🏆 We’re honored to be in the Top 5 for Best of C-Ville 2026 in the Dance Studio category—and it’s all thanks to YOU! ✨
💃🕺 If you’ve enjoyed your lessons, socials, and time at Smooth Sailing Ballroom, voting for us is one of the most meaningful ways to show your support.
🗳️✨ Vote here (it takes about 30 seconds):
⏳ Voting ends June 30, so don’t wait!
🙏 We truly couldn’t be more grateful for our students, friends, and dance family. Thank you for helping us get this far. Every lesson, every social, every smile on the dance floor has helped make this possible ✨
🎉 Final voting opened June 1, and we’d be honored to have your vote one more time. And if you happen to 📲 send this to a friend, 💍 recruit your spouse, or 📣 drop it into the neighborhood group chat...well, we certainly wouldn’t complain 😉
Thank you for being part of our journey 💙⚓✨
— Adam & the Smooth Sailing Ballroom Team 💃🕺
Join Us! Full Studio Calendar Here:
Join us for our showcase:
USA Dance Charlottesville Presents
SPECIAL EVENT
~Ballroom, Latin, Nightclub & Swing~
Saturday, June 27
SUMMER SHOWCASE
Join us for a fun evening of dancing!
Come out and support your friends!
See performances by our talented local dancers and teachers!
Doors Open: 6:30 pm
Showcase & Social Dancing: 7:00 to 10:00pm
Light refreshments.
Location: The Center at the Belvedere
540 Belvedere Blvd
Charlottesville, VA 22901
Adults $15
USA Dance Members with ID $10
Students with ID $5
Cash, checks or Venmo only, please.
Ways to Dance
The dance styles we teach and dance include salsa, bachata, merengue, rumba, cha cha, waltz, tango, foxtrot, hustle, mambo, Viennese waltz, west coast swing, quickstep, paso doble, samba, jive, Argentine tango, Polka, and more!
What will you learn today?
What People Say
Tyler
From the initial inquiry all the way through our final lesson, Adam was an absolute pleasure to work with. My wife and I have two left feet when it comes to ballroom dancing, and he was more than patient with us every step of the way. Adam is incredibly kind, professional, understanding, responsive, and organized, which helped calm a lot of the nerves we were feeling in preparing for and choreographing our wedding dance. He took the time and effort to get to know us as a couple and helped give us all the confidence in the world on wedding day. Adam is forever family, and we'll recommend him to anyone and everyone 1,000 times over!
Casey
I went for their Friday night dance lesson and social. With no experience I expected to learn a few steps and then sit on the sidelines for the majority of the social watching the more experienced dancers. WRONG!! Not only was the lesson fantastic but I found myself on the floor multiple times with more experienced dancers who were kind to a fault. (including some of the dance instructors). By the time I finally left my cheeks hurt from smiling so much! I can´t wait to return!
Irma
If you are looking for an inspiration to dance, and you want to get in shape, here you will find an amazingly charging, romantic, and friendly atmosphere. Smooth Sailing Ballroom has it all.