90s Hen Party Dance Class Cheltenham
The decade that made everyone learn the moves gets its rematch: one choreographer, your whole party, and choreography your teenage self would salute — £190 for ninety minutes, venue on top, one written figure (£165 plus venue buys a quicker 60-minute version).
The last decade where everybody knew the dance
Before algorithms chose the music, the nineties handed out choreography like homework: every chart act had a routine and every playground drilled it. A 90s hen do dance class simply reopens that filing cabinet. The moves your party learned at thirteen are still in there — a professional just dusts them off and makes them look intentional.
On the day, the routine is composed on the day itself — never photocopied from a previous party — and pitched at the humans actually present. Girl-band devotees get their flick and pose; the boy-band faithful get the stomping unison bits; the hen who swears she has never danced discovers that, thanks to 1997, she technically has.
And the booking behaves like admin should: one flat figure for the entire dance hen party, the venue’s charge printed beside it, one written quote for the organiser to forward to the group chat with a flourish. Compared with the per-head sums most hen party activities arrive wrapped in, it is almost suspiciously simple — which is exactly why this hen party idea keeps winning the vote.
From warm-up to wind machine (imaginary)
Warm-up, chart style
A five-minute stretch to unapologetic nineties pop that doubles as a nostalgia ambush — resistance is pointless.
Old moves, new polish
The half-remembered steps come out of storage and get properly serviced, eight counts at a time.
Bands assemble
Girl-band flick one side, boy-band stomp the other, bride conducting from the centre spot.
Tape the final take
One full performance for the phones, one victory pose, and the group chat pin is settled for years.
The one figure, track by track
A nineties-literate proyour choreographer arrives with the decade rehearsed and treats the session like a comeback tour
inOne rate, all hens£190 for ninety minutes or £165 for sixty, plus only the venue’s own charge — headcount never changes the fee
flatVenue admin, absorbedthe Tommy Taylors Lane hall gets booked by us and billed on the same written quote — nobody passes a hat round
sortedThe comeback footagefinale filmed on your phones, group photo at the end — the party owns every frame
yoursOur honest steer for a nineties party is the longer class. Half-remembered steps take a while to come out of storage, and across ninety minutes the girl-band flick and the boy-band stomp each get serviced properly rather than waved past — a difference that shows the second the phones come out.
Not supplied, as a matter of policy: the wardrobe. Double denim, chokers, bucket hats and butterfly clips are the group’s own procurement mission — reports suggest the charity-shop crawl becomes an event in its own right.
Our hall or yours — you choose
Tommy Taylors Lane, GL50 4RN
One of the venues we offer is the hall we hire on Tommy Taylors Lane, on the Pittville side of Cheltenham. It has a proper dance floor, room for a big group to spread out, parking nearby and the town-centre bars a short taxi away. We book it for your slot, and its hire goes onto your written quote as the venue cost.
Already got somewhere? We’ll come to you
A hotel function room, a hired house with a big lounge, a village hall, a marquee with a solid floor — if there’s space for everyone to move and a socket for the speaker, the teacher travels to you anywhere around Cheltenham. The class fee stays the same flat figure, and whatever your venue charges stays between you and them.
Nineties routines travel side to side in rows, so a wide room beats a long thin one.
Not sure which option suits? Tell us where the group is staying when you enquire and we’ll suggest the easier one.
Five nineties heavyweights to get your list started
Saturday Nightarrives with its routine pre-installed — the nation drilled it in 1994
pre-loadedEverybodyboy-band unison at its stompiest; formations write themselves
drill sergeantTragedythe hand semaphore every wedding already half-knows
crowd pleaserNo Scrubsattitude practice disguised as choreography
attitude checkC’est la Viebounce, kicks and zero solemnity — dangerous levels of fun
sugar rushNone of the above is compulsory: they are nudges, and the five songs you send can come from anywhere, the nineties or beyond. When the booking is in, tell us your top five in order of preference; the instructor takes one from that list and choreographs to it ahead of class day. Groups that skip the list get a nineties track of the instructor’s own choosing.
Programming the nineties into a Cheltenham Saturday
The winning schedule rarely varies: a lazy brunch or lunch around Montpellier, the class at two while the energy is high, then back to base to swap trainers for heels before the Promenade hosts the premiere strut. Groups come over from Gloucester, Tewkesbury, Stroud and Bristol easily — and on race weekends the town's beds, brunches and taxis all sell through early, so a quick enquiry beats a long group-chat debate.
Bring cushioned trainers, water, and the denim you swore you would never wear again. Somewhere between hen party idea and time machine, this one repays the bride for every school disco she organised.
Letters to the fan club
Every single one of us discovered we still had the school-disco routine in our bones. The teacher upgraded it into something that looked professional and we have not shut up since.
Girl-band side against boy-band side, one dance-off, a very diplomatic draw. The video from the last run-through has been watched more than most box sets.
The written quote covered class and hall in one line and did not blink when two hens dropped to one and a plus-one appeared. Effortless from where I was standing.
I have waited twenty-five years for my double denim to be relevant again and it was worth every minute. The bride cried twice; the second time was at the playback.
Ask us anything, no scrubs
Does the nineties class lean pop, dance or indie? +
Your list decides. Chart pop and the big dance-floor fillers are what most groups send because they carry built-in moves, but the five songs you give us — in order of preference, any time after booking — can tilt wherever your group’s allegiances lie, and the teacher choreographs to one of them before the class. No list, and the teacher chooses a nineties track for you.
What will a 90s hen do class cost in Cheltenham? +
For the whole group together, £190 buys the ninety and £165 a shorter sixty, with the venue’s hire fee printed directly underneath on your written quote. Guest numbers can shift without moving either figure.
Are double denim and butterfly clips our department? +
Entirely yours — costumes and props never come from us, and frankly you will do a better job. Chokers, bucket hats, cargo trousers and frosted lip gloss all move well; just make sure you can raise your arms.
Where does the nineties class meet in Cheltenham? +
At the hall we hire on Tommy Taylors Lane, GL50 4RN, near Pittville and a short hop from the centre — or the teacher comes out to a venue your group has booked itself, anywhere around town.
Do the routines we learned at school still count? +
They count as a head start. Most nineties groups discover the old moves are still in there, slightly rusted — the teacher shakes them loose, sharpens them up and folds them into a routine that finally does them justice.
How big can the group get before it stops working? +
Bigger than you would think — the hall takes large parties comfortably, formations scale, and the flat fee stays flat whether eight of you turn up or thirty. For very big groups the ninety-minute session keeps things unhurried.