Fred Astaire Dance Studio West Chester

ia worked 1:1 with us for 8 weeks to choreograph a beautiful first dance that incorporated our personalities, and helped us with our awkwardness enough to make something truly special! We were able to surprise our family and friends at our wedding in 2022, which had been postponed since 2020, so being able to surprise everyone made it even more important to us. Daria painstakingly helped us learn how to move our bodies to look cohesive, and remember the steps to the dance she created. We also loved the chance to dress up and try our dance in front of other wedding couples and fellow studio students at a “dress rehearsal”. We flopped a little during that and went too fast, but got our nerves out of the way for the big day. When it finally came, we practiced one more time upstairs between the ceremony and first dance, and pulled it off flawlessly!! Everyone was so surprised and truly enjoyed it, and we smiled through every moment! We have so many beautiful photos and videos of the dance that we will treasure forever. We are BEYOND grateful to Daria and the rest of the team at Fred Astaire Dance Studio, and cannot recommend them more to other couples looking to learn something special for their big day, something fun and romantic, or individuals looking to connect with other people who enjoy some fun!

we decided to because we made some incredible memories along the way. Thank you Daria and team!!

out to Sergei. You rock!

y patient and encouraging. He even helped us and found a better version of the song we wanted (original: Fly Me to the Moon, new: Fly Me to the Moon/Lucky mashup)! Sergei did so well in teaching us that he even let us use our last lesson to help teach my father how to dance so we wouldn't flub the Father-Daughter dance. I can't express how thankful we are to have found this studio. The people are so welcoming and astounding. If you want to impress your friends and family I highly recommend coming here!

es he has witnessed, ours was in the top 3. I highly recommend Fred Astaire, especially Daria!

appy with the result. We also had a great time and would recommend to anyone interested!

e was the highlight of the wedding! We enjoyed every minute of the lessons! Thank you Sergei and Dasha! Sarah and Dave

at the same time! Everyone absolutely loved our dance and could not stop talking about how well we did! We can not thank Daria enough for her patience and talent! We will definitely be back for another special occasion!

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!

ng extra special!

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.