What’s on at a glance

We are a popular North London ISTD medallist and social dance school teaching around Enfield and Winchmore Hill. We also run monthly dances and enter people for medallist exams. Martin can also train dancers for professional Associate Ballroom exams. Congratulations to Imogen for passing her final Associate ballroom exam with excellent results. Everyone is welcome at our friendly Thursday evening classes at St Stephen’s Church Hall – see below for details. Active Enfield classes at URC Hall on Friday mornings have resume Friday 16th January 2026 (book through www.activeenfield.uk) 2025. Website updates by Martin Gould – ISTD Licentiate Ballroom and previous holder of Phyllis Haylor scholarship, Website design by Luke – Techfather .. More details below..

December 2025

18th – Last Dec Thursday evening class – £10 p.p.

19th – Private lessons – Martin at URC

20th – No private lessons or group classes

 ** Christmas Break **

January 2026

8th – New Year Thursday evening classes resume at St Stephen’s 7.30-9.30pm— £10 p.p.

9th – No Friday Active Enfield classes

10th – Palmers Green URC lessons (not URC Winchmore Hill)

10th – *New Year Saturday social Dance* to exercise away all those mince pies and Christmas dinner 🙂 7.30-10pm £10 p.p.

15th – Thursday evening class 7.30pm-9.30pm at St Stephen’s – £10 p.p.

16th – Friday – *First Active Enfield classes at URC* book via www.activeenfield.uk or phone (please be aware the links sometimes don’t work – any problems contact Martin or Elaine). 10am beginners ballroom and 11am Popular sequence for booking see below

17th – Sat lessons and classes at URC W.Hill

22nd – Thursday evening class at St Stephen’s 7.30-9.30pm

23rd – Friday Active Enfield 10am Beginners, 11am Sequence at URC W.Hill

24th – Saturday lessons and classes at URC W.Hill

29th Thursday evening class at St Stephen’s 7.30pm-9.30pm

30th – Friday Active Enfield classes 10am and 11am at URC W.Hill

31st – Saturday lessons and classes at URC W.Hill

February 2026 

Classes and lessons as normal.

 **Valentine Social Dance**

Sat 14th Feb: 7.30pm – 10.00pm – Wear something red (optional:) – Only £10 p.p.

Thursday evening classes at St Stephen’s Church Hall are running every week as normal from 8th Jan 2026. Entrance on side of building. Good parking and large floor. No need to book or bring a partner as we rotate followers. £10 flat rate on door for the evening. Beginners 7.30pm, intermediate 8.25pm. Ends 9.30pm. Very friendly classes. You can move round (most people opt to do this) or stay with your partner. Please let Martin, Elaine or Jill know if you would like to be added to our mailing list. Your privacy is important to us and we don’t share any details unless you want to be entered for ISTD exams

Saturday Social dances at St Stephen’s Church Hall, Park Avenue EN1 2BA., 7.30pm-10pm.  Dates for your diary:  New Year dance – Sat 10th January 2026, Valentine Dance – Sat 14th Feb, March social dance – Sat 14th March. Bring your own drink (can be alcoholic) and food, Sat 10th Jan 2026. We very rarely cancel events but best confirm they are running before attending.  Entrance around side of hall. Very friendly, everyone welcome – you don’t need to attend any of our classes. No partner needed. Large floor and free parking next to hall. Phone Elaine to book (07702 437101)/ reserve a table with friends, pay on the door or book on line (click here). 

Support for those affected by suicide loss – Please see page on menu above. We are very inclusive of anyone who has experienced any loss or bereavement. Please phone Martin or Elaine to see how we can help you after loss. We are also looking to develop Social Prescribing early in 2026.

Medal exam day was Sunday 20th July 2025. Medals were awarded at our Saturday Social dance 11th October 2025. For the people not in the photo on the front page please arrange to get your certificates from Martin. We had lots of entries with the exams running all afternoon. Very well done to everyone, especially those who took medals for the first time including my daughter Amelia – Ah bless 🙂 A big thank you to our examiner Laurie Yates. Lovely meal and drinks afterwards in The King’s Head. Also, huge congratulations to Imogen who passed her final Associate ballroom exam with flying colours and is now a qualified teacher at New Life Dance.

