Sanctuary Nightclub Atlanta

The Sanctuary Nightclub is a well-established venue in Atlanta, boasting over 25 years of operation. As the longest-running Latin nightclub in the city, it prides itself on being an upscale yet welcoming place where everyone can enjoy various types of music and entertainment. The nightclub's vision is to provide an experience that caters to a wide range of preferences, whether you prefer to relax with a cocktail in one of their lounges or dance the night away to the hottest beats played by renowned DJs from the Southeast.

The Sanctuary Nightclub's operating hours are from 9pm to 3am on Fridays and Saturdays. On Fridays, there is a $15 cover charge, while on Saturdays, the cover is $10 before 11pm and $15 after. The club is strictly for those aged 21 and over.

In particular, the Sanctuary Nightclub is known for its vibrant salsa nights. "Viernes Tropicales," or Tropical Fridays, are a highlight of the club's weekly schedule, providing patrons with the best of Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Latin Pop Rock, and Reggaeton music. The doors open at 9pm and the dancing continues until 3am, offering a full evening of Latin music and dance in an energetic atmosphere.

Scheduling Software for Dance Studios

If you are looking for software to help manage your dance school, DSM (Dance Studio Manager) is a great choice because it makes it easy to book private lessons and schedule group classes. It also has many other features. It includes automated messaging, so that once you schedule the lessons, your students can get reminders before the class start time. And DSM also makes it easy to take credit cards online, and even set students up on memberships with recurring payments that are automatic, making it easy to predict the studio's monthly income. There is also an article on their website about their scheduling software features.

Les Twins coming to Dance 101

Brothers Laurent and Larry Bourgeois will be at Dance 101 on April 26th, 2014 from 3 to 6 PM (see Facebook Event Page). They have one numerous awards, appeared in videos with with Beyonce, the Gotan Project, and more. Just watch their dancing and maybe see you at the workshops!

Dance Studio Software

For Atlanta dance studios looking to get a little more organized, you might want to try Dance Studio Manager. It is a software product specially designed to run dance studios. The very first user of the product was Atlanta Dance in Marietta, but since then it has expanded to nearly 150 studios worldwide with users in the United States, but also places like Australia and New Zealand.

What the software does is track students, teachers, group classes, private lessons, payments, daily schedule, and much more. It also creates nice reports to help you find students that have dropped off, or measure teacher sales performance, and much more. If you want to try it, simply click on this link for a dance studio software free trial (for 30 days). If you are happy with software, you just have to pay our low monthly fee after the 30 days is over. Check us out!

We also can help you with Online Booking! Students can purchase group lessons, private lessons or simply view their account. This can be customized to fit your specific studio's needs.

If you sign up for the free trial, you'll also be able to contact us and discuss more details.

Pasofino Dance Studio Review

My first experience there was their Tuesday night party. I arrived at 9 pm and they were just finishing up their classes. There appeared to be two classes going on in their big room. There were about 20 in the lower level class, and about 5 in the advanced class. Jose Maldanodo was teaching the beginners, and Lucy Liu was teaching the advanced. She was a pretty good leader. I couldn't tell if they were getting the steps, but they all seemed reasonably good. I'm told this class was the highest level apart from the performance team, which I have not had the opportunity of seeing. Most importantly, everyone seemed to be having fun.

The party lasts from 9 to 12 but I was there only until 10. I'm told it gets busier later in the night. It was easy to ask ladies to dance, and didn't get turned down once. I danced both with beginners and advanced ladies. They played probably 70% salsa and 30% bachata. I don't dance much bachata, but the people dancing were fun to watch and it was a nice break every so often. A little before I left they had sort of mixer where you danced for about 2 minutes, and then they told everyone to change partners. There were only about 4 changes. What was nice is there seemed to be a renewed energy level to the party once the mixer started. I would estimate there were not more than 50 people there, but the way the studio is layed out that made it seem pretty busy, yet because the main ballroom makes an L shape there was room to add more people, plus they have a second ballroom which they weren't using. It is not as large, but big enough to have a class of 20 or so in there.

So my first experience was good, and I will surely be back. Hats off to Jose and Lucy for creating a great studio. And they do allow people to rent the floor too for $12/hour. The sign says they offer ballroom, but I didn't see anything about that on their schedule. Overall, great place though, and would recommend it to anyone looking for a fun place to go Salsa. For more information check out the Pasofino website.

Oh, and I tried the Sandy Springs Diner in the same parking lot. They have a large menu and the food is pretty average (but not bad either). However, just North of there is a Publix shopping center with a few more options, and just a little farther North still is downtown Roswell with lots of great restaurants. One of those restaurants I've heard does Salsa on Sunday nights (Posti's), but I haven't checked it out yet, but will let you know soon.

Addicted to Ballroom Video

This is hilarious. It's about being addicted to ballroom dancing.

Anna Mikhed Coming to Atlanta February 4-6

Anna Mikhed, 3rd in the World with two different partners, on Dancing with the Stars, and many other achievements, will be teaching private lessons and holding workshops in Atlanta Saturday thru Monday February 4th, 5th and 6th.

We plan to keep the costs of the workshops low. They will likely be around $15

She is not only a recent champion but an EXCELLENT teacher that instills a positive attitude in her students. We are excited to have her coming, and we know everyone will love working with her. We'll have the exact times for the workshops listed here shortly (should be around 6 pm Sat and Sun), so please check back, but if you desire to attend a workshop or want a private lesson with her, please go to the Facebook Event Page and click "Join". Then we'll keep you updated.

Note: Private lessons are nearly sold out, and will be made available on a first come basis, so sorry in advance if we run out. However, please come to the workshops, and we'll have Anna and other coaches coming again soon!

Read all about Anna here.