Fred Astaire Norwood

ut out to our instructor, Julian, who was an absolute joy to learn from! He worked with us to create a beautiful dance that matched our personalities, dance abilities and song. We’ll be back for more dance lessons in the future!

e had taught us just a week before. We even invited him to be a guest at our wedding to see the results of all his hard work but he could not attend due to his job responsibilities. We were extremely confident that we would have a number of wonderful dances together on our wedding night with each other and family and friends which was exactly what happened. I would highly recommend Julian as an instructor. We observed that the other instructors were extremely friendly, greeted us by name, and showed great enthusiasm and patients with their students while we were taking lessons from Julian. Finally, the manager of the studio was on site virtually every night that we went for a lesson over several months time.

th and was very talented, professional, and accommodating. We truly enjoyed our time at the studio and everyone there was so friendly and helpful. I would highly recommend Julian and the studio!

nce preparations and beyond. I highly recommend this place.

ay! He was upbeat, positive and patient, and always so happy to see us upon our arrival (and also extremely talented!). Julian not only worked with us to develop our east coast swing routine, but also took a special song recorded on an old CD, and cropped/digitized it for us to fit the timing of the dance- going above and beyond what he needed to to! If you’re looking for dance lessons, look no further than Fred Astaire.

with. The package we bought came with unlimited group classes, it was so fun to learn all the different kinds of movements.

. We have zero formal dance training. Worst still, we found this amazingly elaborate wedding dance that another couple did on Youtube and we were desperate to do something similar. We randomly selected Sean at Fred Estaire based on a quick google search and we showed him the video and said "We want to do that." In the beginning, we couldn't even put one foot in front of the one another. But Sean was attentive, patient, persistent, and really a genius when it came to building dance skills quickly with limited time. We worked with him only a few times a month and he moved us from novices to literal dance experts! He also deeply influenced the dance itself and creatively tweaked/tailored our routine to make it our own. When we finally performed the dance at our wedding, people's jaws hit the floor. Everyone told us afterward that they had no idea we danced formally outside of work. That was how good it was. Thank you Sean and the whole team for making our wedding dance preparation and final performance an unforgettable experience. Dancing with the stars, here we come! Sincerely, Chris & Gaby

Those feelings quickly dissipated after our first lesson with Erin. She, along with everyone else at Fred Astaire, was fun and energetic, making both of us feel immediately at ease. The dance we put together made our First Dance extra special, and the reaction from our families made it clear that they enjoyed it as well! Because of Erin, I was paid the ultimate compliment: it looked like I actually knew what I was doing. Though our wedding is behind us, we plan on going back to continue group lessons. Thank you to Erin and everybody else at Fred Astaire! We highly recommend that any soon-to-be newly weds considering putting together a special dance for their wedding day make the same choice that we did!

ryone at the studio is welcoming and we've loved working with Erin!

but Shaun brought out a new interest in the mechanics and the basics. I would highly recommend him to anyone who may be curious about dancing or just wanted to try it out for once in their life.

He got us feeling confident in our dance and our photographer actually pointed out how comfortable we were out on the dance floor. He also helped us learn some basic hustle so that we could do some other dances on our wedding day and for all the other weddings we are attending. I have a very hard schedule to work with and it was so easy to book lessons with Shawn.

for taking lessons in the first place. Shawn was able to assess what we were looking to do for our first dance and break things down into what we needed to know. In only 7 lessons we became competent rumba dancers with a few spins and moves. Even with all the anxiety of our wedding day, we were able to remember what Shawn taught us and made it through the first dance with flying colors! Our guests were very impressed. The studio is located in an old church building and is always clean and well-maintained. All of the staff are very friendly and make an effort to get to know you. Due to our busy schedules we weren't able to take advantage of some of the other perks such as Friday practice parties and group lessons that are included in the wedding package. We would be interested in coming back at some point in the future when our schedules calm down to learn some dances beyond the rumba!