Pivot Ballroom
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We make your first dance as special as you are!!!
At Pivot Ballroom we want to make your first dance as special as you are! We want you to have the most memorable and fun day of your life. We hear all the time about how worried many of you are about having two left feet and no rhytym and that is why we are here to help you. We can help you choreograph your first dance from the beginning to the end or we can teach you a few basic steps, a simple entrance and exit and let you improvise the middle. Either way works we just want you to feel comfortable and look great while you dance. The best way to get started is to come in and take our $25 introductory lesson. It's a great way to meet us and see if we are a good match for you. Pivot Ballroom has a fantastic team of wedding dance specialists. Call us today! Pivot Ballroom 49 E Lancaster Ave Ardmore Pa, 19003 610 909 7718 Pivotballroom@gmail.com
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In a desperate attempt to avoid the awkward prom dance usually seen at weddings, we hired Marissa to teach us our first dance. I kid you not, in just 5 lessons, we nailed the entire thing, and both of us had zero experience. Marissa is a patien...
t, expert level teacher who wants the best for your big day. I will recommend them to anyone getting married so that their first dance is as stellar as ours was. Thank you John and thank you Marissa, you guys are the best!
We had a fantastic experience working with Pivot Ballroom. We were partnered with Marissa, who had such great energy and was committed to making our dance look and feel like us. She taught us a number of basic steps that we'll be able to use fo...
r the rest of our lives, and gave us the skills and confidence to master our first dance.
Marissa at Pivot Ballroom really helped us feel confident for our first dance! Great people to work with all around!
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Marissa at Pivot Ballroom really helped us to feel confident during our first dance! Great people to work with!
Marissa was awesome! My husband and I used Pivot Ballroom for our first dance lessons. We had no experience in dancing, but Marissa made it fun, easy and comfortable. We allowed Marissa to put a dance together of her own accord and it turned ou...
t wonderfully. Marissa has such a passion for what she does too that it made the lessons even better. The price was very reasonable as well. Would definitely recommend to couples for their first dance lessons!
Friendly and open with any ideas. There will be no dull moments during in every lesson. He’s not only teaching you the steps but also help you understand where to start for you to catch the steps and connect it to the music easily.
My husband and I had an amazing time working with Marissa to create the perfect First Dance at our wedding. Marissa was friendly and accommodating and helped to choreograph a dance that made us feel confident for our big day. Our dance was a hu...
ge hit at the wedding and people still offer us compliments about it. I highly recommend this dance studio and working with Marissa!
Pivot Ballroom was so great to work with! I was on the fence about even taking dance lessons for our wedding, but after working with Marissa at Pivot I am SO happy I did. The last two months of wedding planning were so stressful and our dance l...
essons we such a fun activity for us to look forward to and enjoy leading up to the big day.
Marissa not only helped two non-dancers build a first dance that definitely wowed, but also helped us become more comfortable with dips and lifts we used with our photographer earlier in the day. We were comfortable posing in dips for some of our couples photos pre ceremony with the photographer, thanks to Marissa. Marissa is also a florist so she was super helpful with teaching us dance, teaching me how to pose with florals to get the best photos, and overall feeling more comfortable for the big day.
I also worked with Marissa and my dad to choreograph a non-traditional father daughter dance to Queen. She was super helpful in making myself and my dad comfortable with the moves and even helping my dad, who recently had his hip replaced, feel confident in a swing dance to a face paced song.
10/10 would recommend Pivot Ballroom and our instructor Marissa - they were a dream to work with, had VERY accommodating hours for dance practice, and were apart of an experience I will never forget!
Monika was absolutely amazing. We had 5 lessons and our first dance turned out perfectly. I highly recommend getting lessons at pivot ballroom !
Taking wedding dance classes with John was a highlight of the wedding planning process. We had a blast during every lesson, John's skill at teaching and choreography is matched only by his sense of humor. We were laughing out loud during every ...
lesson. He made us feel great about the progress we made and he helped us pick moves that felt comfortable, impressive, and never cheesy. Our wedding guests loved the dance and we got so many compliments. We cannot wait to take more classes at Pivot Ballroom in the future!
