Best for an adult or couple who want to learn ballroom, no partner or experience needed.

Dance LessonsBallroom
Recreational & Competitive
Group & privateIndoorOngoing enrollmentPaid trialYear-round
Thu · 1PM – 9:30PM
MondayClosed
Tuesday1PM – 9:30PM
Wednesday1PM – 9:30PM
Thursday1PM – 9:30PM
Friday1PM – 9:30PM
Saturday11AM – 8PM
SundayClosed
Introductory offer: $75 for two private lessons. The kids' Saturday ballroom class is $25 per class. Private-lesson "Social Foundation" packages are posted at $399 for four lessons and $669 for seven (each 45 minutes, with unlimited group classes and practice parties included) — contact the studio for the package that fits your goals.

Introductory offer: $75 for two private lessons. The kids' Saturday ballroom class is $25 per class. Private-lesson "Social Foundation" packages are posted at $399 for four lessons and $669 for seven (each 45 minutes, with unlimited group classes and practice parties included) — contact the studio for the package that fits your goals.

Class days & times

What's offered

Ballroom, Latin, and social dance instruction — waltz, foxtrot, tango, rumba, cha cha, salsa, swing, and more — for adults of all skill levels (no partner or experience needed), plus a wedding-dance program and a Pro-Am competition track. A youth ballroom class for kids and teens runs Saturdays at 4 PM. Lessons come in private, group, and practice-party formats; the studio publishes a monthly calendar in which each group class takes a different style — hustle, merengue, West Coast swing, waltz — alongside visiting-coach days with named guest coaches, potluck parties and pro practice sessions. Studio hours are Tuesday–Friday 1–9:30 PM and Saturday 11 AM–8 PM (closed Sunday and Monday).

Weekly classes

  • Youth BallroomSat · 4pm
Our take

Fred Astaire is a ballroom studio built around adults. It teaches the full ballroom and Latin repertoire — waltz, foxtrot, tango, rumba, cha cha, salsa, swing, and more — to adults of all skill levels, explicitly no partner and no experience required. For a grown-up who's always wanted to learn to dance, a couple prepping a wedding first dance, or someone after a social hobby that gets them out of the house, that focus on adults is the point.

Beyond weekly lessons it runs the things that make ballroom stick: group classes, practice parties where you actually use what you've learned, a wedding-dance program, and a Pro-Am track for students who catch the competition bug and want to perform. There's also a Saturday ballroom class for kids and teens, so it's not adults-only, but the center of gravity is clearly the adult and couples crowd. It's a franchise studio, so the curriculum and certification are standardized, and it's well-reviewed by many local adult students. If you want a kids' recital-and-competition studio, this isn't it; if you're an adult who wants to learn to dance, it's a strong fit.

Local Tips

Fred Astaire is on East Southlake Boulevard. A few practical notes for the adult learner it's built for:

  • The on-ramp is an introductory offer of two private lessons — a low-stakes way to see if it clicks before committing to a package.
  • Hours are afternoon-into-evening Tuesday through Friday plus Saturday, and the studio is closed Sundays and Mondays, which suits an after-work lesson schedule.
  • Beyond the intro, lessons are sold in packages built around each student's goals.
  • If it's for a kid, note the youth ballroom class is a specific Saturday-afternoon slot rather than a full weekday program.
Credentials

Fred Astaire Dance Studio – Southlake is a locally operated studio of the Fred Astaire national franchise (local entity FA Southlake LLC), taught to the franchise's certified ballroom curriculum. It is run by three co-owners — Adam Telessy, who also serves as Training Director, along with Mihaly Meszaros and Alexandra Dane — each of whom brings a competitive ballroom background from Hungary. Instruction covers the full American and International ballroom and Latin styles in private, group, and practice-party formats.

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