The Art Of Social Dancing
A wellbeing course for forró dancers, where you learn to set healthy boundaries, quiet performance anxiety and find more joy in this beautiful dance.
Social dancing should be about having fun, not pleasing others
The Art of Social Dancing is a 4-hour live online workshop via Zoom designed to help you stop overthinking, better handle challenging situations, and dare to be your authentic self when dancing. Trade your performance anxiety for real presence and discover a deeper, more joyful experience on the dance floor.
Sounds familiar?
→ A bad dance can ruin your night
→ You forget to be present and end up “in your head” while dancing
→ You feel uncomfortable in a dance, but you don’t know how to communicate it
→ You compare yourself to others
→ You worry about making mistakes and breaking unwritten rules
Don’t worry - We provide you with the tools to better handle challenging situations!
Pontus Hildebrand
Over the years, I have participated in many hours of forró workshops where we have learned about steps, styling, musicality and other things related to dance technique. Very rarely however, have we talked about how to navigate the challenges that one might face in the complex environment that is a social dance floor.
Dancing can be a fantastic experience (in fact, it is one of the things I enjoy doing the most in life), but it can also generate self-doubt, self-hatred, discomfort and anxiety. Some challenges that I have faced, I have learned to handle by talking and reflecting with my dance friends. Others I have combatted by applying learnings from previous experiences and methods from psychology. I strongly believe that this knowledge could benefit more dancers to overcome their struggles even quicker than I did, that is what made me want to create this course.
I draw my learnings manly from my studies in positive psychology and experience as a forró dancer, but also from martial arts, people management, surfing, philosophy and mindfulness practices.
Sandra Mircevska
I’ve always loved dancing. I tried social dancing over and over through the years, but something always stopped me from sticking with it. It wasn't that I didn't enjoy it, it was the mental hurdles, perfectionism, and need for approval getting in my way. I had to figure out how to clear those blocks myself.
It was specifically the combination of tools from my studies in positive psychology and happiness research, my years of yoga practice, and my background as a certified yoga and mindfulness teacher that finally helped me keep dancing and feel so much better on the dance floor.
It makes me sad that so many people miss out on the pure joy of dancing, or quit entirely, simply because of fear, self-doubt, or invisible pressures. When I looked around, I couldn't really find any courses addressing this side of it. That is why I'm a part of building this. I want to clear away those barriers so you don't have to figure it out alone, and can actually experience the safety, freedom, and pure fun of the dance floor.
Learning objectives
We have picked together proven methods and techniques that will help you to prepare for a night of dancing, or perhaps going to a festival. You will learn:
How to shift your mindset to somethings that serves you rather than limits you
How to make peace with and experience less negative emotions
How to break free from negative thought patterns
How to communicate boundaries in a respectful way
Taken together, this can be summed up in our overarching goal for the course:
To give you more freedom in order to have more fun!
Saturday November 21st, 2026 | 10.00 – 14.00 CEST (Stockholm time)
