Give the Gift of Dance!!!!

As the holidays approach, (and they are coming quickly!), department stores and malls will be busy with shoppers trying to find something for that special someone that is so difficult to buy for. Why not try something new this year that will not only help promote health and wellness, but will also give them something that they can enjoy for the rest of their lives...ballroom dance lessons.


Whether it’s your spouse or significant other, for your sister or other family members, for the wedding couple, or for yourself, ballroom dancing brings to you many great fortunes. The obvious ones are more fun in life, exercise without having to go to a gym, muscle-toning and stamina building simultaneously, and a renewed sense of life that always seems to come to every student in the beginning of their dance lives.

The not-so-obvious benefits to taking ballroom dancing lessons are:

1) Confidence: Most people, especially men, find new things about themselves through the fun of taking dance lessons. One of them is an increased sense of confidence when meeting members of the opposite sex or in social situations. Women tend to "come out of their shells" and become the beautiful swan that the daily stresses of life often hide.

2) Increased energy and new ways to spend evenings and weekends. Instead of sitting on the couch watching "Dancing with the Stars," you are OUT Dancing with your friends, sometimes several times a week. Most dancers have to tape the show because they are out dancing.

3) Ballroom dancing battles Alzheimer’s. There is an increasing amount of evidence that suggests this. Ballroom dancing engages both sides of the brain, makes you pay attention to beats and counts, causes you to engage every muscle at the same time, and can be learned at any age. More and more studies are confirming that ballroom dancing will help you to avoid Alzheimer’s.

4) Improved Relationships. Because it is an activity that requires engaging with your partner in a close dance position while also working together as a team, dancing has always been something that helps make marriages and relationships stronger. Even Vernon and Irene Castle, the couple who are credited for the origins of ballroom dancing in the 1910's, promoted it to a religiously anti-dance America as a way to help marriages last.

5) Ballroom dancing puts you in a happy place. The more you dance the better you feel and the happier you are. You become more socially active and get in better shape. When you are in better shape, you feel happier and better about yourself. The best part is that you don't need to go to the gym! Dancers frequently have the stamina to last through 3 hours of cardiovascular exercise 3-4 times a week by doing one thing....dancing.

If you are holiday shopping this year and get tired of standing in lines trying to find something to buy for someone who already has everything, or you are just over the whole commercialization of Christmas altogether, contact one of the ballroom studios in the Orange County area and give the gift of dance.

Don't Be A Couch Potato. Learn to Dance Like a Star!!!!

"My girlfriend and I  have been watching the show for a couple of years now and I am very excited to learn this with my girlfriend. I am surprising her for Christmas - I wanted to give her something romantic and she will love this! - Bryce B. Utah

It's Friday night and your friends are off for another fun night of music and dancing. You really want to go but you're afraid because you can’t dance, or at least you think you can’t and that is enough to stop you from going.
Instead you stay home on your couch watching “Dancing with the Stars’’. The gorgeous costumes, the infectious beat of the music, and of course the romance…..
As you drift off to sleep you dream of yourself being whirled across the dance floor with the rythmic beat of the Samba surrounding you. You are in the arms of a gorgeous man. You smile at him in confidence; his strong arms encircle your waist as he glides you across the dance floor, making your feel like you are flying.
Laughing seductively, you throw back your head and begin swaying with the music  and grinding your hips provacatively as you drive yourself closer and closer to the edge of ... the dance floor.
As the music draws to an end you gently pull apart, he tries to bring you back but as you turn from him you are swept away once again but this time in the arms of another handsome man.

You look back and catch the desperate look in your partner’s eyes as he watches you being lead away from him this time to the easy sway of the waltz.

