Stanford Ballroom Dance Club

Do not need to be a Stanford student or alum to join in on their classes and dancing. They also have specialty events during the year, like their All Night dance in May, Swing and Waltz week and weekend in July. The second Friday of the month is their Jammix dance, the dance is well attended, over 200-300 dancers. http://dance.stanford.edu/ It is a bit chaotic because there could be 3-5 different styles of dance going on the dance floor to one song...the energy and creativity is amazing. They are not as structured/strict as a commercial ballroom studio, where everyone is dancing the same dance and following the line of dance. Gets hot in the summer but no one seems to care, they are too busy dancing and expressing themselves.

You know, my whole life people tell me I'm pretty coordinated, I have a bit of rhythm, I should take a dance class.So I signed up for waltz. Ah, to be like Fred & Ginger, gliding across the floor. I'd even settle for Belle and the Beast actually...So I show up for the first class. Me and like 60 other people. Actually, maybe 80 people. The teacher was way late, like 30 minutes late. They separated the men and women. They showed the men how to do the step, and the women were just supposed to internalize that and do it backwards without hardly ever showing them how to do it. Then we paired up, in a long line, and would rotate partners. Of course, since I was like six rows back and couldn't even see the steps they taught, let alone flip them around in my head to do it backward, I started messing up. If you mess up when everyone is dancing in a line, you mess everyone up. My partner (a stranger)started yelling at me. It was awful.I decided to drop the class. Too many people, not enough instruction. The club told me classes booked online have no refunds. Now they tell me!So if anyone wants my $50 credit...

A great place for Stanford Students to get ballroom dance training from professional coaches!

These guys are great! Been part of the club for a few years - the coaches are terrific, the students are a fun group, really a fantastic place to dance and be part of a community.

Arrogant and nonhelpful officers, many of them even don't have the information as they keep pointing to other officers for answers. Bad class day management and fee structure. Good teachers for advanced class though, but that counterbalances the way they come up with ridicules class structure. I am sure they don't have any idea of how to manage the classes, like beginners, advanced, technique etc, so that maximum benefit can be given to the students within the smallest possible number of days and less time. There classes are spread around the whole week.Final verdict: Avoid. For the same or may be 20-30% more price one can find excellent group lessons in many of the professional clubs around.