Skyllamas Performing Arts Center

Ballroom lessons in North Jersey

Learn to dance with two professionals who still love the floor.

Private lessons with Slawek Roszak and Denise Sobiewski, professional ballroom dancers, coaches and adjudicators. Couples, singles, wedding first dances, kids and competitors.

Teaching at Studio K (Garfield), Confidance (Morris Plains) and Starlight Dance Studio (Nutley).

Slawek Roszak and Denise Sobiewski dancing a ballroom standard routine, Denise in a flowing blue gown
Photo: Ryan Kenner Photography
Slawek and Denise mid-turn in a ballroom standard dance at a competition

Who teaches you

Slawek & Denise

Slawek trained in Poland, competed professionally in the United States from 2010 and now coaches, choreographs and judges. Denise came to ballroom from ballet, jazz and gymnastics, taught for years with Arthur Murray and specializes in American Smooth and Rhythm.

As a couple they won the Rising Star Professional Smooth title at the 2016 Caribbean Dancesport Classic. Both are certified adjudicators, so they teach with the judge’s eye as well as the dancer’s.

How it works

Simple from the first message.

  1. Send a request. Tell us what you’d like, which studio suits you and when you’re free.
  2. We confirm. Slawek or Denise replies to agree the time and studio. Every lesson is confirmed personally; nothing is booked automatically.
  3. Dance. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes that turn easily. We’ll take it from there.

Acting classes

Acting is taking a short intermission.

Our acting groups with in-house coach Christina Cruz are paused while we gather enough students for the next one. Join the waitlist and we’ll start a group as soon as it’s full.

Join the acting waitlist