We worked with John to help us choreograph our first dance for our wedding, as well as my husband's first dance with his mom. We had the time of our life! He was so much fun and taught us steps that went with what we could handle. All our guest...
s raved about the dances after the wedding!
We loved our experience with Pivot Ballroom! We made it a date night each time we went and Marissa was wonderful to work with. She had us prepped and ready for our first dance in no time. Highly recommend using them- fairly priced and helped us...
design a special dance tailored to our style and ability!
Working with John was wonderful! He was fun, energetic, and full of ideas!
Marissa and John were wonderful to work with in preparing for both first dance and father/daughter dance. We had a lot of fun at our lessons and felt confident on the wedding day. I would highly recommend this studio!
John was a wonderful dance instructor! He had us learning the steps in a way that was simple and easy to pick up. He listened to our ideas and made it collaborative. We’re so glad we took lessons with John and it really made our wedding day dan...
ce unique for us and our guests. Learning a wedding dance routine can be intimidating but with John he makes it fun.
We cannot recommend Marissa from Pivot Ballroom enough for anyone who is hoping to impress at their first dance at their wedding. My partner and I are dance challenged but after just one session with Marissa we had the moves and the confidence ...
to pull off our first dance at our wedding. So made us feel comfortable and welcome and had genuine care and interest in us and what we wanted for our big day. She put together a dance for us and walked us through every step of the dance in a way that wasn’t intimating at all. And best of all, Marissa made it fun for us through the whole process. We got so many compliments on our first dance and we owe it all to our two session with Marissa. If you can’t dance or don’t like dancing, book an appointment with Marissa. She’ll have you looking good and smiling in no time.
We literally are obsessed with our dance! Everyone loved it!
Marissa was our dance instructor at Pivot Ballroom and she was fantastic! She helped us choreograph our first dance and it was perfect. The whole experience working with Marissa and Pivot was so easy and fun I would very highly recommend this f...
acility to any couple looking to learn some dance moves or even just to have some fun for date nights.
Marissa and Pivot Ballroom made choreographing our first dance so much fun! For two people who did not dance at all to be able to confidently take the dance floor at our wedding was truly impressive. She pushed us outside our comfort zones (in ...
the best way), kept us laughing, and took away so much stress and nervousness. Dance class with Marissa was honestly one of the most fun parts of preparing for our wedding and helped us grow even more as a couple. We even got to do a practice run for the parent dances with her. Being prepared for the dances took away a lot of nerves that day and allowed us to just relax. Marissa and Pivot were AWESOME!
Dance classes were without a doubt the BEST part of wedding-planning! John is a fabulous teacher and will teach you how to look quite dapper on the dance floor (regardless of your skill level). We were having such a blast taking classes that my...
parents decided to take classes as well, and we ended up having a special “parent’s dance.” So, so much fun — cannot recommend him enough!
A few months ago, my partner (now husband!) and I reached out to John at Pivot Ballroom to inquire about lessons for our first dance, after a bad experience at a different studio (that wanted to overcharge us and force us to take 25+ lessons fo...
r our 90-second dance). John was so graceful and friendly from the very beginning, and as soon as we met and had our trial lesson, we knew he would be the perfect instructor for us.
After seeing us dance, he suggested we needed between 4-7 lessons and was so flexible and fun to work with. Within a few classes, my partner and I had learned SO much — not just specific steps to our dance, but about how to dance well together in general, which will serve us forever. Whenever my partner and I grew frustrated because we couldn’t get a step just right, John knew exactly how to make us laugh and get us back on track — he was patient, kind and hilarious — class with him was the highlight of our week!
Finally, our first dance was a HIT at the wedding! We received so many compliments and we will be returning to take salsa lessons with John in a few weeks. We can’t think of a better way to start married life and make sure we are dancing together for years to come!
