What is Ardour Academy

Ardour Academy is a not-for-profit organisation located in Cardiff, Wales, dedicated to connecting people through the arts. We offer a diverse range of classes and events, fostering creativity and a sense of community.

Why try contemporary dance?

It is a fun way to keep fit, achieve flexibility, meet new people and learn technique and phrases in a welcoming environment.

Tell me more about your connection to the BSL community

We have a strong connection with the British Sign Language (BSL) community and offer BSL-interpreted events and classes to ensure that our programs are accessible to the deaf and hard of hearing. If you require BSL interpretation, please let us know in advance.

How does Ardour Academy support the LGBTQ+ community

Ardour Academy is committed to creating a welcoming and supportive environment for the LGBTQ+ community. We offer LGBTQ+ inclusive events and work continuously to promote diversity and inclusion.

What should I do if I have additional questions or need assistance

If you have any more questions or need assistance with anything related to Ardour Academy, please reach out to our friendly team via email or phone. We’re here to help and ensure you have a fantastic experience with us!

What kind of classes and events do you offer

We offer a wide variety of classes and events, including but not limited to dance, theater, visual arts, and music. Our schedule is diverse to cater to all interests and skill levels.

Do you offer any scholarships or discounts

We believe in making the arts accessible to everyone. Depending on funding and availability, we may offer scholarships or discounts. Please contact us for more information.

What is contemporary dance?

Contemporary is rebellious by nature! It was created as a reaction to the rigid rules of ballet and other genres of dance. It is expressive, and inspired by various dance styles but most importantly it allows for your own unique interpretation of a move.

Who can attend Ardour Academy’s classes and events

Everyone is welcome at Ardour Academy! We are proud of our inclusive environment and encourage people of all backgrounds and abilities to join us.

Are your classes suitable for beginners

Absolutely! Many of our classes are designed to accommodate beginners and those with varying levels of experience. Be sure to check the class descriptions for more information.

How can I stay updated with Ardour Academy’s schedule and news

You can stay up to date by subscribing to our newsletter, or connecting with us on Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn. We regularly post updates on our classes, events, and other exciting news.

What should I do if I have additional questions or need assistance

If you have any more questions or need assistance with anything related to Ardour Academy, please reach out to our friendly team via email or phone. We’re here to help and ensure you have a fantastic experience with us!

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Classes & Events Timetable

Sat

International Dance Day. Sat
We are celebrating International Dance Day with a fun-packed day at Ardour Academy.

Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK
Zumba Sat 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Facilitator: Monika
BSL Communication support Available

Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK
Belly Dance Sat 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Facilitator: Laura
BSL Communication support Available

Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK
Lunch Break Sat 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Our café will serve hot and cold drinks, but we recommend bringing a pack lunch

Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK
Modern persian Dance Sat 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Facilitator: Lillie and Sara
BSL Communication support Available

Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK
Latin Beats & Salsa footwork Sat 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Facilitator: Alexa
BSL Communication support Available

Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK
Afro-Dance Sat 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Facilitator: Plamedi
BSL Communication support Available

Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK
Shimmy, mingle & party Sat 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Grab a drink, Chat, dance and ask questions

Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK

Sun

Private Booking. Sun
Room and Venue Hire information.

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Mon

Butterfly Soup 2024 Mon 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
BfS 2024 : Creative Queer Meet-ups
We are proud to announce that we have received funding again to offer our amazing “Butterfly Soup” Project.

Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE.

Tue

Yoga Tue 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Improvers level with Danielle

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Slow Commercial Choreography class Tue 7:45 PM - 9:15 PM
Dance class with Alexa
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Wed

Donation-based Yoga Wed 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Grounding Yoga and Mindfulness at 6PM.

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Salsa Dance Class Wed 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Open Salsa Dance classes with Guest Teacher.

Thu

Belly Dancing Thu 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Classes with Laura

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Fri

Afro Dance Fri 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Afro-Dance with Plamedi.

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FAQ: Where is Ardour Academy located

Our address is on Wellfield Road, right in the heart of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. You can find detailed directions HERE on our website.
We are unfortunately not wheelchair accessible at the moment and working hard to change this in the future.
We do however run some of our sessions in wheelchair assessable locations, and off live streaming of some of our classes/events. Please get in touch if you wish to discuss accessibility.

