Double or Nothing Two-Step · Austin, Texas

Austin Corporate Team Building Dance Lessons

By Vanessa Vaught, Double or Nothing Two-Step · Austin Chronicle Best Two-Stepping Lessons

Your team building event doesn't have to involve trust falls. Two-step is the Austin-specific, genuinely fun group activity that gets your engineers dancing with your sales team and your VPs laughing with your interns. Plus nobody has to do a "name three things you're grateful for" icebreaker.

A corporate team building line dance lesson - hotel ballroom event with cowboy hats and yellow bandanas.

Why two-step for corporate events

Corporate team building usually fails for one of two reasons: it's either too forced (awkward icebreakers, trust exercises nobody enjoys) or too passive (dinners, happy hours where the same four people talk to each other). Two-step lands in the middle. Everyone participates. Nobody gets graded. Status hierarchies evaporate when the intern is better at following than the CEO.

And for visiting teams: there is no more "Austin" team activity. Your out-of-town attendees will tell this story for years.

Event types we run for corporate clients

Quarterly team offsites — 60-90 minute lesson as part of a larger program
SXSW activation events — High-energy kickoffs and wrap parties
Conference welcome receptions — Giving attendees an Austin experience their first night in town
Holiday parties — Replace the same-as-always corporate holiday format with something memorable
Executive retreats — Small, focused lessons at rented venues or private homes
All-hands company events — Groups of 100-400+ with multiple instructor teams
New-hire onboarding events — Quarterly "welcome class" cohort activities

What HR needs to know

Liability insurance: We carry a $2M general liability policy. Certificates of insurance available on request.
Vendor compliance: W-9s, COIs, and PO numbers. We've worked with Fortune 500 companies and startups.
Accessibility: Our lessons are designed to be inclusive of different physical abilities. We work with anyone who wants to dance.
Dietary / accessibility accommodations: We don't provide food but we're happy to coordinate with your caterer and event planner.
Payment terms: Standard corporate invoicing (Net 30) or credit card.

See us in action

The Blanton Museum of Art closed out their Summer Dance Series with two-step lessons and live music from Aaron McDonnell. A few hundred museum visitors - some in boots, some in sneakers, some in sandals - all on the dance floor together.

Double or Nothing teaching at the Blanton Museum of Art Summer Dance Series.

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Typical program structure

60-minute corporate lesson

10 min — Welcome, foundation, frame and count
20 min — Basic step with rotating partners (breaks up cliques)
20 min — A couple of fun moves (spins, turns, dips if the group is into it)
10 min — Free dance party with live DJ or playlist

90-minute lesson (our most popular)

Same as above but with more time for practice, partner rotation, and a longer free-dance finale. This is the sweet spot for groups that want more than just a taste.

Pricing

Corporate events are priced based on group size, location, duration, and number of instructors. Typical ranges:

15-40 attendees, 60-90 min: $500-$900
40-100 attendees, 90 min, 2 instructors: $900-$1,800
100+ attendees, multi-instructor team: Custom quote
Multi-day retreat programming: Custom quote

Austin venues we know well for corporate events

We've run corporate lessons at the Driskill, Hotel Van Zandt, Fairmont, the Line, the Long Center, the Austin Chamber, Brazos Hall, and plenty of private offices and coworking spaces. If you're picking a venue and want advice on what works best for a group lesson, just ask - we've seen what works.

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