Dance Classes and Events
Find our weekly classes, upcoming intensive courses and other events below!
Autumn Schedule 2020 (valid from August 31 to December 13)
Sign up for the classes through our reservation system. *We reserve the right to make class and teacher changes. There are no classes on Father’s Day, November 8, and on Independence Day, December 6. Questions: info@flama.fi.
- Monday
- 09:00–10:00 Body Maintenance (Hanna)
- 16:15–17:10
Hall 1: Reggaeton, beginners (Anna)
Hall 2: Chaning class: Cuban Rumba, Son, Cha-cha, check the theme of the day through our reservation system (Matias) - 17:15–18:10
Hall 1: Salsa Solo, beginners (Matias)
Hall 2: Salsa Ladies Style, advanced (Anna) - 18:15–19:10
Hall 1: Couple Salsa, intermediate, a separate course registration (Matias)
Hall 2: Dance Fiesta, beginners (Hanna) - 19:15–20:10
Hall 1: Couple Salsa, advanced beginners, a separate course registration (Matias)
Hall 2: Oriental Dance, beginners (Hanna) - 20:15–21:10
Hall 1: Couple Salsa, beginners, a separate course registration (Matias)
- Tuesday
- 16:15–17:10
Hall 1: Adult Ballet, beginners (Pauliina S.) - 17:15–18:10
Hall 1: Adult Ballet, intermediate (Pauliina S.)
Hall 2: Strength & Flexibility (Juulia) - 18:15–19:10
Hall 1: Musical Dance, intermediate (Juulia)
Hall 2: Couple Kizomba, beginners, a separate course registration (Carlos) - 19:15–20:10
Hall 1: Show Burlesque, open level (Mirka)
Hall 2: Couple Kizomba, intermediate (Carlos) - 20:15–21:10
Hall 1: Reggaeton, intermediate (Mirka)
Hall 2: Couple Semba, advanced beginners, a separate course registration (Carlos)
- Wednesday
- 16:15–17:10
Hall 1: Twerk, beginners (Meri)
Hall 2: Voguing, beginners (Lotta) - 17:15–18:10
Hall 1: Dancehall Steps / Technique (Eve)
Hall 2: Bachata Solo, beginners (Pinja) - 18:15–19:10
Hall 1: Dancehall Choreography, open level, a separate course registration (Eve)
Hall 2: Couple Bachata, beginners, a separate course registration (Pinja) - 19:15–20:10
Hall 1: Dancehall Queenstyle, advanced, a separate course registration (Eve)
Hall 2: Bachata Ladies Style, intermediate (Pinja) - 20:15–21:10
Hall 1: Falla Flame Dance Group Trainings until 21:30
Hall 2: Couple Bachata, intermediate, a separate course registration (Pinja)
- Thursday
- 10:00–10:55 Pilates (Sarianna)
- 16:15–17:10
Hall 1: Salsa Solo, intermediate (Anna)
Hall 2: Twerk, beginners (Salla) - 17:15–18:10
Hall 1: Reggaeton, intermediate (Meri)
Hall 2: Dance Technique, beginners (Liisa) - 18:15–19:10
Hall 1: Twerk, advanced (Meri)
Hall 2: Jazz Dance, beginners (Liisa) - 19:15–20:10
Hall 1: Twerk with Heels, open level (Meri)
Hall 2: Lyrical Dance, open level (Liisa) - 20:15–21:10
Hall 1: Flawless Diva, open level (Meri)
Hall 2: Latin Ladies Style, beginners (Mirka)
- Friday
- 16:15–17:10
Hall 1: Waistline Technique, open level (Oona)
Hall 2: Bachata Solo, beginners (Anna) - 17:15–18:10
Hall 1: Dancehall Queentyle, beginners (Oona)
Hall 2: Salsatón, beginnes (Anna) - 18:15–19:10
Hall 1: Latin Ladies Style, intermediate (Mirka)
Hall 2: Dancehall Queenstyle, intermediate (Oona) - 19:15–20:15
Hall 1: Flama Crew Dance Group Trainings
Hall 2: Urban Kiz Course, a separate course registration (Oona ja Tuomas)
- Saturday
- WORKSHOPS & EVENTS
- Sunday
- WORKSHOPS
- 14:15–15:10
Hall 1: Contemporary Dance, beginners, until November 1 (Pauliina) - 15:15–16:10
Hall 1: Reggaeton, beginners (Meri) - 16:15–17:10
Hall 1: Commercial Dance, beginners (Pauliina)
Hall 2: Twerk Technique, open level (Meri) - 17:15–18:10
Hall 1: Commercial Dance, intermediate (Pauliina)
Hall 2: Twerk, intermediate (Meri) - 18:15–19:10
Hall 1: Heels, intermediate (Pauliina)
Hall 2: Couple Salsa, beginners at 18:15–19:30, a separate course registration (Anna) - 19:30–20:45 Hall 2: Couple Salsa, beginners, a separate course registration (Anna)
- 19:15–21:15
Bouncy Crew Dance Group Trainings
Upcoming Workshops and Events
Workshops are held on Saturdays and Sundays. New workshops coming up soon!
