Our First Dance

I never would have thought I’d take a dance class. But our wedding was nearing, and we had to figure out what we’d do for our first dance. We stumbled upon Our First Dance by searching around Google and Unilocal,and the dates for the Wedding Reception Survival class level 1 lined up nicely for our wedding. We thought the class was pretty reasonably priced for being a four-​week class for the two of us. So we gave it a shot!
We loved the class. Angela is a great teacher who made us feel very comfortable. Over the four weeks, she taught the basics of slow dance, foxtrot, and swing, with a couple fancy looking moves to round out the dances.
We enjoyed the class so much that we signed up for the Wedding Reception Survival class level 2, which conveniently started the week following the level 1 class, and ended a week before our wedding. In the level 2 class, we kept focusing on slow dance, foxtrot and swing. So glad we did level 2 because we learned even more fancy moves to mix in with what we learned from the first class.
Even in the group class setting, Angela is great at providing individual feedback, and is flexible in how the time is used during the lesson (so we can focus on things that need work).
Our first dance during our wedding was a blast, and we got so many compliments on it. We’ll definitely consider coming back after the wedding to take additional classes with Angela!

Angela is awesome! We were both pretty nervous, but Angela was so fun (and funny!) and made us instantly feel comfortable and at ease. She was supportive, encouraging, and helped us to feel confident that we wouldn’t embarrass ourselves on our wedding day. All of our guests commented on how natural and classy our dancing looks — all thanks to Angela! In fact, we are taking her Level 2 class just for fun, even though we already got married!

My fiancé and I took both group lessons and private lessons from Angela and we can’t recommend her highly enough. We had such a fun time! Angela is super fun, very approachable, and a great teacher. She turned one of the things we were most stressed about (our first dance) into one of the funnest parts of the wedding planning. We signed up for group lessons with another couple we are friends with, which was a really fun thing to do each week. Then we followed up with a couple private lessons to finalize our wedding dance. It was all extremely helpful and we had a great time. We now recommend her to all of our engaged friends. Take these classes — you won’t be disappointed, it is well worth the money!
Have fun!

If you are looking for dance lessons for you wedding then this is the place! Angela is a great teacher! She keeps it light and fun! My fiancé and I have been wanting to take dance classes for a while and the wedding gave us a great reason to finally do it. We just finished level 1 and are going to start level 2 later this summer!

My (now) husband and I took beginner dance lessons from Angela back in November 2014, in anticipation of our wedding first dance in March 2015. This is a series of four group lessons, for 1 hour each.
We were nervous about all the attention for dancing on our Big Day, but also wanted to learn some basics moving forward on how to dance in social settings.
From the first day in class, we were very happy with the lessons. Angela is very friendly, energetic, and visibly passionate about dancing and sharing her knowledge with others. She had clear demonstrations with practice time, and kindly answered questions/​made corrections without making us feel incompetent :-) We had the option of showing up a little early or staying a little later for class to practice. The space was just right, and did not feel crowded (at the time, there were two other couples learning aside from us).
We had a grand experience, and were feeling quite confident with our first dance. We did receive a couple compliments from friends saying that we looked pretty cool and had a good first dance, so near-​term mission was accomplished.
I highly recommend taking dance lessons from Our First Dance: it will be worth it to boost your confidence and coolness on your wedding day, and is also a social skill you can possess long-​term!

Angela made our first dance unique, fun and something that felt completely like us. Our song was a non-​traditional dance song and she helped out create a routine that was exciting (no boring moves over and over again) but also easy enough to remember on our wedding day. Her techniques to get us to remember certain moves like the grapevine or twist/​dip really worked — and our first dance went off without a hitch. Angela is really warm and fun to learn from. We were so glad we decided to work with her!

