To All Dance Forums Members: Help Me with the Directory

[DanceMentor]

Hello Everyone,

I wanted to ask for your help. Please help me add some sites the the Dance Forums Dance Directory. I want to help this to become a better and better resource. I have some things I will be doing to make it better.

Please do the following:
Find one dance studio in your area (or even another dance site that should be included), and post the...
Title
URL (the website address)
Description (1 or 2 sentences)

For a limited time, you have permission to post links in this forum, but I will be deleting your post (or at least the link) after I add it to the directory.

If somebody really goes wild and helps in a big way, I might even try to find a way to award a cool prize.

If everyone could just take 5 minutes to help, it will really make a big difference.
Thanks in advance for your help! :D

[peachexploration]

Salsa Heat Dance Studios
www.SalsaOrlando.Com
Specializing in Casino/Casino Rueda Style Salsa.
Mike Barbieri, Director
Orlando, Florida

Dance Addiction
www.dance-addiction.com
Specializing in Ballroom and Latin, LA Style Salsa
Juliet McMains, Director
Orlando, Florida

[Spitfire]

The Tucson Swing Dance Club
http://www.tsdc.net/default.asp
News and info for West Coast Swing in Tucson, Ariz.

USABDA Southern Arizona Chapter
http://www.dancetucson.com/usabda/index.html
News and info on USABDA events in Tucson, Ariz.

[DanceMentor]

Whoa! This is great. You guys know so much better than I do what is cool in YOUR area. All of the above have been added. Please keep them coming.

[Spitfire]

OK Mentor; here's some for my fave out of town dancing that I don't see in the directory.

Orion Ballroom
http://orionballroom.com/
Kirkland, WA
(They have moved to a new location)

Century Ballroom
http://www.centuryballroom.com/
Downtown Seattle's Swing and Salsa hotspot.

[LindyQuest]

Whoops - I had duplicated this e-mail...disregard...

[LindyQuest]

The Arizona Swing Network
http://www.azswingnetwork.com/
Phoenix, AZ
Lindy and ECS

Greater Phoenix Swing Dance Club
http://www.gpsdc.org/Portal/
Phoenix, AZ
WCS

[tsb]

here are some places i've either worked with and/or studied with:

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the dance family studio (ballroom, swing, salsa, tango)
pasadena, ca

http://www.thedancefamily.com/
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michael kuka (ballroom)
hollywood, ca

http://www.danceman.net/
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pasadena ballroom dance association
pasadena, ca

http://pasadenaballroomdance.com/
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ps. 30:11 school of dance
long beach, ca

http://invitation.to/dance/mainmenu.htm
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albert torres - salsa event promoter

http://alberttorresevents.com/home.htm
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edie the salsafreak (salsa)

http://www.dancefreak.com/
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laura powell (latin/salsa)
pasadena, ca

http://www.latindancepros.com/
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doug silton (lindy)

http://www.dougsilton.com/about/
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lindygroove
pasadena, ca

http://www.lindygroove.com/index.html
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roscoe farnsworth (swing-lindy)
instructor at The Derby, Hollywood, ca

http://www.roscoes-rascals.com/
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felix chavez (argentine tango)
(glendale?) s. ca

http://felixdance.com/
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mark celaya (argentine tango)
s. ca

http://www.classictango.com/index.html
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sonny watson (WCS)
reseda, ca

http://www.streetswing.com/
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let's dance LA (ballroom, salsa, wcs/hustle, etc.)
alhambra, ca

http://www.letsdancela.com/
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[DanceMentor]

Wow, that was a lot of links...all done.
We're making great progress...thanks a lot!

[MacMoto]

Salsaholics Anonymous
http://www.salsaholics.co.uk
Definitive guide to the Salsa scene in Scotland.

Edinburgh Tango Society
http://www.edinburghtango.org.uk/
The ETS promotes tango events in Edinburgh and surrounding cities, and organises workshops, practices and dances.

Dance Base
http://www.dancebase.co.uk
The national centre for dance in Scotland, providing over 100 classes in over 40 different forms of dance in Edinburgh.

