About this vendor
Your dreams of a fantastic dance and reception begin here. I can help you make your dreams come true with a beautiful choreographed dance. Such as the first dance, mother/son, father/daughter, bridesmaids, groomsmen, the whole wedding party, and also small flash mobs. Styles include Ballroom, Hip Hop, Jazz, basic Salsa, country line, Bollywood, and Disco. I have the venue, or willing to travel. I would love to share my passion of dance with you and help choreograph your most treasured memories for your special day.... why not give dance lessons to a couple as a shower experience or a bridal gift, experience.
Please contact me for pricing. Right now I am scheduling for 2024 and 2025 weddings.
Thank you,
Laura
Cell: 860-324-2994 all day or studio in the evenings 860- 232-7225 - email laura.rugar@yahoo.com
Alyce Carella Dance Centre 1153 New Britain Ave. West Hartford Ct. 06110
visit: alycecarelladancecentre.com - weddings
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Music Genres
- Classical
- Country
- Dance
- Disco
- Hip-Hop
- Jazz
Awards and Affiliations
6-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2025.2024.2023.+3 more.
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Hall of Fame
Earned by winning 'Best of Weddings' four or more times.
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We had the absolute pleasure of working with Laura for our wedding dance, and in just three lessons, she created a full choreographed routine that was beyond our expectations! She ...
made the process fun and easy, even for two people with very little dance experience.
Our guests were blown away, and the dance ended up being one of the most talked-about highlights of the night. Laura's talent, patience, and creativity really shined through, making our first dance unforgettable. We can't recommend her enough!
Laura is the best!!! We were in desperate need of choreography for our first dance & she absolutely nailed it… not to mention she’ll have you laughing while doing it. All it took w...
as 3 classes and some at home practice. Couples- this is the best investment!!!!
We had such a good time taking dance lessons with Laura! She was quick to get us scheduled and made dancing fun and easy, while making sure we will look great on the dance floor!
We are over the moon with the incredible experience we had with Laura as our wedding dance instructor! From the first lesson to the final performance, she transformed what was once...
a source of nerves into one of the highlights of our entire wedding day.
Laura has an uncanny ability to make even the most novice dancers feel confident and graceful. She tailored the choreography perfectly to suit our style and skill level, ensuring that every step felt natural and comfortable. The way she broke down the dance into manageable parts made learning so much fun, and we found ourselves looking forward to every session.
On our wedding day, the dance was an absolute showstopper. Our guests were blown away, and we felt like we were in a movie—every twirl, dip, and glide was executed flawlessly.
If you're looking to create a memorable and magical wedding dance, look no further. We couldn't have asked for a better instructor, and we will cherish the experience forever!
Laura is an incredible instructor. With no dance experience, we were able to learn our first dance so easily and stress free. She takes her time with you and explains every step of...
the way. I highly recommend Laura, she is amazing and so down to earth! Her years of experience in teaching dance is very impressive!! You wont regret it.
We booked Laura for our upcoming wedding on 8/10/24. We learned our entire dance routine for our first dance in just 3 classes. The prices are budget friendly and I highly recommen...
d her services. We can’t wait to show our skills next Saturday! I highly recommend Laura as a wedding choreographer!! Thank you Laura!
We just had our first class and already learned half our first dance song! Laura was professional, detailed, and our biggest cheerleader. Can’t wait for our next class!
We LOVED working with Laura! The choreography she came up with was so much fun to learn. She is a great instructor who helped us learn our whole dance in a short period of time. We...
highly recommend learning a dance from her!!
Laura is a wonderful instructor. She quickly put together lovely choreography for our first dance and is very responsive and flexible with scheduling.
