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- Subject: Places to dance in NYC
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- Places to dance in New York City
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- Amigos del Tango (Friends of the Tango)
- 90-40 64th Road
- Rego Park, NY 11374
- 718-275-9560
- Dances are not held at the above adress; however applications for membership
- can be sent there. Tango dances are held monthly at different locations.
- Admission is $15 ($10 for members) Music provided by a genuine
- Argentine tango band.
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- Book-Friends Cafe
- 16 West 18th Street
- 212-255-7407
- A bookstore and cafe that holds tea dances to vintage music usually played
- by a live band. Admission is $5 and reservations are required. All events
- begin at 7pm. July schedule:
- Wed. 7/1 Jordon Sandke Sunset Serenaders
- Wed. 7/15 Jordon Sandke Sunset Serenders
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- Cafe Society
- 915 Broadway (corner of 21st street)
- 212-529-8282
- Dinner and swing dancing to the Swing Fever Band every Monday and Tuesday
- from 8-12midnight. $5 music charge.
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- Casey's Dance Hall
- 1584 York Avenue
- 212-570-5454
- Try out your Texas two-step from 9 - 1am. Tapes and live music. Admission is
- $8. Call to confirm day and price.
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- Chartwell Booksellers Tea Dance
- 55 East 52nd Street (between Park and Madison)
- Free dancing from 3-6pm to live big band music the third Saturday of each
- month.
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- Copacabana
- 10 East 60th street
- 212-755-6010
- Dance mambo and merengue to live Latin music every Friday night from 9 - 4 am.
- Before 9am admission is $5, after 9pm, admission is $10 for women and $15 for
- men.
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- Club Dominicana
- 869 Lexington Ave (at 66th street)
- 212-744-2080
- Dance to a live band every other Saturday from 9 - 1am. Held in the basement
- of St. Vincent's church. Club Dominicana features a large dance floor,
- complimentary refreshments and a raffle ticket. Admission is $8. Dance
- on 7/11
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- Club Broadway
- 2551 Broadway (at 96th street)
- 212-864-7600
- Live Latin bands Fridays and Saturdays. Good dance floor and nice ambience.
- Most of the time dancing is from 7 - 4am and there is a $15 cover. Call
- first to confirm price and time.
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- Country Club
- 210 East 86th Street (between 2nd and 3rd)
- 212-879-8400
- Dance Monday thru Saturday in a modest version of 1940's style nightclub,
- featuring live music of that era performed by the Country Club Swing
- Orchestra, Mon-Fri 7:30 - 10:30pm ($10) & Sat 7:30 - 12:00 ($15)
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- DanceSport
- 1845 Broadway (at 60th)
- 212-307-1111
- A ballroom & Latin dance studio that holds a Saturday night dance from
- 9-12:30am. Admission is $15. On Monday nights there is a Hustle Party
- from 9:30 - 12:00. Admission is $5. Practice sessions are held from
- Tues - Fri (for students only).
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- La Milonga
- 742 9th Avenue (at 50th)
- 212-541-8382
- Practice your tango to a live trio (taped music during breaks) Fridays &
- Saturdays from 9 - 12:00, and Sundays from 6:00 - 12:00. Admission is
- a rather steep $20 (considering the size of the dance floor).
-
- Laura Belle
- 120 West 43rd Street.
- 212-819-1000
- Elegant but not stuffy, good size dance floor. Dancing from 7 - 2am
- Tues - Friday ($10). Saturday from 6-4am ($15). Wednesday evenings
- during July and August live big band music will be featured. No cover
- if dinner is ordered. Reservations is suggested
- 7/1, 7/8, & 7/15 The Hi-Tops
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- Marc Ballroom
- 27 Union Square West
- 212-867-3789
- Dancing every other Sunday from 7 - 12:00. Large dance floor and good music
- selection (taped). Admission is $9. Coffee, tea, soda, and cake are
- available, as are tables. Next dance on 7/12.
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- The Red Blazer Too
- 349 West 46th Street
- 212-262-3112
- Dinner and dancing (on an enlarged dance floor) to live music of the
- 1920's, 30's, and 40's provided by Vince Giorgano's Nighthawks.
- Tues 8:30 - 12:30 and Friday 9 - 1:30am.
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- The Ritz
- 254 West 54th Street
- 212-925-2828
- The best in salsa and/or merengue orchestras are featured Thurs. No cover
- for women until 11:00. Men pay $10. After 11, everyone pays $15.
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- Roseland
- 239 West 52nd Street
- 212-247-0200
- The original dance spot! A shadow of its former glory featuring a huge
- dance floor in a Grade-B movie setting. 2:30 - 11:30pm Thursday (taped
- music, $5 admission) & Sunday (live band, $10 admission.) Call to confirm.
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- Sandra Cameron Dance Center
- 439 Lafayette St (at Astor Place)
- 212-674-0505
- Free dancing to taped music from 9:30 - 11:30 on "Guest Night," the
- last Friday of the month.
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- Song of Singapore
- 17 Irving Place (at 15th street)
- 212-696-9737
- The new home for the NYSDS Savoy Sunday dances (7:30 - midnight on Sunday)
- $12 general admission; $8 members; $4 seniors.
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- Stepping Out Dance Studios
- 1780 Broadway (at 57th street)
- 212-245-5200
- Weekly Friday night dance parties form 9 - 1am. DJ, taped music. Admission
- $8 (includes refreshments and performances). 7/14 & 17 Open house.
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- The Supper Club
- 240 West 47th Street
- 212-921-1940
- Dinner and dancing to a live ten-piece band. Tues - Sat 7:30 - 4am. Nice
- ambience and dance floor. $15 music charge without dinner.
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- The Soho Supper CLub
- 492 Broome Street (W. Broadway & Wooster)
- 212-966-3371
- Just opened in May. Dinner and dancing to a live band (Bing Swing
- with Jenny D and Peter Roze) on Saturdays from 10 - 2am. Pleasant, but
- the dance floor is too small to attract much of a dance crowd. $5 ... no
- cover with dinner.
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- Tavern on the Green
- Central Park West at West 67th street
- 212-873-3200
- Dancing under the stars to taped music Tues,Wed,Thurs,Sun 9 - 12:00. Fri
- and Sat from 9 - 1am. No cover or minimum but it is recommended that
- you eat there, i.e., the unofficial cover is $7-10.
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