CM Dance Company

t of all, she is really passionate about her work. We signed up for our first dance lessons and secretly I signed up for surprise groomsmen dance. She hears your vision and choreograph accordingly. Us men really can’t dance but judging by the crowds at the wedding, she made a pretty good dancer out of me by the end. I couldn’t believe how easy she made it for someone like me and my groomsmen to follow Look on my wife’s face was simply priceless when she saw our dance. Christine really cares about you and your story and does amazing job of choreographing the dance moves for your special day. Hiring Christine for our groomsmen dance and our first dance was the single best investment I made for our wedding. Thank you Christine!

By the time we got to our first dance at the wedding he was ready to rock and roll with confidence. We had a great time and used our lessons for our date nights. It was so much fun and Christine not only made us comfortable but she made us into dancers! Thank you Christine!

mfortable doing and would be fun for our guests. She was able to make my husband feel more confident in his abilities and helped me see when I was throwing him off by trying to take the lead. The lessons made us feel more comfortable on the day of and our guests had a blast cheering us on. Christine was able to do wonders! I would definitely recommend Christine to anyone looking for lessons for a wedding. I can only image what she could have done if we didn't wait till just 3 weeks before our wedding.

break it down and teach us step by step. She was very patient and very flexible which was greatly appreciated. She helped me coordinate the wedding timeline to be centered around our dance. When "showtime" came, we felt extremely prepared and had the best time. Christine is the absolute best!!! I would recommend Christine in a heartbeat!

so that she could get a dance-package out of you. Honestly, I don’t think she needs it!! Haha. She’s that busy and booked! After the first lesson, my husband was the only who actually wanted more lessons! We ended up booking a 5-class package and do not regret it at all. It was a new experience for us, learning how to dance as a pair and it was a really good one. First of all, I thought our communication was already good between each other but this dance class was something entirely new. Thus, we learned a new way to communicate with each other. Highly recommend couples to take a dance class together even if only for that reason. Secondly, Christine was great. She never pressured us to do anything but would give suggestions and let us think about whether or not we wanted to add another level of complexity to our dance. She respected our decisions and also understood how we were as a couple and that was really great. Highly recommend anyone interested in taking a dance class with her to do it! She’s really awesome and easy to work with. She knows her stuff!!

lasses, but due to the short time frame she suggested 3 classes. When we arrived, it was great that it was a private session. My fiance use to be a dance group so i was very insecure if I could keep up him with yet alone wouldnt want to embarrass myself in front of other people. We didnt have a song coming in, but we knew what genre and type of music we wanted. After a few of Christine's suggestions, we came up with a great song. Christine looks so graceful when she dances!!. We looked like mechanical robots! We were determined to figure it out. She has the greatest amount of patience and knows her stuff. Coming up to the 3rd class, we were still a bit rocky and she suggested we focus on fewer steps. We would not have it and begged her to fit us in for the additional 2 classes. Due to the strict timeline, she graciously allowed for the 3rd and 4th class to be an hour and half long. By our last class we felt more comfortable with the moves and were ready to wow our audience. Christine also helped us with the grand entrance and told us do and donts! She choreographed movements that were picture and video worthy. Came to show time and there were a few hiccups but Christine's helpful cues and reminders made them seamless. Nobody knew except me and my fiance! When it came to the finale (we had a lift), we had people hootin and hollaring!! Our friend told us he loved our dance and looked like we spent a lot of time and effort into it. I am so happy that my fiance wanted to do the dance. It was a great experience getting to know him better and we both learned patience with each other. I am even more so happy that he chose CM Dance Company. Christine not only reads your body and movements to make sure you look great while dancing, but she will adjust the movements to your skill set. Trust in her experience. You will not go wrong.

couple and she made us look like pros! I highly recommend her.

