Wedding Dance Lessons in Houston
Your first dance is ninety seconds that ends up in every photo album. I teach Houston couples to look like themselves out there, relaxed, connected, actually enjoying it. No experience needed. Start with a free thirty-minute consultation: bring your song, dance a little, and leave with a plan. No pressure and no contract talk.
How it works
Every couple starts in the same place: bring your song, or bring nothing and I will help you choose one. From there the lessons are built around three things, your song, your venue, and your timeline. Most couples do beautifully with a simple, polished dance: a proper hold, a few figures that fit the music, an entrance and a dip to end. If you want full choreography, that is here too. You do not need it to look wonderful, and I will tell you honestly which you need.
When to start
Three to four months before the wedding is the comfortable runway, enough time to learn without cramming, with room for busy weeks. Closer than that? Come in anyway. I have gotten couples wedding-ready on short timelines, keeping the dance honest about what fits.
What a wedding dance plan includes
The consultation is free. Thirty minutes, the two of you and me. Bring your song, or bring nothing. We dance a little, I tell you honestly what your dance actually needs, and you leave with a plan.
Lessons are private. Just the two of you and your instructor, usually weekday evenings or weekends, weekly from the consultation to the wedding.
The dance is built to your runway. Three months out, there is time for choreography that fits your song, with buffer weeks at the end so the final stretch is polish instead of panic. Six weeks out, we build what I call the sway-turn-dip: a confident hold, a few traveling steps that fit any slow song, one underarm turn for the photographer, and an ending dip that gets the applause.
Parent dances fit in the same plan. A father-daughter or mother-son dance can be added without starting over.
What is not on this page is the price, and that is deliberate rather than coy. The honest number depends on your song, your runway, and how polished you want to be, so you get it face to face at the end of the free consultation, before you have committed to anything.
Common questions
We have never danced before. Is that a problem?
It is the normal case. Most wedding couples who walk in have never taken a dance lesson. The first lesson meets you exactly there.
Do we need choreography for our first dance?
Honestly, no. Most couples need a lead-and-follow foundation and a few figures that fit their song. Choreography is for couples who want a performance. Either way looks great when it is taught well.
Is the first consultation really free?
Yes. The first consultation lesson for wedding couples is free and runs thirty minutes, with no pressure and no contract talk. Bring your song and the person you are marrying.
How many lessons does a first dance take?
Most couples come once a week from the consultation until the wedding, which over a three-month engagement is a comfortable runway with room for the weeks when planning eats your schedule. On a shorter timeline a handful of lessons is enough for a dance that looks wonderful. The honest count comes out of the free consultation, once I have heard your song.
What dance fits our song?
Most first-dance songs fit a Foxtrot, Waltz, or Rumba. Bring your song to the first lesson and you will know in ten minutes.
Can you include a father-daughter or mother-son dance?
Yes. Parent dances are some of my favorite lessons to teach, and dads need less practice than they fear.
Where are you?
8412 Katy Freeway #320, Houston, in the Memorial area, with free parking right outside.
Your first consultation is free, thirty minutes, no contract talk. Tell me your wedding date and your song and I will take it from there. Reach out through the Contact page or call 713-468-1628.