Fred Astaire Dance Studio West Chester

ading all of the brides saying how choreographing their first dance was one of the best decisions they made. I figured we could try out a lesson with the Groupon and decide if we wanted to fully commit or not. If worse came to worse, I figured we had fun taking a couple of lessons. Of course we loved our first appointment with Sergei and immediately booked our weekly sessions with him! We procrastinated a bit so we started about two months out from our wedding. When I called she kindly told me that we better get moving if we wanted to be ready for our wedding day. lol. We were looking to merge two songs together into one dance. We gave Sergei the time stamps of the songs and he arranged a beautiful dance for us with the perfect blend of both songs. We worked hard week after week and felt like contestants on dancing with the stars. Once Sergei suggested we video ourselves and watch it in between visits, it made a huge difference! It was very difficult remembering if we were doing the steps correctly just from our memory. We continued to add on new sections week after week until we finally put everything together. The week leading up to our wedding we did a practice run in front of everyone at the studio that night. It was very stressful with everyone watching us but fun. The whole idea is to get you used to people watching you perform the dance. I really wanted Sergei to be there on our wedding night like you would see your childhood dance instructor on the side of the stage at your dance recital. lol. He was there in spirit! My husband had a heart attack when he saw how ginormous my wedding gown was. He said, "how are we going to do this with this dress?!?!?!" I told him that I showed Sergei from the beginning and that we should be able to make it happen! lol I think we did Sergei proud! If it wasn't for COVID, we could have gone to show him our video by now! We highly recommend Fred Astaire Dance Studio. They are all extremely professional and hard-working. They work with you to pay for your lessons as you go versus one lump sum when you sign your contract. They put the music together for you and create a dance perfect for you and your dance partner. Sergei was kind, patient and professional as he worked with us to be the best dancers we could be. He is absolutely the best! Thank you so much, Sergei!

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and funny. He made the whole dance lesson more enjoyable and we ended up sweeping everyone away with our dance. We were nervous about our performance in front of the whole studio, but it definitely helped to calm our nerves for the big day. Everyone there, including Dasha , was so nice and welcoming to the studio. I have already recommended my sister-in-law and her fiance and would recommend again!

rable. We received so many compliments. The band at our wedding said it was the best first dance they’d ever seen. The instructors were so patient, professional and kind. They were encouraging and are so talented! We love everyone here and are so grateful to have had this experience. Thank you so much Fred Astaire!

ional dance to frank sinatra and then break out into a disco upbeat dance in the middle. Fred Astaire Dance studio completely blew away our expectations. They created a custom choreographed dance for us, edited the music we could give to our DJ, and helped us every "step" of the way :) We had a lesson once a week for 3 months until the wedding. The end result completely exceeded our expectation and all of our guests were so surprised and delighted. Everyone at Fred Astaire completely went above and beyond what we would have expected by making us ALWAYS feel welcomed (when it can be intimidating to be around such talented dancers). They always welcomed us to the dance floor for practice time and to their monthly parties in the studio where everyone can dance together. Both my father and I are hoping to continue with lessons in the future at this studio because it's an amazing environment. Their professionalism & kindness during this experience will never be forgotten. Sergi you rock!! Thank you again!!

them all weekly ! Our guests were blown away at our surprise dance and we can’t stop watching our video over and over! We looked forward to our lesson as a date each week as we inches closer - with all of the stress of planning a wedding, this was the one part of the process that was just fun and simply so wonderful! We fully trusted and loved everyone here ! We also want to go back for more date nights! It’s a blast !!!!

it was so much fun working with the studio and Sergei. He was there every step of the way with us and created a beautiful piece that our friends and family could not even believe we pulled off. This was an amazing experience that even has us wanting to go back to keep up dance lessons as a date night. We could not say enough about Sergei and this dance studio! Could not imagine going anywhere else! Thank you again for everything!

fter compliment. We HIGHLY recommend all of Fred Astaire West Chester, as they are so warm and friendly, and make you feel welcome immediately. We are especially grateful for Sergey, however. He made our lessons fun and we shared many laughs with him! STRONGLY recommend FADS West Chester for dance lessons!!!!

ha and Dmitry both made it a wonderful experience and were very accommodating. With Dashas expertise she put together a special father daughter dance that we could both do and also had fun learning at the same time. Doing this definitely was a great choice and a lot of fun. It made my wedding day even more special. Thank you for all the help and encouragement.

er dance at Fred Astaire too and we rocked because of Dasha's training! Our wedding guests raved over our choreographed first dance and are still asking how we learned as much as we did from our instructors (having never learned ballroom dance before). Besides their amazing talent and teaching skills, Dasha and Dmitry are simply wonderful people who care deeply about their business and it shows! Do yourselves a favor and check out Fred Astaire Dance Studio West Chester!

one at the studio is incredibly nice and helpful. We shopped around a bit before deciding on lessons and we are so glad we went with this studio!

to do a first dance. They choreographed the whole dance and helped us execute it flawlessly. I could not be happier. The instructors treated us like longtime friends and were incredibly patient for first-time dancers. They put real time and excellence into their lessons and we’re incredibly grateful.

ily. Dmitry had so much patience with us and before long we had our dance!! We not only have our wedding dance but we have the confidence to dance to all types of music!!!

dancing together. It is definitely worth every penny to come here for your dance lessons.

o put on a show! We've also attended one of their group dance parties and have plans to go back for more lessons!

oreographed dance, but now we feel like it's one of the best decisions that we've made for our wedding in December. I would highly recommend Dasha or any other instructor at Fred Astaire!

e lessons were a great date night once a week leading up to the wedding as well. Besides getting to marry my best friend , and wearing a gorgeous dress... these dance lessons and our dance was my favorite part about our wedding!

ack and take on more lessons to develop the entire choreography for our first dance! Alex was a very patient, funny, and overall positive dance instructor to us. Thanks to him, I have a newfound appreciation for dancing!

and Alex were unbelievably welcoming and helpful from the first phone call all the way to post wedding congrats email! We had a chance to take lessons with all three of these amazing instructors and we were absolutely thrilled with our experience each time. They listened to our song and put together a beautiful dance for us. With each lesson, our confidence soared, thanks to their great coaching. Leading up to our big day, they edited our song to the the appropriate length for the DJ and drilled us on our steps until we could do it in our sleep. My wife and I are stressful people but one thing we did not stress about was our dance! Please please please take these lessons leading up to your big day! It will be some of the most fun you have and also an intimate escape with your loved one during such a hectic time. Thank you Dasha, Dmitry and Alex! We will be back for more!

ep coming back even after our wedding.

plan for us . Not only did we learn our wedding dance we also learned social dance steps to use for every day. We did a total of 10 dance lessons in a little over a month. They were very flexible with our schedules and having evening hours really helped us get our lessons in. Would highly reccomend.

ess we made. Thanks to Daria and Alex's outstanding choreography and teaching skills our dance was one of the highlights of our wedding and our friends and family couldn't stop talking about it. Above all, it's just fun. We put pressure on ourselves to do well, but the environment of the studio is incredibly friendly and supportive. I can't recommend Fred Astaire Dance Studio highly enough. We are seriously considering dancing as a hobby now and look forward to continue learning thanks to them!!!