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First Dance Charlotte specializes in private and online wedding dance lessons and original first dance choreography in a fun, stress-free environment. Become more confident dancing together to your first dance song, or blow your family and friends away with a show-stopping first dance. First Dance Charlotte also offers instruction and custom choreography for Father Daughter and Mother Son wedding dances, mashup dances, wedding party group dances, surprise dances and wedding line dances, as well as private social dance instruction.
Alex's private lesson schedule is typically booked two to three months out during peak wedding season, so don't wait to reach out! Located near Plaza Midwood, NoDa and Uptown in Charlotte and online: http://bit.ly/first-dance-charlotte-online-lessons
ABOUT ONLINE WEDDING DANCE PROGRAMS
First Dance Charlotte's online wedding dance programs are perfect for beginners who want to learn how to look relaxed and natural during their first dance. Programs include a general course that teaches the basics of a wedding dance, including how to break away from the "prom sway," move around the dance floor, twirl your partner and dip without falling over. Custom choreography programs include all of the above plus how to put together the steps into choreography to specific first dance songs like Perfect by Ed Sheeran, Blessed by Thomas Rhett, All of Me by John Legend, Stand By Me by Ben E. King (and more!)
First Dance Charlotte's online programs are an affordable and fun way to learn your first dance in the comfort and safety of your own home. Alex is available for online consultations and Skype/Zoom lessons in conjuction with her online programs to help with any issues that you might run into while learning to dance at home. Programs start at $149 for lifetime access. You can also combine online programs with private lessons (for those who live in the Charlotte area) to polish what you learned or add on more steps!
“Alex was so great! We did her online course on our own time...and this fit with our busy schedule perfectly. We felt so confident on our big day especially with no prior dance experience. Would 10/10 recommend using Alex for your first dance needs, she is incredible!” - Jessica
“Learning to dance has been so fun, intimate and romantic. It’s my favorite part of the day.” -Katy
“Thank you so much for making the course so easy to follow and practice. My wife really appreciated the simplicity since she’s not big on dancing to begin with.” - Danielle
GET INSPIRED...
📸 Follow me on Instagram: http://bit.ly/first-dance-charlotte-instagram
🎥 Watch first dances on YouTube: https://bit.ly/first-dance-charlotte-youtube
🎧 Listen to my wedding playlists on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2DStHR6
💻 Explore online dance tutorials on Teachable: https://bit.ly/beginner-wedding-dance-lessons-online
🎊 Plan your dream first dance on Pinterest: https://bit.ly/first-dance-charlotte-pinterest
Can't wait to get started!
XOXO,
Alex
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- Disco
- Folk
- Hip-Hop
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We LOVED our 3 lessons with Alex. Neither of us having any dancing experience so we were a little nervous. Her advice was so helpful and specific, from how to hold your hands to how close to stand. It's the little things that help you start to feel comfortable and confident. She encouraged us to try new things- originally we didn't plan on doing any lifts but added two! She helped make our dance our own by incorporating our ideas. Our first dance was one of our favorite parts of our wedding day.
We could not recommend more highly! My husband and I had a somewhat tricky/upbeat first dance song (Never in My Wildest Dreams by Dan Auerbach), and so we wanted to make sure that we had some sort of plan when it came time for our first dance. Alex helped us to choreograph the sweetest dance that didn't feel "too" choreographed- it still felt very sweet and natural! Not only was it nice to feel prepared, but we also had fun while doing our lessons- it was cool to learn that my husband had some hidden moves that I didn't know about!
We had so much fun doing dance classes for our wedding with Alex! We looked forward to our sessions with Alex and are so happy with how our dance turned out. She makes it so easy with the video tutorials to get started and in class she has great suggestions and makes it feel effortless! We had a blast with her and didn't want our classes to end! Our first dance turned out beautifully thanks to Alex :) Couldn't recommend her enough!
I loved having the opportunity to learn an actual, choreographed dance for my son's wedding, with the help of First Dance Charlotte. Alex was very responsive to my questions, and even offered to help me figure out some appropriate choreography for a song I liked that that she hadn't actually made a video and lesson for yet. I went through the lessons very diligently, and my husband practiced with me. It was fun to learn even some simple dance steps for the first time in my life. My son practiced much less that I did, but on his wedding day everything came together pretty well because we both knew the basic moves. The other wedding attendees were enthusiastic and supportive of our efforts on the dance floor, which made it extra fun. I highly recommend First Dance Charlotte to help make your Mother/Son (or Father/Daughter) dance less stressful, and more fun than just swaying back and forth.
