Often I receive the nicest comments from the wedding couples I work with:
“Just wanted to let you know we pulled our dance off brilliantly! The guests were incredibly impressed that we’d been to dance lessons and couldn’t believe my husband picked it up so easily! We had a lot of fun and were so proud we nailed it! Thanks so much for your choreography and positive teaching.” L&C
“The wedding was amazing and we surprised everyone with our dance. They all absolutely loved it and were so impressed! 🙂 Thank you for your patience and crafting a dance that suited us, you really made learning easy and fun. Definitely a memorable experience and I’m so glad we did it.” K&N
If you want some help with your wedding dance do call or email. Remember you may not need anything complicated, just a few moves might be all that is necessary.
Dance Company will be closed for the holiday break after the 10th of December and will be back teaching from the 7th of January.
In January I will be hosting a 5 week beginners group class on Wednesday nights from 8pm – 9pm at the Tauranga Senior Citizens Hall, 14 Norris St Tauranga. You will need to bring your own partner. If you think this might be just what you need to look forward to in 2024 send me an email. I promise a fun class with a good dollop of technique. Lessons start on the 10th.
I am delighted to say that Dance Company has moved its weekday lessons permanently to this hall. Its a very central space with a lovely floor which is great to dance on.
Looking for just a little help for your first dance?
Not every couple wants a fully choreographed wedding routine. You might just want a few moves and variations that you can use both at your big day or at any other social occasion when dancing might happen. Just like Alice and Jamie.
In Jamie’s case dancing in public, even in front of friends and family, was something he really wasn’t looking forward to. So he came to a few lessons by himself, not to learn a routine or steps, but to gain enough confidence so he could take Alice out on the floor.
They said “it went well and as you know it was pretty short before (our) parents stepped in. Thank you so much for your time and confidence building!”
So if all you need is a little confidence; some help to get out onto the floor please call or email, I’m sure I can help. I am available for Sunday lessons commencing after the long weekend and up until early December. Lesson times start at 4pm. I can either teach you some moves that work with the song you have chosen – or moves that will work well with any modern music.
It been such a joy to return to teaching formation teams, after some time away due to the pandemic. Last month Dance Company took a 9 couple dance team “Imagine” to the Inter-studio Dancesport competition in Tamahere. All these dancers are masters which means they are over 30.
I have choreographed many formation teams over the years that have competed successfully all over New Zealand. Teams are a great way to meet more people in the local Dance Family, get really good at some complex moves, get fantastic at timing and learn another way to style your dancing along the way.
This Team music was close to 3.5 minutes long and the choreography was standard ballroom (New Vogue/Old Time) with a few tricks. I believe there should always be a trick or two to wow the audience and the judges.
“Imagine” will be dancing again in Tamahere on 29th July. If you are interested in dancing at the competition or coming along and supporting the team let me know or just turn up.
Or if you and your partner want to be involved in the NEXT team I am doing send me a email.
I also teach private lessons for couples or singles if thats more you.
If you are interested in lessons in social partner dancing, Ballroom, Latin, New Vogue and even Classical Sequence do call/email and lets have a chat. I am happy to dance lead and follow so all aspects of the dances are covered.
Or if you are now finally able to arrange your wedding and want a little something to wow and amaze your guests do call/email. Not all wedding dances need lots of lessons. Some couples just need a few steps and some confidence.
Courtney and Phil have this to say about their recent experience with me:
We finally got married and got to dance our dance! The crowd erupted after we were done I think they were all blown away. Thank you so much for getting people to believe we are dancers, it was so much fun and something we will get to pull out at any time ❤
For all wedding dances your music choice determines what style of dance is best and in some cases it also means a little more effort is needed to learn some specific moves/variations. Not all moves suit every song, every wedding dress or even the floor you will be dancing on. Its always best to dance to a song that means something to you both and leave the choreography to me. I will always ask if you have any moves/variations that you do want to do and if possible incorporate them into something special for you.
I am so delighted to have found alternative spaces so I can return to teaching. Its complicated when my preferred hall needs renovations.
If you are interested in lessons in ballroom, latin, new vogue and even classical sequence dances do call/email and lets have a chat. I am happy to dance lead and follow so all aspects of the dances are covered.
On Wednesdays I teach a ladies/follows group class. There is new choreography almost every fortnight which keeps us all on our toes.
Or if you are now finally able to arrange your wedding and want a little something to wow and amaze your guests do call/email. Not all wedding dances need lots of lessons. Some couples just need a few steps and some confidence.
For all wedding dances your music choice determines what style of dance is best and in some cases it also means a little more effort is needed to learn some specific moves/variations. Not all moves suit every song, every wedding dress or even the floor you will be dancing on. Its always best to dance to a song that means something to you both and leave the choreography to me. I will always ask if you have any moves/variations that you do want to do and if possible incorporate them into something special for you.
I have lesson times available on Wednesday and Thursday evenings .
