ISTD dinner dance 2012

Posted on August 5, 2011

After 15 years at the London Lancaster Hotel, the annual dinner dance of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD), which will take place next year on March 18, 2012, moves to a new venue, the Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel.

The event celebrates the achievements of the ISTD teachers, and includes dinner, an awards ceremony, musical entertainment, dancing and cabaret, which, in 2012, will be performed by World Professional Latin Champions, Michael Malitowski and Joanna Leunis (pictured).

The Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel is located close to Oxford Circus and Bond Street tube stations. It has recently undergone a multi-million pound renovation and the dinner dance event will be held in its Westminster Ballroom, one of the largest pillar-free venues in London, with seating for up to 550 guests.

Photograph © Ron Self

Nicola Rayner

Nicola Rayner was editor of Dance Today from 2010 to 2015. She has written for a number of publications including The Guardian, The Independent and Time Out Buenos Aires, where she cut her teeth as a dance journalist working on the tango section. Today she continues to dance everything from ballroom to breakdance, with varying degrees of success. Her debut novel, The Girl Before You, was published last year in paperback, ebook and audiobook.