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Wedding Dance San Diego helps couples learn to dance confidently for their wedding dance with private lessons, group classes, custom choreography, song editing, and parent dance lessons. Couples can choose any style of ballroom, Latin or swing dance, and even get last-minute "emergency" wedding dance lessons. Lessons and entertainment are also available for bridal and wedding showers, rehearsal dinners and cocktail hours.
Wedding Dance San Diego was established in 1991 and is located in Encinitas, CA in coastal North County San Diego.
When owner, Liz O'Grady, began teaching ballroom, she quickly saw that wedding dance students were not being served in the best way. Couples had little time. They needed well-chosen moves that were easy but also exciting for an audience. They needed to focus on just their song. And they needed to know how to get over nerves and feel confident in the spotlight.
All of this led Liz to design a system that specifically addresses the wedding dance dilemma: to help non-dancers perform (and enjoy!) a graceful "show" in a short time.
The process she developed now produces outstanding results every time, whether students have months or only days to learn to dance. It matches steps with students' regular movement style so that ease and elegance happen quickly and naturally. Students master dance moves they love (and can use forever), and they feel confident for their performance on one of the biggest days of their lives.
About Your Instructor
Liz O'Grady has been teaching American Style Ballroom, Latin, and swing dance for over two decades. With a BA in music and ongoing study of personal development, learning styles, brain science, and coaching, she has developed a magical blend of teaching for new dancers. Part "dance evangelist," part cheerleader, part gentle coach, her students are forever freed from having "two left feet."
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Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Music Genres
- Classical
- Country
- Dance
- Disco
- Hip-Hop
- Jazz
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Liz is a fantastic dance teacher. My fiancé and I had never danced together in any formal fashion before. She taught us the basics and choreographed a simple, elegant first dance f...
or our wedding (and edited our two songs together too!) which was perfect for our skill level. She is easy to work with, knows her stuff and communicates well. We credit her with turning our first dance into a beautiful moment to remember.
My father, husband, mother-in-law, and I took lessons with Liz for our upcoming wedding so that we would feel more comfortable with dancing formally and in front of others. Liz is ...
a very warm and encouraging instructor and helped put those of us that were less inclined to dance (my father and husband) at ease. She is incredibly talented at teaching and introducing how dancing can be fun for those that consider themselves "non-dancers". We all felt much more comfortable with our choreographed dances after the lessons and she even gave us music that was already spliced according to how the dance was choreographed. I could not recommend her more and will be recommending her to any of my friends that have upcoming weddings! Thank you Liz!!
Liz is the sweetest and most friendly person ever. My Fiance and I had no dance experience but we wanted to look cohesive during our first dance. Liz made us feel so comfortable an...
d she made it so easy for us. She edited our music as well as my Father/Daughter dance. My father had a great time and really enjoyed the experience even though he is super shy. On the day of the wedding, everyone was super impressed and loved our dances. Thank you Liz for your genuine personality and for helping us create the best day ever! - Marcela, Daniel, and Dad.
My fiancé (now husband) and I were both very inexperienced when it comes to dancing, and we were quite nervous about our first dance. Our wedding planner suggested we get dance les...
sons to help us not look so lost and he recommended Liz O'Grady! We couldn't have been happier with our experience with her! She gave us a choreographed dance that was reasonable for our skill level, but somehow made it look dramatic, fun, and beautiful! Not to mention, it was to a non-typical first dance song, so she had to be creative with the styling (she said she'd never had anyone recommend our song before and she was excited to create a dance for it)! On top of that, she was thoughtful about our dance floor spacing and entrance location. We both didn't like the idea of someone judging our terrible dance prowess, but she made it fun, and dance lessons felt like a little enjoyable date night! She was kind, not judge-y, helpful, and would take videos for us with a voice-over so we could follow the videos & suggestions when practicing on our own! She is an angel and an absolute joy! She was also always flexible with the timing for our meetings, and I would absolutely recommend her to everyone! We just LOVED Liz, and are so blessed and grateful we were able to have her as part of our wedding!
For our wedding we had relatively zero dancing experience and wanted our first dance to be amazing. Liz was so great to work with. She created a dance that looked professional and ...
allowed wiggle room for errors. She worked with our music and help edit our song. She also helped us use the lyrics to remind of us of the steps, which helped a lot. Our first dance turned out so memorable, I highly recommend Liz! Thank you so much!
Liz was the perfect instructor for us for our wedding dance lessons. We decided on waltzing, and Liz taught us the fundamentals and pieces we needed to have a splendid first dance....
We had a whole routine planned out for our dancing space, but as we walked up realized it was different than we planned, but we were able to adapt and piece together our first dance thanks to Liz’s instruction. Cannot recommend enough for private lessons! - Steph and Ian
I finally learned about the fundamentals of leading and following before jumping into the steps. By the way, regular practice before your big day is not only confidence building b...
ut very romantic during the stress of planning.
We worked with Liz to choreograph a foxtrot routine for our first dance. She was so friendly, encouraging, and fun to work with. She was able to choreograph a really sophisticate...
d looking dance for us that we were able to master in a short period of time. We were very surprised at how quickly we learned - Liz had us ready in no time. She took videos during our lessons to point out ways we could improve and to help us memorize the routine. She also wrote out the steps for us, which was very helpful to review when we were practicing at home. It was well worth the decision to learn a choreographed routine for our first dance, which went off without a hitch, all thanks to Liz! We cannot wait to take more lessons in the future.
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535 Encinitas Blvd Suite 103, Encinitas, CA | North County San Diego (Coastal)
Wedding Dance San Diego