The Dance Family Studio

My husband and I had 4 weeks to get rid of our two left feet before a formal dinner & dance honoring my husband. Stacy was terrific! She listened and gave us the right dance moves so we could have an enjoyable evening. Absolutely recommend her.

I would recommend this place to anyone who want to learn dancing in an affordable and private setting!

I went to The Dance Family Studio to get lessons for my father/​daughter dance for my wedding. I chose a fun father/​daughter dance song and thought it would be a nice touch to do a choreographed dance. However, neither my dad nor I are dancers, and my dad was particularly apprehensive about dancing in front of a bunch of people. I was attracted to this studio because I had read they were experts with novice dancers, and after my lessons, I totally agree!
We did our dance lessons with Francisco, and he really understood what kind of dance we wanted to have (fun & silly.) He choreographed a great, sassy routine for my dad and I, which is exactly what I was looking for. I knew I had come to the right place when my dad was laughing early on in the lesson, saying,“This is just GREAT.” Francisco was clear, and broke down the steps in an easy-​to-​understand manner. He made even my dad feel comfortable, and my dad ended up loving the whole experience and having a wonderful time. These dance lessons ended up being not only a great learning experience, but also a great bonding experience with my dad prior to the wedding.
I’d definitely recommend this studio to anyone :)

If you are still wondering about what to do for your first dance at your wedding, stop looking around, just pick up your phone, and give the Dance Family Studio a call. You won’t regret a single thing, trust me!
About 1.5 months before our wedding, we started to search for a choreographer to help us with your first dance. We are not dancers by any means. My fiancé and I are both Ph.D. chemists. We spent most of our 20s in research labs, and so not in night clubs dancing the night away. We are both quite rigid and probably less coordinated than most people. However, from our first phone conversation with Stacey, we knew that we were in good hands! It is the small things that they do to make you feel comfortable and you know that they care a lot about their students! Both Stacey and Francisco make a special effort to pronounce my name right.
Francisco is a FANTASTIC dance instructor! During our first session, we showed him our song, and he was able to come up with the type of dance, and a rough routine within minutes! He’s also able to quickly assess our level of dancing ability, and tailored the lessons to our level. All the dance moves that he designed for us were not too hard to learn so that we never got frustrated, yet they look great and we were very pleased with how they turned out to be! Francisco is patient, professional, and a great teacher!
At the same time, we also started to attend group salsa lessons. They are fun, organized and you learn a lot! Over all, we had an amazing experience with the Dance Family Studio. I couldn’t recommend them any stronger!

Believe it or not, my fiancé and I found ‘The Dance Family Studio’ via Unilocal to educate ourselves on the art of functional dancing for our upcoming wedding. For starters, my fiancé and I are no Maksim Chmerkovskiy or Karina Smirnoff, not even poorer versions. However, Francisco (owner and educator) did a prodigious job composing and cultivating our inner dancer. Francisco explained complex dance steps using great metaphors that anyone can relate to, and then never seemed frustrated as we worked through the ups and downs of learning something new. From our first class to our last, Francisco was extremely supportive, inspiring, and seemed genuinely vested in the success of our wedding dance. As promised, we will provide Francisco with our finished product after our performance on 8÷2÷14, and hopefully it makes it to The Dance Family website! I genuinely endorse this studio to anyone interested in learning to dance for any special occasion, or even just for fun with your special someone.

You know those people you meet for the first time and you feel like you’ve known them forever? Those are the dance family studio owners, Francisco and Stacy.
Francisco is a wonderful dance instructor. He offers 45-​min sessions for couples or individuals on a variety of dance types: salsa, swing (east coast or west coast), tango, Lindy Hop, disco two step, etcetera.
Group classes are also available. The group members are patient and supportive.
Stacy is also a superb dance instructor.
Both are patient, clear, kind and encouraging.
Couples? Getting married and need a first dance? Single and just finally want to learn? Either way, this is the place to go.

I bought dances lessons for a friend some time ago for her birthday… She loved it.
Thank you,

We worked with Francisco to prepare for our first dance at our wedding. Neither of us have any dance experience and still it only took 4 lessons to nail down a classy, choreographed dance! Francisco was patient and we had a great time learning how to dance. He even helped us learn to do a lift, which our guests loved! It was worth every penny!

