The Movement Factory is a dance and pilates business in Rocky River, OH, that offers wedding dance lessons. Are you ready to look like an amazing dancer at your wedding?! I can guarantee you and your fiancé non-intimidating dance lessons that will make you look incredible on the dance floor!
Your first dance is one of the most important and memorable moments of your reception. 80% of couples did a first dance in 2024, so it's important to give it the attention it deserves!
I will create a customized dance just for you to fit your first song and match the vibe of your wedding.
And I know a lot of people are scared to dance...I promise I will demystify dance for you, and you will have fun!
We spend so much time with all sorts of other details for the wedding that sometimes we neglect the most important part and why everyone is there - YOU! You will feel so much better and more confident to have something ready to go for your first dance!
About me...I created my business, The Movement Factory, a dance and Pilates business, in 2012. I have been dancing since I was a child and received my MFA (Masters in Fine Arts) in choreography and dance performance in CA. I danced professionally for years, I am a dance professor, and I have literally taught thousands of people how to dance. I have specifically been creating wedding dances for over 10 years, and I LOVE creating special moments for couples and their guests!
I can help make your special day even more memorable through dance. I offer lessons designed for beginners up to more experienced dancers, and I have experience with all levels of dancers. I work with brides, grooms, families, and all couples to create a custom dance that fits your wedding with sessions that work and fit your schedule.
If you have a special song already selected that you want a choreographed dance to, I can create that for you and customize it to make it as simple or as complex as you'd like! I can also help you if you and/or your partner are nervous about getting more comfortable for your wedding day! I also create beautiful and fun Father/Daughter dances, Mother/Son dances, or group dances. I can do any style of dance and we can make it as elegant, fun, or in between that you would like!
Our sessions would take place at a dance studio in Cleveland, OH, at an outdoor location (weather permitting) or virtually on Zoom. I am currently working with wedding couples 6 days a week!
Let's start the conversation going about YOUR dream wedding! For all the information you need please visit my website or just reach out here!
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Couples usually spend $275
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Music Genres
African
Arabic
Bluegrass
Bollywood
Caribbean
Celtic
Classical
Country
Dance
Disco
EDM
Flamenco
Folk
Hip-Hop
Indian
Jazz
Klezmer
Latin
Mariachi
Persian
Polka
Pop
R&B
Rock
World Music
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Meet the team
Alyssa Wilmot
Founder, Owner, and Head Instructor
Alyssa holds a MFA in dance and choreography and is a choreographer, dancer and dance educator who has been making wedding dances for 15 years. Alyssa loves enhancing and inspiring the lives of others through various forms of movement. She trained in New York, Ohio, and California.
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Alyssa from The Movement Factory received rave reviews for her exceptional choreography and dance instruction services for wedding receptions. Reviewers praised her for creating unforgettable first dances that left guests impressed. Alyssa's professionalism, flexibility, and passion for her work were highlighted, along with her ability to tailor routines to match individual skill levels and music preferences. Couples appreciated her patience, encouragement, and the convenience of being able to practice at home. Overall, Alyssa's services were highly recommended for couples looking to make their wedding dances extra special and memorable.
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David B
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5.0
1/05/2025
Alyssa was wonderful in helping my wife and I craft a very impressive first dance. We received many compliments on it. She took her time and was very accommodating to our schedules!
response01/12/2025
David thank you so much for this kind review! I am so glad to hear that you received so ma...
ny compliments on your dance. I hope you will always have wonderful memories of your first dance. You and your wife were amazing to work with and I hope you will always continue dancing together! Best wishes!
5.0
3/06/2025
Our first dance was perfect...it was romantic, beautiful, and a dream come true. My husband and I have a special song that is a piano piece, and I had a vision for our dance that Alyssa brought to life. Her choreography was simple with just a splash of drama per my request. My husband had no dance background while I had some experience from high school and college. She is an excellent instructor for all levels and she took great care in recording our lessons so we could practice at home. Lessons were conveniently located in Broadview Heights; although, she had Rocky River as a location as well.