Cano Monroy: Reggaeton & Commercial Dance Workshop, September 19
On Saturday, the 19th of September, we will have an amazing Mexican dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer, Cano Monroy, visiting Flama!
SCHEDULE ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
11.00–12.30 Reggaeton Technique, open level, 90 min
12.45–14.15 Reggaeton Choreography, intermediate level, 90 min
14.30–16.00 Commercial Dance, intermediate level, 90 min
PRICES AND REGISTRATION
1 x 90 min workshop: 20 €
3 x 90 min workshops package: 50 €
Register for the workshops by purchasing those at our webshop:
– Reggaeton Technique
– Reggaeton Choreography
– Commercial Dance
– 3 x 90 min Workshop Package
You can also pay for the workshop at the studio by card, cash or for example with sport and cultural benefits, such as Smartum, Eazybreak, ePass or Edenred. In that case, sign up for the workshop in advance by sending an email to info@flama.fi.
Attention! If you have to cancel the workshop, we will not refund you. In case of illness and by showing a valid medical certificate, we can offer you a gift card with the same amount of money you had paid for.
CANO MONROY
Cano Monroy is teaching in Mexico City and Los Angeles, and he has been performing for example in Daddy Yankee’s music videos and other big productions.
Krista Nyström: Salsa Ladies Style Workshop, September 20
Salsa Ladies Style Workshop, open level
Teacher: Krista Nyström
Time: Sunday, the 20th of September 2020 at 12.00–14.00 (2 hours)
Place: Dance Studio Flama, Linnankatu 84, 20100 Turku
Price: 23 €
Register for the workshop by purchasing it at our webshop.
Attention! We do not refund you if you have to cancel the workshop. In case of illness, you can get Flama’s gift card of the same amount by showing a medical certificate. You can use this gift card to buy other workshops or our punch cards.
The intensive course concentrates on salsa steps, rhythmic, and feminine expression in Cuban salsa. With the practices, we will try to find the flow for the movements and learn how to spice up our own dance with a feminine touch. While doing the choreography, we will practice how to control our hand, body, and head movements. The intensive course is suitable for those who know the basics of salsa but who want to get some challenge and more styling for their dancing. You can dance with dance heels or without.
Krista Nyström
Krista is an experienced dance teacher who has a versatile knowledge of different dance styles, from Latin dances to street styles. Last ten years she has been competing and performing in different groups and traveled a lot to constantly develop her dancing skills further. Krista is known as a sunny and inspiring teacher whose passion for dancing will be passed on her students as well!
More information: info@flama.fi
Minna ’Dance Euphoria’: Afrobeats Workshop, September 26
Afrobeats Dance Workshop at Flama on Saturday, September 26
Schedule for Saturday, the 26th of September 2020
12.00–14.00 Afrobeats, open level
Place: Dance Studio Flama, Linnankatu 84, 20100 Turku
Price: 22 €
Sign up for the workshops by purchasing it at our webshop.
