Corporate Team Building Dance Class in Los Angeles

The 90 minutes

The class is designed for a room where most people have never danced, and a few are sure they can’t. Nobody needs a partner, nobody needs experience, and nobody is singled out.

1. Warm-up and the basic (about 15 minutes). Everyone in lines, facing the instructor, learning the salsa or bachata basic on their own. It is the least intimidating way to start: no touching, no pairs, just finding the beat together.
2. Rotating partners (about 45 minutes). Then we pair up and rotate every few minutes. The engineer dances with the CFO, the new hire with the team lead. Anyone can lead or follow, and everyone gets a turn at both if they want it.
3. The group routine (about 20 minutes). We stitch the steps into a short routine the whole team dances at once, to one song.
4. The finale (about 10 minutes). One last run with the music up and phones out. It is the clip that ends up in the company Slack.

Your instructor reads the room and adjusts the pace. A team that picks it up fast gets a turn pattern; a team that is nervous gets more repetition and more laughs. The goal is the same either way: everybody dancing the same song at the end.

Where we teach

At your place. Offices, studio lots, rooftops, restaurant buyouts and hotel event rooms across Los Angeles all work. We are minutes from Burbank and teach across the Valley, Glendale and Pasadena every week, and we go anywhere in greater Los Angeles. Within 15 miles of North Hollywood the price is the price; beyond 15 miles we add a flat $150 for travel. Prefer a neutral space? We can host smaller teams at our partner studios in North Hollywood or San Gabriel.

Pricing

$85 per guest, with a $695 minimum. That covers the 90-minute class, your instructor, the music and a portable sound system, so all you provide is the floor and the people. Beyond 15 miles add $150. Want a show to open the event? Add a performance from $900: Gloria and her partner, congress performers, dance three songs, then teach your team a 20-minute lesson. See performances for the details.

Booking is simple: send a request with the date, the address and an approximate headcount. We confirm within 48 hours, then send one secure payment link for the whole team.

Why it works for teams

Most team-building asks people to talk. A dance class asks them to laugh at themselves, which is faster. Ten minutes in, the whole room has failed at the same step together and then nailed it together, and that shared small win does more for a team than another round of icebreakers.

It also mixes people without forcing it. The rotation means everyone dances with everyone, across departments and seniority, for a few minutes at a time. Nobody has to make conversation, but everyone ends up having one.

And it works for almost everyone: no fitness test, no experience, no partner to bring, nothing anyone has to drink. People who would skip a bar night or a ropes course show up for this, and people talk about it the next morning.

Who teaches

Every class is led by Avissh or an instructor he personally trained. Avissh Trivedi founded Salsa Dance LA and has taught since 2012, and he designs the class plan your instructor runs. If you are planning something bigger, our private events page covers parties and celebrations, and private salsa lessons are there for anyone on the team who wants to keep going.