There is no stopping you tonight; you are barely able to catch your breath as one partner after the other claims you for a dance. Visions of the foxtrot, the Jive, the Rumba and the Cha Cha fill your head.
As you look around the room searching for the gorgeous partner that you shared your first dance with you see that most of the dancers have left. As if on cue the lights begin to dim. Perhaps,  it is time for you to go as well. As you move towards the door, the band begins to play and somehow you feel it. He is there, waiting for you on the dance floor with his arms held open, looking at you as if you are the only woman in the world.
The sensual music of the Tango pulls you into his arms as once again he folds you into his embrace, spinning you and twirling you across the floor.
As the song comes to an end you glance up at him and feel … like you must be dreaming.

Well, yes of course you are, but the good news is that it will not be for long. With the help of Emmy Nominated Choreographer, Louis van Amstel, best known for his 3 hit seasons on America's most popular dance show, 'Dancing with the Stars', you will be able to learn all of the most popular dance steps in the ease and convenience of your own home.
The eight disc selection allows you to choose from popular dancing steps such as: Cha Cha, Salsa, Waltz, Tango, Sumba, Jive, Rumba and the Foxtrot.
Learning how to dance will help you gain more confidence, tone your body, and shed any unwanted pounds, and the greatest part of it is that you will be having fun while doing it.
Before long you too could be “Dancing with the Stars”.

The Gift Of Dance - The Gift That Keeps On Giving

When Ann Jenkins was told that her daughter Amy was having trouble interacting with the other kids in her kindergarten class, she was at a loss for words. You see, Amy had always been a little shy around other kids, but after she "warmed up" she was usually fine. Why was kindergarten class any different? Amy's teacher told Ann that she felt Amy lacked self-confidence and that the other kids recognized this and picked on her. When Ann asked the teacher what to do, she was surprised at her response: "Enroll Amy in dance lessons".
Initially shocked that dance could help her daughter psychologically, Ann started to do some research. Here's what she found out about the benefits of dance for children:


• Teaches kids an exciting new way to move their bodies in entertaining and creative ways.


• Introduces kids to exercise that is fun to do, early in life, promoting a life-long commitment to fitness.

• Promotes self-discipline.


• Improves self-esteem and builds self-confidence.


• Improves flexibility, coordination and memory.


• Builds strength and stamina.


• Gives children a sense of grace.


• Helps children succeed in other sports and in the classroom.

 There are almost as many kinds of dance classes out there are there are kids. Like adults, kids just have to find their niche. The Bea Hive Dance Studio in Garden Grove, California, caters to children of all ages, from toddlers to teens. Their unique Kid's Program has classes available after school, in the evenings, and on weekends with classes in many different genres, including Hip Hop, Salsa, Funk Style Street Dancing, Ballet, Jazz, Polynesian Dancing and Aerial and Dance Fitness Training. Classes are starting now, so enroll quickly to make sure that your child will be assured a spot. Remember, dance is one of the greatest gifts that you can ever give your child. It is the gift that keeps on giving, for many years to come.

For more information about dance classes for kids and adults, or to rent the studio for your own dance event or party, contact Beatrix, Queen of the Bea Hive, at 800-883-2109.

Learn to Dance

Have you always wanted to learn how to dance? Or maybe you have a date that wants to go dancing and you need to learn as quick as possible.


You can choose to learn to dance Salsa. Look sexy and sophisticated when you Salsa with your partner. You will learn that Salsa dancing is dancing that is in one spot versus all over the dance floor. When the Salsa music picks up speed you will take smaller dance steps. You will learn how to do the hip movement that is needed to Salsa dance as well. You can learn how to Salsa in no time with the right dance instructor. Have fun wearing sexy Salsa dance clothing as well.

You can also learn to dance samba. Samba is not just one dance but a few different dances. You will learn all the moves of Samba dancing and be able to hit the dance clubs and impress the one you are with.

Would you like to learn how to dance jive? If so, you better bring your energy as the jive dance is a very quick dance that will give you a run for your money in your energy department. Jive dancing is basically swing dancing at a much faster pace. Jive dancing came about due to the Jitterbug dance.