My husband and I took about 5 private lessons before our wedding and we loved it! We really enjoyed working with John. He made our lessons super fun and made sure our dance matched our skill set. Everyone was blown away when we started dancing ...
at our wedding. I’m so glad we took lessons. I highly recommend Pivot Ballroom. My husband and I are going to keep taking lessons with John. We can’t wait to go back.
Absolutely fantastic! We loved working with John, who did a great job of teaching us our first dance. He really met us where we were and made it possible for us to have everything we wanted, including a lesson for our parents to come and learn ...
a mother-son/father-daugther dance. We bought the 5-class package with John and loved it! And our guests were AMAZED by our dance (especially a lift!).
John was also incredibly accommodating, which was so kind and really appreciated, especially during the last few weeks leading up to our wedding - a pretty hectic period. He was always generous with his time and was so lovely in working with us on mornings, weekends, etc. - just fabulous!
Thank you, John and Pivot Ballroom!
Marissa choreographed our first dance and it turned out amazing. we got the reactions from our guest that we were looking for. Marissa was very professional and made things easy to understand. I would recommend definitely doing dance lessons he...
re for ant event, date night, or wedding.
John was attentive, enthusiastic, imaginative, involved, expert and an incredible teacher!!!! He made our crazy idea for the first dance at our wedding POSSIBLE! He taught us styles neither of us had any background in and made dancers out of us...
both. We had such a wonderful experience taking classes together leading up to our wedding day and would 100% recommend and return to Pivot for dance classes.
Monika was an amazing coach - she worked with us to develop a routine that we felt comfortable doing as our first dance during our wedding. She walked us through it over and over again, until we had the confidence to dance in front of our frien...
ds and family. The dance ended up being one of the highlights of our wedding and we would highly recommend Monika to any couple looking for learning some basic dance or choreographed routine prior to their wedding! Her communication also made scheduling/changing lessons a breeze.
John and the team at Pivot Ballroom was absolutely amazing and made our dance fun and go off seamlessly. He’s so dedicated and really does the best to make you confident and comfortable before your big day. We can not recommend him enough!!
We had such a great time learning our wedding dance with Monika! She made our experience easy, relaxed, and fun - one of the best decisions we’ve made to get ready for our wedding!
We purchased a package in preparation for our wedding to learn a few moves for our first dance and we had an absolute blast! Monika, our instructor was amazing. We had so much fun and felt confident and prepared going into our wedding. Monika h...
elped us put together a routine that didn't feel forced or heavily choreographed but felt natural yet elevated to us!
Monika was great! We were nervous about dancing in front of everyone and didn’t want to look like we were at a 7th grade dance so we took 4 lessons with Monika. We gave her our song and she practiced with us and only did moves that we felt comf...
ortable with. She tweaked it to work for us, and we nailed it on our wedding day (a dip and a lift at the end). Highly recommend if you are practicing for an event or if you just want some fun date night ideas.
My husband and I had so much fun doing lessons with Marissa at the Pivot Ballroom. Right from our first lesson, Marissa made us feel at ease and we had the best time learning with her! We felt so confident and comfortable on the dance floor by ...
the time our wedding came around that we barely had to think about the routine and we just had so much fun with our first dance. I did not expect our dance lessons to be the best stress-reliever in the planning process, but they certainly were. You will be doing yourself the biggest favor by taking lessons with Pivot! Marissa, we cannot thank you enough for your patience, kindness, bubbly spirit, and all the laughs you gave us. We will certainly be back!!
Pivot Ballroom, in particular Marissa, did a fantastic job with helping us on our first dance. She helped choreograph the whole thing and gave us tons of pointers to make us completely comfortable on our big day. By the end of our sessions I ev...
en learned how to move my hips... which was a big feat, so props to Marissa!
