First Dance Studio

l in deciding what direction we wanted to go with for our first dance. Then we signed up for a 3 class crash course and had the 3 classes with Daniela. They were super accommodating with our busy schedules and the short time frame we were working with! We had our final class yesterday, and are so happy with how it turned out! We were nervous for the first dance but now feel excited and confident for the day of our wedding. If you’re hesitant- I would definitely recommend going for the classes to help ease nerves for the first dance and highly recommend First Dance Studio!!

didn’t want to look uncomfortable on the dance floor or stuck with your boring basic prom side shuffle for our first dance at our wedding. We wanted memories of our wedding night that would last a lifetime and Danielle helped us get even more than that. When I first brought up the idea of dance lessons to my then fiancé (now husband), he agreed to do the lessons but wasn’t thrilled about the idea. We both had athletic backgrounds from high school and college, but neither of us had danced before. Danielle made us both feel at ease and comfortable with dancing. My husband never thought this was something he would ever do, let alone enjoy it! After meeting Danielle and completing our introduction lesson, we decided to book a package so we would not only learn our first dance but have extra lessons to have as special date nights after our wedding – and to our shock, the lessons are good for 5-years from the date of purchase for many date nights to come! Danielle had us laughing and enjoying ourselves while learning. Our dance lessons quickly became a nice getaway amidst the rest of the wedding planning chaos and was something we looked forward to each week. She was also super flexible with class times as we had demanding day jobs – fitting us in for the evening or on our ‘off-work Friday’, but we also were commuting 45 minutes for the lessons so if we got stuck in traffic, she was always understanding and made our schedule work. Although it was a choreographed dance, my goal was to know how to follow my partner’s lead well enough that I could be in the moment, enjoy our first dance, and be able to sing the lyrics without thinking about my next step, and Danielle taught us just that. We were super impressed with what we were able to learn in the number of lessons we did – a full 4.5-minute dance that included a lift and a dip! Danielle also worked with my husband and my mother-in-law for their mother-son dance and they had easy-to-remember steps in just one lesson! Danielle gave us more than a nice-looking first dance at our wedding, she gave us cherished memories together that we'll never forget and now we have dance skills we can use at any occasion in the future. We are looking forward to using these skills at our friends’ weddings, vacations, and learning new types of dances on our date nights as we continue to use the lessons from our package. We cannot thank Danielle enough for the experience she provided us throughout the lessons, practicing at home, on our wedding day, and the fact that she made us both find an exciting new date night we can both enjoy! Highly recommend!

s. Our wedding guests were so impressed!

d instincts. Every single class and all of her instruction just so on point all the time. And she knew how to communicate with us exactly how we needed it. We came to her with a very different and upbeat song that we had NO idea how to dance to. After feeling our vibe and energy, and within 30 seconds of her hearing our song she was like oh yeah… this is easy. I know how we will do this. She was so fun to work with, and we enjoyed our dance lessons so much. Its such a fun thing to do as a couple before the big day. Couldn’t possibly speak more highly of Danielle not only as a teacher but just as a genuine, amazing person who really cared about us and truly wanted us to be the best we could be. All of our guests couldn’t stop raving about our first dance!!!! Thank you so much, Danielle. You truly helped make the best day of our lives perfect

We started working with her about six months before our wedding and boy, did it pay off! Our guests were very impressed with our first dance and we had so much fun doing it! Danielle is a great teacher and very patient. We always left dance lessons in a better mood than we arrived. We are looking forward to doing a few more social dance lessons later this fall!

when we were there! I highly recommend first dance studio!! Danielle is very talented!

o much fun at our lessons and our guests are still raving about our moves! We highly recommend this studio!

essons and highly recommend them!

stoppers; you know, stuff for the camera to make it a fun show. Finally she helped us work out a semi-choreographed and flexible routine. This was critical and set us up to handle last minute dance floor changes at our venue and an unforgettable wedding performance. Go work with Danielle to create something special to impress everyone.

gy and was so welcoming. We would highly recommend anyone that is interested in taking wedding dance lessons to do so, but only with Danielle, as she is the best!

