone can join in!

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The hall is at Sandbjerggade 35. From the entrance area follow the red arrow below to the basement. There you will find the mirror hall (spejlsalen).

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Practice opportunities

We offer our members the opportunity to practice on their own. Slots are available at various places and times throughout the week.

Entrance requires either keypad code og fob. Contact dans@panidraet.dk to obtain.

Mondays at 20:00-21:30
Hillerødgade Bad og Hal (Spejlsalen), Sandbjerggade 35, 2200 København
Bring own speaker

Wednesdays at 20:00-22:00
Hillerødgade Bad og Hal (Spejlsalen), Sandbjerggade 35
Bring own speaker

Saturdays at 10:00-17:00 (even weeks 12:00-17:00)
Hillerødgade Bad og Hal (Spejlsalen), Sandbjerggade 35
Bring own speaker

Sundays at 19:00-23:00
DGI Byen, Forsamlingshuset, Tietgensgade 65, 1704 København V
Please note that the facility once a month is reserved for the use of PanDans Social
Connect to speaker system via minijack or bluetooth

Cancellations: None.

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Fees and signing up

Membership always includes a fee to Pan Idræt of DKK 595 annually. The fee for members who are under 25 years of age or financially challenged is DKK 395. It is also possible to pay monthly.

In addition, a department fee of DKK 750 is paid to PanDans every six months. The membership gives unlimited access to all classes and all activities in PanDans, however an additional fee of DKK 250 applies every six months for the technique classes (141 and 143).

A specially reduced departmental fee of DKK 375 per six months applies to members who either exclusively participate in the line dance class (where training takes place every two weeks) or exclusively use the association’s facilities for practice sessions.

PanDans is largely run by volunteers. This makes us one of the cheapest places you can to go to dance classes. Therefore, we also place extra value on the members who can lend a helping hand with the practical tasks now and then.

If you have questions regarding membership and fees, you can write to medlem@panidraet.dk

Frequently asked questions

Yes! You are very welcome to take a trial class before you have to register and pay fees. You can also try us out for free and without obligation by attending our monthly event for members, PanDans Social – find dates in the section below.

Yes! We will try to find a suitable dance partner for you.

You can easily start by going to classes without having to buy special equipment. The most important thing is of course the shoes, and here it would be an advantage if the sole enables you to turn on it. If you have a pair of flat shoes with leather soles, that’s great, ​​but you can equally start out with a pair of completely ordinary everyday shoes or sneakers. If you come to enjoy dancing, you can always buy actual dance shoes later – a pair costs from DKK 700 and up.

No. Dancing in itself is great for fitness, but also has the great advantage that it can be adapted to quite different functional levels.

We have some members who do not easily understand Danish. However, we also have members who are not always proficient in English. Therefore, the approach is to tailor the language specifically to the participants in the class or at the event. To accommodate everyone as best as possible, be prepared for a combination of Danish and English being spoken in practice. If you feel that you have difficulty understanding what is being said, it is crucial that you make the trainer/facilitator aware of your needs.

Our training takes place at public schools in Copenhagen and in Frederiksberg. There is typically one shared changing room. Although there are bathing facilities at the sites, almost everyone chooses to bathe at home.

The season starts in September and concludes with the end-of-season ball at the end of May. As we use facilities at public schools, there are no classes when the schools are closed, including during autumn and winter breaks.

We are relatively equally women and men, and we have a large age spread – across the classes there are members in their 20s and all the way up to their 70s. Most are middle-aged.

We are a department under Pan Idræt, an umbrella organisation for a wide range of sports. Pan Idræt provides us with infrastructure, e.g. member and class management, financial system, hall bookings, etc.

PanDans has a department management which is elected by the members at the annual meeting. Currently the department management consists of:
Gilles Hoxer – Chair
Kirsten Bayer Andersen – Vice Chair
Janina Dobberschütz – Treasurer
Kristian Ring – Member
Kenneth Hermansen – Member

PanDans Social – try us out

During the season, we host a monthly event for our members: PanDans Social. First, there is instruction in a specific dance style for about an hour, also at the beginner level, and afterwards, the dance floor is open for social dancing. Throughout the evening, there are also collective dances, such as line dances.

You are welcome to participate so you can decide if PanDans is for you. Drop by entirely without obligation, or confirm your attendance by writing to dans@panidraet.dk. In any case, we promise to welcome you warmly and ensure you have a fun evening!

Place: Forsamlingshuset i DGI Byen, Tietgensgade 65, 1704 København V. Forsamlingshuset is the round venue in the middle of the building. Entrance is from the basement level.

Pick a date for your calendar

Sunday 1st September 2024 @ 19:00 – 22:00

Intro evening! Instruction, then social dancing.

Nordic Open

PanDans is a proud sponsor of Nordic Open, a large and popular tournament for same-sex and mixed couples at all levels. The tournament attracts participants from Denmark and many other countries. There is always a good and positive atmosphere among the participants and the audience.

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