I can’t recommend Francisco highly enough. I checked out a few other studios in the area when I decided to have our wedding dance choreographed, and his pricing was as good if not better. We bought the 6-​lesson package, 50 minutes per session. Francisco is an excellent teacher, very patient and positive. My fiancée and I aren’t dancers by any means, but Francisco was able to choreograph a dance that was simple enough for us to learn, yet elegant and fun. I was almost disappointed when our lessons were done, he had made them so enjoyable and not tedious at all. I can’t wait to show off our dance at our wedding. Thank you Francisco!

Great place to learn how to dance. There are many decent and wonderful people at this studio. It’s a safe and happy place to go. It’s been six months since I first started and I am still excited for and looking forward to my salsa and ballroom dance lessons!

My fiancée and I found Dance family studio to learn how to dance our first dance at our upcoming wedding.
As a guy, I’ve never been very keen on formal dancing, often avoiding situations involving dancing.
We’ve taken lessons before many times, but I always became frustrated and gave up. Francisco changed all of that!!!
Words cannot describe how happy both are, all thanks Dance family studio!
From the first group lesson, all the way through our last private lesson, Francisco was patient and encouraging with our progress, and made our lessons fun and light hearted. By the end of our lessons, we had a completely customized 3.5 minute choreographed dance that brought out both of our personalities, formal, fun and beautiful. It couldnt have been more perfect!!!
We’ve been to other dance studios, and other lessons, but none of them were able to spark my interest in dancing like dance family studio has, now I totally love dancing and we both are looking forward to going back to Dance family studio to learn more!
In short, if you’re looking for a relaxed, fun environment to learn how to dance, you cannot beat Dance Family Studio!
By far, one of the most memorable parts of our wedding was the first dance. It went perfectly and we blew away our guests.
Highly recommended! :)

My husband and I spoke with Francisco about 3 months before our wedding and he was able to come up with a timeline for us in terms of how to go about our choreographed 1^st dance routine. Once I told Francisco what our song was to be, he immediately told us the dance style we would need to learn to make the routine flow. Knowing we were headed towards the Rumba, we began taking group lessons for 4 weeks (1 hour, once a week) to learn the basics of the Rumba. We then scheduled our 4 private lessons with Francisco and really honed into our dance. Just by listening to the music, he has the talent to whip up a 6 part routine for our 3:39 song.
If it wasn’t for Francisco’s patience, professionalism, encouragement, clear direction and truly amazing teaching style, we would have done the generic 1^st dance sway side to side dance. Instead he allowed us to find our inner dancers and spice up our 1^st dance routine to a hot latin based routine, full of twirls and dips that makes any bridal gown shine and sparkle. :)
I HIGHLY recommend this dance company if you are looking for a wedding dance choreographer, just want to learn something new, want to socialize, or just have plain old fun!
Private lessons are all VERY reasonably priced and the quality of teaching is unparalleled to anything I’ve ever come across in the past.
THANK YOU DANCE FAMILY STUDIO for making out 1^st dance unforgettable and for sparking our fire to continue to learn how to dance!

My wife and I took private dance lessons from Francisco for our wedding. Both of us started as complete beginners. Over the course of 6 hour-​long private lessons, Francisco patiently brought us from the basics of the box step to a complete 3 minute, customized performance. Francisco took the song for our first dance and created a 5 part, choreographed routine that perfectly matched the music. Our guests loved watching us perform our first dance at the wedding, and we felt confident and well-​prepared from our practices with Francisco. Definitely highly recommended!

This is the place where I first learned salsa. It really is like a family, and you learn not only how to dance with good technique but also how to interact socially, have good etiquette and respect, and how to connect with people through dance. For anyone looking to get into dancing but avoid some of the sleeziness/​funkiness that can happen in the dance scene, this is the place!

One of the only places in LA that offers country two step lessons!!! The instructors do an excellent job of teaching the fine points while making it fun. They are very reasonably priced. Also they do a good job of fostering community with dance nights and trips to local dance clubs.
My husband and I have taken waltz, salsa, country two step, and night club two step lessons here. We also had some private lessons in preparation for our wedding.
Really just a great spot!

I love salsa dancing! I took lessons for awhile about two years ago and forgot about it when life just got too busy. Recently, I was able to finally convince the hubby to try it out with me. So I enrolled us into Salsa 1 class at Dance Family Studio! We have been there a few times now and it has been a great overall experience so far. The facility is nice and clean. Free parking and plenty of it. The instructor, Fernando, is detail-​oriented with a great sense of humor. The students are all very open and it really makes the classes very enjoyable.
I only minus one star because I have to say that the front desk person is a bit cold and it almost seemed like she didn’t want to be dealing with customers. I come from a very service oriented mindset and if you are warm and inviting then I may overlook any flaws, but when the front desk person taking my money can’t even fake a smile, I tend to hold that into consideration when reviewing a business.
Overall, a great place to dance and learn salsa. They also have salsa dance parties every Friday evening for just $ 5! There is a short lesson prior to the party and then it is open dancing for the rest of the night!