Loved our time working with Laura! She made learning to dance together fun and created a perfectly beautiful, not overly complicated dance that we can’t wait to show our family and...
friends. Did I mention she did this in two classes? This is a small investment for the most timeless, intimate moments of your wedding - thanks again Laura
Laura was AMAZING to work with! We are definitely not dancers or anywhere even remotely close to being dancers but Laura was able to make us our own personal first dance choreograp...
hy that was within our skill set. It was such a great dance and it really made our wedding that much more fun and memorable. I highly recommend booking your first dance lessons with Laura. Her skills and prices definitely beat out all the competitors. Stop second guessing yourself and just book Laura!!! My husband and I plan to make time at least on our anniversaries to do our first dance again every year, that’s how much we loved and enjoyed our dance. 🥰❤️🥰 we don’t have our professional pictures back yet but here are some stills from a video a guest took.
Got our whole dance in 3 lessons. What a great instructor
Laura has been absolutely amazing in helping my fiancé and I choreography and learn the first dance for our wedding. We are far, far from good dancers and are not usually comfortab...
le dancing but Laura made it a fun, comfortable environment for us. We brought her the song we were interested in using for our first dance and she choreographed an amazing dance for us and was super flexible and easy to work with. Cannot recommend her enough
Laura choreographed the wedding dance of both my husband and me as well as my dad and me. They were both absolutely perfect and it made our day even more special to share those swe...
et moments and surprise the rest of our guests. Laura is creative, hardworking, and so much fun and will create the wedding dance of your dreams. Dance practice was the perfect way to spend time together before the wedding and looking back was one of my favorite parts of the whole day!
Laura is the best!!! We had never danced before and thought we would never learn. Laura had us in shape in 4 classes! We couldn’t recommend her enough.
Don’t walk, DANCE your way to Laura! Laura was AMAZING! We both never danced and after 3 classes we nailed our dance. She was able to choreograph our first dance to our song and it...
was a hit. She was patient with us and so much fun to work with. By far my favorite vendor that we worked with while wedding planning. I wish we also worked with her on parent dances.
Laura was our wedding first dance choreographer. I can’t recommend her enough! Me and my fiancés don’t have any dance background, but we wanted to have a memorable first dance. We ...
did 5 lessons with Laura and it was the best decision! We finished our choreography on lesson number 3 and the final 2 were practice. It came out amazing!!! We had so much fun. So many of our guests commented that their favorite part of the wedding was our first dance. Laura was so fun to work with as well, she’s incredibly helpful. Thank you so much Laura!
Amazing experience with Laura!!! She transformed our first dance & my fiancé says “she took two left feet and straightened one out”.
Amazing experience working with Laura. My fiance and I have never danced in our lives and she choreographed our entire dance, taught us moves and gave us tips that make the moves e...
asy for beginners. We laughed the whole time. She is super easy to schedule with and was up front about pricing. Dance lessons with Laura made wedding prep fun because we got to laugh & enjoy and learn something new that we are so excited & confident to perform for all of our guest. We also decided to do 1 lesson each for Father/Daughter and Mother/Son dance because we know Laura can make us look good dancing in that little time. Highly recommend!
Laura was so easy to work with and she made our dance happen in only 2 classes! She really helped us a lot. We had no dancing experience at all until we met her. She was so helpfu...
l with learning the steps and the recording she does really helps you with practicing at home to get better. Laura came highly recommended and there is no doubt why. We now highly recommend her to anyone. We were so lucky to find her when we did! She is the best!
Laura was fantastic! Neither myself nor my husband are very good dancers, we thought it would take 5-6 lessons to even be remotely OK enough for our wedding but within 3 lessons La...
ura had walked us through a dance routine for our wedding day and got us well prepared. She made the classes really fun and enjoyable and gave us a lot of encouragement and pointers. I was terrified of dancing in front of so many people but now I feel prepared and ready. I would happily recommend Laura!
We signed up for 5 dance classes with Laura for our wedding. After dance number 2 our first dance was fully choreographed. We spent the remaining three classes making final touches...
, insuring our dance was perfect. Laura gave us the confidence that we needed and showed an abundance of patience in teaching us. Thanks to Laura our first dance will be everything that we’ve dreamed of. Thank you, Laura! 100% recommend!
