Ballroom Basics
BeginnerWaltz, foxtrot and quickstep from the frame up.
Maria Bõkova · Tallinn
Let dance guide you lead
Latin and ballroom, from your first step to the competition floor. 20 years of professional career — and I still take the beginners course personally.
- International adjudicator
- 420 students a week
- Tartu mnt 14, Tallinn
Studio portrait to come
Who teaches you
Find your way to dance
Maria Bõkova
Founder & head coach · Latin
20 years of professional dance career. I grew up in competition halls and I teach the way I was taught: posture first, then rhythm, then the room disappears.
Most people arrive telling me they have no sense of rhythm. They are usually wrong — what they have is no vocabulary yet. My beginners course gives you 8 weeks, one partner-free hour a week, and enough steps to hold your own at any wedding in the country.
For couples preparing a first dance, and for competitive students, I coach one to one on the same floor, in the same room, with the same music.
- 2004First competition, aged nine, in Tallinn.
- 2012Estonian ballroom finalist; began teaching evening beginners courses.
- 2016Founded Via Dance and took over the floor on Tartu mnt.
- 20269 seasons of showcases, 420 students a week, still teaching the first-steps course myself.
What I teach
Group classes and one to one
Courses run in 8-week blocks. No partner needed — come alone or with a friend.
Latin Foundations
BeginnerCha-cha and rumba basics. Come alone or bring a friend.
Latin Technique
ImproverHip action, footwork and timing for your second year.
Showcase Rehearsal
AdvancedChoreography work for the seasonal showcase.
Wedding First Dance
All levelsA routine built for your song, your venue and your shoes.
Competition Coaching
AdvancedOne-to-one preparation with an adjudicator's eye.
“We booked two lessons for our wedding and stayed for the season. Maria corrects one thing at a time, and it holds.”
Prices
Pay per class or dance all month
Flex
No commitment
€19 / class
- Any group class
- Book up to 2 h before
- Free cancellation 12 h before
Most chosen
Unlimited
Most chosen by course students
€79 / month
- All group classes
- Practice floor access
- Showcase rehearsals
- Guest passes a season: 2
One to one
With me, not an assistant
€55 / 45 min
- Wedding first dance
- Competition coaching
- Scheduled around you
Write to me
Your first class is on me
Send me a note and I will put you in the next beginners block that fits your week.
- Tartu mnt 14, Tallinn
- +372 555 0148
- maria@viadance.ee
- Mon–Sat 16:00–21:30