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With a bit of time and effort, you can elevate your first dance from "Nice" to "Wow!" Whether you simply want to feel confident when your special song starts playing or you'd like to blow your wedding guests' minds, dance lessons are an important element in wedding preparations. You'll have help during the wedding and the reception when all eyes are focused on you - an officiant will handle the ceremony, a caterer or wedding planner will help cut the cake. And then you'll be on the dance floor - alone - for what can feel like the 3 longest minutes of your lives. Getting help with your dancing ahead of time can relieve a lot of stress and give you the know-how to conduct yourselves with grace and polish (or spark and whimsy - whatever suits your style). Time and again my students have said that dance lessons were the best part of getting ready for the big day. It was time they spent working on something together instead of racing between tasks, and it brought them a new kind of intimacy. As a long time educator, I bring patience and humor to my teaching, and I enjoy collaborating with my students and incorporating their ideas into the final product.
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Absolutely loved our dance classes with Emily! They sparked more happy tears from our wedding guests than any other moment that day. Even when our music suddenly cut out (!!!) Emi...
ly had prepared us with enough dance moves that we could make something up without music until it got fixed. Even outside of the wedding, weekly dance classes proved to be a great date night out. I had prior dance experience but my fiancé didn't and she was able to blend our skill levels seamlessly so we both enjoyed ourselves and were proud of our performance. She was clear about instructions, never made us feel embarrassed, and ensured every class was fun. When she sadly had an injury and couldn't do the dances herself for two weeks, she brought in another instructor with her to make sure we didn't fall behind. Worth every penny!
The best part of our wedding planning process was dancing with Emily! We could not have been happier with our experience taking wedding dance lessons with Emily. Her lessons offer...
ed us a break from the logistics, letting us reconnect and enjoy what the wedding was truly about - us being together.
Emily is a joy to work with; she tailors her teaching style to your learning style, and her warm sense of humor helps you feel comfortable making mistakes while learning. My husband, a musically minded and count-specific dancer, and I, a “just go with the flow” dancer, are very different learners. Emily helped us both understand and learn with confidence, allowing us to perform our dance on our wedding day without jitters or nerves. She was also open to working with our hectic timeline to make classes work in the weeks leading up to our wedding. Emily even helped us pick a song that would work best for us. And the PHOTOS turned out so well with her tips!
We would also highly recommend taking group dance lessons with Emily either before or after your wedding, as they are a lot of fun. We are biased towards her East Coast Swing series! We signed up for a group class with another set of friends. It was a great date night and a mid-week evening activity in the middle of winter!
Thank you Emily, for helping us create a truly special moment on our wedding day.
We can’t recommend Emily enough. Taking dance lessons with her was one of the best decisions we made before our wedding. My favorite part about working with Emily was that it gave ...
my husband and me the chance to try something new together and really bond before the wedding day. Even if for no other reason, I’d recommend dance lessons just for that experience.
Emily offers a variety of lesson options to fit your comfort level. I had a tiny bit of dance experience (just enough to know how to keep time and follow steps), so we chose the four class package. It ended up being perfect for us. Emily was kind, patient, and so much fun to work with. She gave honest feedback about what looked good and what might not fit our style, and she always made sure that our final dance felt like us.
She also recorded each lesson which was super helpful. It allowed us to practice at home and feel comfortable going into the next lesson. Emily understood exactly what we wanted which was just a more elevated version of the classic “wedding sway." She delivered it perfectly. My husband had no dance experience, but you’d never know it. Emily seemed to really enjoy working with beginners liek us. She kept the choreography simple, yet graceful and romantic.
What really stood out was how relaxed and enjoyable the process was. Our lessons never felt like another wedding task. They were more like fun date nights out. Emily’s warmth and encouragement made every class something we looked forward to. By the time the wedding came, we felt confident and ready. We were able to actually focus on enjoying our song, each other, and our emotions rather than one how we looked. We can't recommend her enough!
Emily was such an amazing teacher! We had the best time in our lessons and she was able to create such a beautiful dance that was perfectly tailored to us. We got so many complimen...
ts from our guests on the dance and had so much fun with it.
I have always loved Emily's instruction. She has a super methodical approach that can turn anyone into a dancer. We gave her a tricky song to work with and it turned out great.
Words cannot express how thankful we are to have found Emily. In just four lessons, we were able to learn simple yet elegant dance moves and choreograph a beautiful first dance. No...
t only were our guests impressed, we were impressed with ourselves! Emily is such a delight to work with and puts you at ease immediately. She does give feedback when you need it but always in a way that is constructive and motivates you to just keep practicing. Thank you Emily!!
Taking dance lessons with Emily Fox Trot was one of the best wedding decisions we made! Emily helped us have a perfect first dance. She was patient, supportive, and fun. We started...
with two left feet and ended with wanting to take more dance lessons. Thank you Emily!
We choreographed the most perfect first dance with Emily's help! We loved our lessons with her and learned so much. She's an excellent teacher. Hope to work with her again!
Learning a routine with Emily brought so much joy and fun to the stressful final weeks of wedding planning. Emily is a clear and supportive teacher and she always went the extra m...
ile in her work with us. We had a fabulous time at our wedding dancing for our family and friends! If you are on the fence about dance lessons just do it!!
Emily did such an amazing job teaching us how to dance! We had so much fun during the first lesson that our dance lessons with Emily were one of the main activities we looked forwa...
rd to in the weeks leading up to the wedding. Her way of instructing is very conducive to learning, and she is great at giving feedback and adapting to the needs of her students. Her lessons not only gave us the confidence for our wedding song but also gave us the foundation to dance to other songs. Highly recommend!! Thank you, Emily!!
tl;dr - Emily is great! Learning to dance from her was a ton of fun! Definitely sign up if you aren't sure!
Emily was so much fun to work with! She did a great job of meeting us where we were (with very little dance experience) and helped us choreograph a first dance! Doing dance classes...
with Emily was a great way for my partner and I to become closer and do something fun before the wedding. It also made our first dance one of the highlights of our wedding!
Emily is a wonderful and patient dance instructor. My husband and I had so much fun working with her and our first dance was a huge hit amongst our guests. I could not stop smili...
ng. She helped my dad and me prepare for our father daughter dance as well and that was also a blast. Even though my dad has 6 left feet, we still looked great.
My husband Tim and I took 4 lessons with Emily to prepare for our wedding dance and has the BEST time! Emily is very friendly and approachable and made us feel relaxed through out ...
the whole process. It was such a great experience to do with each other before the wedding and all of our guests loved the dance. One of the best decisions we made for our wedding. And we realized we need to do more dancing together and love it! 100% recommend!
My husband said we could do a first dance only if he took lessons but was hesitant because we were a month away from out wedding. Emily was our saving grace teaching us such a love...
ly dance in 3 sessions! She was fun to work with and made my husband want to practice every night so we could nail it on our day.
All Emily's encouragement and patience paid off! All of our guests loved our first dance! Plus, my husband ended up loving the lessons more than he thought he would!
My husband and I took lessons with Emily to prepare for our first dance at our wedding in October. She was fantastic! Her patience and humor made each lesson so enjoyable, and she ...
had a way of breaking down each component that made us both feel confident and capable. We cannot recommend her enough!
Dance lessons with Emily before our wedding were so much fun! She is a patient, approachable teacher who made us feel comfortable even though we were new to dancing and nervous. No...
matter what your comfort level with dancing is, she will make sure you come away with something awesome for your wedding first dance.
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140 Pine St Room 14, Florence, MA