Emily Coles Dance SF

136 Missouri Street, San Francisco, CA

About This Vendor

I can help you find your right foot!

Emily Coles Dance SF is a dance studio located in San Francisco, CA. Owner and dance instructor Emily is a talented professional who takes joy in sharing her skills with nearlywed clients. Emily of Emily Coles Dance SF believes that dancing should be a fun and exciting activity for everyone who participates. She fosters a warm and welcoming environment throughout every lesson, allowing her students to relax and enjoy the process. Emily’s lessons provide couples with the opportunity to brush up on their moves and choreograph impressive routines as they spend time with one another leading up to their big day. Emily Coles Dance SF offers private dance lessons to couples and students throughout the San Francisco area. Emily teaches a wide range of ballroom dances, from Latin, swing, salsa, and cha-cha to samba, waltz, tango, and foxtrot. She also provides her services to those looking to add a unique element to their wedding celebration by teaching a dance class during the reception.

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Business Attributes

LGBTQ+-owned Business, Woman-owned Business

Music Genres

Classical, Dance, Disco, Latin, Pop, R&B

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Emily Coles Dance SF Reviews

Reviewed On 11/05/2022 by Alison K

We LOVED our dance lessons with Emily. She understood exactly what we were looking for in a wedding dance, and helped us learn the kind of simple, beautiful choreography that we wanted. It really felt like she understood us, and we had such a g...

reat time working with her. Now we just need to find an excuse to take more dance lessons with Emily!

Response from the Vendor on 11/06/2022

No excuses needed, Alison! Come take lessons from me because we'll have fun, and it's a healthy activity, and a great beginning date night! I loved our time together, as well! Would be thrilled to work with you again :)

Reviewed On 7/31/2022 by Joe S

We had such a great time Emily! My Fiancée and I wanted to have a few lessons in a short space of time before our wedding day. We honestly did not know what to expect with neither of us having much dance background, or if we would be able to l...

earn a routine, but Emily made it seem incredibly easy. We provided the song we wanted to dance through, and Emily helped us develop a routine with a few wow moments and we had so much fun doing it! She is really an incredible teacher. Highly recommend if you want to learn a wedding routine, or just have a break from Wedding plan to have a bit of fun with your partner!

Response from the Vendor on 07/31/2022

Thanks so much, Joe! You will forever be the first person I taught a wedding dance lesson without their fiancé present 😂. Such great chutzpah to show up even though Keren was unavailable! I loved working with you both, and hope you’ll come b...

ack to learn something social and fun next :)

Reviewed On 7/29/2022 by Mayu I

Emily is great! She’s a lot of fun to work with and gives great instruction. We really enjoyed learning from her!

Response from the Vendor on 07/29/2022

The feeling is absolutely mutual, Mayu! I look forward to every lesson I have with you and Josh. Your wedding dance “project” is the most ambitious I’ve ever done, and it’s been a tremendous joy to figure it out with you :)

Reviewed On 4/24/2022 by Nicholas M

Emily was incredible instructor. We worked with her for first dance and Mother & Son dance as well. None of us are experienced dancers at all but it was no problem. She was warm and patient, and coached us through. We had a lot of fun at the l...

essons too as a fun "date" activity. We had only a few lessons with her but I thought we ended up with a great dance--much more than I was expecting.

Response from the Vendor on 04/25/2022

Thanks so much for this very kind review, Nicholas! You and Sandy were an absolute joy to work with on your wedding dance, and I loved getting in a lesson with your mom, as well! I hope all went exactly as you hoped and planned on the Big Day...

. Very sincerely, Emily

Reviewed On 1/21/2022 by Katie K

Emily is the absolute best!!!!! As a lesbian couple, we did a lot of research to find a dance teacher we could feel comfortable with as we learned the first dance for our wedding. We were so lucky to come across Emily! We wanted to do a fun, ch...

eesy, over-the-top dance to an 80s banger, and she was ALL FOR IT! She fully choreographed our first dance with all of the flair we wanted, and she taught us how to do a lift, multiple dips, and coordinated moves that truly wowed our family and friends! We went in with hardly any experience, and she broke down each part of the dance in very easy to digest pieces where we learned the proper body mechanics (so we didn't bust a knee or a hip lol). We are so incredibly grateful for all of the time we had with her during the lead-up to our wedding. Our lessons gave us such a breath of fresh air during our wedding planning, and after the big day we missed her so much that we decided to go back and learn Salsa with her!!!!! Thank you so much for making our special day the best ever! We still hear so many of our guests say that we did the best first dance they had ever seen :).

Response from the Vendor on 01/21/2022

Best. Chutzpah. Ever. Katie, you and Ninette make me wish *I* got to write reviews of my students, cuz MAN! You’re both stupendous fun to work with :)

Reviewed On 1/03/2022 by Bosco H

In preparation for our wedding my partner and I decided to learn how to dance together. We found Emily after doing some research on dance instructors in the Bay Area. We focused on learning Foxtrot and Salsa for an hour each week. She was very ...

accommodating, responsible and reliable as we navigated safety measures during the pandemic. Not only were we able to make great progress but we also had so much fun throughout the process. She is an immensely encouraging, patient and kind dance teacher. Our dancing during our wedding was a success and we now feel confident on the dance floor. We love our dance classes with Emily so much we have decided to continue going to them even after the wedding.

Response from the Vendor on 01/04/2022

Thanks for the great review, Bosco! I’m excited to see you and Andrew for our lesson this Thursday! I’ve missed you guys during holiday travel :)

Reviewed On 12/01/2021 by Andrew T

Strongly recommend you consider Emily for your wedding dance. She was so patient, understanding and friendly throughout the whole process (we booked a total of 5-6 lessons). My fiance and I left each lesson feeling very good - we viewed them as...

date nights! It was just such a pleasure learning from Emily. I have stage fright and likely suffer from social/performance anxiety (undiagnosed), but came away feeling excited during my real wedding dance. If you want the crowd to see you in awe and cheer you on during your dance, please choose Emily. If I could post a video here, I would! It's important that you know that I could have never imagined looking forward to dancing - an impossible situation. Turns out I was looking very forward to dancing during my wedding night - all thanks to Emily. That said, make sure to practice, as well as tip Emily.

Response from the Vendor on 12/01/2021

Thank you so much, Andrew! You and Melissa absolutely ROCKED in your wedding dance video, and I could not be more proud of the work we did together to get you ready to not only perform beautifully, but also ENJOY it!

Reviewed On 11/12/2021 by Adam J

Emily was fantastic to work with. We had no idea how to put together a dance, but my wife and I came to her with an unconventional song and little to no dance knowledge and she put together a routine to make us look fantastic. Practicing with h...

er was a lot of fun and she helped us prepare so well that we were still able to pull off a great first dance despite our DJ playing the wrong version of the song!

Response from the Vendor on 11/12/2021

Thanks so much for your very kind review, Adam! I truly enjoyed working with you and Kym :). Huge kudos to you for forging ahead, even though it was the wrong song!!

Contact Info for Emily Coles Dance SF

136 Missouri Street, San Francisco, CA

Meet the Team

Emily Coles

Owner

My dance career began at the age of 5, prancing on stage with little girls in tu-tus. I loved the stage, but not the tu-tu . For 20 years I pranced on stages, searching for the "right dance". The search included modern, jazz, Afro-Cuban, and finally salsa. To salsa I added a full range of ballroom, Latin and social dances, which I have now taught for over 15 years. Anything that creates joy has a positive impact on our complicated world, and that positive impact is important to me. We need more dancing. We need more music, more singing, more laughing. We need more dorking around :)

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