Had a great first experience here with my wife (who is way better than me), and three members of the office staff including the other doctor. We (the four of us) admittedly are NOT dancers and have the hardest time keeping a beat (for me even hearing the beat is a challenge, yeah I am a very white man) but they made the uncomfortable feel more comfortable.
Salsa was the dance of the evening and and by the end of the night I felt spicy hot like a ghost chili salsa. My wife let me know I was more of a pace pecante salsa than a ghost chili, scotch bonnet or habanero but I was getting it at least. Thanks to the instructor for letting us know that we should listen to him only and not other members of the class for instruction, he really had a solid command of the class the entire time and I know I will learn a ton in the next 6 weeks. So you think you can dance??? Maybe just a little embarrassing you tube but at least I will be having fun as the wife holds her head down in laughter and embarrassment. At least I’m not doing the Q-​tip, rainbird or pizza maker on the dance floor… for now ;-)

I can only speak for the Latin Night Social Dances on the second, fourth, and fifth Fridays of the month. For only $ 5, you get a quality lesson teaching you fundamentals and other extra tidbits for merengue, salsa, and tango. The instructor, Victor, is a great teacher and actually funny in a non-​cheesy way. After the lesson, which is about 45 minutes to an hour long, there is a free dance, allowing you to practice what you just learned or to perfect your own craft with the instructor being available for any questions you have. Even more impressive is that he’s only 19 and already certified, so he can definitely relate to younger crowds, as well as carry himself in a professional manner to be respected by adults.
Also, the studio itself is clean, and the staff there is always wonderful. :)

The hubster and I met in a dance studio with a more globally-​known name. We originally (both) starting going to learn how to SALSA (since that was the big craze back in those days). We, instead, got into a lot of those old school smooth dances (Waltz, Tango, Fox Trot) and started competing on an amateur level. So, all that to say, we never *really* gave Salsa a fair shake at the end of that stint.
After we’d been away from the ballroom world for some time, we noticed «Dance Family» studio (hard to not notice as it is barely a block from our casa)…and just as our dancing feet were starting to get amnesia.
We decided to plunge back in with a Swing & Salsa focus only.
That is one GREAT benefit to Dance Family Studio… you can choose to do as you please with your private lessons. I recommend, without reservation, Francisco and his studio. Group classes are efficient and fun. And Francisco has a bounty of teaching experience, along with the insight and ability to size up each individual or couple/​their particular needs, and tailor the lessons accordingly.
HAPPY FEET = HAPPY HEART!

So after my friend’s birthday dinner, we had a quick, 1-​hour dance lesson scheduled here. We were running a little bit late and got there pretty much right at 9, when our lesson was scheduled to begin. The instructor, Francisco, was patiently waiting for us to all arrive. Once we were all set, he jumped right into the lesson and taught us the basic steps to Merengue. He was very patient with all of us, was very polite, and used analogies that we could easily interpret, such as how to obtain better posture and how to properly step up and down.
He was also quick to think. There was not an even number of guys and girls. 4 guys and 6 girls. What Francisco had us do was put us in 2 circles, guys on the inside and girls on the outside. He then had the ladies take 2 giant steps back and have us approach one of the girls. Then, with the music playing, he had us rotate between all of the girls every 30 or so seconds, so nobody was left out.
He eventually moved on to the basic steps of the Cha Cha Cha and Salsa, repeating the rotation method. Everybody had a fabulous time and a lot of fun. I myself, was doing ok, but I had a couple moments of having 2 left feet. At least I didn’t step on anybody’s toes. That would’ve been embarrassing.
The studio itself is pretty decently sized. In terms of a yoga studio (I don’t do yoga), you could probably fit a good 25 – 30 people comfortably. The studio was clean too, from the mirrors to the floor. Even the bathroom was neatly decorated and clean. And there’s a parking lot in the back. Just enter in from the alley adjacent to the front of the studio. And the front of the studio is actually on Allen, just north of Colorado Blvd.
I’ve never taken a dance lesson ever before in my life, so I can’t tell you if prices were expensive or cheap, but it seemed pretty reasonable for the quality lesson we received.