Come and bring your Afrobeat knowledge up to date! Afrobeats is an umbrella term for urban African dances and music genres that inspire many dancehall artists nowadays. Afrobeats in return is influenced by Jamaican dancehall, Western street styles, and from many other dance styles. Afrobeats is also danced in Finnish clubs today.
During the workshop, you will learn the latest Afrobeats moves and simultaneously get a real sweat and have fun.
For more information about the workshop, send an email to info@flama.fi.
Beginners’ Twerk Workshop, September 27 (FULL)
This workshop is fully booked, so the registration has ended.
Twerk for Dummies, Twerk Workshop for Beginners
On Sunday, the 27th of September, Flama will be all about the booty shaking! The teacher of the workshop is Meri Niemi.
What: Twerk Workshop for Beginners
Where: Dance Studio Flama (Linnankatu 84, Turku)
When: Sunday, the 27th of September 2020, at 12.30–14.00 (90 min)
Price: 21 €
Twerk for Beginners is a workshop filled with shaking, jiggle, thrusting and throwing the hip and bounce. The class concentrates on different techniques of booty shaking and easy choreography. Full speed from the beginning to the end, great sweat guaranteed!
You do not need any previous twerk experience to be able to participate!
Bring knee pads or for example leg warmers with you to protect your knees. The classes are meant for over 16-year-olds.
MERI NIEMI
Dance has taken Meri all over the place: it all started with Loimaan Naisvoimistelijat and their annual spring performances and through both national and international basketball leagues, she made her way to Twerk Finnish National Championships. Meri has dance experience in show dance, hip hop, Cuban dances as well as some ballet but in recent years the love of her life has been twerk that is also nowadays her primary dance style. In twerk Meri is fascinated by its physicality, roughness and challenging techniques. According to her, the best thing in twerk is that it allows one to do an extremely hard workout and simultaneously praise one’s own body. In addition to twerk, Meri’s heart is also taken by Dancehall Queenstyle and Latin dances. However, you can find Meri in any dance classes, since her training policy says that different dance styles let one develop into a versatile dancer, and each dance style can provide something new to one’s own style.
As a teacher, Meri is a relaxed type, but she urges and encourages her students always to do their best. Her classes are filled with laughter and humor – not forgetting hard training. Meri thinks that the best thing in her classes is absolutely to see how people go beyond themselves and do something they could not even believed to be possible. Everyone can come to the classes just the way they are, regardless of the size of the butt.
At Flama, Meri works as a twerk teacher and dances and leads in the dance studio’s Bouncy Crew.
More information and questions: info@flama.fi
Vilma Kivekäs: Show & Lyrical Dance Workshops, October 3
On Saturday, the 3rd of October, we will dance with lovely Vilma Kivekäs at Flama!
Schedule for Saturday, the 3rd of October 2020
11.30–12.45 Show Dance, beginners (75 min)
12.45–14.00 Show Dance, intermediate (75 min)
14.15–15.30 Lyrical Dance, open level (75 min)
Teacher: Vilma Kivekäs
Register for the workshops by purchasing them at our webshop:
– Show Dance, beginners 15 €
– Show Dance, intermediate 15 €
– Lyrical Dance, open level 15 €
If you want to pay for the workshop with Smartum, E-Pass or some other paying option, let us know about it in advance and sign up by sending an email to info@flama.fi.
More information about the classes: info@flama.fi.
Yoga Workshop, October 4
We will offer a yoga workshop at Dance Studio Flama on Sunday, the 4th of October. The workshop will be held in Finnish.
Yoga Workshop
Time: Sunday, the 4th of October 2020 at 11–13 (2 h)
Place: Dance Studio Flama, Linnankatu 84, 20100 Turku
Instructor: YOGANNI aka Anni Leskinen
Price: 20 €
Sign up for the workshop by purchasing it at our webshop.