Alex was amazing! We attended a 1 group session with 2 other couples and 1 private session. The group session was a great way to get comfortable with the moves and our private session gave us time to memorize or dance and tweak small items alone with Alex. She was great at making us feel so confident in our first dance! We especially appreciated her suggesting moves for us and telling us we could try them and always change the dance if we didn’t love the way it made us feel. It pushed us out of our comfort zone but also let us feel like we had input in our dance. I highly recommend using Alex!!!
We feel so unbelievably lucky to have found Alex!
We had planned our wedding date about a year and a half in advance, so we knew we had plenty of time to conquer an amazing first dance! I come from a background of dance for 10+ years, while my husband is more of a sideline supporter. We wanted to find an instructor that could merge our differences in comfort, skill, and dancing styles, and Alex did that and so much more. We met with Alex three times in person, but her online classes were a tremendous help to allowing us get comfortable slow dancing with each other! By the time we had our first meeting, we were already learning how to dip, somewhat confidently! How cool is that! Our in person meetings with Alex were delightful experiences. She was accommodating, supportive, and we always left feeling better than we did when we arrived! She made us feel confident, and ready to go. By our third meeting, it was as if we were regular friends!
The best part about it all was learning how to do our lift during the dance. My husband and I were both nervous about what a lift would look like for us, but man oh man did it rock at our reception! The guests went crazy loud and cheered, and it was such an amazing experience for us to have!
Thank you to Alex for her time, positive and bright energy, and encouragement throughout the process. We would work with Alex every day if we could, and would highly recommend everyone else do so as well!
I cannot recommend Alex enough!! She not only made us feel more comfortable slow dancing, but she helped us create a beautiful first dance! We had so much fun during our dance lessons!! Alex is so kind, patient, talented and an amazing dance teacher!!
My husband and I knew we wanted to take lessons for our first dance at our wedding, and thank goodness we found Alex! She was so wonderful throughout the whole process. Her packages are tailored specifically to your needs and what you are looking for. We did the Coffee and Cake package and it was the perfect amount of lessons for us to have structure for our first dance and feel comfortable on the dance floor! I highly recommend Alex for dance lessons. Whether you are looking for a fully choreographed dance or simply to 'know what you are doing', she is fantastic!
We HIGHLY recommend Alex (First Dance Charlotte)! We wanted a simple dance routine that still looked put together, and Alex helped us do exactly that. She didn't try to force anything more elaborate than we wanted (although she gave that optionality if we did want it!). She asked us how we could best leverage our lesson with her, and she catered to our needs perfectly. She made us feel comfortable (for two admittedly not great dancers) and put together a routine that worked for us. It went really well, and we received several compliments on our first dance!
Our lessons with Alex really paid off for our first dance. We are middle aged and really hadn't danced in a long time. She showed us just how beautiful our dance could be and tailored the moves to our skill level. You won't regret working with Alex! Communicative, professional and sweet!
Our original plan was to get private dance lessons at a dance school in our area, but when I stumbled upon the "This could be (an everlasting love)" video on YouTube we figured we'd give the online course a try. It was so easy and comprehensive and I would recommend anyone to use this for their first wedding dance. It's super convenient to practice when you can in between all the wedding preparations, rather than having to go to a specific place at a specific time and not having video material to follow for practice sessions at home. We live in the Netherlands and it was very easy to pay for the course and get accesss to the materials.
Our first dance was AMAZING because of Alex - truly so affordable, convenient, and helpful beyond belief! She made us look like we were professionals, 10/10 recommend!!
As someone who was nervous about our first dance, Alex and her online program was a lifesaver. The lessons were easy to follow, incredibly well-structured, and made learning fun. The instructors provided clear, step-by-step guidance, which made us feel confident and prepared. We went from having two left feet to wowing our guests with a beautiful, polished routine.
Our first dance went off without a hitch, and people were very impressed. This really helped us enjoy the moment rather than stress over it and allowed us to spend quality time together before the wedding. Highly recommend to anyone looking to perfect their first dance.
We had SO MUCH FUN with Alex during our three lessons. She's such a positive and helpful human, and our dance turned our perfectly. We very much looked forward to each lesson, and she gave us so much confidence headed into our wedding day.
Alex is simply THE BEST!!! She helped us choreograph our first dance to a song that wasn’t particularly easy to dance to — a moment on our big day that was a highlight for us and a crowd favorite for our guests. Our lessons became a highlight for us during our engagement season, too, almost like a built-in date night and a way to shake off the wedding planning stress. Alex is fun, energetic, has great ideas, and taught my two-left-feet husband how to keep the beat! We even incorporated a lift!!! We will always feel indebted to Alex for the memories she helped us make on our wedding day. We continue to dance our first dance like we did on our wedding day in times of both joy and sorrow — a testament to the legacy a first dance can have on your marriage. We can’t recommend her enough!