Laura is amazing! In 5 lessons we had an amazing routine that had 3 lifts, a dip, and multiple turns. So many people at our wedding complimented our dance and we had so much fun le...
arning it!
Laura was amazing to work with, we signed up for her 5 lessons dance package, and had all the choreography done in 3 lessons, using the last two for some refining, and added comple...
xity. Neither of us had any formal dance training before hand and our guests were really wowed! She also provides the confidence to be on the dance floor during your wedding and to just enjoy yourselves with the dance instead of focusing on everyone else watching you!
I even hired her for another lesson to help shape my dad and I's dance and had the big steps down in 1 lesson!
Don't think twice and sign up to work with her today!
Laura was great! She has good talent and experience and is able to create a beautiful work of art! She is fun to work with and is great with direction, especially if you don’t have...
a background in dance, as me an my fiancé did not! The dance turned out great in just 4 classes and everyone loved it! We now have a new found passion for dance! Thanks Laura!
Laura is an incredible dance teacher! She makes you feel comfortable throughout the process and works with you to create a perfect dance for your wedding. We were so nervous about...
doing a dance in front of our family and friends in the beginning but now we cannot wait to show off the dance on our big day! I would suggest anyone who is thinking of getting dance lessons to definitely try it out with Laura.
My boyfriend and I took dance lessons with Laura for our first dance at our wedding. She was so fun to work with! She made us feel like rockstars every practice. She worked with u...
s and listened to any thoughts or concerns we had at certain parts. She was awesome and we would absolutely recommend her to anyone looking to take dance lessons!
We contacted Laura thinking she would give us a simple routine for our wedding as my fiancé and I have little dance experience. In 2 lessons we learned a whole beautiful routine! M...
y fiancé was nervous to meet with her and she made us feel so comfortable and we had a blast! Laura is kind, patient and very knowledgeable-I absolutely would recommend Laura time and time again!!
Working with Laura was an absolute blast! She is so good at what she does and so much fun to work with. She choreographed a beautiful routine for us which we were so excited to per...
form at our wedding. We couldn't be happier that we chose Laura. She worked with our strengths and ensured our dance was unique and personalized. Everyone loved it, it was a huge hit at the wedding!
We highly recommend her!
We worked with Laura to help us with our first dance for our upcoming wedding, and she was amazing! Throughout all of the lessons we had with Laura, she made us feel comfortable an...
d walked us through every step of the way. The positive energy she brought was a product of the love and passion she has for what she does. After our last lesson, we left feeling confident with our dance and cannot wait to perform it at our wedding this week. We'd highly recommend Laura and her expertise for any couple's first dance!
Laura is absolutely amazing and super fun to work with !
We hired Laura to help us with our first dance. We went into it thinking as beginners we would just learn a few steps so we weren’t swaying back and forth. By the end of the first ...
session we had a whole dance memorized which is way more than we ever imagined! She is a wonderful instructor and super easy to work with. She really understands dance and is great at teaching to even complete beginners like my fiancé and I. I would 100% recommend her for your wedding!
We had ONE 45-minute dance lesson with Laura the week before our wedding. We had never ever danced before. People couldn’t believe how good our first dance was. Laura was so friend...
ly and so enthusiastic. We recommended her to all of our engaged friends. Just goes to show how good she is!
Laura choreographed the most beautiful first dance for us. We came in with a very specific vision of our dance and minimal dancing experience. She brought our dreams to life. In ju...
st three sessions, the entire dance was complete! She is so flexible and personable. I’m so happy that we went with Laura for our first dance.
We hired Laura to help us with our father/daughter dance and we are so lucky to have found her! I am very much not a dancer, but thanks to Laura we felt so comfortable and ready fo...
r the big day after just a few lessons. If you are stressed about your dances or want to take your dances to the next level, Laura is a great choice!
Laura helped my husband and I with our first dance for our wedding in October 2021 and she was absolutely amazing! I was nervous about our first dance because I hadn’t “slow danced...