rful and made us feel comfortable and most importantly, we had fun! We weren't looking for anything super choreographed and she nailed it in terms of getting us looking like we knew what we were doing and were able to enjoy ourselves as well. We had so much fun we are looking into taking more lessons to learn different styles of dance! Our first dance was flawless and we are so happy we found CM Dance Company! If you are looking for someone who is super accommodating, easy to learn from and will give you the picture perfect pose worthy first dance, look no further :)

ng background before we met Christine and when we found out that my bride had a bad case of 2 left feet, Christine quickly shifted the routine we had started to ensure we would be able to have a polished dance at the end of our lessons. I highly recommend Christine to anyone looking to gain confidence for their big day, even if you only have the time to take 1 or 2 lessons.

our lessons to review at home. We had a theme for our wedding which she creatively took into consideration. If you're having a themed wedding or are planning to wear a specific costume, I recommend you letting her know ahead of time so she can plan accordingly. She even taught us how to do some small modifications to our dance just in case we make a mistake on our big day. And, at the day of our wedding, we did have a small mishap at the beginning of the dance. However, through her guidance, we made the modifications and know one even knew it had happen!

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g the wedding. However, my husband was terrified. He hasn't danced a day in his life and pretty much has zero coordination and rhythm. Enter the amazing Christine and CM Dance company! I found Christine through reviews on Yelp and people had nothing but positive things to say. So, we had an initial meeting with her to talk through our wedding and first dance ideas. We immediately bonded with Christine! After about 10 minutes of explaining our wedding, the vintage theme and the close-knit meaningful experience we wanted to create for our guests and our dance, she instantly got it and we were able to dive right into the choreography of lesson 1. We bought the 5-pack of wedding lessons and man was it worth it! Christine put together wonderful choreography that showed off my style as a professional dancer but was easy and simple enough for my husband to learn as well. Christine's style is awesome as she completely customizes each dance lesson based on the couple. I was shocked at how easily she pivoted her teaching style between me with my professional dance experience and my husband with ZERO dance experience. She was such a good teacher, that my husband ended up actually WANTING to dance. Now he keeps searching for excuses for us to be in situations where he can whip out his newfound dance moves. I NEVER thought I would see the day he would tell me to get on the dance floor. Thanks for that extra bonus Christine! At the end of it all, she put together a beautiful 2-song dance for us that literally captured and expressed the essence of us coming together as husband and wife. That's the best part about Christine, she doesn't put together a choreographed polished dance that feels stiff, rigid and not you. She builds off your energy, personality, and skills. We had a small wedding where we wanted it to be intimate, meaningful and genuine and she created a dance that reflected just that. We literally BLEW OUR GUEST'S MINDS at the wedding. People were so shocked at my husband and his new found dance moves and the dance truly was a physical expression that told the story of us. I couldn't have been happier! In fact, we ADORED Christine so much that we snuck my parents in for a quick lesson with her before the big day. They were dance rockstars and their moves were so good that when they starting dancing with everyone else, people naturally created a giant circle around them and stared in awe! I would highly highly recommend Christine to anyone who wants to look great on the dance floor, have fun and truly tell the story of your love through dance!

for our dance and comfort level. We feel so much more confident and excited about our first dance now at our wedding (which is coming up in a few days!) Christine even helped us to plan a short surprise dance, where she edited the song and helped us have a plan for our wedding party to join in! We are thrilled with our lessons and highly recommend for others!!

our request. Looking back, I wish we would've contacted her sooner so that we could really perfect our dances and maybe have even made it more difficult. My husband and I aren't dancers, but Christine was very patient and worked with our skill level. The first dance means a lot and it was great that we were able to actually dance instead of just sway back and forth. We highly recommend Christine for your dancing needs! It's a great bonding activity between you and your fiancé as well!

rstands that the couple are not dancers and will help you perform something fit for your skill level so that you will look good, perform well, and most of all, have fun! We had fun during our lessons, and more importantly, had fun performing for our guests. Our guests were very impressed and enjoyed the routine.