You will not be disappointed!! Alex is amazing and great to work with. She helped choreograph my husband and I's first dance for our wedding. All the guests loved it! So glad we booked with Alex because it made our first dance more memorable than just standing in the middle of the dance floor swaying.
Very helpful. Alexandra was very friendly, easy to work with. Came to our level and helped us relax and do what we were able to do without pushing us too far outside of our abilities.
The learning process was great. The program was easy to follow, and the progression from one lesson to the next was simple and made it easy to "build" your dance moves. The last video with the voice-over dance steps really helped to pull it all together. My wife and I had a great time, it was fun, learning the routine.
The plan was for my daughter and fiance to practice together, so she could learn the steps too. She confessed to me on the way to the church that they did not finish the program. Our routine pretty much was side to side and some really nice double turns!! We pulled it off and it was great.
All in all, it was a great experience!!
Couldn’t recommend Alex more! We were initially hesitant to take the lessons and didn’t know if we would like it but had so much fun throughout the process. We felt confident going into our first dance and had so many compliments from family and friends about how great the dance was. She made it easy to learn even for two people that didn’t have any previous dance experience.
Alex was so personable & knowledgeable. She made our dance lessons something that we would look forward to, and it was a fun way to plan date nights leading up to the wedding. I would highly recommend her any anybody, regardless of your comfort or skill level!
She was easy to communicate with, flexible with timing, and she worked with us on a restricted timeline!
We had one session with Alex and it was absolutely perfect to give us the steps and skills to confidently dance, dip, and lift on our wedding day! She was extremely professional and helped accommodate us when our schedules were crazy and nothing was lining up. She was also very patient with us as neither of us had done any professional dance or dance classes. She was able to tailor a great dance for us and made it easy to practice by hearing prompts in our practice video. We got great compliments after our dance and cannot recommend Alex enough!
We loved our experience with First Dance Charlotte and working with Alex! We had chosen a song for our that she didn’t already have a tutorial for, so we decided to use the tutorial that seemed to line up best with our chosen song. We also ended up being able to do 2 in person lessons with Alex and she made us feel so comfortable with what we’d done at home, and provided guidance on how to finish out our routine. We only told a handful of guests that we had a choreographed first dance, so most of our guests were super surprised, and it was so much fun! We loved the process of learning to dance at home, and hope to keep it as part of our relationship.
My husband and I were anxious about our first dance and wanted to make sure we didn’t look like a couple at a middle school dance. My father with two left feet was also quite anxious about the father daughter dance. But we needn’t have worried. Alex to the rescue!
She was so kind and gracious to fit us into her schedule just as she was coming back from maternity leave. My husband and I completed her online tutorial before taking in person lessons. The tutorial was so easy to follow and well laid out, and gave us a good foundation to start with! Our in person lessons were something we looked forward to as a fun break in the midst of wedding planning stress.
Alex is such a light and has such a way of putting people at ease and meeting them where they are, constructing dances around each individual’s comfort and skill levels. She was particularly kind and patient with my Dad, which was so appreciated.
Our dances at the wedding went so well and people raved about them! Having some steps to follow made us all feel more confident on the dance floor, but I loved that nothing was overly choreographed or cheesy.
We can’t recommend Alex enough. She’s a joy to work with and created dances for us that we will treasure from that day forever!
Highly recommend Alex with First Dance Charlotte and couldn’t be more thankful for her help with our wedding first dance. She is very versatile to support your learning where you and your partner are at and helps you actually choreograph a dance that can be fun and successful!
Alex is incredible. We used her online services and even though she was on maternity leave she was able to still help us and created a custom PDF and voice recording to our song. We had so much fun practicing in the living room leading up to the big day! We received so many compliments on our first dance and was able to go out on the dance floor with confidence thanks to Alex! Highly recommended!
Alex is amazing she will put you at ease. Our first dance went so well because we were so confident and comfortable with our dance steps! Trust Alex and dance away
Alex was wonderful to work with! My husband and I are not very good dancers but Alex worked with us to create a first dance that was simple and easy while making it look like we knew what we were doing. I can't recommend her enough!
Alex with First Dance Charlotte was truly INCREDIBLE! She helped us perfect our dream first dance and did it in a true professional manner. She was funny, helpful, creative, kind, SO nice and gave us the gift of having the perfect first dance video to look back on forever! We are so thankful for Alex and her lessons and could not recommend her more! Definitely book lessons with her for the best first dance experience!!!