[squirrel]

SalsaGalaxy School
www.salsagalaxy.com (Both English and Romanian)
LA style and Miami Rueda de Casino! Lots of pictures, videos and other interesting topics

Salsa in Cluj!
www.salsaclub.ro (in Romanian only)
The site of the Cluj Salsa dancers!

Romanian Dance Sport Federation
www.dancesport.ro (both English and Romanian)
The official site of the Romanian Ballroom Dance Federation

Hobby Dance School
www.hobbydance.ro (both English and Romanian)
Ballroom dance school

Pasi in doi School
www.pasindoi.ro (in Romanian only)
Ballroom dance school

Impetus School
www.impetus.ro (both English and Romanian)
Ballroom dance school

Wilmark Academia de Baile
www.latino.ro (in Romanian only)
Colombian - Style! Still under construction

Latin Rhythms School
www.salsitos.com (both English and Romanian)
LA Style! Pictures and videos

Let's Dance School
www.letsdance.ro (in Romanian only)
Ballroom Dance

[Spitfire]

Two from San Diego.

Impulse Ballroom
http://www.impulseballroom.com/
Features two large dance floors


Innovations
http://www.innovationsdance.org/
San Diego West Coast Swing

[etchuck]

Hmmm...

In Raleigh NC:
A Step to Gold Ballroom (now advertising acting lessons :?: )
http://www.asteptogold.com
All styles of dancing, with active program for families

In Durham NC
Carolina Dancesport
http://www.carolinadancesport.com
Ballroom and club/western

Music and Dance Productions
http://www.musicanddance.com/
Swing dance group, including the Swingalings' pages

Triangle Swing Dance Society
http://www.triangleswingdance.org/

Montas International Lounge
http://www.montaslounge.com
Salsa dancing

Triangle USABDA chapter
http://www.triangleusabda.com

Tangophilia
http://www.tangophilia.com
Argentine Tango

Triangle Vintage Dance
http://www.trianglevintagedance.com/

[10Dancer]

A few from Maryland:

http://www.atlanticballroom.com
Mostly International Standard and Latin
Website gives all the info. Owned by the US National 10-Dance Champs.

http://www.mddancesport.com/
Great social ballroom in Maryland. They also have a bunch of good independent coaches and visiting coaches from NY on a regular basis. Can learn all styles here. Most of the visiting coaches are Int. Standard and Latin.

http://www.chevychaseballroom.com/
http://www.dcdancenet.com/chevychaseballroom/
Owned by Ron Bennett. All styles here from International to American to Salsa and Argentine Tango.

[cl5814]

A few from VA/MD area

Dance Factory
Arlington, VA
3 weekend dances. Friday night dance includes 2 group lessons. Relatively small dance floor.
http://www.dancefactory.com

Dance Lioudmilla
Alexandria, VA
Saturday night dance with free group lesson. Huge floor.
http://www.dancelioudmila.com/

Bethesda Dance Studio
Bethesda, MD
http://www.bethesdadancestudio.com/

Virginia BAllroom
http://www.virginiaballroom.com/
Dancing every saturday night.

Du-Shor Studio
http://www.dcdancenet.com/du-shorstudio/index.shtml
Bethesda, MD
Frequent visits by coaches

[Phil Owl]

Atlanta GA:


Dance City Ballroom
www.dancecityballroom.com/

DCB holds group classes and general dances throughout the month. Check our calendar for more information (USABDA holds a monthly dance here too)


Atlanta Ballroom Dance Centre
www.atlantadancecentre.com/

The Atlanta Ballroom Dance Centre has two of the largest ballrooms in Atlanta and 24 certified staff members to serve your dancing needs! And our Parties are always open to the public!!! We are open seven days a week. We also have distributors for Showtime Dance Shoes and Chrisanne ballgowns on our premises.

