Gameplay focuses on a board that depicts the Sackson High gymnasium converted into a dance floor. Players must use their chosen student's unique ability and friends to navigate the floor and find their desired dance partners in order to impress them with their moves.

Players can move any student and will need to spend their limited actions wisely to properly position each student in order to create the most beneficial Dance Dice pool for when they finally get a chance to bust a move. Of course, opponents will use every opportunity they can to position rivals, crushes and chaperones near a player’s student to counter their Dance Dice pool and kill their groove.

Luckily, everyone can make use of Smooth Moves cards to change things in their favor, and Mix It Up cards will shake things up in unexpected, and potentially beneficial, ways. The current music selection will also help certain students, so they’ll need to strike when the beat is right!