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Throwback dance class girls trips, the routine you always wanted

Learn one routine to an old favourite, then perform it with total confidence. Pick the class, pick your city, and get this girls trip out of the group chat.

What it is
A dance class to songs from an earlier era
Make it a weekend
Pick your city, pick a weekend
Cities
Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Gold Coast
Weekends from
$399 per person, somewhere to stay included
Friends in pyjamas dancing in a circle on a bed with their hands joined up high

Why a throwback dance class works for a girls trip

You already know every word.

Your group has a song that sends everyone straight back to the same lounge room, years ago.

A throwback dance class takes that song and gives it a proper routine. Usually an instructor teaches it in small pieces, often to songs from the 90s or 2000s, and the group performs it together at the end.

Somebody will remember the film clip better than the instructor does.

The routine you made up years ago, finally done properly.

What a throwback dance class is like

One song, one routine, no shame.

A throwback dance class usually means an instructor, a studio and one routine to a song from an earlier era, taught in small pieces so everyone can keep up.

  1. Pick the era.

    Some studios let the group choose the song.

  2. Learn it in pieces.

    Eight counts at a time, with a lot of rewinding.

  3. The performance.

    Everyone together, with total commitment, filmed by nobody or everybody.

  4. A woman dancing against a pink backdrop, arms overhead and hair flying

    Then make it a weekend.

    Book it, then pick a girls weekend in your city, with somewhere to stay, the food, the drinks and where to next, already in an order that works.

Get this girls trip out of the group chat

Pick a weekend, pick your city.

Each is a whole girls weekend with somewhere to stay, the food, the drinks and where to next already in an order that works. Each city’s page has every other girls weekend there.

Prices are from, per person, for a minimum of six. Accommodation can cost more on busy dates such as school holidays, so we confirm the price for your exact dates.

Five friends cheering with drinks raised high from their booth on a big night out

Melbourne

Go on, give it a whirl

Spin City Escape

A private pole class with bubbly, dinner by the river, then a VIP booth at a glam laneway cocktail lounge with another bottle on ice.

From $399 per person, minimum of six

What’s included

  • Overnight accommodation in a chic city apartment
  • A private pole class with your instructor
  • Bubbles on arrival
  • Riverside dinner with bubbly and share plates
  • A VIP booth with a bottle of bubbly
The girls singing their hearts out under the karaoke lights

Sydney

Saving it for the key change

Karaoke Chaos

Bubbly by the water and dinner up on a rooftop warm everyone up, then a private karaoke suite with thousands of songs takes it from there.

From $449 per person, minimum of six

What’s included

  • Overnight accommodation in a chic city apartment
  • A bottle of bubbly at a waterfront bar
  • A discounted cocktail menu
  • Rooftop dinner with bubbles on arrival and share plates
  • A private karaoke suite just for your group
Three friends cheering their glasses toward the camera in the nightclub

Brisbane

A stampede for the dancefloor

Girls Claycation

A clay studio that’s all yours, share plates under a giant pink flamingo, then a booth reserved for a couple of hours with a bottle of bubbly poured all round.

From $449 per person, minimum of six

What’s included

  • Overnight accommodation in a chic city apartment
  • A clay workshop with your own host
  • Bubbles on arrival and share plates at a tropical garden bar
  • A VIP nightclub booth
  • A bottle of bubbly for the group
Two friends hugging cheek to cheek at the end of a big night out

Gold Coast

Places, everyone

Lights, Drinks, Action

Bubbly and share plates on the rooftop in the afternoon sun, seated tickets to the show, then a VIP booth at a retro nightclub with a round of shots and two drinks each.

From $479 per person, minimum of six

What’s included

  • Overnight accommodation in a chic coastal apartment
  • Bubbles on arrival and share plates at a rooftop beach club
  • Seated tickets with bubbly and hot finger food
  • Nightclub entry and a round of shots
  • A VIP booth for an hour and a half, with two drinks each

What kind of girls group a throwback dance class suits

The ones with a group song.

It suits the friends who still know the routine they made up years ago, and the one who’ll insist on doing the full film clip.

Three friends in sequins laughing together in front of a pink lounge and disco balls

The friends from way back.

A song from the era you met.

The non dancers.

Somebody shows you exactly what to do.

The music people.

Every song is one you already love.

Every age at the table.

From the twenty somethings to the friends who’ve been to every birthday since school.

A milestone birthday.