Hope this helps some

[Genesius Redux]

In Nashville:

Dance World (off I-40E at Fessler's Lane) 615-726-8899

http://www.danceworldtn.com/

Top notch ballroom instruction, Saturday parties, group lessons every night, and private instruction and coachings. They are planning to move into a new space with a huge ballroom. Especially if you're a serious competitor who thrives best in a super-friendly atmosphere, this is the place for you. Getting ready to celebrate their two year anniversary! American, International, and more.

Dance Discovery (near I-24 at Harding Place) 615-834-7171 or 615-331-8151

http://www.dance-discovery.com

They host a wide variety of group lessons on Monday through Thursday, ranging from Ballroom, Latin, Swing, Country Western, Hip Hop and Adult Tap and Jazz, plus a free group lesson before their weekly dance on Fridays. The pre-dance lesson covers some "Fun" variations in 2 different dances each week.

Music City Motion (Bellvue Center Mall) 615-491-6419

Devoted to varieties of Swing, Lindy, and Charleston. Group, private, workshops, and weekly dances.

http://www.musiccitymotion.com

These are my selective recommendations....

Cheers,

Genesius

[cl5814]

South Jersey area

Stardust Ballroom
Pennsaucken, NJ
http://www.time2dance.com/stardust/
Huge floor. Wonderful friday night parties.

Atrium Dance Studio
Pennsaucken, NJ
http://www.atriumdance.com/
Small floor but very friendly staff and dancers.
Sunday afternoon parties

[pygmalion]

www.everybodydance.com
Justifiably some of the most popular group ballroom classes in the greater Orlando area.
Instructor, Stuart Nichols, member ISTD

www.paradiseballroom.com
The only operating ballroom studio in the Kissimmee/St. Cloud area, near Walt Disney World.
Instructor: Patty Holden

[Phil Owl]

Boston MA:

Swing City

www.wannadance.com

Weekly EC Swing and Lindy dances here, live band every other week


Hop To The Beat

www.hoptothebeat.com



Supershag

www.supershag.com

Located in Waltham MA, ballroom, latin and more. Huge floor, good teaching staff



Tempo Dance Center

Ballroom, Latin and Hustle too!

www.havetodance.com/tempodancecenter

[Sarah]

HaHa - I get to plug UCanDance

Cheers
Sarah



UCanDance
http://ucandance.org/

UCanDance is a not-for-profit social dance club run by students for students at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. We teach salsa, merengue and modern jive, throw parties and outings, and sponsor other classes and workshops in any style that seems fun at the time. Student and non-student visitors are welcome.

[LauraB]

In Philadelphia, PA:

Academy of Ballroom and Social Dance
www.academyofballroomdance.com
&
www.academyofsocialdance.com
Experts in wedding preparation, social dancing, and competitive dancing. Two locations--Center City and the Main Line.


(The website is being revamped--more to come!)

[IndyDancer]

Indianapolis, Indiana:

Simply Ballroom
http://www.simplyballroom.net
Ballroom, Salsa, Hip Hop. Friendly atmosphere with a huge dance floor.

Indianapolis Ballroom Company
http://www.indyballroom.com/
Home of Dan Rutherford and Nicole Carroll

Starlight Ballroom and Dance School
http://www.starlitedanceindy.com/

[Pacion]

DM, can I add some over the weekend please or even PM them to you. I don't have a 'cool head' at the moment :(

[Sakura]

Sorry, Error here! :shock: :roll:

[Sakura]

Indianapolis, Indiana:

Indianapolis Ballroom Company (IBC) (already mentioned)
--Many friendly and good teachers besides Dan and Nicole; many styles of dance offered.

Indana REBELS
www.indianarebels.com
WCS group that has parties and beginner and intermediate WCS lessons every couple of Sundays at IBC. Email list for members so that they can be informed of upcoming events.

Hope this helps a little!

Sakura Kitty :kitty:

[Pacion]

Sorry, Error here! :shock: :roll:

Sakura, you do realise you can edit your posts?

[twnkltoz]

Sacramento, CA: www.sacdance.com (The Ballroom of Sacramento)

[SDsalsaguy]

Thanks for all the help everyone! If at all possible please do include all three elements DanceMentor requested.

