12 genres · 8 teachers · all levels · est. 2018
Salt & Swing is a dance studio in Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward — three studios, twelve genres, eight teachers, all levels from "never danced in my life" to "I have a recital next month." Drop-in for $24, become a member for $148, or your first class is always free — every time, no catch.
Ballet · pointe · partnering
10 years with the Atlanta Ballet, retired 2022 to teach full-time. Founder of Salt & Swing. Trained at the Royal Ballet School, London.
Hip-hop · choreography
Choreographed for Lizzo's 2022 tour and an Outkast reunion video. Atlanta-born and bred. Teaches with absolutely no mercy.
Contemporary · floor work
Six years with Hubbard Street, Chicago. Saya's contemporary class is the one our members always recommend first to anyone new.
Jazz · tap · kids
Broadway veteran — 4 tours, 2 Broadway runs. Devon runs all our kids programs and is the reason they sell out three weeks in advance.
Salsa · cuban · partner work
Grew up dancing salsa in Havana. 14 years competing internationally; 4 years teaching here. Runs the Friday social 'til close.
Breaking · b-boying · cyphers
Member of Rocksteady Crew ATL chapter since 2014. Runs Thursday cyphers, which are technically not a class but everyone shows up anyway.
Bharatanatyam · classical Indian
Trained in Chennai over 18 years from age 6. Saturday mornings only · the only studio in Atlanta with weekly Bharatanatyam.
Voguing · house · ballroom
House of Tessier, Atlanta chapter. 15 years in the ballroom scene — formerly NYC, now ATL since 2023. Wednesday nights, 7 — close.
§ 03 · PRICING
DROP-IN
$24
per class · any genre
10-CLASS PACK
$210
10 classes · $21 ea · 90 days
UNLIMITED MEMBER
$148
/ month · cancel anytime
YOUTH · UNDER 18
$94
/ month · kids & teens
— We offer a sliding scale on all memberships at 60% / 80% / 100% / 120% — pick the price that fits. No documentation required. Sliding scale →
§ 04 · FIRST CLASS FREE
Every single person who walks into Salt & Swing for the first time takes their first class free — drop-in or first-time member. No card on file, no commitment, no upsell. We mean it. Book any class on the timetable above, show up 10 minutes early, and tell the front desk you're new.
§ 05 · THE STUDIO
We're in a renovated 1923 warehouse in Old Fourth Ward — 14-foot ceilings, three studios across two floors, all with proper sprung wood floors (sub-floor framing for impact absorption — not the same as wood-on-concrete you'll find at most studios). Mirrors floor-to-ceiling on the long walls, ballet barres in two of the three, sound systems we actually paid for. Locker rooms with hot showers; a small lobby with coffee. Open 7am — 10pm, 7 days a week.
Our largest studio. 1,840 sq ft of sprung Brazilian-cherry floor, ballet barres on three walls, full mirror on the long wall. Up to 26 dancers.
Smaller, two-wall mirrors, no barres. Best room for jazz, hip-hop, and tap. North-facing, windows on two sides. Up to 18 dancers.
Smallest studio, on the lower floor. Soft mats available for breaking, contemporary floor work, & partner work. Up to 12 dancers.
§ 06 — ABOUT
12
Genres taughtweekly schedule
8
Working dancersall teaching team
62
Classes / weekMon — Sun
~840
Active members+ ~120 drop-ins / week
7
Years on Glen Irissince 2018
Salt & Swing was opened in October 2018 by Mira Ito-Vlk, after she retired from the Atlanta Ballet at 32 with knees that "could no longer take it" but a body that could still teach. We started in a single 1,200-sq-ft room with two teachers, eleven students, and a sound system that nobody was sure had ever been switched on. Six months in, we had moved upstairs into the bigger space; eighteen months in, we had taken over the second floor too.
What we are now, seven years on, is three studios across two floors, eight teachers (all of them currently performing or competing elsewhere), 62 classes a week across twelve genres, and roughly 840 active members. We are not a chain. We are not franchising. We will never put you on a platform-based "credit system."
What we believe is that moving your body, with other bodies, in a room with mirrors and music, is one of the four or five best things a person can do — and that the chance to do it should be cheap, friendly, and absolutely available to anyone who walks through the door. If you can't pay the listed price, ask us about the sliding scale. If you have never danced before in your life, especially come. Your first class is free, every time.