The First Dance Place

Date night lesson with Katie was a phenomenal way to celebrate our 2 year anniversary she helped make it fun and special

Katie is absolutely incredible! She was patient, understanding, and made sure to match our dance to the song we selected! (The World We Knew - Frank Sinatra). We would give her 10 stars if we could! Highly recommended if you're looking for a wedding dance instructor here in San Diego!

Katie was awesome to work with! We wanted to take just a few lessons because neither of us really felt comfortable dancing. We weren't looking for full choreography down to every second of the song, just to learn a few things to make it fun for us. Katie met us exactly where we were, knew what we were trying to do,… Read full review

We made a lot of decisions about vendors in the course of our wedding with variable degrees of success, but I can confidently say that choosing Katie and the First Dance place was the absolute best choice of our entire planning process. One day, about 6 months out, my now husband decided he wanted to do a… Read full review

We had the absolute best experience working with Katie for our wedding dance! We did her 8-lesson private package and it was perfect for us. From day one, she made us feel comfortable, confident, and genuinely excited to learn. Katie is incredibly friendly and just an all-around awesome person, we honestly never… Read full review

Katie is wonderful. She made us feel so comfortable as beginners, and we had a really fun and beautiful first dance at our wedding. We were thrilled, our families and friends were impressed. We would really love to go back just for a date night dance lesson!! If you’re on the fence, this is your sign. Go see Katie, have so much fun.

Choosing The First Dance Place was EASILY one of the best decisions we made for our wedding! When we came to Katie, we had a very ambitious song and a couple home practice sessions under our belt, all of which amounted to a do-si-do and a loose hope that *maybe* our dance would turn out okay. (Spoiler: without… Read full review

We absolutely loved our dance lessons with Katie! We came in wanting to learn some basic moves for our wedding first dance, and she made the entire experience fun, relaxed, and genuinely enjoyable. Katie is incredibly patient and friendly, and she created an environment where we felt completely comfortable - no… Read full review

My fiancé and I took first dance lessons with Katie at The First Dance Place, and we truly cannot rave about her enough. We came in as total beginners with a fast-paced song (“Sway” by Michael Bublé) and a lot of nerves, but Katie instantly put us at ease. She’s warm, fun, incredibly talented, and knows exactly how… Read full review

We took three emergency dance lessons for our wedding first dance and got started a month before our wedding. Katie was great to learn from and really helped us tie the dance together to our first dance song. Our guests were super impressed with our first dance and helped us feel comfortable doing so. If you are… Read full review

We had a wonderful lesson with Katie!! We did an emergency class and feel super ready for our wedding in two weeks! She made learning moves easy, fun, and exciting and we can’t recommend her enough!

Katie is the best! My husband and I aren’t really dancers but Katie had the patience to teach us a manageable routine that we enjoyed learning. Would absolutely recommend.