Angela is amazing! My husband and I aren't really dancers, so when it came to our first dance we knew we needed a bit of guidance. Angela was incredibly helpful from the start, and very patient with us as we learned the movements, or wanted to adjust things to be more comfortable for our style. She was amazing - I'd highly recommend using her if you need a refresher, or to start from the beginning like us, when it comes to dance! read more

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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! read more

Our First Dance - Dance Schools Near Me - Seattle, Washington

My wife and I had the fortune of joining in on one of Angela's outstanding wedding survival classes. We are super glad we did and thankful that she's doing what she's doing. Our wedding was one month ago but we are probably going to sign up for additional classes (second level wedding survival class) since the first one was so much fun! THANK YOU ANGELA! read more

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! read more

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! read more

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! read more

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! read more

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We trusted our fellow yelpers 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. read more

Our First Dance - Dance Schools Near Me - Seattle, Washington

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. read more

I am not much of a dancer, but my husband loves to dance. We decided to take the Survivor Level I class prior to our wedding last October. It was a lot of fun (even for me) and a good date night to get away from all the last minute wedding preparations. We enjoyed Angela so much that we also scheduled a private lesson to help us make our First Dance to La Vie en Rose a little more memorable. Highly recommend! read more

Angela customed designed our first dance to fit our comfort level. We would never have gotten to the place we were at after our lessons with a general group lesson. She was wonderfully diplomatic and kind when correcting our movements so that we both looked and felt great while dancing. The most important is that she makes the dance about us. I am so grateful that we found Angela and Our First Dance. I highly recommend her to anyone that needs a customized experience in learning to dancing with their partner. Loved every minute of it. Thank you Angela! read more

Angela you are the BEST!! My husband and I took the survivor I course plus a private lesson! She makes everything seem easy and is so helpful throughout the process! We chose a non-traditional song for our first dance and she was able to help us coordinate the dance in a way to make it special yet not too difficult that we aren't enjoying it the entire time! She is soooo sweet and an amazing lead! I would recommend 200% even if you aren't getting married it is a great bonding experience! read more

We did our first dance lessons with Angela and loved it! She was so helpful with smoothing out our transitions and helping make our dance choreography seamless. She was patient whenever we were having trouble with certain steps, and was very nice and understanding when we wanted to change our song choice on the second lesson. Definitely recommend her!! Thank you so much for your help Angela! read more

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!! read more

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! read more

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. read more

My (now) husband and I took Angela's beginner group class before our wedding. As someone who hates dancing and is embarrassed to even sway back and forth, I was extremely nervous for this class. But by the end of the first class, I was already feeling much better about our dance. The beginner level is 4 classes long (once a week).. unfortunately we were only able to attend the first 3 because we were sick on the day of the last class. But we still learned the full slow dance, foxtrot, and some of swing. We felt so much more confident for our wedding after just these three classes. We decided to schedule one final private lesson with Angela at her house, where she helped us choreograph a dance to the song we picked (she switched up what we had learned in class, as the 4 step didn't work well with our song choice). It was very basic, just what we wanted, but added in a few spins and a more elaborate part at the climax of the song. Angela is wonderful to work with, she is very motivating and has a fun personality. Our wedding was 6/4 and our dance went perfectly. I DEFINITELY recommend this class if you are feeling nervous about your first dance. The only negative thing was the size of the dance floor for the amount of people in the class. There were 11 couples total in our class, and we did have to avoid bumping into others while practicing. This didn't bother me much, but sure threw my husband off. read more

My fiance 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! read more

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! read more

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 Yelp, 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! read more

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

Angela is simply outstanding! My parents offered to pay for me and my then-fiance 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 :) read more

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! read more

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! :) read more

Angela gave us lessons before our wedding and while I really enjoyed it and got a lot out of it, I was worried that my then-fiance wouldn't like it. But he did like it! Angela was so patient and funny and that made it totally unintimidating for both of us. My husband says, "Yeah, she was so good with me, because I'm, well, I'm oafish. But now I'm sleek and graceful! It was all Angela." In fact, tonight, he was playing with our son and he still remembers some of the dance steps and was showing them off. We danced our first dance without a hitch and we even danced with in-laws. Thanks to Angela for converting my husband to the idea that he *can* dance after all! read more

My wife and I used Angela for first dance instruction for our wedding. We have no formal dance experience but she was able to work with our ability level. We ended up getting dozens of compliments about how beautiful and professional the dance was. read more

Angela is just wonderful. She helped us put together a dance that was beautiful and showy but still intimate in only a few lessons. Neither of us have much dance experience, but she worked with us and our song, got our feedback, and never pushed too hard. We hope to take some of her group dances too. Definitely come here if you want something memorable for your first dance - you won't regret it! read more

Angela was awesome! We had taken a few swing lessons years ago, but wanted to brush up for our first dance at our wedding. Angela was great at fine tuning what we already could do, stopping my fiance from some ugly habits, and helping to add some interesting and fun moves that weren't too hard. We brought in three songs and she helped us pick the one that would work best for us. It was a great experience and I highly recommend doing a few lessons with Angela before your big day. We really liked that she didn't make us learn a routine, but rather taught us different moves we could string together, with a planned beginning and end - so during our first dance we weren't worried about getting the routine right, but just having fun! read more

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! read more

Angela worked with us for 8 lessons to help prepare us for a crazy idea we had to do swing for our first dance at our wedding. We went into the first lesson without any previous dance experience, and with no clear plan in place. She patiently worked with us, helped us learn the basics/intermediate skills, and then put together a choreographed dance to a high tempo swing classic. She even offered a free review at the end to help solidify our planned dance. The dance ended up being a huge surprise hit for our guests. She was always professional, always full of energy and enthusiastic and a great motivator. Angela, you rock!!! Thanks for everything, Brad and Antje, married Sep 4th, 2011 read more

Well, we're pretty similar to the other reviewers on this website -- little to no prior dancing experience, time crunch (less than 2 weeks), not natural dancers at all, and Angela squeezed us in for two lessons. Angela is amazing! She has a wonderfully authentic, genuine personality and worked with us to choreograph a few steps for the wedding (so it wouldn't be too "memorable," in a bad way). As if by instinct, Angela immediately sensed what we were looking for out of a few lessons and delivered, perfectly. Moreover, her easygoing nature and sense of humor made her an engaging teacher and her lessons, pressure free. We simply cannot recommend her enough, for any dance occasions, particularly one as public as your first dance! read more

Loved Loved Loved our time with Angela at Our First Dance! My husband and I signed up for three private lessons to help with our first dance for our wedding and had such a great time we ended up singing up for 3 more! Angela was a gem to work with and very patient. She was very flexible with our shedule and very affordable compared to the other private instructors I had researched. I would highly recommend Our First Dance!! read more

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! read more