CM Dance Company

Christine is a fun person and a great dance instructor. From somebody who never enjoyed dancing, I thoroughly enjoyed dancing with my future wife during these sessions. Christine analyzed us as a couple, our music selection, and derived the dance that fit. The steps were easy to learn and we looked like pros on our wedding night! We are still receiving compliments to this day. Taking lessons from Christine was one of the best decisions that we made.

The husband and I was luck enough to find Christine to help is with our last minute dance for our wedding back in October. Since the wedding, we had been so busy with everything and is finally able write our review. Christine helped us came up with a dance that was fun, yet beautiful. We danced to Lady in Red with a fun mix up of Can’t Touch This. We nailed our dance in 4 wks, had so much fun with great compliments from our friends and families. Everyone loved our dance routine!
We loved working with Christine. She was patient, flexible, and fun! Her dance skills were amazing. I highly recommend her for anyone’s wedding choregraphy. Thanks so much Christine! We still owe you a picture of our wedding dance!
–Trinity + Justin

Our wedding first dance was so beautiful and we have Christine Maldonado to thank!
Our story: We started planning our wedding almost immediately after getting engaged. We were engaged on May 17, 2014 and the wedding was scheduled for April 25, 2015. On March 11, 2015, we reached out to Christine asking if we had enough time to take dance lessons for our first dance. We explained we weren’t the best dancers, so we understood if she thought that we were reaching out to her too late in the game. Christine welcomed us with open arms and said with enough practice, our first dance will be beautiful.
We signed up for five dance lessons. Christine scheduled the dance lessons to allow for enough time to practice in between each lesson. Even before our first dance lesson, Christine requested for our song so she can start choreographing our routine. The first dance lesson came and we hit the ground running! Take note, every couple’s capabilities are different, but Christine embraces that and works with everyone’s strengths and weaknesses. She listens for our concerns and watches attentively in order to perfect what we have. This made it really easy to work with her, but it was also her personality that added to the fun of the choreography. She was definitely our instructor, but we thought she was so cool that we felt like she was even one of our close homies.
What really helped us was being able to record each dance lesson with our personal camcorder. We would watch our dance lesson from the comfort of our living room and practiced along while listening to Christine’s instructions in the background. We downloaded the song on our phones and would play the song on repeat in order to memorize the song and listen for the counts. While listening to the song on our phones, we would practice dancing in our heads. We would actually practice one to two days in preparation of our next dance lesson. Honestly, the practice we put in outside of class is what really helped us during the 1-​hour we had with Christine so PRACTICE!
One of the pros with working with Christine was that the dance lessons were PRIVATE dance lessons. She had our undivided attention and was focused on us the entire time. She watched us attentively and choreographed on the fly as she watched us succeed and fumble through the dance moves in order to choreograph the perfect dance routine for us.
It goes without saying that Christine has an awesome personality. It was because she was so pleasant to work with that we made every effort to practice hard in order to make her proud. You can sense the amount of pride she has in her craft and we are so thankful that we found her on Unilocal.For the longest time, we thought simply swaying back and forth would suffice for our first dance — boy were we wrong! We are now true supporters of choreographed wedding first dances and without a doubt Christine is THE PERSON to take lessons from. Christine’s schedule is flexible and lessons are conveniently scheduled as late as 8pm to accommodate the busy working bees.
Thank you Christine for the wonderful experience! More blessings to you and your wonderful dance company. Cheers!

We came here with a last minute decision before our wedding to learn at least some sort of dance moves before our big day. My husband doesn’t dance at all and is not a huge fan of it, I knew a little, though I am not great. So Christine sure had her hands full with us. On top of that we couldn’t even decide on a wedding song…
But it only took one lesson to decide for a song and learn enough moves to not bore our guests to death on our wedding day. It was a lot of fun, she’s a great teacher even for people with two left feet :) and who knows, MAYBE now that we had one lesson we can dare to take the next step in our dancing career. :D

My husband and I decided last minute that we wanted to have our first dance choreographed. We were in town to visit from Southern California so we only had one lesson with Ms. Christine. We didn’t know if an «Emergency» Dance Lesson would be enough time for us to pull off our first dance the way we envisioned it to be. However, the little time that we did have ended up being enough time for us to learn the basic movements to make our dance exactly the way we hoped! One of our favorite parts of the lesson was her helping us through the kinks in our movements in a fun light-​hearted way. She allowed us to have our dance lesson video taped so that we could refer back to it when we went back home. This helped tremendously! She allowed us to contact her with any questions we had regarding the movements. My husband and I are thankful for having her share her passion in dance to make our first dance one that we will never forget!