Learn to Foxtrot which is a very elegant dance, in that, the Foxtrot is a very flowing dance that two people do across the floor. You will learn how to Foxtrot and dance very smooth when dancing the Foxtrot. You can learn how to dance different types of Foxtrot dances.

You may choose to learn how to waltz. Waltzing is a very graceful dance that you and your significant other can share learning together. When learning how to waltz you use the 1-2-3 method. Gracefully the two of you will endure excellent posture and flow across the dance floor together as one.

Learn how to dance tango alone or with someone you know. When learning how to tango you will learn that the tango is a very subtle way for the man to pursue the woman he wants. While dancing the tango, the woman still has not made up her mind if she wants to be with the man yet or not. When learning how to tango you will learn the correct steps as slow, slow, quick, quick and slow.

Learn to dance Rumba alone or with a dance partner. You can dance with another student once you get to the dance studio. Surprise your significant other and teach him or her how to Rumba with you.

You may also learn to dance cha cha. The cha cha is a Latino dance. When learning how to cha cha, you will learn the correct count of the dance with your partner.

Learn ballroom dancing in no time at all. Ballroom dancing is fun and classy. You and your significant other will enjoy going to many black tie affairs once you learn how to ballroom dance.

You can learn all of the above styles of dancing at in one place - a dance studio. Choose a studio with flexible hours as well as the choice of learning all styles and levels of dance. Maybe you want to learn how to dance one on one with a dance instructor. You can even rent an instructor to help you. The choice is yours. Your level of dancing skill also does not matter. Whether you are a beginner or dance expert, you can learn how to dance.

Enjoy many types of dance parties and get to know more people in your area while you have fun. Rent out the dance studio for your very own party. For more information on learning how to dance, please visit The Bea Hive Ballroom

Dance Store Items for a Stronger Relationship

The great thing about a dance store is you can order items from them without leaving your home.


Whether you are in dancing school or not, you may want to try out dance instruction videos. You can learn how to dance with dance instruction videos. There are different types and styles of dancing you can learn with dance instruction videos. Not only will you have fun learning how to dance but you will get great exercise and may even lose some weight. If you choose to use dance instruction videos you can imagine you are on the TV show Dancing with the Stars. If you are a fan of Dancing of the Stars, each week you can compare the latest steps and dances that you practiced with the Dancing of the Stars latest steps and dances. Who knows, you may think your dancing is much better than theirs.


Dance training videos can help you achieve those hard to learn moves all on your own. You can use the dance instruction videos alone or with a friend, depending on how much privacy you prefer. The beauty of using dance training videos is that you can rewind them over and over again until you perfect the dance step or dance move that you learning during your dance training.

Once you learn how to dance, you may feel like you have taken professional dance instruction and want to try out for pro dancing schools. If you feel you have learned that much than your dreams may come true when you apply at a pro dancing school. Remember to never give up on your dreams.


Other ways to use your dance instruction videos is to practice until perfect and then use your dancing skills in Model Talent Competitions. Dancing is a wonderful way to show off your beauty and grace when you enter a Model Talent Competition.


If you are into fitness, you may want to take fitness dance training. Fitness dance training is a fantastic way to have fun, never get bored and learn how to dance in the process. Before you know it, your body will be toned. We have all seen how the celebrities dance on Dancing with the Stars and by the middle of the show’s season, the dancers have really toned up and lost inches as well as weight.


You may choose to use your new dancing skills at social dancing parties. Be the star of the show when you learn how to dance with your dance training videos. You may even win first prize at the party if there is a contest.


With dancing you may want to try a dance diet. Eating healthy, drinking plenty of water to refresh the water loss you lose through sweating, and dancing can be the perfect diet for anyone. As always, consult your physician before starting any rigorous exercise plan.


Another benefit of social dancing is you will meet a lot of people. If you are single, this is a great way to meet someone who enjoys dancing just as much as you do. If you are married, dancing can help build your relationship even stronger. By doing activities together such as dance instruction, you will help to make your relationship solid. Dancing may even save your marriage. You can learn all of the benefits of saving your relationship with dancing.

