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  • Rattle your bones at our Autumn Spooktacular … Sunday at USA Dance!

    Join us for a scary good time at our Autumn Spooktacular dance this Sunday, Oct. 19, from 3 – 5 p.m.

    “Wear fall colors or something spooky!” says Rosie Harper, president of our USA Dance chapter.

    Marie Stoffer will lead a Back to Basics session at 1:30 p.m. Vanessa Gordillo will teach an East Coast Swing lesson at 2:15 p.m. DJ Doug McClellan will cue up several fun Halloween and “Halloween-adjacent” tunes.

  • Enter our Jack & Jill contest … Sunday at USA Dance!

    Show off your swing chops and partnership skills at our Jack & Jill competition this Sunday, Sept. 21, at USA Dance. We’ll pair leaders and followers at random. The insta-couples will be judged on dancing an East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, and Hustle. Winners get a trophy and bragging rights!

    Come early for a smooth waltz lesson, taught by Christina Harris. The dance is 3 – 5 p.m. Andy Nelson will DJ.

    Admission is $5 for USA Dance members and $10 for others. NOTE: No assisted practice this week; it will return in October.

  • It takes you to tango … Sunday at USA Dance

    Please Join us Sunday, Sept. 7 at USA Dance.

    The dance itself is 3 – 5 p.m. Stefan Easter will teach a smooth tango lesson at 2:15 p.m. Our “Back to Basics” assisted coaching session, led this week by Debra Williams, is 1:30 – 2 p.m. Debra and Stefan will also perform! Our DJ is Doug McClellan.

    Admission for this full afternoon of dancing is only $5 for USA Dance members and $10 for others. Our venue is the Albuquerque Square Dance Center, 4915 Hawkins St. NE.

  • Let’s Go to the Hop … Sunday at USA Dance!

    Dust off those poodle skirts, slick back that hair, put some 45s on the turntable, and get ready for our Let’s Go to the Hop dance from 3 – 5 p.m.this Sunday, Aug. 17.

    Vanessa Gordillo will teach a cha cha lesson at 2:15 p.m. Marie Stoffer will lead our “Back to Basics” assisted coaching session from 1:30 – 2 p.m. Our DJ is Andy Nelson.

    We will also feature a waltz performance by Jim Schreiber and Lisa Mondy.

  • Waltz is on tap … Sunday at USA Dance!

    Our next dance is 3 – 5 p.m. this Sunday, Aug. 3. Michiko Sibley will teach a smooth waltz lesson at 2:15 p.m. Debra Williams will lead our “Back to Basics” assisted coaching session from 1:30 – 2 p.m.

    You can participate in all of these for the price of one admission: $5 for USA Dance members and $10 for others. We welcome all dancers to our social dances, which focus on ballroom, Latin, swing, and club dances. We host dances on the first and third Sundays of the month.

    Perry Pedersen will DJ. (Andy Nelson was previously scheduled as DJ but will do the Aug. 17 dance instead.)

    Our venue is the Albuquerque Square Dance Center, 4915 Hawkins St. NE.

  • Get 3 for 1 … Sunday at USA Dance!

    With our new “Back to Basics” assisted coaching sessions, dancers now get a 3-for-1 deal every time they come to USA Dance. For the price of one admission, dancers can take advantage of: a 30-minute B2B coaching session; a 45-minute lesson with a professional dance teacher; and a 2-hour dance. Not even Prime Day has deals this good!

    Check it out for yourself at our dance this Sunday, July 20. The dance itself is 3 – 5 p.m. Cristel Pike will teach a bolero lesson at 2:15 p.m. Greg Collison, a retired dance teacher and member of our board, will lead the B2B assisted coaching session from 1:30 – 2 p.m.

    All of these are included in our regular admission: just $5 for USA Dance members and $10 for others.