Dance and Travel: Atlantic City edition

My husband and I love to vacation, and on every trip, we seek out places to dance. It is actually one of the things we look for when planning vacations: where is there a vibrant dancing scene? Some of the best spots we've found are Las Vegas, NV and also Denver, Co. We think we have the best dancing scene in the world in the DC metro area, but that's just because we live there and we know all the good venues!

Right now, I am writing this from Atlantic City, NJ, where we have spent the past few days. Here are some dancing suggestions for this city:

• Boogie Nights. Inside the Tropicana Casino. We went Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Friday was definitely the better party night. This was also the first time the club was trying to do a dance lesson from 9-10, which worked out great! Saturday, no lesson, and the night got off to a much slower start. 
• Pros: Fun decor, 1970s-80s throwback music. The go-go girls are adorable and not offensively dressed. Think "cute." Security makes sure people don't take drinks on the dance floor. Lots of people in costume.
• Cons: Cover charge. It's free for hotel guests on Thursday (90s night), but there's a cover other weekend nights. It was a $10 cover on Saturday, which was kind of a boring night there. The lit-up plastic floor is rather sticky, so it's hard on your joints if you want to do any serious dancing. You'll need to bring your own partner or be ok with dancing by yourself, as this is not really the kind of place where people dance with others. Small dance floor.
• Tango lounge, inside the Tropicana Casino. They had a band Thursday and Friday night, and there was a halfway-decent dance space up near the band. Further back, the floor got sticky and it was hard to move. No cover charge. 
• Clancy's by the Bay, 101 E. Maryland Ave, Somers Point, NJ. This was actually about a 20-minute drive from Atlantic City, and we only heard about it because the guy who taught the hustle dance lesson at Boogie Nights told us about it. Here, on Sunday night, there was ample space to dance, a DJ, a nice wood floor and no cover. The restaurant had really good food, so we went early and ate. The dancers there do mostly hustle, and the music was a little slow for our taste--we love the classic disco, but we weren't familiar with many of the songs. Nevertheless, there were many skilled dancers there and the floor stayed busy, but not overcrowded. As outsiders, no one really talked to us or interacted with us (except the one guy who had taught the hustle lesson at Boogie Nights and invited us), so I can't say it was the friendlies scene I've ever been to, but it was all right. While there, I saw that Clancy's also has live bands on the weekends, so if I come back again, I would like to check that out. One disadvantage is that this event is kind of like one of those places you can't find unless you've already been there. I had the name of the restaurant, and I was able to find it through Google maps, but I could find absolutely nothing about dancing on Sunday nights. I went to the website and the Facebook page, and absolutely no mention of this dance. I also googled "Hustle dancing New Jersey" and found only listings for ballroom studios. So, I think a lot of less-determined people might have felt like they had the wrong information and would not have ventured 20 minutes from their hotel on the off chance that there might be dancing in Somers Point. But we did get a lot of good dancing in, we definitely got some exercise, and we'd probably check it out again on another visit, but I would feel better if I could confirm online that the event was still going on!