Dance Freedom

I have been twice for these Barefoot dance events. I absolutely love them! Steve is a great DJ and the people are so friendly. I’ve enjoyed the mix of introspective dance and contact improv. I’ve made a few very nice friends here and I always look forward to my Wednesday nights! love it!
I love when the music is earthy world music or hip hop. I could do without the top 40 stuff though.

I’ve been going here for over 30 years, and it’s still great.
It’s hard to find places to dance around here where people have this much fun! And unlike bars in the Boston area, people will even talk to you or dance with you if you aren’t too pushy or sexist or arrogant.
Two DJs per evening spin their own eclectic mix of funk, hiphop, world, pop, salsa, rock, trance, techno, r&b, swing, reggae, blues, tango, you name it…
Amazingly relaxed and non-​judgmental, full of serious performing dancers in all styles, mixed with everyday people who just love to dance.
Chat, watch some amazingly creative dancing, stretch, boogie by yourself, in groups, or with a partner of any persuasion to a rich variety of music.
In response to Derek’s comments, If you approach the DJ with a request in the last 20 minutes or so of their set, you may get the response that he got, but many of the DJs are happy to honor requests, especially for birthdays & special occasions, especially with some notice.
It really is a welcoming caring community, so yes, if one of the DJs or regulars dies unexpectedly, they will take some time to honor them – but such things only happen every few years.
Meetings at the middle are for very brief announcements from anyone in the community, then sometimes a brief live performance, a movement or massage workshop, or just more great dance music.
If you really love to dance, you’ll love this place. : —)

Dance Freedom!
What can I say it is just awesome… Where in this town else can you go to stretch, dance, sweat, and just do about anything you want to music? There is no dress code and no need to dress to impress!
It is for adults to just dance in a non judgmental way. You can dance alone by with a partner or with several people no rules except no alcohol and no street shoes.
Dance Freedom and Dance Friday (in Brookline) has been around for over 40 years.
Web sites

where there is a lot more information as well as the DJ Schedule.
Oh yes if you have a passion for music they welcome new DJ’s.

This place is the original Dance that Dance Friday spun off around thirty years ago and predates it by ten I think. Having last Wednesday night off, I went to check it out for the first time. The space is inside a huge beautiful Church right across from Cambridge Commons. The crowd is pretty much Dance Friday’s scene with a few others thrown in. This particular Wednesday was probably not a good night, one of their regulars met with a tragedy last Friday and I got there right after their meeting at nine. They always have a middle meeting around that time. The hours are from 7:30 till 10:30 sharp. So it was a kind of wake combined with their regular scene. Music again was’nt much different from Dance Friday, unfortunately I still mostly can only move to Techno and House and more top forty type stuff. But again great atmosphere to unwind, stretch out and hang out for a couple of hours. Don’t bother trying to make requests, the DJ’s and the group in general is very resistant to change in their musical play lists. This is again the dichotomy of this scene, they want fresh blood, younger and more different people, but they don’t really welcome any new ideas for music and continue to play interpretive dance/​belly dancing/​world music. Like Dance Friday, you don’t have much choice for places like this.