Title
URL (the website address)
Description (1 or 2 sentences)
Titles/URLs without descriptions get a lot less trafic than those with a brief comment or two.

[salsachinita]

Ok, here's my bit.

The main local website for all salsa related things: Latinlover (contact: Julie)
www.latinlover.com.au
This site has all the local gigs, bands information, dance school/instructor listings as well as Aus/International links (DF is on there :wink: ). To browse, you need to register.

This is another Melb site, run by local event organisers Frank & Gabi:
melbournesalsa.com
Their events are some of the most extravagant ones. Not that most of you will be able to attend, but here's trying!

Some of the more note-worthy studios (sadly not all have websites):

Back to Back (Fabio Robles +61 3 9489 7579)
456 Nicholson St. Fitzroy North
He was one of the first instructors to bring 'Street Latin' into the mainstream. Fabio was the one who trained me, CapricornDancer, & my dance partner El Washing Machine, amongst some of the other well-known locals. Eventhough he will be touring with a dance/musical from now on, his staff are some of the best dancers around, including Alejandro Espinoza (0419659414) from the Cuban musical "Lady Salsa". This guy seriously rocks!

Soul Latin Dance Studio (Anthony +61 3 9532 9910)
480C Glenhuntly Rd. Elsternwick
While I still havn't met him, this studio has turned out some of the best social dancers by far, regardless of styles.

Viva Dance Studio (Christian Drogo +61 3 9415 8166)
Level 1, 231 Smith st. Fitzroy (salsa club on Sat nights where everyone goes!)
Fantastic tango dancers who choreographed the Tango scene in Moulin Rouge! Somewhat serious in approach, these guys have churned out some great social dancers (including my favourites) especially in Cuban Casino.

Cuban Dance Academy (Christine Monneron 0412 132 842)
www.cubandanceacademy.com.au
She is one of the better organised instructors. Friendly fun groups, Rueda mainly. I have so much fun with this group!

Cuban Addiction (Aloy Junco 0409 926 730)
He's simply amazing to dance with!

Latinissimo (GianCarlo & Liz 0419 150 174)
www.latinissimo.com.au
These two are spectacular to watch! For the L.A. style fanatics!! Liz also imports "Jeanette" salsa shoes.

Here are some in Sydney:

Salsa Picante (contact Sky +61 2 9399 7449 or 0413 146 889)
www.picantedance.com.au
They are one of the few people who teach Cuban Casino style.
Ricardo (0422 188 375) is teching with her. IMHO he's one of the best dancers in Australia (in terms of flava!)

Latin Motion (Oliver +61 2 8504 0265)
www.latinmotion.com.au
While I still havn't danced with him, Luis & Joby's crew amongst others told me he's one of the smoothest leads ever! (Pacion...?)
I have danced with numerous people affiliated with him, and they are great :wink: !
BTW, he's the one to ask if you want to know anything about Sydney Congress. Which is going to be in Jan '05 now.

Club Havana (Carmen Vella 0412 574 457)
one of the most successful salsa nights in Sydney. Don't be fool by the name, it's not at all Cuban biased! 90% of people are dancing L.A. style.

For more info, here are some Sydney sites:
The Latin Voice
http://www.thelatinvoice.com/

Latin Dance Australia (Jaime & Patricia....I just love the way this girl dances!)
http://www.latindance.com.au/

Mr.Salsa (Mike, who brings in top-name international instructors like Leon Rose & Robert Charlemagne)
http://www.mistersalsa.com/

This is the Adelaide site:
La Bomba (they are some of the most dedicated people I've met)
http://www.labomba.com.au/

This in the Perth one:
http://www.perthlatindancescene.accessoz.com/
John Salsa from Perth is a fantastic dancer & instructor. PM me for details.

This is the Canberra one (who brought in Salsa Brava):
www.salsalancruise.com

If anyone wants to know any additional information, feel free to PM me.

[salsachinita]

Update: I believe Viva has a website: www.vivadance.com.au