Jonathan is such a pleasant teacher! I've had the pleasure of dancing with and learning from him a few times. He's so patient and delightful when teaching and super encouraging. You finish a dance feeling like a world class dancer while knowing what you need to improve on for next time read more

Jon (Melendrez dance studios) is the best dance teacher. He's tons of fun and easy to work with. whether it's for a first dance, or to attend a party or a social, you will have so much more fun and confidence after lessens with Jon. read more

Jon is a phenomenal teacher!! We took salsa classes with him and not only learned great technique but had loads of fun. He makes the process easy - and he even makes learning from your mistakes fun. So pleasant to work with. read more

I found Jon Melendrez on The Knot when looking to get dance lessons for my fiancé and I. Fabulous! He is an awesome teacher and we are having so much fun! He is choreographing our wedding dance to our song. We go to the Pompano studio. read more

I had spoken to the teacher on the phone and he did sound professional at first. I explained what I wanted to learn and we had scheduled a Saturday afternoon class. The morning of the class he cancelled, which can happen I suppose and he said we would reschedule. However, he never contacted me again after that. I also called and left a voicemail, which he never responded. Maybe it's me, but lately I haven't found a teacher in this area who knows how to follow up well. Oh well. Their loss of a student who is passionate about dance. read more

We were very excited to take dance lessons before our wedding. We purchased an initial package of 5 lessons, because we just wanted to get some practice to be comfortable dancing in front of all of our family and friends. At our first lesson the teacher spent 30 minutes of our one hour lesson trying to sell us more classes. We would have no problem purchasing them in the future if we liked how it was going, but we did not like that we were being charged as part of a lesson for him to try and and take more of our time and money. Once we decided we would just finish out the prepaid lessons and not add more it seemed as if the teacher was just trying to push us along and could care less that we spent hundreds of dollars on the lessons we did purchase. Very pushy and uncomfortable. read more

We took classes for our first dance on our wedding. He created the choreography based on the song we picked. Each class was a lot of fun. He made the experience very fun. He was very professional and had a lot of sense of humor, which helped us relax. My fiance had zero dance experience before and we were able to have a beautiful first dance for our wedding. We would definitely recommend him. read more

John is a wonderful teacher. He makes the sessions fun and he is passionate about teaching dance. I first started taking group lessons at the Palm Beach Gym and then began taking private lessons. I've learned most of the ballroom dances, but the Latin dances are my favorite. John choreographed fun routines for me and helped me when I was having difficulty following some of the more complex steps. Highly recommended!! read more

My experience with Jon was 100% satisfaction. I am married to a Brazilian. I think were taught to dance "at birth!". Always feeling inadequate when we went out, Jon taught me amazing techniques & steps to help me overcome my awkwardness. His patience, professionalism, and personality always makes you feel comfortable. His methods are easy to follow and his approach is so much fun. Versatile at many different styles of dancing, Jon gives you all the tools you need to become a more comfortable and natural dancer...Thanks Jon!!! read more

Jon Melendrez is a great dance teacher! My fiancé and I are in a difficult situation - we are long distance and he is working right now down in Florida. We had to find a dance instructor who would be able to teach us a wedding dance on the weekend. I called a few of the big-name studios in the Palm Beach area, and was told by one of them "We don't have teach on weekend - we work Monday through Friday, like regular people." Yikes! When I called Jon, he was super friendly and very accommodating with scheduling. We met with him this past Saturday for an intro session and to come up with a plan and, though he typically recommends more, we decided to go with 10 lessons because we aren't sure how many weekends I'll be down visiting before the wedding. We immediately got into learning steps and choreographing how we're going to dance to our song. We scheduled another appointment the next day as well. I thought about the steps over night and had some suggestions for the next day, which Jon changed and we have choreographed maybe 30-40% of the song already, after having only had two lessons! Jon has made this process very easy. My fiancé and I are not dancers. I have taken a few dance classes, and my fiancé has never taken any classes. We like dancing, but more hopping around informally in our living room. :) Jon made both of us feel very comfortable. He is not snobby or judgmental, and is full of jokes during the lesson, which makes the time fly by. He has thoughtful comments about how to improve our steps, and also video taped our routine so that we can practice it in between our next lesson in a few weeks (when I'll be down again). He also has worked with us to choreograph steps that we can actually dance. For example, my fiancé was having trouble with a particular box-step move and so we cut that part down and are doing something else instead, so he doesn't have stress out about doing it. I really appreciated that Jon didn't just press him to try to learn it, but suggested something else that my fiancé was comfortable with. I think that even though is scared of dancing in public, he is enjoying this as well, and by the time the wedding rolls around, we'll look great! :) I strongly recommend hiring Jon Melendrez to help you learn how to dance! read more