We completed five dance lessons at Pivot Ballroom with Monika prior to our wedding. The studio was quick to respond to our request for lessons and scheduled a time that fit both our busy schedules. My wife and I had a blast working with Monika....
Each lesson was fun and engaging. She is very knowledgable about multiple styles of dance and was able to tailor the choreography to our skill level. On the wedding day our first dance was a better received than we could have hoped. We had so much fun through this process that we decided to continue our dance instruction with Monika. If you are a couple considering a choreographed first wedding dance, we give Monika and Pivot Ballroom our highest recommendation.
We chose Pivot Ballroom to help us choreograph our first dance at our Wedding. We started with absolutely NO experience and were soon ready for our big dance. John made the sessions instructional but also a lot of fun! He listened to our song a...
nd designed a dance that was unique to us. He explains the steps in a way that can make anyone feel like a pro, and at a great price! Highly recommend.
We began taking dance lessons with John a couple of months before our wedding. My husband had some formal dance training several years ago and I took a few dance classes in my life but nothing formal. As you can imagine, we were nervous about...
making our debut as husband and wife with nonmemorable/subpar dancing! Seeing John just once a week transformed us into a couple that you'd think had taken dance classes together before! Not only did we learn a beautifully choreographed dance to our favorite song but we had an absolute BLAST while doing it!! John is extremely patient, funny, flexible, and teaches you in a way that resonates with whatever your learning style may be! The dance looked great on the big day, and we look forward to continuing dance lessons at Pivot Ballroom for fun in our new chapter!
I recently took lessons with my dad for our father-daughter dance at my wedding and we had the BEST experience at Pivot Ballroom with our instructor John. I am not someone with dance experience but John was so enthusiastic and encouraging that...
I felt like a professional dancer at the end of every lesson! John was exceptionally patient and accommodating - my dad was dealing with some medical problems at time and John not only choreographed our dance perfectly to accommodate this, he even offered to dance with me at my wedding if needed. I can't imagine there is a better and kinder teacher out there.
Our experience with Pivot Ballroom was amazing! John was fun, energetic, and great at teaching us all the right moves! We received numerous compliments following our first dance all thanks to him!
John was amazing! We took dance lessons for our first dance for our wedding. As first time dancers we walked in with no background in ballroom dancing. He was so patient and fun to work with. This became such a fun Monday date night taking the ...
lessons that we looked forward to it each week. We learned the foxtrot and some swing and John came up with the perfect routine for our song. One of our favorite wedding night shots was my husband dipping me in the ballroom and this would not have been possible without John! We would definitely take lessons from him again! Highly recommend Pivot Dance!
My now husband & I had the most magical experience at Pivot Ballroom! My very best friend paid for us to have lessons before our first dance at our wedding (which she sang for us!). From day one we felt so blessed to have Monika as our teacher!...
She is such an incredible woman, beautiful on the inside & out! She was so lovely, fun, charismatic & made the whole experience a wonderful memory & a great time! My husband & I had never danced a day in our lives so we were super nervous, but Monika made us feel so comfortable & relaxed! We looked forward to seeing her at our weekly lessons! She made it so much fun! Her choreography for our 5 minute dance was incredible & was a huge hit at our wedding! My guests felt like they were in a movie & said it was the most entertained they had ever been at a wedding!!! Cannot say enough amazing things about Pivot Dance & the amazing Monika!!! I highly recommend!!!
My now husband & I had the most magical experience at Pivot Ballroom! My very best friend paid for us to have lessons before our first dance at our wedding (which she sang for us!). From day one we felt so blessed to have Monika as our teacher! She is such an incredible woman, beautiful on the inside & out! She was so lovely, fun, charismatic & made the whole experience a wonderful memory & a great time! My husband & I had never danced a day in our lives so we were super nervous, but Monika made us feel so comfortable & relaxed! We looked forward to seeing her at our weekly lessons! She made it so much fun! Her choreography for our 5 minute dance was incredible & was a huge hit at our wedding! My guests felt like they were in a movie & said it was the most entertained they had ever been at a wedding!!! Cannot say enough amazing things about Pivot Dance & the amazing Monika!!! I highly recommend!