Danielle did such a great job of helping us plan and prepare for a dance that pushed us just a bit outside of our comfort zone, without feeling too over the top. Thanks to Danielle's teaching, we turned our first dance into one of the most memorable parts of our reception for us and for our guests- who were shocked and impressed to see our new dancing skills in action!

intment with Danielle was so much fun..we had a ton of laughs and even learned a few new moves. I knew I had to sign us up. Biy am I glad I did! Our first dance was so pretty even if my dress was enormous and got in the way ALOT! We did good! We would have made her proud :) Danielle hasnt seen the last of us. We will be going back to learn some fun stuff too!

ing with Danielle. Our mashup dance was one of the highlights of the wedding and people couldn't stop talking about it the entire night! Danielle was amazing at making us feel comfortable while also pushing us out of our comfort zone- and I'm so happy she did! She was also flexible with our busy schedules and my dad even coming from a different state. Although I won't miss wedding planning, I will most definitely miss weekly dance classes with my dad and we can't thank Danielle enough for helping us create a memory we will remember forever. Thank you Danielle!

und that in Danielle! We both have zero dancing experience and Danielle definitely had patience with us. We purchased five classes and within a month and a half we felt confident and prepared for our first dance. We highly recommend working with Danielle!!

2x a month, and before we knew it, our dance came together. Dance lessons at First Dance Studio was were a great investment, and my husband and I had a lot of fun in the process.

wedding and when Danielle said there was hope for us we purchased the 20-class package. It was totally worth it. Danielle is an incredible instructor. She's funny, patient and so generous with her feedback. The space was the perfect size to emulate the dance floor. We went from marching band geeks to suave ballroom dancers. She helped us create a dance that embodied what we wanted to feel at the wedding–us having fun and looking like we know what we are doing piece by piece. Everyone at the wedding knew we had no dance experience so after the first dance, with the final dip, we got a standing ovation. Taking lessons at First Dance Studio was the best investment we made during the wedding planning process.

ce or confidence but Danielle was fantastic at putting us at ease. We didn't go into our lessons looking to learn anything advanced, in fact we told her we just wanted to learn how to move well together so that we wouldn't be stuck doing the penguin on our wedding day. She taught us some basic steps and some ballroom "tricks" and before we knew it, it all came together and we had a dance routine! We practiced on our own at home and with Danielle in the studio, and after a few weeks we were comfortable and looking great! On our wedding day we were nervous about being the center of attention but thanks to Danielle we had a dance that was all our own and which we knew by heart. Our guests had no idea we were doing anything special and they LOVED it! We received so many compliments, but best of all we felt confident and had a blast. Not only did our lessons give us the confidence to do our first dance, they also gave us the confidence to dance all night long with our guests. I have never seen my husband so happy and relaxed on the dance floor, and our photographers got some great pictures! We would recommend Danielle to anyone without hesitation. Whether you are looking for a choreographed dance to wow your guests, or are like us and just want to feel and look good on the dance floor, Danielle can help you. Our lessons were a great investment, and we plan to take more soon!

th her! The dance came together amazingly on our wedding day!

but the way she runs this (at least for us newbies) is that she teaches you a lot of moves that you can do, and you work out together a routine that you both like, but it's not perfectly choreographed with the song, so if you need to do a few extra of something to get mentally settled or if you forget to do something, it's no problem! Anyway, we loved our dance, and we got lots of compliments from our guests, and it was awesome. And Danielle was wicked nice and was always really positive about our progress and our ability to do this, even though we knew just about nothing about dancing when we came in. Just a note when you show up for the first time - she teaches in a studio room in the gym that's there, so if you don't see a sign for First Dance, don't panic!

fun and approachable. She also took the time to get to know us and our wedding so that she could personalize our lessons, and it made all the difference. We initially just took the intro class to get a feel for dance lessons in general and we liked it so much that we ended up purchasing 10 classes.