Christine, is such a professional and such a fun person to work with. We recently shot a music video together and her choreography was amazing. I would definitely tell anyone looking for some fun, energetic and professional choreography to look her way.

As a professional wedding Dj, I get to work with a lot of people and Christine at CM Dance is one of the BEST! I recently had the chance to work with her and she did an amazing job working with the members of this particular party for their surprise dance numbers. She was also the event coordinator for the event and was 100% on top of everything! Her organization and communication with myself and the other vendors was top notch. Attention to detail and communication is the key to a successful event, and she executed perfectly.
I would recommend her 100%.

My eight yr. old daughter took a hip-​hop dance class with Christine; not only did she have fun, but learned some really creative moves! I want to start dance lessons with Christine! Highly recommend her & her talent!

My sister was getting married and I was trying to organize a SURPRISE dance for her. My idea was to do a flashmob and have as many of her guests participate in the dance as possible. I needed help with the choreography. I called several dance studios and most places seems a little confused with what I was trying to do but not Christine. Once I called CM Dance Company, Christine called me back right away. That was a positive sign. She was so responsive. Once I talked to her, she knew exactly what I wanted. She did the choreography of a dance in one week and we did a few dance lessons to learn the dance. She was so AWESOME. Thank you Christine. My sister said the flashmob was the highlight of her wedding and she was so surprised.
Anyone wanting to dance, call Christine. She is a great dancer but also organized and you can count on her. I will be recommending her to anyone looking for dance lessons in silicon valley.

We love dancing with Christine! We met Christine a year ago as we were preparing for our wedding reception and wanted a little help with our first dance. Christine was very fun to work with, easy to talk to, and very creative. We ended up using some of Christine’s choreography and adding some of our own moves for our choreographed dance.
The COOLEST thing about Christine is that she has the ability to mix different songs together and come up with an awesome medley. Her dance choreography is great but her DJ/​music mixing skills are amazing! :) Not only is she great at slow dances, but she is also one cool girl who knows her pop songs and cool hip-​hop moves. She rocks!
If you are looking for someone to help you with dance lessons or want someone to choreograph your first dance at your wedding reception, contact Christine. She responds quickly to emails and phone calls and her fees are very reasonable. We are so glad we found her and if we ever need choreography or more music mixes, we will not hesitate to contact her. Thanks, Christine!

My daughter loves her dance class! We attend the parent-​child class and it’s perfect for her age. It’s a way of bonding with your child and see your child learn in many different ways! My daughter is almost 2 and we started when my daughter was about 1.5 years old. I must say my daughter has learned so much! Being the only child my daughter has learned to share with others, learn colors and phrases, and she learned to listen to another adult figure, as in her teacher!
We just ended our second session and it was fun! I’m proud to say that I noticed my daughter is able to dance on her own which is a huge improvement for her age. She is now ready for level 2– dancing with toddlers, where the toddlers dance on their own. It’s exciting but I’m sad to say we won’t be able to attend cause my work schedule has changed. BUT if you’re looking for a dance class for your lil one I definitely recommend Christine. She’s awesome with the kids!

My fiancé and I had no dance experience, so we signed up for the 5-​lesson wedding package with Christine about 7 weeks before our wedding. We were not looking for a full choreographed dance, but some basic moves so we would feel comfortable with our first dance. We weren’t able to practice much on our own in between lessons, but Christine was patient with us each lesson and gave us as many moves as we could handle without overwhelming us with things to remember. I’m so happy that we opted to take lessons so that we were able to have a memorable first dance instead of just swaying back and forth in place, and it was fun for our guests to watch as well. Christine is a great teacher, she’s flexible with lesson times, and she has a convenient online lesson scheduler that you can use to book times. We had a really fun experience learning some dance moves with Christine, and I would definitely recommend her as a teacher for wedding dances!