We wanted some choreography for our first dance because we’re not a couple that can just “wing it” and look good doing it and Alex was able to make us look like naturals! We were nervous for our first lesson and the nerves immediately disappeared when we stepped into the studio! Alex made our lessons so fun and enjoyable, it was like a date night for us. She choreographed a dance for us that wasn’t too overdone but allowed us to showcase a few fun moves we learned! We would HIGHLY recommend her! Thanks Alex!!
My husband and I took dance lessons with Alex in January and February for our April wedding (both of us are not dancers!). Alex was an amazing coach, she listened to our thoughts and requests and crafted a dance that was perfect for us and the song we wanted. She was very patient and always ensured we felt comfortable and confident. Our first dance was perfect on our wedding day and we did not miss a step. Thank you, Alex!
Dear Alex, I just wanted to thank you! My daughter’s wedding was this past Sunday and we did the Father/Daughter first dance that you created to “ Isn’t She Lovely.” My daughter looked beautiful and the dance went great! I will always cherish the time we practiced and actually did the first dance. Thank you very much. Sincerely, Alan S.
So happy we used Alex to choreograph our first dance. She is such a sweetheart and really knows her stuff. It was such a fun thing for my husband and I to do together leading up to the wedding. So much wedding stuff is stressful and can make you lose sight of the event being about you and your spouse! Taking the lessons and rehearsing together at home was something that made us feel like it was just about celebrating us as a couple and made us laugh and have fun together leading up to the big day. And we looked great doing it once the big day came! Our guests were so impressed! Thanks so much, Alex!
We purchased Alex’s online course for Can’t Help Falling in Love. It was well-paced and the explanations were very clear. Due to a health emergency of a key family member, we spent the week leading to the wedding apart, and had to practice on our own. It's safe to say that without Alex's tutorial, we would have had to resort to the awkward sway.
We had so much fun working with Alex at First Dance Charlotte! We came in not knowing any basic partner dance steps, and the three-lesson package paired with the at-home instructional videos was perfect to learn a choreographed first dance and get comfortable with it. Alex is an amazing teacher and is just a fun person to be around in general. She helped us make our first dance fun and entertaining without the choreography being too difficult, and she taught us basic steps that we can use over and over at future weddings/events. We highly recommend taking dance lessons with Alex!
I am so glad we decided to choreograph our first dance. Alex was so good at showing us simple dance steps and putting them to the song we chose. We attended a workshop with other couples to learn the basics then we had a 1:1 lesson to fine-tune our dance routine. She recorded our practice sessions on our phones so we could use that when practicing at home. Neither one of us has any dance background and she was so good at teaching us! We surprised our guests when we started dancing and it looked like we knew what we were doing! It was so fun and a great way to bond. I definitely recommend Alex!
Alex was an excellent teacher for our first dance song. The instructions were simple and we enjoyed working with her! Everyone was impressed at the wedding!
I can't say enough great things about Alex. Initially, we weren't sure we even wanted to do first dance lessons. After just one class with Alex, we were so glad we did. She is a beautiful person that takes a genuine interest in you, your abilities (or lack thereof in our case, lol), and ultimately, your goals for your big day. She made every class fun (we looked forward to it every week) and made the dance moves simple, but still was able to make it look like we knew what we were doing. She learns your vibe and style and seamlessly integrates it into a beautiful tailor-made package that fits you as a couple. She is so talented, kind, and thoughtful. I enjoyed working on our first dance with her so much, I even asked if she could choreograph my father/daughter dance last minute. She is a busy lady, but she made it happen (because she's that awesome). I'm so grateful she did because our dance was a HIT at the wedding. It meant so much to my dad too. If you're thinking of booking Alex for your first dance or any other special dance, do it! You won't regret it! Thanks for everything, Alex! <3 Carly & Ryan
Alex was the BEST. She was calm and patient, funny and SO comfortable to work with. She specifically choreographed our dance. We told her a few things we wanted to include and she made that happen, too! Our dance was incredibly special and we were able to execute it perfectly because the time and effort Alex helped us put into it. Her space to practice was cozy and inviting. It made us feel like we were dancing in our living room at home. We loved this whole experience and would highly recommend any couple to spend the time together to connect and make their first dance unforgettable. Our guests were SO impressed!!
I would highly recommend Alex at First Dance Charlotte for anybody looking for first dance lessons. My wife and I didn’t have any dancing experience, but Alex made the lessons easy and fun. We are so happy with how our first dance turned out!
