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Spice Girls Hen Party Dance Class Sheffield
A Spice Girls hen party dance class in Sheffield, inspired by the biggest girl group of the nineties and pitched squarely at a room that already knows every word. Everyone picks a Spice, the choreographer teaches the pointing, and the whole party ends up in one photograph. Held at a studio we hire in the city centre for a flat £175 across the ninety-minute workshop, or £150 if you only want the hour.
Check your date
Give us a weekend and we'll assign the Spices.
Nineties themes are among the first to lose their Saturday afternoons once summer arrives. Tell us roughly when the hen weekend falls and roughly how many hens there are, and the reply comes back with dates, a room and the total.
The Spice Girls class, mid-chorusWhere the class happens
Two rooms we hire in Sheffield city centre, or we come to you.
- Bailey Street, S1 4EHHired studio near West Street and the Devonshire Quarter
- Surrey Street, S1 2LGHired room beside the Peace Gardens and the Crucible
- Your own venueHouse, cottage or hotel space across Sheffield and the Peaks — clear the floor and we travel to you
Why this one never fails
Everyone in the room already has a Spice.
Ask a hen party who is which Spice and the argument is over in about forty seconds, because these five personas were assigned in a playground somewhere around 1997 and have never been reviewed since. That is the head start this theme has over almost anything else on our hen party dance class list: the group turns up already cast, already loud, already knowing the words. The choreography is a gift too. Nineties girl-group routines were built for television, which means big readable arm shapes, a lot of pointing, a fair amount of hair, and footwork that never gets complicated enough to lose anybody.
A Sheffield session usually opens with the chorus everybody can already half-do, then tidies it up until it looks deliberate rather than remembered. After that the choreographer adds a verse section with a bit more shape to it, and often a short solo pass where each Spice gets four counts of her own — optional, and quietly skipped by anyone who would rather not. Platform trainers, leopard print, a union-flag anything: all yours to bring, because we don't supply costumes, props or shoes. The tracks the routine hangs on are chosen with your group on the day, not promised in advance. If the party would rather roam the whole decade than stick with one band, the 90s class does exactly that, and Britney is the natural next stop for anyone who wants sharper pop choreography.
It works beautifully for parties in their thirties and forties, for mums who owned the tour programme, and for hen dos where the bride wants laughing rather than technique. It also makes a very good early-afternoon booking: ninety minutes in the city centre, then out past the Winter Garden with a group who have thoroughly warmed up. And if the wedding playlist is heading in the same direction, we teach first dances too, nineties pop included.
One price, the whole gang
What every hen gets for the £175.
Most nineties parties take the ninety minutes. Beyond the flat fee the only cost is hiring the room, which we find, price and put in front of you before anything is agreed.
What's included
- Professional dance instructor
- Spice Girls choreography built for your group
- All music and sound equipment
- Warm-up and cool-down
- Beginner-friendly instruction
- Photo and video opportunities
- Help picking the theme and the song
- Group coordination beforehand
- A spotlight moment for the bride
What you'll experience
- A Spice Girls routine put together around the songs your group shouts loudest
- Big television-sized arm shapes that read from the back of any room
- A verse-and-chorus structure taught in short repeats until it sticks
- Optional four-count solo passes, one per Spice, for whoever fancies one
- An instructor who spots the hen hiding at the back and gently fixes that
- A final full-speed run staged for the group photograph everyone wants
Perfect for
- A bride who has been Baby since primary school and will not be reassigned
- Hen dos where the average age of the group's music taste is about eleven
- Parties who want to sing along more than they want to sweat
- Groups of five or thirty-five — the casting stretches either way
- An afternoon slot before a night out around Devonshire Green
- Anyone who still owns platform trainers and has been waiting for an excuse
Ninety minutes, roughly
Chorus first, because everybody knows it.
Rather than start from nothing, this one starts from what the room can already do badly. The chorus goes on, everyone has a go, and the choreographer then takes that scruffy version and sharpens it — same shapes, cleaner timing, arms actually finishing where they are meant to. It is a fast confidence win and it means the group is performing something recognisable within about fifteen minutes of arriving.
The middle section adds a verse with more detail in it, plus the formation work that turns eleven hens milling about into an actual line-up. Solo passes come next if the party wants them, with the bride placed wherever she is happiest. The ninety-minute workshop leaves space to run the finished routine two or three times, film it properly and take the group shot at the end. Exactly how the time splits depends on how quickly your group picks things up, so treat this as the usual shape of a session rather than a promised order of play.
After the last chorus
What our nineties parties said.
Every one of us had a Spice within thirty seconds and there was no discussion about it. The routine was daft and brilliant and my sister has watched the video about forty times.
Booked for the bride, stayed for her mother-in-law, who turned out to be a phenomenal Scary.
We had a group with a couple of very reluctant dancers and the instructor never once made them feel like a problem. By the end they were at the front.
Loudest ninety minutes of my life. No regrets.
Spice Girls, answered
Questions before you book the nineties.
1Is the Spice Girls class an official or licensed event?
No — it is inspired by the group and the era, with no affiliation, endorsement or licence involved. What you are booking is a hen party dance workshop taught in that style. Everything else is our own choreography.
2Do we all have to pick a Spice for the class?
It usually happens on its own before we have even asked, but nobody is forced into a persona. The routine works perfectly well danced as one group, and plenty of parties skip the casting entirely. It only exists because most hens enjoy it.
3Which Spice Girls songs will the routine use?
We choose them with your group at the start of the session rather than setting a playlist weeks ahead. If there is one track the bride would be devastated to miss, flag it in the enquiry and the choreographer will build towards it. Nothing is guaranteed until the day itself.
4Do you supply nineties outfits or platform trainers?
We don't supply costumes, props or shoes for any of our themes, so leopard print, sports kit and anything union-flag-shaped is for your group to arrange. Most hens dance in leggings and trainers and save the outfit for the photographs afterwards.
5What does a Spice Girls hen party class cost?
One flat fee for everybody: £175 for the ninety-minute workshop or £150 for the hour, with venue hire added on top and quoted with your date. It makes no difference whether eight hens turn up or twenty-eight.
6Do you come to us, or is the Spice Girls class held in a studio?
Both are possible. The two rooms we hire are Bailey Street (S1 4EH) and Surrey Street (S1 2LG); we confirm which when you book. The usual arrangement is a studio we hire in Sheffield city centre, a few minutes from the station, confirmed once your date is agreed. If the party has booked a house together — in the city or out towards the Peak District — we will happily bring the class there, provided there is enough clear floor for everyone.