INSTRUCTOR:
Ken Kreshtool, Professional Ballroom, Swing & Salsa Instructor (also B.A., M.A., J.D., currently working on another M.A. at Teachers College, NYC). Six years in a row student-commented by Harvard students as "the best instructor I've ever had in ANYTHING!"

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The GottaDance!®
TIPS & ADVICE LIBRARY:

  Going dancing:
  - Places to dance Swing
  - Places to dance Salsa
      - Salsa styles chart
  - Pragmatic dance etiquette
  - All about Dance shoes
  - Menswear advice
  - Dancing on bad floors

  Gettin' ready:
  - Practice music
        recommendations

  Class related & misc:
  - "Which Swing level for me?"
  - Private vs Group lessons
  - Clothing, etc. for class
  - Reminder lists of moves
  - Privacy policy

Welcome to the GOTTA DANCE!® web site. Here you can see our schedules and other information that will help you become a fabulous dancer. In the real world beyond this web site, we offer Ballroom, Swing, Lindy Hop, Latin & Salsa dance classes and lessons in New York City, private lessons, and miscellaneous other dance-related offerings.

Our specialty is amazingly well-taught Beginners and Intermediate classes — far more carefully and systematically taught than anywhere else (and still a blast!). We are fiercely dedicated to good teaching as well as good dancing — so that you become a skillful dancer much faster than you can elsewhere.

What styles do we teach? Our Ballroom is the superb American Style in which you are dancing for the pleasure of dancing, rather than the competition-focused "dancesport" style. Our Salsa is authentic N.Y. Puerto Rican/Cuban "Break on 1" style. (It has not been "ballroom-ized.") Our Swing is authentic 6-count Swing/Jitterbug with a nod towards Lindy Hop. And our Lindy Hop is authentic Savoy style.

Come join us in the best taught, most sociable, and most entertaining classes in New England — of any kind!  Swing dancing is booming, Latin and Salsa are zooming, and the gentle elegance of Ballroom Dance is always a pleasure! There are now places in the Boston / Cambridge area to dance one or all of these almost every night of the week!

FUN NOW, USEFUL FOREVER: Our classes themselves are a blast — highly social, entertaining, and packed with dancing. And you'll be great every time an orchestra strikes up — at clubs, balls, weddings, professional functions — for the rest of your life. We'll even help you make it a longer and healthier life — dancing is the (second) best exercise you can get with another person wrapped in your arms.

CONVENIENT: We're located right in Cambridge — in Harvard Square and Central Square, just a few minutes outside of Boston. (In fact, we're closer to downtown Boston than most of Boston is!) (UPDATE: We're currently in New York City. But you are welcome to look at our spiffy homemade Cambridge map anyway.)