More information: info@flama.fi
Johanna & Omar: Salsa & Bachata Saturday, October 17
Johanna Sallinen and Omar Bakr will come to Flama in May with their Cuban Salsa and Sensual Bachata Workshops.
Schedule for Saturday, October 17
11:00–12:00 Bachata Ladies Style, open level (solo class), 60 min
12:00–13:00 Salsa Ladies Style, open level (solo class), 60 min
13:15–14:45 Cuban Salsa, intermediate (couple class), 90 min
15:00–16:30 Sensual Bachata, intermediate (couple class), 90 min
The follower spots for the couple salsa and bachata classes are full at the moment. There is still room for leaders and couples in both classes. You can dance with your own pair or you can participate in the continuous rotations of partners. The couple classes will be held in English.
PRICES AND REGISTRATION
Sign up for the classes by purchasing them at our webshop:
– Bachata Ladies Style, 15 €
– Salsa Ladies Style, 15 €
– Cuban Salsa, intermediate (couple class), 25 € / person
Sign up as a leader or together with your partner by sending an email to info@flama.fi.
– Sensual Bachata, intermediate (couple class), 25 € / person
Sign up as a leader or together with your partner by sending an email to info@flama.fi.
JOHANNA & OMAR
Johanna and Omar are versatile and experienced dancers and teachers and they teach i.a. bachata, cha-cha, kizomba, and salsa together. Through their I Dance Helsinki -organization, Omar and Johanna have long been building the Afro-Latin scene in Helsinki by teaching, bringing visiting artists to Finland, and arranging festivals and parties on a weekly basis.
Johanna has danced to several different dance styles. Johanna won Salsa European Championship in 2010, so she has a lot of knowledge about dance techniques and that knowledge she wants to share with her students. As a teacher, she is known for her demanding but encouraging and clear teaching.
Omar’s dancing career has begun with ballroom dance, but it changed later to Afro-Latin dances. Omar’s strengths are musicality as well as his smooth and clear lead. He encourages and provides tools for each individual student’s progress and improvement.
For Omar and Johanna, it is important that everything learned during the classes can be applied in a social dance setting. They emphasize the importance of leading and following as well as the learning of the basics, not forgetting musicality. Above all, dancing should be fun and feel good.
Aino Karstinen: Contemporary Dance Workshop, October 24
Contemporary Dance Workshop, open level
When: on Saturday, the 24th of October 2020 from 1 pm to 3 pm
Where: Dance Studio Flama, Linnankatu 84, Turku
Teacher: Aino Karstinen
Price: 20 €
Register for the workshop by purchasing it at our webshop.
If you want to pay the workshop for example with Smartum, Eazybreak, ePass or Edenred, please sign up for the workshop by sending an email to info@flama.fi.
End of Autumn Season Party, December 12
The end of our autumn term will be celebrated on Saturday, the 12th of December 2020 from 8.30 pm to 1 am at Dance Studio Flama!
We will have two dance floors where salsa, bachata, reggaeton, kizomba and semba will be danced late into the night. DJ Papi will play his best tunes and the great atmosphere is garanteed! In addition to dancing itself, there will be dance shows as well as Christmas snacks provided.
The show time is at 10.30 pm, so do not be late.
Dress code: wear something red
The entrance fee is 12 / 10 € (the cheaper price by showing Flama’s valid punch card or Bailes Cubanos membership card). You can buy your ticket in advance at our webshop:
Remember to take your dance shoes or other indoor shoes with you because the shoes used outdoors will be left in the lobby.
Dance Studio Flama is located next to Turku Castle at Linnankatu 84. Bus Line 1 (Market Square–Turku Harbor) will stop just in front of Flama and the bus trip from market square to the dance studio takes around 10 minutes. Check the bus schedule at http://www.foli.fi/ to choose the right time to come. If you decide to come by your own car, there are parking options nearby.
Welcome to have fun and enjoy the best people, music and dances!
Our Class Selection
Take a look at our class selection and choose the most suitable classes for you from our schedule.