Whether you are practicing your dancing at home, at a dance studio or if you are out social dancing, you can wear sexy clothes. Wear sexy Salsa clothing and Salsa shoes or Latin dance shoes. Have fun with the clothing. Your spouse or significant other will appreciate your sexy clothing. The sexy dance clothing is also a way to build a strong relationship with your partner.


For more information on dance store items for a stronger relationship, please visit http://latindancestore.com/.

Learn To Dance Salsa, Jive, Samba, Rhumba, FoxTrot, Waltz, ChaCha, Tango and more with Louis van Amstel from 'dancing with the stars'

Learn To Dance Salsa, Jive, Samba, Rhumba, FoxTrot, Waltz, ChaCha, Tango and more with Louis van Amstel from 'dancing with the stars'

How Dancing Has Improved My Sexlife

It’s Friday; finally, it’s the weekend. The kids are out of clean socks and underwear, the refrigerator is empty, the house is a mess, one of our kitchen cupboards has been hanging on one hinge since Sunday and I still have to make time to help my daughter with her class project. Ah, time to relax; except that this weekend isn’t shaping up to be much in the way of relaxing.

My girlfriends are disgusted with me. They think that I’m crazy to be constantly working and doing things that they deem as being NO FUN.

Well, who can argue; let’s face it, they’re right. I don’t run my life, my life runs me! So in a moment of rebellion, and considering this momentous discovery, I grab a pen and paper and quickly write down all of the stuff I need to do and possible easy solutions:

• Kids have no clean underwear or socks – Solution = buy new ones on the way home from the office.


• Fridge is empty - Solution = order pizza


• Kitchen cupboard is falling off its hinges – Solution = take it off! (who needs cupboards anyway?). Note to myself: remove all cupboard doors!


• House is a mess – Solution = offer my daughter and her two girl friends movie tickets if they restore the house to some semblance of order.


• Daughters class project – Solution = after movie have all the girls work on their projects together.

Voila!!, I am FREE! I have time to do whatever I want. It takes me about half a second to decide what that is; I can finally take the dance lessons that I saw advertised on ABC News the other night “Louis Let’s Dance”. A bunch of my friends have signed up and are loving it; and the cool thing is, their husbands are enjoying it as well.

I can see it now, the lights turned down low, and the heady beat of Cha Cha music playing in the background… romance is definitely in the air. My man comes across the room to me, his arms open, inviting me into his strong embrace.

I slowly walk towards him, my dress swaying as I gently move my hips from side to side. He takes my hand, putting his behind me at the small of my back. Within a moment, he has my body tight up against his; he holds me possessively, like he will never let me go.

The music starts, the dance has begun. We move together across the dance floor; he spins me away from him, only to bring me back firmly, my body sliding up against his as together we twirl and grind and pump our bodies against one another, all to the hypnotic beat of the Rhumba.

I am breathless at the end of the dance. As I spin away from him, the music starts again this time it is the Salsa. Once again our bodies move together; with smiles on our faces and laughter in our hearts we masterfully meet the challenges of the dance.

As the song is about to reach its crescendo, I pull away from him and launch myself into his arms as he lifts me from the dance floor over his head in our triumph.

I have never felt so alive, as he gently brings me down from the top of the world, I softly wet my lips in anticipation for his kiss. I am so aroused I could burst; as our mouths draw nearer, I look into his eyes and …it is not my boyfriend.

I shake myself awake, realizing it was just a dream. I am still at work and my weekend of ease and adventure hasn’t even started yet.

Still reeling from the passion of my dream, and thoughts of my mysterious dance partner, I call my boyfriend and we plan a night to remember.

With the help of Emmy Nominated Choreographer, Louis van Amstel, best known for his 3 hit seasons on America's most popular dance show, 'Dancing with the Stars', my boyfriend and I have learned all of the most popular dance steps. We can now dance the Cha Cha, Salsa, Waltz, Tango, Sumba, Jive, Rumba and the Foxtrot.

