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Dance Socials
Listed below, are upcoming social dance events, some with
workshops and lessons, just for you.
Please check the Instruction
page for more lessons and workshops.
Contact information, and to join the Highland Park Dance mailing list:
Marc Liebeskind
Phone: 201-320-9176
Email: marc@DancingInHighlandPark.com
Website: http://dancinginhighlandpark.com
Mailing address: P.O. Box 1463, Highland Park, NJ 08904
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Dances,
classes and workshops are held at:
IM Gallery, 233 Raritan Avenue, (side entrance)
Highland Park, N.J. 08904
(Located between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, behind Somewhere In
Time)
GPS may bring you 1/4 block too far south.
Please Note: There is no on-premise parking, and vehicles should not use
the driveway. It is a designated fire lane and it must remain clear
at all times, or you could be issued a ticket. If you need to bring or
pick up something or someone to or from the Gallery, we do have a back
entrance you can bring your vehicle to. Please contact us if you need
more information about it.
There is plenty of street parking. For directions, parking area map, and photos, click here: IM Gallery
IM
Gallery is a smoke-free property.
Spectators are not permitted in the studio during classes, workshops or other events without paying a fee without prior arrangement. Videotaping during instruction is not permitted. You will have an opportunity to take a video of the pattern after the workshop is over.
Need a reservation or have a
question? Please call or text Marc at 201-320-9176.
Reservations are held for 30 minutes after event starts unless other
arrangements are made.
Dance Events
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Give the gift of fun! Gift certificates are
now available!
Please
note: If you are not feeling well, or you know you have been exposed to someone
with COVID-19 within the past 5 days, please do not attend. If you are showing symptoms at any event, you
will be asked to leave.
Unless otherwise noted, the music mix for the dance socials
at IM Gallery is a broad ballroom-Latin-swing mix and includes Waltz, Foxtrot,
Tango, Quickstep, Viennese Waltz, Swing, Hustle, Rumba, Cha Cha, Salsa,
Merengue, Samba, Bachata, Night Club Two Step, Country
Two Step. Requests and line dances when possible.
Dance Social Schedule
Saturday, August 8, 2026
Dance Social with Beginner Salsa Lesson (Part 1) taught by Jamie Joan-Marie!
Lesson: 7pm for about an hour (Salsa on-1)
Dance Social: 8:10-11pm
Admission: $15
Saturday, August 22, 2026
Dance Social with Advanced-Beginner/Intermediate Salsa Lesson (Part 2) taught
by Jamie Joan-Marie!
Lesson: 7pm for about an hour (Salsa on-1)
Dance Social: 8:10-11pm
Admission: $15
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Dance Social with beginner Smooth Lindy Hop lesson taught by Catherine Schmetter!
Lesson: 7pm for about an hour
Dance Social: 8:10-11pm
Admission: $15
Smooth Lindy is a fluid, grounded and sophisticated
version of traditional Lindy Hop that replaces the "bounce" of Savoy
Style Lindy Hop with a smooth glide across the floor. The overall aesthetic is
a cool, sleek, and elegant appearance. It is perfectly suited for rhythm and
blues, and music of the crooners of the late ‘40s and ‘50s, and often pairs
well with Foxtrot. It serves as a vital bridge between vintage swing and the
later evolution of West Coast Swing.
About the Instructor: Catherine Schmetter has been teaching and performing dance for more
than 25 years, with a passion for all things that swing! She has taught
and performed at premier venues including Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing,
Hudson River Park, Let’s Swing NJ, and Saturday Swings JC, and is dedicated to
preserving and sharing the joy of swing.
Saturday, September 26, 2026
Dance Social with advanced beginner/intermediate Smooth Lindy Hop Lesson Taught
by Joe Palmer!
Lesson: 7pm for about an hour
Dance Social: 8:10-11pm
Admission: $15
Saturday, October 10, 2026
Dance Social with Night Club Two Step Lesson taught by Paul Stoddard and
Sarahlynn Wilber!
Lesson: 7pm for about an hour
Dance Social: 8:10-11pm
Admission: $15
More events
to be posted soon…
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Dance and exercise, like any physical activity, may involve risk of injury, and
your participation assumes that you are in good health and you take
responsibility for any risk of injury that may occur.
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