Philadelphia Dance Lessons is a studio located in Philadelphia, PA that offers classes to prepare you for your first dance. Knowing that it is often a central part of wedding traditions, the team dedicates themselves to helping you make it unforgettable. Experienced and knowledgeable, the instructors create a lively and supportive environment to assist couples in learning while enjoying themselves.
The professionals at Philadelphia Dance Lessons demonstrate a passion for their craft that fuels their teaching style. They believe in the ability for dance to bring people together, let off energy, and gain faith in one’s own abilities. In all, learning to dance is experiential, encompassing many different areas in a person’s life. As such, the team encourages those with varied skills and of all ages, providing lessons to suit different people.
In the first lesson at Philadelphia Dance Lessons, the instructor takes the time to get to know you and your sweetheart. They then tailor the program to better suit your needs and can choreograph your first dance for you. The team can also make arrangements to teach you in your home, offering greater convenience to lovebirds.
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1/08/2024 • Kristen F
Jesse helped us with our first dance and it was beautiful! Now it’s been over a year since our wedding and we are still going to dance lessons every week!
10/29/2022 • Victoria S
Jesse truly made our wedding day so much more beautiful with his dance lessons. We wowed our family and friends. he taught us so much and gave us a lot of confidence to get out there and enjoy ourselves. We plan on continuing classes as date nights, it is such an amazing way to spend our time! Thanks Jesse!
12/17/2021 • Meghan M
Jesse is awesome! My husband and I started taking lessons a few months before our wedding and it quickly became the highlight of our week. We have genuinely enjoyed working with Jesse and getting to learn several dances. He helped make our first dance really special, and we’ve been able to use what we’ve learned every time we’ve gone out. Even though our wedding is over we are still taking lessons and are looking forward to learning even more!
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12/16/2021 • Alecia S
We highly recommend, Jesse is an amazing dance instructor!!! My fiancé (now husband) and I took dance lessons with Jesse for our wedding and continue to do so after! Jesse is super fun, flexible and kind. We are both newbies to dance, but Jesse made us feel comfortable and made the experience fun, and our first dance was something we will always remember and have! He is very honest and supportive and if you want to put in the work/hours in he was always there to fit in the time. Whether you need lessons for your first dance, a date night, or just want to learn some new moves we highly recommend Jesse as your teacher!
12/14/2021 • Caroline A
Jesse was the best wedding dance instructor we could've asked for! He did a great job of teaching us each dance move and helped us absolutely crush our first dance! We enjoyed his lessons so much that we continued taking them!
6/07/2021 • Tyler J
Jesse is an amazing teacher. My wife and I had a great experience learning from him. We will most definitely go back to Jesse in the future for all of our dance lessons. Highly recommended!
6/04/2021 • Danielle V
If I could rate Jesse higher than a 5, I would! Professionalism is his middle name. My fiancé and I booked with Jesse about 4 months prior to our wedding and had lessons with him every weekend. We gave him a general idea of what we were looking for and he took our vision and turned it into a masterpiece. If you are still debating where to go for dance lessons of ANY kind—look no further. 10/10 would recommend!
6/04/2021 • Lauren W
We took dance lessons with Jesse to get us ready for our wedding! We were total beginners and he made us feel comfortable and it was fun! Highly recommend! :)
2/08/2021 • Rahul S
My wife and I took dance lessons with Jesse before our wedding as a fun activity to do together and because I have two left feet. Jesse is a personable and charismatic instructor with the knowledge to teach beginners the fundamentals as well as those who are more experienced. He can help choreograph your own routine to the song of your choosing as well as teach you the basics necessary to expand into other styles of dance. Would highly recommend lessons with Jesse based off his dancing skills, adaptive teaching style and the energy he brought to each lesson.
12/18/2020 • Andrew B
My then fiancé and I found Jesse sometime around 2018 when we were looking for a dance instructor to help us make our first dance together a memorable one. My wife and I were always interested in learning how to dance together so that we could have more fun at weddings or if we went downtown together. She is definitely more of the dancer in the relationship while I am the “let me down a couple drinks” just so I can two step kinda guy. I didn’t really have any expectations, but Jesse got us up and moving in only a couple sessions! I was genuinely surprised at how easy and comfortable it felt learning how to dance in his studio. Each and every time we left we always commented on how much fun it was or how exciting it was that we had learned a new move or mastered a complex series of twists and dips. Jesse’s teaching style is what sets him apart. He is a down to earth guy with a great sense of humor who has the intellect to break down moves in their most simplistic form for novices. Not only does he make it fun to learn, but he really helps you retain the moves by reinforcing previous sessions in a quick recap dance and takes his time introducing new moves while explaining how it all ties together. In the end, my wife and I nailed our wedding dance and we tore up the dance floor at the reception and at a club after that. We are going to continue using Jesse’s services once crazy 2020 calms down. Thanks for everything Jesse.
11/25/2020 • Danielle C
We took dance lessons with Jesse before our wedding and I’m so glad we decided to! It was such a fun activity leading up to the wedding and everyone was impressed during our first dance! Jesse teaches actual dance technique and styles that are not just a choreographed routine so you can carry the skills with you through out your married life.
11/24/2020 • Stephanie C
Jesse is a blast to dance with and a great teacher! We decided to take lessons for our wedding just a few months beforehand. Jesse did a phenomenal job helping us feel so confident and excited for our first dance. We had so much fun, we’ve continued on with lessons well past the wedding. It was our favorite part of the wedding preparation and a great way to escape the stress of planning and bond before the big day.
11/24/2020 • Erica J
Jesse is an amazing dance teacher! I highly recommend working with him. It is a fantastic investment! My husband and I worked with Jesse weekly for six months leading up to our wedding, and continued to take lessons with him after getting married. We started taking lessons early because neither of us have dance backgrounds, and we wanted to learn how to actually dance--not just learn a routine we'd use once.
Lessons with Jesse were one of the most enjoyable parts of planning our wedding. Jesse is responsive, upbeat, warm, and fun--which you'll want amidst the stress of planning a wedding! Technically, he is an excellent teacher and dancer, and very encouraging. Jesse is a great communicator and would modify how he explained things to me versus my husband, to make sure we both understood his instructions.
For our first dance, Jesse choreographed an entrance and end, and then my husband and I foxtrotted to the rest of the song. Jesse also taught us other styles of dance (hustle, swing, etc.) which enabled us to dance beautifully all night at our wedding. So many of our guests told us we looked phenomenal on the dance floor...not to mention we had so much fun!
Taking lessons with Jesse has been such a wonderful investment. Unlike so much of the wedding that that only lasts the day, we now know how to dance.
11/24/2020 • Kate K
My husband and I initially started dance lessons to feel more comfortable with our first dance. Jesse is an amazing teacher and made the whole experience fun. Would highly recommend. We enjoyed our time so much we decided to continue lessons even after the wedding!
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