Dance lessons were amazing. We were very nervous as our first dance song was a little faster than we knew how to dance to. John helped us with our routine and it was perfect for us.
Highly recommend!
If you are on the fence about getting dance lessons for your wedding, please take this review as a sign. Sign up for lessons at Pivot Ballroom! John is professional, light-hearted, fun, and cares about making your dance special. I was a procras...
tinator and emailed John about a month before the wedding, and he was so accommodating to be sure that my husband and I were ready for our first dance. I would not consider myself an experienced dancer at all and the same goes for my husband, but John made us both feel so comfortable and confident. On the day of our wedding, we rocked our first dance. That was all because of John!!!!I would highly recommend!!
We had the absolute best time here at the Pivot Ballroom with John! He was an amazing dance instructor, and helped us to choreograph the perfect dance to the most perfect day. We only had about a month to practice before the big day, but John a...
ccommodated us and kept us on track to finish just in time! He was always upbeat and moved us along at the exact pace we needed. He taught us the basics and gave us some options we could choose from so we could kind of build our own dance as we wanted it. We now know a decent amount of rumba, and can't wait until we can make it back to learn some more!
We took dance lessons with John months before our wedding and he helped us choreograph a dance for our first dance as husband and wife. He is an excellent teacher, and did not make us feel awkward since this was our first time doing something l...
ike this. Our dance turned out wonderfully and we can’t thank him enough! We will be returning to Pivot to sign up for dance lessons again in the future!
John was absolutely amazing! We hired him to choreograph our first dance for our wedding and he perfectly matched both of our dance levels together, listened to our desires, and blended it perfectly with the song we chose! He was also so flexib...
le and accommodating when we took several months off after pushing our wedding due to COVID! Highly recommend!!
Dance lessons at Pivot was probably our favorite wedding planning activity. It was such a fun way to spend time with each other while also learning a new skill. We were lucky enough to have John instruct us for 5 lessons- he was so patient and ...
fun to work with! We had looked at a few other studios, and this place had the most reasonable prices, with different options and times available. We plan to continue taking lessons as the studio opens up with more classes in the future!
John (the owner and dance instructor) at Pivot Ballroom was phenomenal. He made me and my fiance feel so comfortable and we're so excited to utilize our first dance moves for BOTH our wedding receptions (thanks COVID...). I danced growing up an...
d my fiance had no prior instruction; John made an elegant, yet easy dance for us to feel confident for our big day that was perfectly tailored to our first dance song. He was so friendly and helpful. The dance packages are well-priced and a great value. The studio is conveniently located and extremely clean. We would glowingly recommend Pivot Ballroom to anyone. THANK YOU JOHN!
With no formal dance training, John at pivot ballroom was able to get me feeling comfortable for my first dance very quickly. He choreographed a dance that was easy to remember and looks amazing. Before John, I was dreading dancing in front of ...
a crowd of people and now I can’t wait to show off my new found skills. John is kind, encouraging, and a fantastic teacher. I highly recommend John to anyone looking for dance lessons.
We procrastinated a ton on dance lessons, but Pivot took care of us in so many ways! They put together a beautiful routine that we could actually handle, and even squeezed in some extra rehearsal time last minute so we could feel confident and ...
comfortable.
My (now) husband and I aren’t exactly known for our dance moves so we knew we needed some help for our first dance! John was incredible - he was fun, kind, easy to work with and super knowledgeable. We danced to more of a bluegrassy tune for ou...
r first dance and he didn’t skip and beat in making sure it flowed and we were well prepared. Overall a great experience over those several weeks that we’ll look back on fondly for years to come!
