Stage Door Dance Productions

My Two Left Feet No More
Visit: November 4
Ok, I’ve only had 1 salsa dance lesson but I am very optimistic that my husband, Andy, and I will be burning up the dance floor in no time. A few weeks ago, we received an email from our friends, who are good dancers, ya know the kind that have taken years of lessons and have competed locally in ballroom dancing, sent out a note saying their favorite dance instructor, Katie, was offering to teach salsa lessons on Sunday afternoons. Who’s in? Ooh, me, me! With only a little nagging, I was able to convince my husband to be my dance partner. He has two left too. We make such a good dance team.
So yesterday afternoon, we had our first lesson with Katie at Stage Door Dance, which is conveniently located in Brier Creek off of T. W. Alexander, next to Frankie’s Family Center. There are 3 studios and our lesson was held in a room with one mirrored wall and lots of windows for natural light. The black colored floor appeared to have a flexible plastic coating, which allowed for easy turning without slipping. Katie plugged her iPod Nano into the sound system piping out clear sounding latin music. Katie is a petite, young woman who has been teaching all types of dance for years. Currently she is teaching ballroom dancing and Zumba at Stage Door. I was thoroughly impressed with her teaching skills. She started with the very basic steps, breaking everything down, and making it easy to follow. We practiced with out music and then she added music. She slowly added new steps after making sure the whole class was comfortable, well as comfortable as newbies can be. And the progression of steps was natural and logical and flowed right into the next sequence. Katie has an easy manner that puts you at ease. Andy and I were very pleased with our progress… actually sort of amazed that we did as well as we did since we both have limited dancing skills. We had fun and are encouraged that our two left feet didn’t get in our way.
For me, Stage Door Dance has a winning combination of a good dance studio with a talented instructor.