Christine, owner of CM Dance Company, is great! We used her talents for our wedding dance and we couldn’t be happier. She is very easy to work with and super patient. She was able to work with our very different personalities and laugh with us while we gave each other grief. She is very talented and gave us exactly what we were looking for. I can’t wait for our big day to make her proud!

Christine did an amazing job for my daughter’s birthday party. My daughter wanted a hip-​hop dance theme party and show. Christine came to our house and did warm-​ups, games and choreographed a show with over 15 kids. They had so much fun and the show they gave at the end of the party was adorable! She is great with the kids — joking, laughing, getting everyone comfortable and relaxed. She made the event so much fun and really tailored it to everybody’s needs and comfort level. I highly recommend Christine. She is fun, professional and really great at what she does.

Ms. Christine choreographed our wedding dance. I was so pleased with the end result!!! My husband was open to the idea but not entirely thrilled, basically he was willing to take a dance lesson to make me happy. We did 5 lessons. After the second session he would randomly dance with me in the kitchen! We both really enjoyed the lessons and could not have been any more pleased with the outcome. She was able to help us pick our song and choreograph our dance in just a few lessons. All of our friends and family were shocked when we came out with a choreographed dance. It was soooo worth it! My Grandma says we should go on dancing with the starts! thank you Christine for the memories and the tips with which poses to hold, we have the most amazing photos ever!

I recently worked on a duet with Christine and enjoyed collaborating with such a creative person. We both teach and dance at the same dance studio, but we have very different styles. We decided it would be a fun experiment to combine my ballet-​based style with her contemporary-​based style.
While working with Christine, communication was very easy and open. Christine had lots of good ideas and encouraged choreography that felt natural on both of us. She also gave me some acting tips and helped me work on expressing my emotions in our duet and on other choreography that I was working on. It was a pleasure working with Christine and I was very happy with how our duet turned out.

Ms. Christine choreographed our wedding dance, and we were very happy with the results! We provided the music, and Christine provided the steps.
She worked with us to teach us the basics, and when we picked those up (I have a background in dance and my hubs was in marching band), she gave us fancier footwork. She is very good at adjusting to the level of her students.
Christine is also very positive and a wonderful presence to help diffuse any tension (you stepped on my foot!). I would definitely recommend her whether you are new to dancing or a seasoned performer.
Recommendation: Video tape your rehearsal so you can practice later!

I love Ms. Christine! A few years back I had a cotillion for my debut and I was very nervous because more than half my cotillion had two left feet, especially my escort. I was very stressed with this situation but after our first practice I realize Ms. Christine was going to make this work and she did! She is patient and enthusiastic; we took it at a pace everyone was comfortable with. What amazed me is that when people repeatedly don’t understand she will try different ways to explain it! No one ever got frustrated, which in these events usually happen. I also appreciated that she can connect with different types of people.
I am not the most graceful person but with her tips and her techniques my duet dance with my escort was amazing! She has an amazing personality and great passion!
My theme was royalty and with her help she made it more than I expected. So thank you for turning my uncoordinated cotillion to a graceful court of princes and princesses!
here is the cotillion!

One thing that I value in the hectic life I lead is someone who is on top of their responsibilities. Christine has never failed to be on top of any lesson I have been a part of. My family hired her to choreograph my younger sister’s 18^th birthday waltz. During our consultation time, she helped to cultivate creative, unique ideas for the dance that ended up being a tango-​waltz. Our theme is Phantom of the Opera and when she started to teach us the dance, we found it dramatic, in character and couldn’t have asked for more. She manages to keep all of our dancers in line-​amazing!- (10 dancers, most of them middle school aged).
Her teaching and choreography are more than worth it. What tops off working with Christine is that she is very easy to talk to. She’s kind, friendly and will teach you do dance looking like you’ve got years of training even if you’ve only got 5 weeks of it.
I’ll update this later after the event, which will only have more compliments to say about someone who puts their heart into what they do. Thanks Christine!!!

My daughter loves Ms Christine! :) My daughter has been taking ballet and tap with Ms Christine at Vision dance. She is very sweet and patient. She really enjoys what she does and helps the kids grow that love for dance. My daughter can’t wait to see Ms Kristine every week. If you have a little girl or boy interested in dance sign them up with Ms Kristine! :)
Oh, I finally got to see Ms Kristine in action… she performed a solo at the last show for vision dance center and she was incredible! Very passionate.