My husband and I went to Pivot Ballroom for a lesson back in the Spring to prepare for an April wedding. When COVID threw everything off, we had to postpone our wedding and scramble with the rescheduled plans since everything was so up in the a...
ir. Fast forward to July and the week before our wedding, and we were back in touch with John at Pivot Ballroom to try to get something together for our first dance. John was fabulous in accommodating us and fitting us in for three lessons before the wedding date. We managed to get a whole dance together, and it turned out to be really fun and a great memory from our reception. Highly recommend!
John was absolutely amazing! We had the best first dance ever thanks to him! My MOH gave us lessons with John as an engagement gift and it was the best gift we’ve gotten. He was always accommodating with lesson times, took the time to teach us ...
together and individually as we were complete beginners, and let us know (honestly) how many lessons we would need to be complete so it didn’t feel like a rip off. I can’t say enough good things about our experience. We’re looking to take more lessons with him in the future .
If you decide to get wedding dance lessons (which you should) you have to go with Pivot! Our instructor John was an absolute blast to learn from and our dance went off without a hitch. Thank you, John!!
Thank you Christabel & Pivot Ballroom for helping my new husband & I nail our “first dance”! We were so nervous at first to take dance lessons because we didn’t have much experience but Christabel was so helpful and great to work with! She made...
us feel so comfortable on the dance floor.
Cristabel was an amazing instructor! She was so patient which we really needed because we were so clueless! Setting up lessons what super easy and flexible. I would absolutely recommend them for all of your dance needs. For us we were worri...
ed about being uncomfortable they helped us loosen up and feel confident!
My husband and I had the BEST experience at Pivot Ballroom. Sandra Dee was our instructor and helped us choreograph our first dance. It was exactly what we both wanted and we are still getting comments about how great it was! I would highly ...
recommend Pivot Ballroom to anyone!
I highly recommend Pivot for any help you might want or need in getting prepared for the wedding dance. Sandra Dee is unbelievably gifted and a wonderful resource in choreographing and teaching you what you are dreaming of. Everyone here is w...
elcoming and professional and will help you in whatever way you are hoping for.
My husband and I are so happy that we found Pivot Ballroom! We started our dance lessons in order to have a choreographed first dance, but we got so much more than just dance lessons as it was a fun, romantic and engaging experience overall. Ou...
r Wedding guests LOVED our first dance and we received so many compliments, which really made the night feel special. Not to mention that In addition to a great first dance we now have several dance steps that we use at other weddings and events. We also loved working with Sandra Dee who is the most loving, kind person you will ever meet. We cannot recommend enough!
I took dancing classes at Pivot Ballroom to prepare for my wedding (Mother-and-Son dance and Bride-and-Groom dance). I purchased the 5-class package and Pivot allowed me to split the classes so I could practice with both my mom and my wife. W...
e came into the classes with our songs already decided and Christabel helped us develop a full routine in no time. Christabel was extremely sweet and patient with us and continued to offer tips throughout the entire process. If there were certain moves that we didn’t feel capable of doing, Christabel gave us easier alternatives. My wife and I did a special mix-up for our first dance and we were intimidated by needing to learn two separate dances within a month. However, Christabel made things simple for us and inspired us to practice throughout the week. She kept her schedule very flexible for us and we were able to prepare for our dances within 2-3 before the wedding. It eventually took about 3 or 4 classes for my wife and I, and about 2 or 3 classes for my mother and I to feel comfortable with our dances. Pivot was generous enough to offer us additional classes at a respectable rate until we were comfortable. We received so many complements about our dances and the experience helped make us feel more comfortable on the wedding day.. and it was all thanks to Christabel’s help! I would definitely recommend using Pivot Ballroom to take dance classes!
My fiance and I took dance lessons with Sandra Dee leading up to the our wedding. And can I tell you it was worth every penny. Sandra was patient with us (DANCE IS HARDER THAN IT LOOKS!) and she had fun with us! We not only gained some amazing ...
dance moves but gained a friend in Sandra. I seriously can't recommend doing this enough.
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49 E Lancaster Ave, Ardmore, PA
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