Dance classes fall into three main groups:

• Children's dance classes, in which children between the ages of 5 and 15 are taught. Common dance styles for children's dance include ballet, jazz dance, tap dancing and Irish dancing or other folk dancing. Children's dance classes sometimes have parents in attendance, but are more likely to be used as constructive babysitters by the majority of parents.
• Social dancing where the primary objective is to meet people. Common dance styles include line dancing, swing dancing, ballroom dancing, Latin dancing, Ceroc etc. Much effort is spent generating and maintaining a low level of sexual tension.
• Dance as sport or dance as fitness. Common dance styles include ballroom dancing, Latin dancing (often these are called DanceSport), Aerobics etc. Aerobics are effectively the bottom end of the range and offer very simple repetitive movement to a simple rhythm and the other end of the range is competition DanceSport, Tango and Latin dancers whose performances are exercises in grace, beauty and physical sexual innuendo.