New Life Dance will fully resume classes, dances and medal groups from Thursday 8th Jan 2026. Events or group lessons will be held at either St Stephen’s Church Hall, Park Avenue, Enfield EN1 2BA or the United Reformed Church hall, 77 Compton Road, Winchmore Hill N21 3NU. We occasionally also use Holy Trinity Church in Winchmore Hill (We will let you know if this is the venue. Please see the bottom of the front page and phone Elaine on 07702 437101 to book. Medallist exam routines (you don’t have to take the exam 😉 have fully resumed as well – these are a great way to improve your technique. If you’ve missed dancing for a while please don’t worry, we will gently ease you back into dancing to build up your confidence.

Friday morning courses will resume on 16th January 2026 – 10am Beginners and  11am Popular Sequence at United Reformed Church (URC) – book through Active Enfield (click here)  You will need to scroll through the various courses (select What’s On, then the current period) to find Ballroom as the search function doesn’t work. Please speak to Martin or Elaine for further updates. We’d love to meet you! Cost averages about £8 per class and courses range from 2 to 5 weeks. We are now covering Popular Sequence dancing in the second class. Also book through box office on 020 8807 6680 or e-mail sport@enfield.gov.uk or via www.activeenfield.uk . Please note: Active Enfield website has now changed to www.activeenfield.uk. Alternatively, you can also phone/ e-mail or visit Millfield/Dugdale/some libraries . If you can only join part way through that is fine. Very relaxed classes. Any problems booking phone us

Regular term time Dance classes at St Jude’s School, Englefield Green TW20 0NP have been postponed until further notice. Martin will let you know if they are planned to resume.

Please Note: Martin has added a new page giving an overview of ISTD Medallist teaching. Because the number of routines have increased, most group slots will be focussed on particular routines and levels. Some Whats App groups have been created to let people know when their dances are being taught. These dance groups are very popular and will mostly take place on Saturdays. Private lessons are also a great way to look good with accurate footwork, posture and direction. Please speak to Martin or Elaine. You need to have attended lessons, classes or private lessons to be entered for exams.

Thank you to everyone who supports New Life Dance at Dances, workshops, ISTD medal classes and regular classes. ISTD medal classes/group lessons are usually held on Saturdays at URC church Hall, Winchmore Hill (speak to Martin or Elaine for dates/details). A big thank you to Kate and Ronnie for their amazing live singing spots and all helpers including Jill, Imogen, Helen and more. Great to see all the people who regularly come to classes as well as new people at classes, workshops and events.

Please see ‘New Life Dance’ and ‘Better Life Dancing’ on Facebook to see previous photographs of previous dances, workshops and classes. This isn’t presently being updated but will give you a good idea what our classes and dances look like. Click on link on the bottom of the home (1st) page.

Chasamba classes have been temporarily suspended. These are dance exercise classes using latin and ballroom moves with Elaine. Please speak to us for alternatives as we teach all Ballroom and Latin dances (10 dances) plus Argentine Tango and Salsa basics which are a lot of fun 🙂

 Please add our e-mail address: info@newlifedance.co.uk to your computer address book so you can receive all our notifications (otherwise they can go to your junk folder).

Standing Coronavirus Advice:

With flu and Covid re emerging periodically we ask everyone to thoroughly wash their hands before any classes or events. This will help reduce the spread of germs. Dancers should not attend if they develop any cold or flu symptoms. Please be aware a headache and/or temperature/ loss of smell may be sign of developing symptoms of flu or Coronavirus/ COVID-19.

Data protection – We value all of our dancers and keep minimal information to periodically send you e-mails to keep you updated with classes and events. Information is stored on a password/ fingerprint/ face ID secured electronic devices or names written on paper lists to gather interest, take payment or complete Council registers. We don’t pass your information to 3rd parties unless it is needed for ISTD exams or you give permission. If you would like a more detailed copy of how we store your data/ security or would like to be removed from our mailing list please contact Martin via info@newlifedance.co.uk and you will be removed immediately. Although, of course, we really hope you want to stay and to enjoy our classes and dances 🙂 From December 2019 we have a new video policy – we are able to individually supply videos of routines for dancers entering Medallist Exams through Martin, which remain the intellectual property of New Life Dance and are not to be shared individually or through social media. For full privacy and video policy please see ‘Privacy Policy’ page/ click here.