o the perfect length and choreographed it so that it was something we could do comfortably that didn't look like the middle school shuffle. She takes things like room layout and where the audience is going to be into account in putting together the routine to ensure our photographer can get great shots (and she did!) Christine was about to go on maternity leave when we hired her so we had very limited time. Despite that, she was extremely flexible with our work schedule. When I had to leave the country unexpectedly, she made time for us in order to make sure we got our lessons in. We also had a couple of lessons with our parents. While my husband's mom was easy to work with, my dad was another story. He was coming from Taiwan 2 weeks before the wedding, so we could only get 1 lesson in with him. Things got very stressful as my dad wouldn't listen to Christine's instructions and kept doing his own thing, which made it extremely difficult since I'm not a natural dancer. I eventually had a total emotional meltdown and stepped out of the room. Christine anticipated all of this from experience, worked her magic, and somehow got my dad to listen, and we walked out of that lesson smiling. I can't say enough how great Christine is, how incredibly dedicated and thoughtful she is to her students, and how fortunate we were to have been able to work with her.

ct the dance, to the best of the dancers abilities. Now that we know our special wedding dance, we want to continue taking lessons with Christine so we don’t lose everything we have learned. Our dance was a total surprise to our family and guests. Everyone was very surprised and LOVED our dance. We weren’t even nervous. It was so much fun! Thanks Christine!

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se Christine, as I was worried dance lessons would be awkward or not fun, but so far we are having a good time! Even the fiance agrees! :)

p of 5-65 year old had an amazing time performing. She is truly talented and awesome to work with!!!

ur abilities. We really enjoyed working with her and had a ton of fun learning. She breaks down the dance moves that is easy to understand, and works with us individually when we have some trouble. In addition, we had a few lessons for my parents and they had a fun learning a few basic steps for our wedding as well. All in all, it was such a wonderful experience working with Christine. She is very sweet and extremely patient!

highly recommend Christine.

anges or concerns we had with any of the moves. She was incredibly helpful and very good at giving direction and did not force us or rush us into anything. I especially appreciated the time she took before and after each lesson to “check in” with us. It let us know that she cared about our well-being and it helped us clear our minds from all the wedding chaos. In the entire process of wedding planning, we looked forward to each of our dance lessons because Christine always made it enjoyable and constantly reminded us to stop, look at each other and remember the real reason we have chosen to get married. Overall, I think our first dance was a success and we truly enjoyed sharing that moment with our friends and family. In addition to choreographing and teaching us our first dance, Christine also choreographed a dance for the father/daughter and son/mother dance at the reception. It was a great experience for both our parents and for us. It helped to ease a lot of nerves and gave us the opportunity to showcase the relationship we shared with our parents. Everyone at the reception was touched by the dances and our parents were very proud. Thank you, Christine, for guiding us through the process and for giving us the opportunity to shine.

r our dance itself, but for how we could enter and exit, how to set up friends and family for ideal photos, and made recommendations for our entry and exit songs. She laughed with us through all of our many mistakes, was encouraging, and shaped a dance that felt like "us" and not someone else. In the end we had a beautiful, celebratory first dance that (bonus!) looked great in pictures. Along the way, we had a fantastic time learning with Christine and enjoyed slowing down and spending time with each other on lesson nights. Thanks again!

st a lifetime. Our wedding dance wowed our guests a gave a great sense of togetherness that enhanced our wedding day. It was a great way to start our lives together. The dance, the instruction was excellent and a lot fun. We would definitely recommend it to any couple getting married.

re comfortable having learned the dance moves she taught us. Plus, now we have a reserve of dance moves that we pull from at other parties. People tell us they wish they could dance like we do!

d splice them together to make a combined slow then faster dance, but she convinced us two separate dances would be better. In just nine lessons, she choreographed two dances, our first dance (slow rumba) and our "second" dance (quick/fun cha-cha) based on our two songs choices, and they were a hit! Christine had a vision for both dances throughout our time together and designed them based on our ability. She challenged us, helped us successfully execute several lifts, and made sure we were always comfortable with her direction. She recorded us dancing with her cues so that we could go home and practice like she was there with us. We always looked forward to her lessons and felt ready to go by wedding day. Christine also had an eye for what the wedding day would look like, photo opportunities, wow moments, entrance, and exit flow. We would recommend her to anyone regardless of song, dance choice, experience, or ability.