Learning our first dance from Alex was one of our highlights from wedding planning, and it was a hit at the wedding! Alex made us feel comfortable and we never feel we overwhelmed while learning new moves.. she is a great teacher! I could not recommend Alex more, she is fabulous!!
We really enjoyed learning our dance with First Dance Charlotte online. The instructions were very easy to follow and we had so many compliments on our first dance! The choreography looks a little daunting, but it’s broken down in a way that makes it totally doable. We highly recommend using First Dance Charlotte.
We had so much fun learning our first dance with Alex! We went from having no experience, to being able to confidently do dips, twists, and lifts in 2 lessons -- and -- we had so much fun doing it! Would definitely recommend for couples!
First Dance Charlotte (Alex) was the best thing my fiancé (now wife) and I decided on for our wedding! Neither of us have dance experience and the step-by-step instructions that we received made it incredibly simple for us to learn the parts of the dance before the entire routine. The number of oohs, ahhs, wows, and other compliments we received after our first dance were thanks to Alex and First Dance Charlotte! We worked on the dance for about 2 weeks before our wedding and both my wife and I were so over joyed when we finished the dance and it was successful!
We used the online choreography services. It was such a great date night spending time practicing our dance in the living room leading up to the wedding. Our guest kept asking where we took lessons. Thank you for the special memories. We can't wait to break out some of the moves we've learned down the road again
Alex was amazing to work with! She was really nice, patient and knowledgeable. She choreographed our dance and really brought our vision to life. We are not dancers but we feel like ones now! Definitely recommend her as a vendor.
We are so happy that we booked Alex for our first dance lessons! Alex was awesome to work with and we truly came away from our lessons with an entire choreographed dance above and beyond our initial expectations! Alex was patient and easy to work with as she taught us everything from dance basics to more advanced dance steps, turns and dips! We really enjoyed all of our lessons and even got to use two lessons to prepare for first dances with each of our parents. First Dance Charlotte helped make our first dance experience seamless!
My husband and I eloped, then had a big wedding reception to celebrate six months later. I knew that when it came time for our first dance, we would need some help. However, I work nights as a nurse practitioner in the ICU and my husband is a surgery resident, so we had very little time together to devote to dance classes. Luckily, we found Alex's online tutorials, and we are so glad that we did. Although we actually live in Charlotte, we decided to go with the online course , as this was a more affordable and practical option for us due to time constraints. The tutorials were easy to navigate and the choreography was easy to learn. Alex designed the course in a really thoughtful way that allowed us to build on each step and break our learning into small chunks whenever we had time, and it was highly effective. Our dance turned out wonderfully and we had such a blast learning and performing it. It was a really fun activity as a couple and we are so grateful to Alex for making it happen and for making our first dance so special.
Alex made a part of the wedding that I was initially nervous about one of my favorite parts of the whole day! She is extremely personable and you can tell she's really passionate about what she does. I highly recommend First Dance Charlotte!
Alexandra is the best instructor around! We are not dancers, she made it very easy and we felt like we had been dancing our whole lives. Going to her classes were not only easy but very fun, I looked forward to every class we had scheduled. Cant thank her enough for helping us with our big day!
Learning our first dance through the online lessons and an in-person class was one of the highlights of wedding planning for me! The videos are very well done and easy to follow, and the in-person lesson from Alex helped us refine our dance and add in a few additional "moves". Neither my husband or I are dancers but by following the videos and practicing, we felt very comfortable going into our wedding day. All of our wedding guests loved it, and watching back the video hearing the guests surrounding us and cheering us on (especially during the lift!) is very special. Highly recommend!
My wife and I had a great experience with Alex & First Dance Charlotte. We booked the Coffee & Cake package which came with the online tutorial as well as three private in-person lessons with Alex at her dance studio (60 minutes each). The online tutorial was very helpful to get the basic steps down and practice at home at our convenience. The private lessons were meant to come up with a perfectly timed choreography which was tailored to our first dance song. We were impressed by Alex and her skills since we were not sure initially if our desired song would make for a good wedding dance (Ben Howard "Promise"). However, after listening to the song a few times, Alex was quickly able to come up with a very sophisticated choreography and we were able to practice it step by step during our three sessions. On top of this, Alex' teaching style was super relaxed and she was open to our feedback/thoughts on what we felt comfortable doing. We left confident thanks to Alex' attention to detail and were able to impress our wedding guests at our reception! In fact, a bunch of people asked us how we came up with such a great choreography. The best thing is that we can now put these steps to future use (+ we have continued access to the online tutorial) if we want to dance to other songs so choosing First Dance Charlotte was definitely worth the money!
