About this vendor
First Dance Wedding & Social Dance Studio is Long Island’s longest-running independent ballroom dance studio, proudly serving couples since 1986. Formerly known as Dance Obsession, we have helped generations of couples feel confident and connected on the dance floor.
Based in Farmingdale, NY, we specialize in wedding first dance lessons and beginner-friendly private instruction, creating personalized choreography that feels natural, elegant, and true to each couple’s style. No dance experience required — just a desire to enjoy your first dance together.
At First Dance Studio, we turn meaningful moments into unforgettable memories.
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Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Music Genres
- Classical
- Country
- Dance
- Disco
- Jazz
- Latin
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5
out of 5.04 reviews
Since you’re reading a review for a dance studio, I already know what you're thinking. How the heck do I pick a studio to learn a few moves in time for the wedding??? Well look no ...
further!! My now wife and I decided on Barney & Debbie’s Dance Obsession after reading a few reviews online. We took the initial 4 class wedding package with Jeanine and knew that we found the right place. We then proceeded to take a 10 class program with her to fully learn our “wedding program” aka The Dance. We went roughly once a week until our wedding and I can say that we felt so comfortable with our routine on our wedding day thanks to Jeanine. Did it go off absolutely perfectly? By no means. But, did we have a fun time learning the dance and ultimately impress our friends and family? Absolutely!
Now allow me to give you a little background about my wife and my prior dance experience. It is wholly comprised of watching Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance. Our instructor, Jeanine was incredibly patient with us, walking us through the very basics, time and time again. She gradually added on steps and moves as we could tolerate and never once showed frustration with such novices.
Although I can only speak to working extensively with Jeanine, and once with Rosalie, I can definitely say that I saw all the instructors at Dance Obsession work with dancers of all levels and everyone seemed to be having a great time.
I would wholeheartedly recommend Dance Obsession without any reservations. Yes, its not necessarily cheap but then again, what part of a wedding is? The instructors will teach you, but more importantly make you feel comfortable dancing your first dance. They will prepare you for that moment on your special day when you may forget a step but you’re so comfortable with the routine that you can pick it up right away. The studio is also extremely flexible with scheduling which is critical to a couple planning a wedding while working full-time.
Thank you to our friends at Barney & Debbie’s Dance Obsession!
My husband and I met with Jeanine just four weeks before our wedding and she managed to not only teach us a full fox trot number in just four lessons, she also gave us the biggest ...
gift of all: having an amazing moment that we shared together on our wedding day.
If you're considering taking dance lessons before your wedding, I would highly suggest going to Barney & Debbie's studio. You won't regret it!
Love Love Love Dance Obsession! We started taking dance lessons in February 2015. Our wedding was not until August but we wanted to learn more than just our wedding dance. It als...
o made for a nice date and bonding time as we both learned something new together. Jeanine is fantastic. She was patient with us and, when it came time to learn our wedding dance, she had great suggestions including combining two songs and two dances into our first dance. She really did turn us into ballroom dancers! I know our wedding guests really enjoyed watching us as we are still getting compliments. We also had some lessons with John who is wonderful. The Friday night group lessons with Debbie and parties are great too and gave us a chance to meet and dance with other people. The entire staff is welcoming, encouraging, and great teachers! Can't say enough good things about Dance Obsession. Still love going there a year and a half later!
Amazing experience!!! We signed up with less than 2 months until our wedding! We did it that way so we could relax and wind down with dance lessons leading up to the big day and so...
our dance would be fresh in our minds!
Our teacher was Janine! She is patient and amazing! We had such a great time, prices were definitely reasonable for one on one lessons, 4 lessons total! I was expecting to be quoted more. It was well worth it. I didn't believe we could learn a dance in 4 lessons but we did! And it provided wonderful memories for us as well as some stress relief!
FYI, we wanted to practice our routine one more time so after our rehearsal dinner the night before he big day we were practicing in the middle of the street I grew up on! It was funny at the same time before we went our separate ways for the night.
I totally recommend this dance studio! We are looking to go back for more good times, awesome dance moves and stress relief.
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18 Hempstead Tpke, Farmingdale, NY
First Dance Studio, Farmingdale NY