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me to look for a few seconds, then pour some shots. I thought maybe we should get some lessons, and a friend of mine recommended Christine. We talked over the phone, and she seemed totally cool, so we booked 5 lessons with her. IT WAS SOOOOO WORTH IT!. She was patient, knew what she was talking about, choreographed our whole dance to the song we wanted, and pretty much set up all the details so that we would get the best looking pictures and videos. There's a short part of our dance in our highlight video (https://vimeo.com/139421034). EVERYONE has been telling us how amazing it was! CM Dance Company definitely added magic to our day!

she has a knack for adapting for the dancers' abilities (or lack thereof) and personalities. We were very happy with our dance, and all the cheering, whistling and hollering that it helped produced. (Oh, what a couple small lifts and spins can do!) The song was not over-choreographed, yet still fancied up enough for the wedding. I also scheduled a last minute lesson for my dad and I with Christine a few days before the wedding, which helped immensely. No time for choreography, but definitely time for some emotional moments right there in the dance studio (hello watery eyes). It helped make the actual moment less awkward and much more enjoyable. Call Christine now if you are considering dance lessons!

5, 2015. On March 11, 2015, we reached out to Christine asking if we had enough time to take dance lessons for our first dance. We explained we weren’t the best dancers, so we understood if she thought that we were reaching out to her too late in the game. Christine welcomed us with open arms and said with enough practice, our first dance will be beautiful. We signed up for five dance lessons. Christine scheduled the dance lessons to allow for enough time to practice in between each lesson. Even before our first dance lesson, Christine requested for our song so she can start choreographing our routine. The first dance lesson came and we hit the ground running! Take note, every couple’s capabilities are different, but Christine embraces that and works with everyone’s strengths and weaknesses. She listens for our concerns and watches attentively in order to perfect what we have. This made it really easy to work with her, but it was also her personality that added to the fun of the choreography. She was definitely our instructor, but we thought she was so cool that we felt like she was even one of our close homies. What really helped us was being able to record each dance lesson with our personal camcorder. We would watch our dance lesson from the comfort of our living room and practiced along while listening to Christine’s instructions in the background. We downloaded the song on our phones and would play the song on repeat in order to memorize the song and listen for the counts. While listening to the song on our phones, we would practice dancing in our heads. We would actually practice one to two days in preparation of our next dance lesson. Honestly, the practice we put in outside of class is what really helped us during the 1-hour we had with Christine so PRACTICE! One of the pros with working with Christine was that the dance lessons were PRIVATE dance lessons. She had our undivided attention and was focused on us the entire time. She watched us attentively and choreographed on the fly as she watched us succeed and fumble through the dance moves in order to choreograph the perfect dance routine for us. It goes without saying that Christine has an awesome personality. It was because she was so pleasant to work with that we made every effort to practice hard in order to make her proud. You can sense the amount of pride she has in her craft and we are so thankful that we found her on Yelp. For the longest time, we thought simply swaying back and forth would suffice for our first dance - boy were we wrong! We are now true supporters of choreographed wedding first dances and without a doubt Christine is THE PERSON to take lessons from. Christine’s schedule is flexible and lessons are conveniently scheduled as late as 8pm to accommodate the busy working bees. Thank you Christine for the wonderful experience! More blessings to you and your wonderful dance company. Cheers!

s to say, she was very patient with both of us, and my husband new the dance better than I did by the end of it! We loved having a dance choreographed...it didn't look too overdone or flashy but it was definitely better than just swaying around :) We loved our experience with Christine and would recommend her to anyone!