PS: Bonus points to Alex for being flexible with the bookings and for making a nice gift card since the lessons were a Christmas gift for my wife!
Alex is incredible!!! She made us feel SO comfortable. We had no idea what to expect and we had so much fun with our lessons every single time. We were so shocked by what we were able to do by the end of our lessons. The end result was such an amazing first dance that was personal to us! We loved working with Alex and highly recommend First Dance Charlotte!
My (now) husband and I have never danced at all a day in our lives but our wedding was creeping up fast which meant….the first dance. We knew leading up to our wedding day we needed to figure out what we were going to do because we wanted to know more than just your traditional sway. We looked for local dance instructors in the area and First Dance Charlotte popped up. We were so drawn and booked immediately.
The instructor, Alex, was so incredibly kind, patient and helpful. You’re able to learn a whole routine or just make the traditional sway more fun and interesting!! We were so nervous for our first dance and after being taught and getting the advice we needed from Alex, our nervousness turned into excitement. We learned so many new pointers that we will be able to take with us for the rest of our lives! I can’t recommend Alex at First Dance Charlotte enough!
Alex is awesome! I cannot recommend her enough if you want a special first dance! She helped us learn the steps and choreograph our first dance to a non-traditional song. My husband was initially tentative about the entire thing but ended up loving the process! As we were dancing to live music, she also coached us through a few scenarios so we were prepared when it didn't go exactly as expected and I've heard nothing but compliments from the band and our guests since.
I planned everything way in advance, so we had 4 lessons, one a month leading up to our reception, which gave us plenty of time in-between to practice and try out new things. She videos at the end of each lesson, which we used as reference for practice. Alex was really receptive to our feedback to help make the dance ours and everything was just perfect!
Alex was truly amazing to work with. I personally went in with zero experience and low confidence but Alex makes it so easy and fun to learn! She provides so many helpful hints and dance moves for the first dance and beyond! Thank you so much for all the help!
Alex is absolutely incredible! Even if you have ZERO experience Alex can make you feel confident and skilled on the dance floor. Not to mention, she's super fun to work with in her studio and can give you some really show stopping choreography or keep it low key, but still so, so classy and timeless! Post wedding I asked my videographer to create a highlight of our first dance and I still watch it regularly. Highly recommend working with Alex for your wedding day - she's one of a kind!
Alex was wonderful to work with and helped us tremendously with our first dance. We wanted to feel more comfortable and confident during our first dance and we did because of Alex's help. The classes were fun and she had already prepared choreography to our first dance song prior to us coming for the first lesson. We highly recommend Alex! Thank you so much!!
Alex was great! We felt so comfortable during our first dance all because of Alex. This was definitely worth the money on classes. Especially during COVID and us postponing our wedding Alex always stayed in touch and accommodated to whatever was needed. She made the classes fun and we learned so much!
Alex is so wonderful! We did five lessons in person and she is so kind and patient in teaching the dance steps that become a complete choreographed dance! Alex runs through everything with you so you feel comfortable from the entrance to the dance floor through finishing your first dance. She creates such a positive environment where it was just so FUN to learn a dance together leading up to our wedding day! So grateful for you, Alex!
OH. MY. GOODNESS!!!! I cannot recommend Alex and First Dance Charlotte enough!! She was extremely responsive and helpful from the start. She made all of my wildest dreams come true for our first dance and for my dance with my dad. She choreographed the most perfect dances to both songs we selected. We had SO much fun at all of the dance lessons. Alex is the sweetest, most kind person you will ever meet and absolutely amazing at teaching. Me, my husband nor my dad had ever really danced before and she was so patient and got us wedding ready with absolutely no problem! THANK YOU SO MUCH ALEX!!! I can’t recommend you enough – everyone book your lessons with First Dance Charlotte before she’s booked solid!
Don't think twice about working with Alex - she is simply the best & so bubbly & fun to work with!!! Alex truly helped us prepare for our first dance with a classic, slow, & romantic dance. We wanted to take dance lessons because my husband and I are rusty dancers so naturally we were nervous about dancing in front of our friends & family. However, after only 4 dance lessons with Alex we felt like complete pros and were at total ease. The entire process was so much fun, and we had the best time just learning different dance moves that we hope she even provides group classes in the future just for a fun date night! Overall, highly highly recommend Alex to get you in tip top dancing shape for your wedding. She will listen to whatever you want and curate it just for you!