My now-​husband and I didn’t want our First Dance to look like a high school slow dance, where you just sway side to side and in a circle for a few minutes. I’m so happy we found Angela to give us dance lessons before our August 2014 wedding! One of the first things you notice when you meet Angela is her fun and happy energy. She gets you excited about your First Dance and makes you feel how special and memorable the moment will be for a couple. Initially, my husband and I planned to take just one lesson, because we waited till the last minute to sign up for dance lessons before our wedding. Angela was able to hear our song for the first time at our first lesson, and was able to teach us a nice set of moves to use for our First Dance. We enjoyed the first lesson so much and knew we would benefit from more lessons; and thankfully Angela was able to fit us in to her schedule for a couple more lessons. She taught us more moves and was able to provide us with some choreography that didn’t look too «choreographed». I didn’t want it to look like we were counting steps as we were dancing in front of our family and friends. In the end, our First Dance went pretty darn well, and it was a fun and lovely moment for us, on the best day ever. We give our highest recommendation to Angela at Our First Dance for every couple who wants to have fun, and feel confident showing off some nice moves, during your First Dance as newlyweds! :)

Given my husbands and my introverted tendencies and two left feet, the first dance was not the part of the wedding we were most looking forward to! We ended up having three private lessons with Angela to help us feel more comfortable and like we had some idea of what we were doing. We were so glad we did!
Angela helped teach us a basic step as well as a couple combination, fancier moves that we could mix in. She helped us figure out good spots in the music to fit these pieces in. And everything we did, she had us practice enough times that it felt comfortable. She did a great job of explaining all moves very clearly and helping show us and tweak our movements so we had everything down well.
In the end, she have is the confidence to feel like we knew what we were doing and really just enjoy our first dance. Feeling comfortable with what we were doing made the experience so much more enjoyable at our wedding, so we are so glad we worked with Angela to help get us to that place!

Great way to get back in step. The classes are worth the $$ and some.

I would highly, highly, highly recommend Angela’s Our First Dance wedding reception survival course (s)! If you need to brush up on your form or you have no idea what you’re doing whatsoever, it doesn’t matter! Angela’s direction will polish your moves in no time!
Angela is so warm, helpful and such a sweetheart. She makes dancing fun, and non-​intimidating. Not only do you have group instruction, she comes around and provides helpful criticism for the couples as well. There were some moves in which we struggled on as a couple but she gave us modifications that helped a lot!
The level one course is once a week for an hour, but the time goes by so fast. It really has helped my fiancé move to the beat and understand how to lead. We aren’t going to be swing dancing for our first dance but this course will definitely loosen you up! It’s also a fun date night, helps to take away all of the stress from wedding planning!
We learned the Waltz, Fox Trot, Swing and a bunch of different moves I can’t remember the names of. Basic steps yes, but you definitely need a good foundation to build upon.
My fiancé and I completed the first level, we loved it so much we’re signed up for level two :)
Do it! So fun & worth every penny!

I remember a friend describing a first dance she witnessed as «really, really, awkward.» When I got engaged (introvert + introvert) I was terrified that we would be that couple. We took a group lesson (only two other couples!) and a private lesson. Our dance was elegant and simple, and it left our guests either smiling or sobbing. I think it put everyone in a dancing mood because there was quite a dance party to follow!
Just do the dance lessons. I highly recommend going with Angela!

If we could give Angela 10 stars we would. While we didn’t always enjoy every aspect of wedding planning, our lessons with Angela were always something we looked forward to every week. Her instructions were always lighthearted and positive and she made us feel comfortable, even when I felt like a clumsy giraffe.
Angela taught us a swing dance that went off without a hitch on our big day. Being a novice dancer, it was a big task to learn the dance in just about a month, but Angela was there every step of the way providing feedback and listening to our suggestions.
We love her and her lessons so much we are trying to figure out an excuse to go back. We cannot recommend her enough!

Angela is such a great teacher! We went to three private lessons before our big day and it gave us so much more confidence for our first dance. We were even complimented on how gracefully we danced together! I’d highly recommend going to see Angela if you’re at all nervous about dancing in front of your guests — it’s so much easier to enjoy yourselves when you feel more confident!

