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The Wedding Dance Experts at Heart & Sole Dance has helped over 500 couples prepare for their first dance since 2008. With a fully certified staff we offer wedding specific classes and workshops as well as private lessons. This means that we have the PERFECT option for whatever YOU envision for you first dance. Interested in discussing your dance options?
Ask us about our Wedding Dance Planning Session currently FREE! A Wedding Dance Expert would be happy to meet with you and help you figure out what’s best for YOU! Call the studio at 708-532-6237 or send us a message! One of our friendly team members will get back to you within 24 hours.
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We had such a great time building out our first dance with Kat at Heart & Sole! I (the bride) was definitely the less confident/graceful, yet, Kat was able to get us comfortable on the floor and helped us create a dance that was so easy and fun! Our guests loved it and we both really enjoyed the experience! Thank you Kat for not only cutting our song to be perfect, but also making us feel so comfortable and at ease on the dance floor.
Kat was the best! She was so patient with us and helped us with our first dance. They also had a puppy that would hang out in the studio so that was a bonus.
Heart and Sole Dance helped us to become so much more comfortable with our first dance! Although we were late in the game and only had 2 sessions, the dance instructors were extremely accommodating and made the most of our limited time. I would highly recommend them!
Heart & Sole Dance made our first dance on our wedding day seem effortless! With help of our instructor Kat, we got the confidence to conquer all the steps given. My husband was very nervous never having any experience with dancing and she made us feel so comfortable! We also were able to get private lessons on short notice within a month of our wedding day. after all the tips to help us remember all the steps we nailed the dance and left our guests smiling with excitement with our last "dip" move!! Priceless! Thank you Heart & Sole for making our wedding dance magical! Would recommend to everyone!
We went to Heart & Sole for choreography and lessons for our first dance at our wedding.
We had weekly lessons for about 4.5 months ahead of our date. We absolutely LOVED Kat and she made every lesson a delight! Our guests were floored by our dance and we had so much fun learning and doing it! Yes it was nerve wracking but so worth it! And honestly we would have been just as nervous to go up there and be the center of attention while we just swayed and stumbled around anyway :) We highly recommend Heart & Sole and it made the entire planning process a little more fun!
My husband and I purchased the basic wedding package in preparation for our first dance at our wedding. The package included 5 lessons and a song edit of our song, and we started lessons about 3 months before the wedding, which gave us enough time to practice. Neither one of us dance, which is why we actually had bowling, bocce, and a firepit at our wedding. We knew we would need lessons, though, so the 5 lesson package helped us to have a smooth, polished dance. You can get larger packages, too, if you want something more choreographed or if you plan on using some lessons for the other dances like the father/daughter and mother/son ones. Make sure you give yourself more time for those unless you are already a wonderful dancer.
Suzie was our dance instructor, and she was hilarious and helped us to relax. She broke the moves down into smaller steps for us and worked with us individually and as a couple. She gave the option of either having specific choreography that matched parts of the song or having a more flexible style with three moves that we used throughout the dance when we wanted. I’m bad at following cues in music, so we chose the flexible style. The instruction included an entrance and a big ending, too.
Both of us are overweight, so we sometimes have back and knee pain. When a move felt uncomfortable, I let Suzie know, and she was able to modify it for us to complete the move more easily. She also encouraged us to ask questions if we needed clarification, and she told us to videotape her instructions so that we had a reference when we practiced at home.
The rest of the staff was great as well. We had to share the floor with other couples, classes, etc., and most of the time we had to bring our kids. I was worried they would annoy other people, but the staff was very understanding about their presence. The kids liked going there, and sometimes they even imitated us by dancing in the background.
As for the dance itself, most people were surprised. We don’t have a video of it to share because we didn’t hire a videographer, and the relative who was supposed to do it on her phone forgot. I did see snippets from other people, though, and most people were surprised and impressed because they know we don’t dance. We started doing a sway, which most people expected, but when we did our first box and turn, the reception hall erupted into cheers. One of my friends even posted “First dance… nailed it!” on my facebook wall immediately after we finished.
Our only suggestion for improvement would be to give the edited song to the couple sooner. We got ours on our final lesson, which was about 2-3 weeks before the wedding. With two kids at home, both of us working, and taking care of my sick father on top of the wedding, we really didn’t have much time to practice. However, I think most couples probably would have more time to practice at home, and it would be helpful for future couples to have it on hand earlier.
A great job taking us from having no dancing experience to being able to comfortably perform a basic (but correctly timed) first dance, in 5 lessons. They were very patient with us, even though we were real beginners and could hardly get through a single step in the beginning. We did great at our first dance!
we took two dance lessons with Nicky and we loved them. She really worked with us and took her time with our moves. We felt more comfortable on our wedding day even though we forgot a few of the moves. It was wonderful.
My (now) husband and I went to Heart & Sole Dance before our wedding, we had such a great time just learning how to dance. We had one-on-one lessons and the owner personally helped us choreograph a memorable first dance combining Michael Buble's "Its You" and MC Hammer "Can't Touch This" I would recommend Heart & Sole dance to anyone looking for a memorable 1st dance whether it is with your husband or parent.
My husband & I took 5 dance lessons. We wanted a somewhat complicated routine; we mixed 3 songs & wanted 3 dramatically different styles. Heart & Sole was patient, energetic and even mixed our songs for us. Our guests were thrilled and so were we!
Linzie did a wonderful job at choreographing our first dance. She is very professional and very fun. I do recommend practicing everyday.
I am not a good dancer and neither is my husband we didn't want to look silly during our first dance. We picked our song and they showed up what style of dance we could use with it. They came up with a dance. We got SOOOO many compliments on how nice we both looked up there. SO thanks!! They were also able to accomidate our schedule of needing Saturday appointments.
Our private lessons with Lynzi were AMAZING! She is a very talented dancer and teacher, and also just plain fun to be around! We really looked forward to our lesson each week, and our swing number ("Exactly Like You") went flawlessly on the BIG DAY! Like our wedding bands, our new dance skills are something that we'll enjoy forever. I would highly recommend Heart & Sole (and Lynzi!) to anyone looking to dance their way into Happily Ever After!!!
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1691 New Lenox Road, Joliet, IL
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