My husband and I loved working with Alex to help prepare us for our first dance! She made the whole experience comfortable and easy. We felt very confident going into our wedding and received great feedback from friends and family on our moves! Highly recommend First Dance Charlotte to anyone of any experience level who wants to make this special moment on the big day that much better!
We purchased the full course to learn the dance to "I Get to Love You" by Ruelle and it was fantastic. It walked us through all of the steps, helped us get comfortable with them, and then applied it all to choreography. It was fun and easy and our first dance went great! I very highly recommend purchasing a course like this to learn how to make your first dance something that you'll look back on happily for the rest of your life.
First Dance Charlotte was exactly what we needed to learn how to dance on our big day! We did a group lesson and private lesson with Alex. She helped us learn basic dance moves and choreograph the perfect dance! She even helped my dad and I choreograph the perfect daddy daughter dance from afar! Would totally recommend Alex and first dance charlotte for any couple :)
My husband and I worked with Alex to create our first dance, and I am thrilled to share that it was a great success! It was so simple… we told her our song choice in advance and then it only took 2 sessions for us to have a fully polished dance, ready to go! She was amazing to work with, she’s right outside of Charlotte, her space is clean and spacious and I would highly recommend her to any couple looking for help with crafting a dance.
Alex was so helpful in getting us ready for our first dance! We started with the video tutorial and then did two private lessons which was perfect for us. The video tutorial is great to break things down on your own time and get the basics sorted out and the in-person lessons were awesome. She does a great job of putting together choreography, explaining the steps in easy-to-understand (and remember!) terms and is super patient with beginners like us! We didn't really know what to expect from dance lessons but by the end of the first hour, we were having a blast. I am so glad we hired Alex - I feel so much more confident and prepared for our first dance after all of her guidance! Highly recommend!
Alex's dance classes are amazing! My husband and I took Alex's online tutorial for Andy Grammars' "I am Yours" along with two in person classes to clean up our dance. Alex was so welcoming, gave great feedback, and added a few extra moves into our dance to make it more personal to us. I absolutely recommend First Dance Charlotte!
Alex was so great to work with. We are not natural dancers but she was so friendly and encouraging and immediately put us at ease. We were really happy with how our first dance turned out - very much exceeded expectations. Highly recommend for anyone at any skill level looking to make their first dance memorable!
Alex was incredible to work with for learning how to dance for our wedding. My husband and I really did not know a thing before coming in and with the online course + 2 in person lessons we were told we looked amazing at our first dance.
Alex is great because things are so customizable. We were not looking for a choreographed dance, just wanting to learn how to be confident and flow well in ballroom dancing. We learned a lot more than we expected in just two lessons. She even filmed us on our phone so that we could practice at home in case we forgot any of the moves.
I would definitely consider taking lessons again as it was so fun and Alex was so easy to work with. She even was accommodating with a payment plan and spacing the payments out for us. Thank you Alex for everything!
Alex is THE BEST. My husband and I are definitely not the best dancers and a little awkward, but she made us feel so comfortable & prepared for our first dance! We started with just trying to get the box step down (lol) and somehow ended up with a perfectly choreographed dance (that we crusheddd at our wedding!). It was just enough to not look too overdone, even though we had a lift!! Everyone was so impressed and we have received so many compliments :) We honestly miss our lessons with Alex and will probably end up doing some more in the future just for fun. I'm dead serious that these dance lessons for your first dance are WORTH ALL OF THE MONEY & YOU WILL NOT REGRET WORKING WITH ALEX!!
Alex was an absolute pleasure to work with and to plan and practice our first dance for our wedding. We were supposed to get married June 2020 and had a plan of doing this very elaborate routine and Alex worked with us to make it fit our skills and style. However, after having to postpone our wedding to the following year, we changed our minds on what we wanted to do and Alex was terrific at readjusting and coming up with a new routine for us for a completely new song. Neither my husband nor I are good dancers and she worked with us to come up with a dance that was elegant and simple and made us look much more skilled than we are. If you are on the fence about doing dance lessons, we highly encourage you to do so. So many of our friends just do a simple sway and most of the guests end up going to get drinks during this time. During our dance, everyone was standing and cheering for us. We received so many compliments throughout the night and it truly made our wedding stand out and be even more memorable. My favorite photos from the night are from our first dance. It also is a fun activity to do with your fiance during the wedding planning process and a unique way to bond with each other. Alex is absolutely a rockstar and I can’t say enough positive things about working with her. Thank you so much Alex!!!
Alex was professional and her studio was lovely! The tutorials and our lessons were hands on and helpful. She was encouraging and always available to assist as needed. Our first dance was incredible thanks to Alex’s help!
