Learn How To Dance at ATOMIC Ballroom, Orange County!
ATOMIC Ballroom is the most popular dance studio in Orange County (OC) to learn the art of partner dancing. Whether your preference is classic Ballroom, sultry Salsa and Latin, or energetic Swing, we’ve got some of the best instructors in the world whose tutelage will change your life. Take a private lesson, join a group class, or attend an evening dance. Getting married? Make your first dance something you will always remember. There are friends to be made, steps to be learned, and fun to be had. You never need a partner and absolute beginners are always welcome.
New Student Special
Every new student should start with our amazing New Student Special. A 10 Group Class Virtual Punch Card for $99 per person. That’s 50% off the normal price! Our New Student Special can only be purchased on your first visit. Buy it in person when you arrive. No reservation needed!
Take Your First Class
Be sure to arrive at least 15 minutes early. Dress is casual, and you never need a partner. Wear shoes that don’t fall off. Pick any beginner class from our calendar as early in the night as possible. You will be able to take them all with your New Student Special!
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Tap Class Notes from Shesha
I'm excited to be starting my new tap program at ATOMIC Ballroom. We have some 35 people now signed up for the class, held 5pm on Sundays as part of my super popular swing dance series. Each week I'll post the class notes here so that you can practice.
ATOMIC Kids dance in Parade
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ATOMIC Ballroom lindy hoppers Luc (age 14) and Kimmery (Age 12) danced in a parade in Seal Beach, CA last night. The parade was hosted by the city of Seal Beach. Ginny Ferguson, another ATOMIC Ballroom swing and salsa dancer, organized Luc and Kimmery to bring attention to her Watersafe swim school based in Fountain Valley, CA. This was the 22nd time that Watersafe Swim School has marched in that parade. Ginny is the founder of NOVA and is the creator of the widely used Smart Fish Method. Dancers Luc, Kimmery, and Ginny are all students of Shesha Marvin, a professional swing dance teacher and president of the OC Swing Dance Club and owner of ATOMIC Ballroom.
As a side note, Ginny is the personal swim teacher of Shesha and Nikki's baby girl, Anjali.
So, if you see the Kids or Ginny out dancing be sure to throw a high five their way.
Our Rockin’ New Website!
After much ado, I am proud to present to you the new ATOMIC Ballroom website!!! Check it out: www.atomicballroom.com. We are really excited to have the new website up and running. It was an arduous process, tons of work and lots of long hours, but it was completely worth it. I might be a little bias, but honestly the new website is AWESOME! Building it from the ground up we were able to design it specifically for ATOMIC and its got all the bells and whistles.
Shesha and Sarah win the US Open
Sarah Breck and I were proud to represent Lindy Hop at the US Open Swing Dance Championships in 2009.
In a "Strictly" Lindy contest we improvise to a song chosen by the DJ. Our content must be lindy hop, rather than balboa or Shag, or West Coast Swing. At the US open they have four "Strictly" divisions; West Coast Swing, Hand Dancing, St. Louis Shag, and Lindy Hop. At the end of those contests they top 5 of each Genré participate in a team battle.
Dance is art and art is moody
We all have good dance days and bad dance days. Sometimes those of us that take our dancing seriously get down on ourselves when we have bad dance day. It's important to keep in mind that these slumps don't make us bad dancers. It may be that we are bad technicians that day but we are still good "dancers". Dancing is an art just like painting.
Paying it forward…selfishly.
I started my lindy hop habit a number of years ago, when after attending Atomic ballroom a couple of times with what can be best described as “functional” east coast swing abilities I decided I should learn lindy hop and signed up for some classes. I took a beginning series and started social dancing once or twice a week. After the beginning series ended I took an intermediate series and upon its conclusion the instructor approached me about a team that he ran. The team met for a couple of hours once a week to learn and practice. They performed publicly from time to time, but the point of the team was to help beginning lindy hoppers progress their dancing.
