The club Kube is not easy to find. Located in the heart of the Champion Entertainment Center, getting to it requires navigating past a succession of bowling alleys, bars, video games and very security-conscious guards. The entertainment center itself, that typically Russian phenomenon that offers an eclectic choice of bowling, beer and other sources of entertainment, might, in itself be a draw to those who are not so club-happy or just want to have a family-oriented evening.

Kube is an upscale club, with a high cover and face control. (As an indication, this reporter was only able to get his camera in through direct intercession from the club's management, press card in my pocket notwithstanding). Woe betide the underdressed would-be dancer! The crowd is mostly composed of young, upper-class Russians dressed to the hilt and with sufficient buying power in their (or daddy's) wallet to be able to wallow in the atmosphere.

The decor is nothing out of the ordinary, but nothing to be laughed at either – a dance floor, of course, with a raised stage for events and a number of cages (one can easily imagine what transpires within). There are two bars and enough tables to seat a reasonable amount of people. On the night I attended – admittedly a special occasion – a full third of the tables were reserved and supplied with bottles of champagne by the club's owners.

The club also hosts events, for instance the dance marathon held on April 1. Despite a late start (due to delays in applying body paint), this event continued on into the wee hours of the morning. Professional dancers – both in teams and performing as individuals – came out on stage to strut their stuff and demonstrate their dancing prowess. Incorporating well over a dozen individual dancers and dancing teams and styles ranging from the standard "stop, pose, change track, dance, repeat" style that should be familiar to anyone who has ever attended a Russian club to the ominously titled "extreme S&M" (do not worry, no blood was actually shed), the show was entertaining enough to draw the crowd away from the dance floor, to watch the dancing of others. (Hailing as I do from California, not exactly known as the "Land of Dance," I am always amazed by the competence and professionalism of Russian trained dancers of whatever stripe.)

Pre-event, Kube featured that club dance-music staple, house music. Nothing one wouldn't expect – simple melodies and samples repeated ad infinitum, along with the standard roboticised 4/4 beat characteristic of dance music everywhere. But, then, one doesn't go to clubs in order to be intellectually stimulated; you go there to dance and mingle, and the revved-up Muzak that is house music is great for both.

KUBE
16 Leningradskoe Sh.
Metro: Boinskaya
Tel: 747-5000
Cover: 200 rubles for men, 100 rubles for women.