Alyssa gave us more than just a dance, she gave us cherished memories. The night before our wedding, I fondly remember my then-fiancé and I practicing under the stars. Before the reception, at our final photo shoot, we practiced one last time to calm our nerves, which incidentally made for some amazing candid photos! When the moment came, we surprised all of our guests and received lots of cheers and compliments. The experience felt so dreamy...like we were dancing on clouds…and we didn’t even use a fog machine! And last but not least, on our first anniversary, we had fun dancing it again...a tradition we plan to keep alive for years to come.
Our first dance was hands down one of the best parts of our wedding day and I often relive that magical moment in my mind. I mean it when I say - the morning after our wedding, it was the very first thing I reminisced about. Thank you Alyssa for making our first dance unforgettable!
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Nicole S
5.0
2/11/2025
When I started planning my wedding, I knew I wanted my reception dance with my dad to include a nod to my childhood memories listening to classic rock n' roll with my dad. But I also knew neither my dad nor I had the time or skill to create a choreographed dance to rock n' roll songs. I reached out to Alyssa at the Movement Factory hoping she could help and she surpassed all expectations! I explained what I was envisioning and the songs I was wanting to mash together. Alyssa understood the assignment and envisioned an entire routine. When we showed up for the first practice, I was skeptical we would be able to learn a routine in just a few lessons, but Alyssa walked us through each step and made adjustments as we went to match our skill level and comfort. Alyssa was also able to help create the song mix. By our last lesson, we both felt confident heading into the wedding. On top of being so good at her job, Alyssa is also so kind and made us feel confident and comfortable. Our dance was a hit at the reception and the memories I made with my dad at the lessons with Alyssa and at home practicing ourselves are some of my favorite memories from the months spent planning my wedding.
response02/19/2025
Nicole - Thank you so much for this heartfelt review. I was honored to work with you and y...
our Dad and I am so glad to hear that your dance was a success! The dance memories you made with your Dad dancing will stay with you forever. Thank you so much for your kind words and for sharing your experience and for choosing me to be your wedding choreographer! Best wishes!
Blaire W
5.0
1/04/2025
We had an absolutely amazing experience working with Alyssa from the Movement Factory! From start to finish, she made the entire process enjoyable and stress-free. She genuinely cared about helping us create a first dance that we loved and felt confident performing. It was so special to send her our song and have a routine custom-made just for us! She was patient, encouraging, and made sure we felt comfortable every step of the way. Thanks to her, our first dance was truly unforgettable. She was also flexible to plan with as we had to reschedule a few evenings. It was especially helpful that we could book two lessons and practice the rest at home -- an amazing value for a bride with a long to- do list. We can’t recommend her enough to any couple looking to make their wedding dance extra special! Thank you, Alyssa!
response02/19/2025
Blaire thank you SO much for this kind review! It was wonderful to work with you and I am ...
so glad that your first dance was unforgettable! It really looked amazing! Thank you for sharing your first dance experience and I hope you continue to dance together. Best wishes!
Andy S
5.0
12/30/2024
Alyssa taught us a choreographed first dance and some steps for our small wedding reception. I am not a dancer so I felt better to have some moves in advance. I was worried to have a preset dance but she made it easy to remember and it matched the music. She also helped us with some poses for photos. My wife was happy and so were our guests. I would recommend this vendor.
response01/12/2025
Andy thank you so much for this review. I am so glad that learning the steps in advance wa...
s beneficial to you and that your wife and guests were happy with your dance. Thanks for choosing me to be your wedding choreographer. Best wishes!
Marc G
5.0
12/30/2024
Alyssa was awesome to work with! She designed a custom dance and helped us perfect it!
response01/12/2025
Marc these photos are incredible - thank you for sharing! You totally nailed this lift!!!!...
Thank you for this kind review and for choosing me as your wedding choreographer. I am sure your guests loved your dance! I truly loved working with you both! Best wishes!