Calendar

	April 2024
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
1	2 Yoga Yoga Tue 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Improvers level with Danielle Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE. •	3 Donation-based Yoga Donation-based Yoga Wed 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Grounding Yoga and Mindfulness at 6PM. Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE. Drawing & Crafts Course Drawing & Crafts Course Wed 7:15 PM - 8:15 PM Spring Plushies: 4-week Drawing & Crafts Course with Caroline Richards Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK Beginners Salsa Course Beginners Salsa Course Wed 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM 6-week beginners Salsa course. Salsa Dance Class Salsa Dance Class Wed 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM Open Salsa Dance classes with Guest Teacher. • • • •	4 Tango Course Tango Course Thu 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Beginners Argentine Tango. You do not need a partner Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK Belly Dancing Belly Dancing Thu 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM Classes with Laura Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK • •	5 Afro Dance Afro Dance Fri 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Afro-Dance with Plamedi. Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE. •	6	7 Private Booking. Private Booking. Sun Room and Venue Hire information. Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE. •
8 Butterfly Soup session with Cai Butterfly Soup session with Cai Mon 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Moving through: a Butterfly Soup session with Cai Tomos We are proud to announce that we have received funding again to offer our amazing “Butterfly Soup” Project. Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE. •	9 Yoga Yoga Tue 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Improvers level with Danielle Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE. Slow Commercial Choreography class Slow Commercial Choreography class Tue 7:45 PM - 9:15 PM Dance class with Alexa - Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE. • •	10 Donation-based Yoga Donation-based Yoga Wed 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Grounding Yoga and Mindfulness at 6PM. Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE. Drawing & Crafts Course Drawing & Crafts Course Wed 7:15 PM - 8:15 PM Spring Plushies: 4-week Drawing & Crafts Course with Caroline Richards Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK Beginners Salsa Course Beginners Salsa Course Wed 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM 6-week beginners Salsa course. Salsa Dance Class Salsa Dance Class Wed 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM Open Salsa Dance classes with Guest Teacher. Today's guest teacher is Andy. • • • •	11 Tango Course Tango Course Thu 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Beginners Argentine Tango. You do not need a partner Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK Belly Dancing Belly Dancing Thu 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM Classes with Laura Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK • •	12 Afro Dance Afro Dance Fri 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Afro-Dance with Plamedi. Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE. •	13	14 Private Booking. Private Booking. Sun Room and Venue Hire information. Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE. •
15 Butterfly Soup 2024 Butterfly Soup 2024 Mon 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM BfS 2024 : Creative Queer Meet-ups We are proud to announce that we have received funding again to offer our amazing “Butterfly Soup” Project. Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE. •	16 Yoga Yoga Tue 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Improvers level with Danielle Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE. Slow Commercial Choreography class Slow Commercial Choreography class Tue 7:45 PM - 9:15 PM Dance class with Alexa - Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE. • •	17 Donation-based Yoga Donation-based Yoga Wed 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Grounding Yoga and Mindfulness at 6PM. Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE. Drawing & Crafts Course Drawing & Crafts Course Wed 7:15 PM - 8:15 PM Spring Plushies: 4-week Drawing & Crafts Course with Caroline Richards Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK • •	18 Tango Course Tango Course Thu 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Beginners Argentine Tango. You do not need a partner Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK Belly Dancing Belly Dancing Thu 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM Classes with Laura Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK Jazz Jam Jazz Jam Thu 8:30 PM - 11:00 PM Jazz Jam with Julian Martin & friends (ONCE A MONTH) • • •	19 Afro Dance Afro Dance Fri 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Afro-Dance with Plamedi. Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE. •	20	21 Private Booking. Private Booking. Sun Room and Venue Hire information. Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE. •
22 Butterfly Soup 2024 Butterfly Soup 2024 Mon 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM BfS 2024 : Creative Queer Meet-ups We are proud to announce that we have received funding again to offer our amazing “Butterfly Soup” Project. Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE. •	23 Yoga Yoga Tue 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Improvers level with Danielle Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE. Slow Commercial Choreography class Slow Commercial Choreography class Tue 7:45 PM - 9:15 PM Dance class with Alexa - Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE. • •	24 Donation-based Yoga Donation-based Yoga Wed 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Grounding Yoga and Mindfulness at 6PM. Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE. Drawing & Crafts Course Drawing & Crafts Course Wed 7:15 PM - 8:15 PM Spring Plushies: 4-week Drawing & Crafts Course with Caroline Richards Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK Beginners Salsa Course Beginners Salsa Course Wed 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM 6-week beginners Salsa course. Salsa Dance Class Salsa Dance Class Wed 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM Open Salsa Dance classes with Guest Teacher. • • • •	25 Tango Course Tango Course Thu 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Beginners Argentine Tango. You do not need a partner Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK Tango Cafe Tango Cafe Thu 8:30 PM - 11:00 PM See Tango Cafe for details. The last Thursday of the month. 8:30pm until 11pm Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE. • •	26 Afro Dance Afro Dance Fri 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Afro-Dance with Plamedi. Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE. •	27 International Dance Day. International Dance Day. Sat We are celebrating International Dance Day with a fun-packed day at Ardour Academy. Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK Zumba Zumba Sat 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Facilitator: Monika BSL Communication support Available Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK Belly Dance Belly Dance Sat 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Facilitator: Laura BSL Communication support Available Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK Lunch Break Lunch Break Sat 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Our café will serve hot and cold drinks, but we recommend bringing a pack lunch Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK Modern persian Dance Modern persian Dance Sat 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Facilitator: Lillie and Sara BSL Communication support Available Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK Latin Beats & Salsa footwork Latin Beats & Salsa footwork Sat 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Facilitator: Alexa BSL Communication support Available Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK Afro-Dance Afro-Dance Sat 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Facilitator: Plamedi BSL Communication support Available Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK Shimmy, mingle & party Shimmy, mingle & party Sat 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Grab a drink, Chat, dance and ask questions Ardour Academy, Units 14 and 15, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff CF24 3PE, UK • • • • • • • •	28 Private Booking. Private Booking. Sun Room and Venue Hire information. Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE. •
29 Butterfly Soup 2024 Butterfly Soup 2024 Mon 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM BfS 2024 : Creative Queer Meet-ups We are proud to announce that we have received funding again to offer our amazing “Butterfly Soup” Project. Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE. •	30 Yoga Yoga Tue 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Improvers level with Danielle Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE. Slow Commercial Choreography class Slow Commercial Choreography class Tue 7:45 PM - 9:15 PM Dance class with Alexa - Ardour Academy, CF24 3PE. • •

FAQ: How can I register for classes and events

To register for our classes and events, look thro our timetable and select the specific class or event you’re interested in. You’ll find registration information and payment options there.

Welcome to Ardour Academy

There is a beautiful coffee shop/bar attached, where we will look after your Soul. There will also be a number of well-being courses and retreat days so keep an eye out on our Events page.

Events with Salsa, Bachata and Kizomba will also be held as “pop-up workshops”, tailored towards technique and musicality. These workshops will be posted on our Facebook Events Page.

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They are based in the capital city of Wales. In the heart of Cardiff on Wellfield Road.
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