Alex is awesome! Neither myself or my now husband had ever taken dance lessons and we were hoping to at least learn some basics and put together a small routine for our wedding! She exceeded all expectations and explained everything in a way that we were able to understand and easily apply! We had a blast and our first dance was top notch!
Working with Alex was a wonderful experience! My husband and I had zero dancing history, and knew that we needed to figure something out so that our first dance at our wedding wasn't too entirely awkward. We selected the Wine and Cheese package and Alex exceeded our expectations!
Alex was... AMAZING! My wife and I had such a fun time learning our dance. I'm an absolute beginner with zero knowledge of dance "moves" and Alex helped us choreograph a simple but fun and beautiful dance to the song we picked out. Can't wait to go again for more dance lessons!
My fiance already knew how to dance, but I did not. My only dancing experience was at the prom! I knew we needed lessons before our wedding, and Alex was amazing! She was patient and encouraging throughout our lessons, including one via Zoom during the pandemic. Our first dance went off without a hitch, and we have Alex to thank for that!
Alex with First Dance Charlotte helped us create the most beautiful, elegant, and classic first dance for our wedding! We loved working with Alex and she was very accommodating with everything, especially with the pandemic and stormy summer weather. Alex took the time to listen to our wants and dreams for our first dance. She provided a cozy outdoor location under a tent to accommodate the need for social distancing. Alex continually followed up with text or email and gave us encouragement leading up to the wedding. We are thankful for Alex and her beautiful dance skills! Thank you for everything and helping us have an amazing first dance! -Erin & Jefferson
Alex was an absolute pleasure to work with! I am not particularly comfortable dancing but my husband is so I definitely was insistent upon taking dance lessons. To give you an idea of how awkward of a dancer I am, I didn't even feel comfortable swaying at the beginning. Alex choreographed a beautiful first dance for our wedding to Taylor Swift’s “Lover”!
Obviously with COVID, it’s been an incredibly stressful experience planning a wedding but doing dance lessons with Alex was something we were able to look forward to and do together! It honestly felt like a date night for us!
We thoroughly enjoyed our dance lessons, and Alex was super accommodating and awesome at explaining all the dance moves and was kind enough to film us each time so we were able to review it ourselves and see what we needed to work on. She’s so positive, cheerful and an all-around delight to be around and we could not recommend her more!
We cannot say enough amazing things about Alex! Prior to coming to Alex, my fiancé and I had zero dance experience and were nervous to get up in front of 100+ people and awkwardly sway. We found Alex online and are so glad we did! She immediately put us at ease, teaching us the basics and catering the dance to our style and vision. We always looked forward to the lessons as not only were they productive but full of laughter. By the end of our lessons, not only did we have a gorgeous choreographed dance but we felt confident in it. While COVID put a damper on our original wedding plans, we nailed the dance and blew away our family and small group of friends. We are excited to use the steps and skills we learned way past our wedding day!
Working with Alex on our first dance for our wedding was one of the best decisions we made in the wedding process! We had our song picked out, but had no clue how to dance to it. She started with teaching us the basics of dance and we ended up with a perfectly choreographed dance for our wedding!
Nothing but positive things to say about our dance classes with Alex! Great space for learning and practicing and Alex is the BEST instructor. Immediately made my now husband and I feel comfortable and confident in our dance for the big day. Highly recommend!!
I am SO glad I convinced my husband into taking a few dance lessons prior to our big day. We wanted to learn the basics as well as a few fun moves just so we weren't awkward swaying back and forth for our first dance, and what we were able to do in our three lessons in the two months leading up to our wedding far exceeded our expectations. Not only did we learn a lot, but Alex also helped us put together the choreography. Alex was absolutely wonderful to work with - so warm, kind, and patient & an excellent teacher. My husband and I had so much fun during our lessons. All of our friends and family were blown away by our first dance, and it's going to be a memory that both of us will cherish forever. We couldn't recommend Alex at First Dance Charlotte more highly!
My husband and I LOVED learning our first dance with Alex. She made us feel at ease, encouraged us, and gave us the confidence we needed on our wedding day. We got so many compliments and loved that we had something special to practice for our big day. I can't sing enough praises about Alex! You definitely will not regret going with her!
I can't say enough good things about Alex & her work. We enjoyed every night of our lessons, it was kind of like a fun/date night out for us. Alex was very sweet and made the experience so fun for us. She put together the perfect dance for our personalities and "dancing ability". Everyone was very impressed at our wedding! I didn't feel like it was too coordinated either, it was just absolutely perfect!! Highly recommend!