Alexandra L
5.0
12/12/2024
We had such a great time working with Alyssa to create a first dance that wow'd our guests. She made us feel comfortable & confident. 10/10 recommend!
response12/30/2024
Thank you so much for this sweet review! I am so glad your guests loved your dance - you b...
oth looked incredible. I love these photos! Thanks for choosing me to be your wedding dance choreographer. Congrats and best wishes!
Hannah O
5.0
9/03/2024
Alyssa was very professional and flexible with our situation! We came to her somewhat last-minute (three weeks out) asking for help with our first dance. Her $275 Summer Special was perfect for us to learn the dance, then practice, and get feedback to tighten it up for our big day.
response09/03/2024
Thank you so much for this kind review, Hannah! It was so awesome to work with you and you...
r husband! I hope you loved your first dance! Best wishes!
Emma R
5.0
11/14/2023
Alyssa helped my husband and I make our first dance more special than we even imagined. She choreographed a dance for us to our chosen song, and then we had two lessons with her to practice. We even had time to go over some other basic dance moves that we busted out later in the reception! Our guests loved the first dance - especially the big lift! (We had little to no dance experience before this.) I am so glad we did these lessons with Alyssa. Some of the best parts of our reception video to look back on include our first dance and the other dances she taught us.
response03/31/2024
Thank you so much Emma for your incredibly kind review! It was great to work with you and ...
your husband. I am so glad that your dance (and lift!) was a hit at your reception and that the dance lessons helped on the dance floor! Best wishes!
Katey C
5.0
12/14/2022
Alyssa is absolutely amazing! Seriously! My husband and I are so happy we took the lessons! And Even more unbelievable they were done over Zoom ( I think…. But either way it was a video lesson) We had our reservations on how it would be helpful but I PROMISE to every couple out there planning a wedding…. This is more than worth it ❤️ Our wedding Dances felt and looked so like we knew exactly what we were doing but not staged… or awkward… just totally comfortable! Alyssa makes it comfortable! She is fun and extremely talented! Thank you sooo much for showing us such an elegant and classy way yet still really fun and impressing dance to celebrate with on our BiG Day❣️ Unforgettable 🫶🌟💃💫
response03/31/2024
Thank you so much Katey - you are so kind! It was great to work with you and your husband...
. I am so glad that your dance felt comfortable! Your photos and video looked amazing! Best wishes!
Allie K
5.0
11/11/2022
I HIGHLY recommend hiring The Movement Factory to help choreograph your first dance. My husband and I were so impressed with how easy Alyssa was to work with and how she made us look like good dancers! She choreographed the most perfect dance which was tailored to our song. Our guests were cheering for us the whole time. I am so happy we chose to have dance lessons and that we went with the Movement Factory!
response03/31/2024
Thank you so much Allie for this kind review! I am SO glad that your guests were cheering ...
during your dance - that is so fun to hear! Not only did you look like good dancers, by the end of the lessons you were definitely good dancers! I hope you are enjoying being newlyweds and are still dancing together!
Christina S
5.0
10/17/2022
Alyssa is thee most incredible dance instructor, and I am so happy we chose her to help us learn our first dance!! My husband is not a dancer- he was so anxious about dancing at our wedding he asked to take lessons! Alyssa took our song and choreographed a beautiful dance, and with each practice we made it more intricate, and included dips, turns, and what we deemed the “Man Spin”! Needless to say, our dance was a hit! We had a lot of waterworks afterward! Alyssa Joe and I cannot thank you enough! We would definitely recommend her to anyone!
response03/31/2024
Christina, thank you SO much for this super kind review. It was great to work ith you, and...
I am still teaching "the man spin" that we created from your dance LOL! I am so glad that your wedding dance was a hit with your guests and that you enjoyed taking lessons with me. I hope you are enjoying being newlyweds! Best wishes!
Janet S
5.0
1/24/2020
For my husband and me, dancing is not our thing. At all. In fact, throughout our relationship, my husband has been known to avoid dancing whenever possible. And, for me, dancing has just always been something that doesn’t come naturally.
