| So just what is Ceroc ?
Ceroc (pronounced "sir-roc") is the largest and fastest growing modern jive organisation in the UK. Modern Jive is a fusion of Jive and Salsa and can be danced to Jive, Top 20, blues, swing, rock & roll and nightclub music (you can do it to anything with a good dance beat). The idea is that you can learn a partner dance that you can dance at parties and nightclubs. Having a partner is not necessary, as we swap everyone around during classes. You can wear whatever you feel most comfortable in. Beginners classes are run every week. A new routine is taught in each class each night. You can do any beginners class each week - or more than one if you want to learn quickly. No harm is done if you miss a week Depending on the personality, it takes about 6 weeks for the ladies to start to feel confident in freestyle, the men usually take a little longer.
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| Who can learn to dance with Ceroc?
Just about anyone who is reasonably healthy. We warmly welcome people with no dance experience. Our classes are designed to be easy and fun to learn, and if you have 2 left feet it's no problem, we'll just get you to swap one with someone who has two right ones! If you are an experienced dancer please try a beginners class first and consult your teacher about moving up to intermediate. To learn to dance at Ceroc you don't need experience or a partner - just a willingness to have fun with it. It is an easy dance to learn, as it has little footwork to concentrate on. Before long you will find that you can dance and have fun almost anywhere to almost any music!
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Anyone dancing at a Ceroc-Middlesbrough event is required to be a member of the national Ceroc organsation.
Membership is open to everyone over 18.
The "small print" from our membership forms is below....
In consideration of your being granted Ceroc membership and being issued with a membership card in respect thereof by Ceroc Enterprises Ltd (“Company”) or by any Franchisee acting for the purposes hereof, as agent for the Company, you hereby agree:
1. Company shall be entitled at any time to refuse you admission at any premises at which Ceroc dance classes or a Ceroc function ( "Ceroc Event", " Ceroc Night") of any nature is being held (“Ceroc Venue”).
2. Without prejudice to your statutory rights in respect of death or personal injury occasioned by an act of negligence by any officer or employee of the Company in the course of its business, neither Company nor its directors accept responsibility for loss of any nature suffered by you at a Ceroc venue.
3. You acknowledge the sole and exclusive rights of Company in the name and marks ‘Ceroc’ and in the Ceroc logo and agree not to utilise in the course of trade howsoever the name Ceroc or Ceroc logo on any occasion whatsoever.
4. You acknowledge and agree that Company is possessed of detailed technical and confidential information concerning the dance ‘Ceroc’ (and the steps, technique, style, and method of teaching used or employed at Ceroc events on Ceroc nights or otherwise) thereof) and that the instruction and information given in Ceroc dance classes includes such information and that you will not at any time hereafter disclose any said information to any third party for commercial purpose or useage or otherwise use commercially use commercially the said instruction and information.
5. Without prejudice to the generality of Clause 4 above and for the purposes of furtherance of the said agreement as to confidentiality you agree that (notwithstanding that you use a different title) you shall not during membership or for a period of 24 months from cessation howsoever of membership in the United Kingdom teach, publish or broadcast for commercial gain or otherwise the method of the dance described by us as Ceroc to any third party.
6. You agree that you shall not approach Ceroc members with a view to encouraging or procuring them to attend any dance function and alternatively dance class of whatsoever nature being held by you or your principal for which an admission fee (howsoever described) is payable.
7. If any part of this agreement or the application thereof to any person shall for any reason be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid such judgement shall not affect the remainder of this agreement which shall continue in full force and effect.