I am happy to say that I no longer dream of my handsome stranger. My day dreams are once again filled with thoughts of my gorgeous boyfriend, as we renew our love, make new memories and keep the romance and passion alive.

Learning how to dance has helped us improve our sexlife, tone our bodies, and we have even been able to shed some of those unwanted pounds, and we are having fun while doing it.

Before long you too could be “Dancing like a Star”.

Learn Mambo, NY Style Salsa by Dominic and Khalila

Salsa Dancing ON2 or New York Style

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4 week series.  Classes close after 2nd session.

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Garden Grove Ca. 92841

714-638-5601

How Dancing Can Improve Your Relationship

It doesn't matter that I've seen this mid-80s silly hit 50 times—I always have to watch at least 2 of the dance scenes again. Not because I have to hear Johnny Castle (is that a great name or what?) say, "Nobody puts Baby in a corner" before he takes her hand and hauls her up on stage, although that line makes me laugh every single time I hear it.


No. I watch because, inside my heart, I believe with all my heart that I could learn those steps from Patrick Swayze, wear a sexy dress, and do a fantastic job with that final number. If you’re a woman reading this, you're nodding your head, saying, "Yes! Yes!" Any woman worth her spiked heeled strappy shoes would agree: There but for the grace of a good dance partner go I.


And for the MEN—what does Dirty Dancing do for them? They may laugh at Johnny's big line, but shouldn't a movie that has captivated so many women have something to say to men?


The teaching and the learning of the dance steps. The early challenges of Johnny and Baby’s partnership. The slow build, from the first time they show off in public at that nearby resort to the orgasmic scene where they put it all out for the world to see, is a road map for what women want. Dancing can improve your relationship.


What does Baby get from Johnny that makes her fall so hard? She gets what all women want from their lovers: patience, dedication, and decisiveness; confidence in themselves and their partners; the good sense to share the spotlight—and even step into the shadows occasionally—and, finally, strength.


Did Baby feel good about her first few turns around the room with Johnny? Not really. Did he believe he was realistically making a huge mistake? Yes. Does that sound like any of YOUR first dates? Or maybe the first few years of your marriage?


But they made it through the toe squishing and missed moves. Somewhere along the line, Johnny's patience as an instructor paid off. His confidence helped Baby improve her own natural abilities, and they became each other’s perfect partners.


And the climax of the whole thing, never-to-be-missed final scene? The lift! The scary, you-better-hold-on-tight-and-not-drop-me, I’m-not-sure-I-can-do-this lift! With grace, trust, and a look of pure joy, Baby throws herself into Johnny's waiting arms.


This is just an example of how dancing will improve your relationship. Try it. Give it some time, some patience and tolerance, show your partner your strengths and your weaknesses. This is guaranteed to work. My famous last line to all the hesitant, scared people that walk into my studio is, “Just get out there and do it, cry about it later.” Everyone ends up enjoying themselves, learning something fun and healthy.

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Learn Michael Jackson Thriller Routine for $5.00

Learn Thriller routine

Michael Jackson

October 28th. 8-9pm

Our very own Adverb from Serious Effect will be teaching the

Thriller Routine by Michael Jackson this Wednesday as a tribute to our King of Pop!!!!! Many of you don't know this but Adverb was one of the ORIGINAL Thriller dancers from the original video so many years ago. Adverb worked with Michael on several other dances also and is as distraught with his death as the rest of the world. Come and pay some tribute to our king with one of the original Michael Jackson Dancers.

Michael Jackson

Thriller Routine. Learn it for only $5.00

on $5.00 freestyle Wednesday.

Hip Hop with Eva at 7pm

Thriller with Adverb at 8pm.

All ages and dance levels are welcome. If you want to stay and learn more - you can perform at one of our upcoming parties.

Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas

The Bea Hive

9627 Chapman Ave

Garden Grove Ca. 92841

714-638-5601