Yet, oddly enough, the main element of our wedding that my husband and I discussed and whole-heartedly agreed upon well before we even got engaged (we know… that’s kind of weird), is that we wanted to do an impressive choreographed dance for our first dance. Like, something moderately shocking to anyone who knows that we typically do not dance. Then, we got engaged, and reality set in: we were going to have to find someone to seriously work with us to make this dance a reality.
When we were researching dance lessons for our wedding, we knew that we didn’t want our first dance to feel overly-choreographed or too “ballroom-y.” We just wanted something impressive, yet modern.
Enter Alyssa Lee Wilmot and The Movement Factory, who we ultimately hired to choreograph (and teach us!) our first dance. To be honest, on the drive to our first lesson with Alyssa, we were insanely nervous and not remotely looking forward to dance lessons. In fact, my husband had to encourage me not to jump out of the car in Lakewood and run away -- that’s how much I wanted to avoid having to dance for the first time!
However, all our nerves soon disappeared, and we actually became excited to go to our lessons and practice at home! Alyssa is incredible in every way. She is so creative; she knows so much about dance and quality presentation; and she is a genuinely wonderful person to be around and work with. She’s light-hearted and funny, yet serious and professional.
Ultimately, through our 5.5 lessons, Alyssa was able to take two nervous people who had no experience dancing at all, and create a beautifully choreographed “waltz-fusion” dance for us to perform at our wedding reception. The cool thing about working with Alyssa is that it wasn’t a linear process. She would regularly adjust elements of our dance based on our feedback and what she felt was or was not working for us. In that way, our first dance was perfectly crafted and tailored just for us. We couldn’t have asked for a better experience.
In the end, Alyssa created a first dance for us that was everything that we wanted: shocking and impressive. Our guests were floored. And we were so proud. We highly recommend Alyssa and the Movement Factory to absolutely anyone and everyone -- you won’t be disappointed.
response01/24/2020
Thank you so much for this incredibly heartwarming review! I loved every second of working...
with you both. I am so glad you did not jump out of the car on the way to your first rehearsal for many reasons, but because then we would have not had one of the best wedding dances EVER! Thank you for being so kind to take time to share your experience, and I am thrilled you are dancing now together and that your guests were floored! It was an amazing process to work with you both and I wish you many more dancing moments and lifetime happiness! :)
Melissa P
5.0
10/28/2019
Wow what a great time we had choreographing a dance! Alyssa was awesome! She made such a fun routine that the guests absolutely loved. She has such an attention to detail and made the dance exactly what we wanted, elegant but fun. She really didn't have any limitations on what we wanted to make our dance. She even taught us the most basic dance moves that we mastered and will be able to use for future weddings. One of the best decisions we made for our wedding and will probably go back for more lessons because it was so fun!!
response10/29/2019
Thank you so much for this kind review! I had a great time working with you and your husba...
nd and I am glad your guests loved your dance. I am thrilled you enjoyed the entire experience. You both did a wonderful job picking up the material and I was so happy to see the final product. It was a fun dance to choreograph and I am so grateful it was exactly what you guys wanted! I'll look forward to choreographing your anniversary dance, too! :)
Sara Z
5.0
10/14/2019
Alyssa taught us a romantic yet natural dance for our wedding. My husband was extremely nervous and skeptical at first of taking lessons but Alyssa put him right at ease. I told her exactly the type of look we were going for and she created just that. She is so personable and easy to work with, making my husband feel confident and at ease. Our dance was a huge hit, and we got many compliments. We were so happy and proud of ourselves after we performed. I can not recommend Alyssa enough- she truly is the best!
response10/17/2019
Thank you so much for this kind review! It was so great to work with you and your partner ...
- you guys did great and I loved seeing the final product on the video. I'm so glad that your guests enjoyed it and that it was a nice experience for you! Best wishes!
Katelyn L
5.0
5/22/2019
Oh my goodness, where to begin...
Alyssa is such a gem! She choreographed my first dance with my husband as well as my father-daughter dance. I sent Alyssa the two songs I wanted to dance to and explained some of the details around them (that the first dance would be what my husband and I would be introduced to/would start dancing to right after we walked in, that my dad and I wanted to incorporate some silly elements to our dance, etc.); and, within a few days, she prepared two completely different dances for us to learn.