A song from the year it all started.

Friends from different chapters.

Everyone knows the chorus, wherever they came from.

What pairs well with a throwback dance class

Ideas with the same old favourites.

More dance ideas to stack onto the same weekend, each with its own page.

Karaoke

Everyone knows the words. Its own weekend in Sydney.

More on karaoke

Pole dancing

A class just for your group. Its own weekends in Melbourne and Sydney.

More on pole dancing

A VIP nightclub booth

Your own booth for the night. Its own weekends in every city.

More on nightclub booths

A twerk class

An hour of laughing at yourselves.

More on twerk classes

A burlesque class

Feathers and attitude.

More on burlesque classes

Line dancing

Boots on and steps for everyone.

More on line dancing

A girls night in

Pyjamas, grazing and the couch. Its own weekends in every city.

More on girls nights in

A male revue

Someone else on the stage. Its own weekends in every city.

More on male revues

Every cheeky girls weekend idea

Good to know about a throwback dance class for a girls trip

The small things the girls will ask about.

Making it a weekend

Book it separately, then pick a girls weekend in your city.

Skill level

Beginner classes usually start from scratch.

What to wear

Something you can move in. Matching outfits from the era are optional, but encouraged.

Photos

The final run through is worth filming. What goes on socials is the group’s call.

Throwback dance class girls trips, at a glance

What it is
A dance class to songs from an earlier era: an instructor, a studio and one routine.
Make it a weekend
Pick your city and a girls weekend, then book it separately.
Group size
From six of you. Fewer? Tell us how many when you check your dates.
Price
The weekends start from $399 per person, with somewhere to stay included. Accommodation can cost more on busy dates.
Who runs it
My Ultimate Girls Trip, part of My Ultimate, female founded in 2011.

Real girls trip reviews

In their own words, exactly as written.

Three young women in pyjamas tangled together in a hug, laughing, with city lights behind them

Somehow the weekend felt full and lazy at the same time.

I mean that as a massive compliment.

Rebecca W., 35
Three young women in robes, towel turbans and sheet masks pouting at the camera under palm trees

There is a whole folder in our chat called GIRLS TRIP with links dating back to 2023.

None of those trips happened.

This one did.

Isabella Marino, 27

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My Ultimate has been creating unforgettable girls weekends since 2011, so we know a thing or two about bringing the girls together.

  • 2011Female founded and still founder-led
  • Thousandsof My Ultimate celebrations every year
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  • IATAregistered and accredited under TIDS
  • All four citieswith a big night weekend
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Friends dancing together under a tree at sunset beside a picnic rug

A dance class, or a whole girls weekend

Learn the routine, then keep going.

Plenty of groups book a throwback dance class and have a brilliant hour. Then the song ends and everyone heads off in different directions.

A My Ultimate weekend is the whole thing in one booking: somewhere to stay, something to do built in, the food, the drinks and where to next, so the day turns into a weekend together.

Somewhere to stay, already in it.One living room for the getting ready, the debrief and the morning coffee.
One front door at the end of the night.Everyone heads home to the same place.
You’re in the photo.In the routine with the girls, not organising it.

Meet Nyree, who started My Ultimate in 2011

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Girls trip idea: a big night weekend. A pole class, a karaoke suite or a VIP booth, with somewhere to stay for all of us.

From $399pp. Who’s in?

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Throwback dance class girls trip questions

Asked a lot, answered here.

Still deciding? See what pairs well with a throwback dance class, or pick your city and see the weekends.

Can we do a throwback dance class on our girls trip?

Yes, book it separately and pick a girls weekend in your city to build the trip around. A good fit: pole dancing in Melbourne, karaoke in Sydney, a VIP booth in Brisbane and a male revue show and a booth on the Gold Coast.

What happens at a throwback dance class?

Usually an instructor teaches one routine to a song from an earlier era, often the 90s or 2000s, in small pieces, then the group performs it together.

Can we choose the song?

Some studios let the group choose. Check with the studio you book.

Do you need to be able to dance?

Not for a beginner class, where an instructor usually starts from the very first step.

How much are the weekends?

The weekends shown start from $399 per person, with somewhere to stay included. Accommodation can cost more on busy dates such as school holidays, so we confirm the price for your exact weekend when you check availability.

How many of us do we need?

Six for each of the weekends. Fewer than that? Let us know how many of you there are. We cater for groups of many sizes.