Angela is wonderful!
We took a 4 week crash course with friends and not only did we learn a ton but we had a great time in the process.
Angela is a fantastic teacher, very easy going and makes everyone feel comfortable. She does a great job describing dance moves and walking you through each move so it makes sense.
I highly recommend Our First Dance and look forward to taking more classes from Angela in the future.

Angela is an awesome teacher! Our wedding dance started as a country song and then broke into a Salsa. My husband has absolutely ZERO rhythm, but somehow Angela worked a miracle and taught him, not just how to dance, but how to Salsa! My family and friends were so impressed. She is an awesome instructor and great person all together. I highly recommend going to the Our First Dance!

We trusted our fellow Unilocalers and were not disappointed. The lessons were great and she actually turned my now husband in to a dancer, we plan on taking swing classes with her again. Maybe she can cure my 2 left feet one of these days. Seriously this is the place to go no question.

Angela is simply outstanding! My parents offered to pay for me and my then-​fiancé to join them in two private classes right before our wedding. Thank goodness for that! I was super nervous because my husband tends to go wild and do his own crazy thing when we dance, and I knew that would not be easy to keep up with in a wedding dress! He was not so excited about taking lessons, but agreed to go if I would not object to him playing paintball the weekend before our wedding (I was worried about him getting injured/​scratched up right before pictures, etc… I agreed, he got injured, but I digress…).
After frantically going through my iPod in the car outside the studio one minute before our first lesson, we decided on a song for our first dance. Angela suggested a few different dance styles we could go with, we decided on one, and she proceeded to teach us how to follow/​lead, a few fun moves like spins and dips, and we both had a fantastic time (my parents also seemed to be enjoying themselves, but I was a little too focused to really notice them!).
Fast forward two days, which was only three days before the wedding, to our second lesson. Earlier that day, I decided to look up the lyrics to our chosen song, just to make sure it really was something as romantic as the music sounded. Come to find out, the song is about a one-​night stand which leaves one of the parties with a broken heart. Not exactly what I had envisioned for my wedding!!! So again, we frantically look for a song right before our lesson (this time, about an hour beforehand). Angela had a good laugh at us changing things up last minute, but was a real trooper and helped us adapt what we had learned in our first lesson to our new song. Thank goodness!
She also helped out with the father/​daughter dance – having never taken dance lessons before, I had no idea how to follow and my dad was a little rusty on leading. Thanks to Angela we got through the song beautifully, though I think our thunder was a bit stolen by my husband wildly throwing his mother around the dance floor!
Also thanks to Angela, he suggested that after we wade out from paying for our wedding, we should take lessons regularly! Never in a million years would I have thought I would hear those words! Now I know what to ask for for Christmas :)

My fiancé and I took one dance class with Angela to prepare for our upcoming wedding. We waited until the last minute to schedule a dance class, but Angela worked with our schedule — she held a lesson for us on Labor Day! We were both a little nervous going into the lesson, but she helped us to feel confident. She’s warm and funny, and I would highly recommend her. We left the lesson with a plan for our first dance, thanks to Angela!

For Valentine’s Day, my husband surprised me with two dance lessons at Our First Dance. Angela is a great teacher — she’s patient, gives good instruction, and helped us to visualize why and how the dance steps work. (She’s also fun to work with and has a great sense of humor!) She got both of us dancing after our second lesson and she even helped me figure out how to follow my husband’s lead. I’m usually so focused on figuring out what I need to do that I have a hard time reading the lead’s signals, but she helped us by using specific cues so I know what to do next. We had such a good time that we intend to take many more lessons. Angela teaches dancing the way it should be — having fun, and learning to feel and appreciate the connection between each other.

Our First Dance was not only a fun way to learn dance but we felt very confident on the day of our wedding. We took the 4 week introduction class and every class felt like a mini date night. Angela is a great teacher who not only makes you feel comfortable but also gives you the tools you need to look great on the big day! It was defiantly worth the investment and I would recommend taking her classes and/​or private lessons to any bride out there!