She was patient, adaptable, flexible with her availability, and completely open to our ideas - the end result were two very different dances that looked great (and made us feel great, too!). It was such an added surprise element to our day; people couldn't get over the over-the-top performances.
If you're a bride looking for dance lessons, GO NO FURTHER. This is absolutely the place!!
response06/03/2019
Katelyn thank you SO MUCH for this amazing review. I had so much fun working with you, you...
r husband and your dad. You really tapped into my creativity with your song selections and for that I am grateful! I am so glad that your crowd loved the dances - I knew they would! :) It was an absolute pleasure to work with you! Best wishes to you and your husband!
Kristina V
5.0
6/26/2018
Alyssa was amazing! We did not make it easy on her with a fast paced song and several injuries on our end and she choreographed the most fun dance for us. The amount of compliments and the amount of FUN we had learning some new dance moves really helped make the day extra special!
response07/19/2018
Thank you so much Kristina for this kind review! I loved working with you guys - you did g...
reat! Best wishes and keep dancing together! :)
Abby L
5.0
2/08/2018
I always wanted to learn a choreographed dance for our first dance and so glad we did! It was a fun activity for a day date in the midst of stressful wedding planning. We are definitely beginner dancers but Alyssa gave us tips to wow our guests! We were really happy with how our wedding dance came out. We were able to do a practice run while taking pictures so that gave us more confidence for the lift. We practiced a lot so we were well prepared. We loved the dancing lessons so much that now we are going to take ballroom dancing lessons!
response02/16/2018
Thank you for this wonderful review! I am so glad you liked the way the dance turned out -...
you both danced so well. It was truly my pleasure to create a lasting memory for you, your husband and all your guests. Best wishes!
amanda k
5.0
9/14/2017
Perfect place to get ready for the big day! I feel like I can't say enough great things about this studio. It's my favorite cleveland/west side studio. I love the barre sculpting classes, Pilates, and springboard classes! Great for toning, lengthening, and sculpting all the problem areas for your wedding dress! The classes make me feel great here and I love the tone they give me! And pound is also a great fun way to sweat and rock the pounds away!
response11/06/2017
Thank you for this wonderful review! I am so glad that you have enjoyed the classes at my ...
studio, The Movement Factory!
Khendi W
5.0
9/06/2017
I consider myself a fairly good dancer and my husband the same (nothing to write home about but we are able to hold our own on the dance floor). However, we've never had professional training and we both wanted our first dance to be special. It was actually his idea to get a choreographer and this is the one venue he picked out. Props to hubby for finding her because she was amazing!! Alyssa is a bonafide professional, creative, and passionate dancer. You can tell from the moment you meet that she loves her job and she finds it a joy to help you move! We had a fun time learning a whole variety of styles from salsa to waltz to hip-hop. The song we chose was pretty edgy and different, so I was really impressed at how she came up with choreography to suit it perfectly and match our personalities. She also was able to edit the song to the appropriate length. She worked with us just enough so that we felt comfortable. On the big day, we knocked it out the park! So many compliments on how beautiful the dance was and best of all -- people really think we can dance now! :)
response11/06/2017
Thank you so much for this incredibly kind review. It was truly my pleasure to work with y...
ou and your husband. I wish you all the best!
Danielle H
5.0
11/16/2016
Alyssa choreographed my husband and I's first dance and our father/daughter and mother/son dances. The first thing I have to say about this is - she is an amazingly talented choreographer! We picked slightly not traditional songs and she was able to create dances that fit our personalities and relationships with our parents perfectly. [And made sure they were within our comfort zone] Not to mention she was so fun to work with, very accommodating to our schedules and the space we practiced in was beautiful. I wish I had another reason to ask her to choreograph something for us! I highly recommend - it was a special gift we were able to give our family and friends on our big day and the memories from our practices and on the wedding I'll cherish forever!
response11/06/2017
Thank you for this lovely review. I loved working with you and your entire family. I wish ...
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