” since probably middle school, and after four or five lessons with Laura my worries were gone! She helped us choreograph a first dance that worked perfectly for us and we were able to adjust along the way to be as formal or informal as we wanted. Plus, she was hilarious and made every lesson so fun! All of our guests loved our first dance and it is one of our most cherished memories from our wedding. Thank you so much Laura!!! 🥰
We came to Laura for help in coming up with our first dance at our wedding in June. As we truly are beginners, we started the process in January expecting this to take a while. W...
e really had no idea what to expect but Laura taught us steps that were basic but beautiful. By the end of the third class, our dance was complete! Now we have time to practice on our own and return back to the studio for a practice session or two before the wedding. It has been a fun time and we know our guests will be surprised when they see us on the dance floor. Thanks Laura!!
Laura is an absolute JOY to work with. My fiancé and I had no prior dance experience and were quite nervous for the first lesson, but she put us at ease from the moment we walked i...
n the door. Laura makes dancing fun, and I couldn't have asked for a better instructor. Her sweet personality and creative choreography are just Amazing. we will definitely be referring future couples to her.
Laura was great! She helped us choreograph our first dance and she made us feel very comfortable. Highly suggest doing some dance lessons with her before your big day!
Laura was a pleasure to work with. She helped choreograph the first dance at our wedding. Our guests were in awe and could not stop talking about it. We would recommend Laura to an...
yone who is looking to make another memorable moment in their wedding day.
Laura helped us to create a beautiful, unique and fun first dance for our wedding. I had little previous dance experience, but Laura made me feel comfortable and confident and the ...
first dance at the wedding came out perfectly! Our guests loved the dance and we received many compliments on it afterwards. Her pricing was extremely reasonable – I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her to other couples!
Laura is amazing at working with people. She does not just instruct, but she gets to know you so she knows how to help you make the most of your special day. She is very organized ...
with scheduling and well worth the drive for my fiancee and I. We could not have found a better dance instructor. Even with the stress of planning a wedding, Laura remined us that in the end it was about our connection, and that brought us closer together with each lesson. Can you say, "fire rekindled"?! Book with Laura and you will not be disappointed!
We loved Laura! My fiancé thought the idea of dance class was a terrible one. Laura was fun and easy to work with and made him feel at ease while learning. We learned an entire dan...
ce in 3 classes and my fiancé even left saying he really enjoyed it. We can’t wait to perform this at our wedding and hope to return to future dance classes!
I had never danced in my life and i had no interest in learning how to dance until i met Laura😊 She did an excellent job of teaching me and even made dancing fun for me! I am very...
impressed with the end result and to my surprise, i might even be interested in taking dance lessons in future as a hobby😊
Laura was a great dance coach!! She choreographed our entire dance in just three sessions and has been very supportive and easy to learn from
Laura is such a sweetheart 🤗 She prepared a stunning dance for our big day and made it so fun to learn and watch. We enjoyed every second of our classes. Anyone finds a chance to ...
work with Laura would be so lucky. We were so amazed how well we could dance after even couple of classes.
Laura spent 5 months working with my father and I for our surprise first dance!! She was so patient and made our vision come to life! She also choreographed my fiancé and I’s first...
dance! We can’t wait to surprise all of our guests on Sunday! Thank you Laura!!!
Laura has been amazing to work with. She choreographed a beautiful dance personalized for our needs and personality. She is a fantastic and patient teacher. Her price for individua...
l lessons is incredibly reasonable, especially in light of the level of attention she gives.
Laura is incredible!!! She choreographed the most beautiful first dance for us that left a lasting impression on us and all of our guests! She is so friendly, kind and easy to talk...
to and will make your vision come to life. Cannot recommend Laura enough!!!! Thank you for everything!
Laura is absolutely fantastic and the choreography she put together was perfect! My fiancé and I decided to take lessons for our first dance. While my partner has some rhythm, I a...
m not musically inclined at all! Laura took it step by step and made us feel so good about our dancing. We had fun and were laughing in every class. We are in love with our dance!
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1153 New Britain Avenue, West Hartford, CT | West Hartford Ct.
Wedding Choreography by Laura