We offer a fun-filled year of dance opportunities!
Fourth Friday Dances
Be sure to sign up for our DanceSMART Rewards Card. Attend any five dances and get the next dance free! All guests will also be eligible for the monthly door prize drawings for great prizes provided by The Ballroom Dance Center and businesses within the community.
We continue a long tradition of fun and energetic social dances for our students. The perfect learning triad of group and private lessons is completed by attending parties! That saying “Practice makes perfect!” is true, especially within a warm, hospitable environment where the total beginner to the advanced dancer is welcomed. Also open to the general public, all dancers will enjoy putting to use what they learn on lessons in a social setting.
Our dances are offered once a month, usually on the Fourth Friday, at the studio, with refreshments and, occasionally, a few performance numbers. The staff, instructors and dance hosts circulate to invite guests to dance and to even show them a new step or two. A helpful and entertaining lesson is offered at the beginning of each dance. At some dances, the dance card system is used where pre-registered students get to dance with the teachers, dance hosts and staff on a pre-assigned rotation for the first part of the dance. Lesson – 7:30 p.m. and Dance 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. with light refreshments. Admission – $15.
January 24 – No Fourth Friday Dance (Make plans to join us January 31 for the January dance!)
March 27 – No Fourth Friday Dance (Make plans to get your tickets early and join us for our show “Cats and Dogs!”)
November 27 – No Fourth Friday Dance (Make plans to join us November 13 for the November dance!)
December 25 – No Fourth Friday Dance (Make plans to join us at the Snow Ball December 4 as we kick off the holiday season together!)
Special Balls
Several times a year we offer special parties such as our October Haunted Eye Ball and our Christmas Snow Ball where we dress up, put out a more extensive spread of refreshments and feature a few more performance numbers.
The balls also feature a lesson at 7:30 p.m. with dancing from 8:00 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. You may dress according to the part at these specially themed dances, but it is always optional. Admission – $20.
June 26 – Gatsby Garden Ball
October 23 – Haunted Eye Ball
December 4 – Snow Ball
The studio will be closed November 26 and 27, 2020.
The studio will be closed December 23, 2020 through January 1, 2021.
Cats and Dogs 2020 Showcase
New Dates Announced
Friday, July 10 – Evening Show; Doors open at 7:00 p.m.; show is at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 11 – Matinee Show; Doors open at 1:30 p.m.; show is at 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, July 11 – Evening Show; Doors open at 7:00 p.m.; show is at 7:30 p.m.
The Ballroom Dance Center is known and recognized across the Southeast and beyond for its Broadway-style theatrical productions featuring both professional and student cast members. Few dance studios in the country offer creative, themed showcases that incorporate music, dance, film, storytelling, history and theatre. Drawing on her lifelong love of history and humanities, Emilie Tobias, the studio’s owner and a senior instructor, writes and directs all of the shows for The Ballroom Dance Center. She has an unique background and skill set and uses these talents to present ballroom shows that transcend a routine dance recital.
Another wonderful aspect of the shows at The Ballroom Dance Center is that they appeal to all ages, and the Cats and Dogs showcase will be no different. From the six to seven-year-old child in the audience to the mature adult, theses shows transcend time and generations. They allow us as dancers to cross generational lines and touch people, both metaphorically and literally from the dance floor, and bring joy to people as we share in this magnificent form of art called dance.
We hope you will make plans to join us for one of these shows as we salute our furry friends who have starred in songs and films and reside in our hearts!
“Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.” – Colette
Augusta Dance Challenge
August 14 – 15, 2020
Friday, August 14: 6:00 pm – 10 pm
Saturday, August 15: All day
Friday night features solo performances. Saturday offers a friendly dance challenge with beginner to advanced pro/am and amateur dancing in Ballroom, Rhythm, Standard, Latin, Argentine Tango and West Coast Swing. Lunch included. Saturday evening offers an awards dinner and a fantastic show featuring top-scoring solos from the Friday evening qualifying event.
Dates to Remember
January 31* – Friday Night Dance
February 28 – Fourth Friday Dance
April 24 – Fourth Friday Dance
May 22 – Fourth Friday Dance
June 26 – Gatsby Garden Ball
July 10 – Cats and Dogs Show
July 11 – Cats and Dogs Show
July 24 – Fourth Friday Dance
August 14 and 15 – Augusta Dance Challenge
August 28 – Fourth Friday Dance
September 25 – Fourth Friday Dance
October 23 – Haunted Eye Ball
November 13* – Friday Night Dance
December 4* – Snow Ball
* Indicates No Fourth Friday Dance (FFD)
January 24 (no FFD , moved to January 31)
March 27 (no FFD, Cats and Dogs! Show)
November 27 (no FFD, moved to November 13, studio closed for Thanksgiving)
December 25 (no FFD, studio closed for Christmas, moved to December 4, Snow Ball)
The studio will be closed on the following dates:
Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27
Thursday, December 24 through Friday, January 1 (re-opens Monday, January 4)