Dancing Around the Country

This page focuses primarily on websites, dance studios, teachers, and businesses in

Iowa


Clubs and Organizations

University of Iowa Swing Dance Club
For more information, contact uiswing@yahoo.com. Hosts of the Hawkeye Swing Festival.

ISU Ballroom Dance Club
Social ballroom featuring dances like swing, waltz, foxtrot, tango, cha cha, rumba, salsa, and merengue. Semester classes and free weekly dance socials on most Fridays in Ames, Iowa. Both university students and non-students are welcome.


General Information:

Swing Des Moines
An organization that helps to promote swing dancing in Iowa. They list swing activities, classes, and workshops. For more information, contact swing@swingdesmoines.com or call 515-274-4676.

iowadance.com
A source of dance (mostly ballroom) information in the northeast Iowa region.

Des Moines Ballroom Dance.
A directory of local dance instructors. Styles of dance covered include ballroom, country, swing, vintage swing, latin, line dance and club dances.

Foxtrot Dad's Dance Links
Dance related links and information on various dance activities in Omaha, NE and surrounding areas.




Places to Go Dancing

Jive Junction
West Des Moines Community Center, Valley Junction, from 8:00 to 11:00 pm on the 3rd Friday of the month.

Additional national event listings.



Teachers and Dance Studios


Randy and Sarah Reid
515-274-4676. reidrs@mchsi.com. Swing dance teachers.

Step Into Swing

Des Moines Ballroom
2745 Douglas Avenue, Des Moines. Contact the studio at 515-277-3545. Public dance parties every Friday. Group and private lessons in social dancing, competition, and wedding events.

Mad Hat Ballroom
Governor's Square, West Des Moines. For more information, contact Jennifer at 515-783-8184.

Des Moines Dance
1970 Grand Avenue, Suite 37, West Des Moines. For more information, contact the studio at danceinfo@desmoinesdance.org or 515-865-6043. Ballroom dance instruction in an academic style with guided practice sessions. Group and private lessons, as well as lessons to prepare couples for their wedding event.

Note: The information on this page is provided mostly by the local venues, bands, and dancers. This webpage is part of a larger website run by someone who is focused on swing dancing in Boston, Massachusetts and it is provided as a convenience to readers who might be interested in looking for possible dance venues in Iowa. However, I do not live there and do not have the time or money to call every venue regularly for updates (I don't make money off dancing). With that in mind, I suggest calling up the dance venues to confirm their dance events. Please write to dancenet@havetodance.com with any new information that you'd like to share; using the formatting guidelines is strongly suggested. When in doubt, look through this website's policies before writing in.

Please note that the venues are not always diligent about sending me changes so *call ahead*.



Last updated April 19, 2011

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