Big Chicago Ballroom Weekend

Logo of USA Damce

USA DanceSport Challenge Well with just hours away, ballroom dancers from all over Chicago and the US are finishing up their preparation for their Big Chicago Ballroom Weekend. For many, this is a weekend hobby spent traveling the US and the competing in the USA DanceSport Series. For others, it may be their first competition,…

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Architecture Tour Comes to Windy City Wedding Dance

Image of Beginner Ballroom Class Fall Session at Windy City Wedding Dance

The Architecture Tour visited the Fine Arts Building making their way through Windy City Wedding Dance located at 410 S Michigan Ave on the 2nd Floor. The visitors were amazed by the original elevator face that sits inside our ballroom dance studio from the late 1800’s. Our guest were in awe by our 30 foot…

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Chicago DanceSport Challenge

Photo of John Smith and Jessica from Louisville Competition

With only weeks away, Chicago’s ballroom dance community is preparing for the Chicago DanceSport Challenge. Chicago Dancesport Challenge is a part of the USA Dance Organization. This organization supports Amateur Ballroom Dancing and provides a circuit of dance competitions where amateur ballroom dance competitors hit the dance floor. Participants and ballroom dancers from all over…

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Wedding Dance Do’s and Don’ts

Ok this one is for all my newly engaged couples. Our wedding clients have a lot to say when they walk in the door. Most of the time one person in the relationship will say this, “Please do not let me look like that wedding couple from last weekend during their first dance.” Then I always proceed…

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Teach Ballroom Dance Lessons

Image of instructors who teach ballroom dance in chicago

Have you ever contacted a dance studio to take some ballroom dance lessons? Years ago when I moved to Chicago, I did the same thing. I went to a very popular franchise in the area and I was assigned a very tall handsome instructor. He made the dancing seem so easy. For the first time…

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Fairy Tale Wedding Waltz Dance

WIndy City Wedding Dance teaches a Couple a fairy tale waltz perfect for their first dance.

Congrats to Angela and Matt Benson. Angela and Matt started taking Wedding Dance Lessons at Windy City Wedding Dance back in early April. This was my favorite wedding in 2015. The wedding was in a beautiful mansion in Vernon Hills. Angela and Matt worked on their wedding dance for weeks.They were very serious ballroom dance…

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Trending Wedding Dance Songs 2014

A Couple Dancing at their wedding

Are you getting married and starting to think about your first dance? Traditionally wedding dance styles include Rumba, Night Club 2 Step, Foxtrot, Waltz, and Salsa. There are a variety of wedding dance songs, but how come you can’t think of one or find the one that’s right for you? Now you only have 3…

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Free Swing Dancing Lesson Today Chicago SummerDance

Students dancing at Windy City Wedding Dance

    Chicago Dance Lessons Chicago SummerDance is very special to us. We are just one block north on Michigan Ave at 410 S Michigan and opened our permanent location on June 15th just in time to get the summer kicked off for Wedding Season. Our specialities include Dance Classes, Dance Lessons, Ballroom Dance Lessons,…

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How to Ballroom Dance in Chicago

Photo of Ballroom Dance Couple in Black and White

Researching Ballroom Dance Lessons Did you Google ballroom dance lessons, dance lessons, or wedding dance lessons? Well, so did I years ago. So now that you have googled dance classes and have come up with a few choices for dance lessons studios in Chicago, what is the next step to start ballroom dancing. I like to…

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How a Chicago Couple Used Ballroom Dance Lessons

Claudia and Michael Windy City Wedding Dance Students

  Couples from all over Chicago are coming into Windy City Wedding Dance to prepare for their first dance. One of our famous couples this year came to us in May to prepare for their first dance with a fantastic Michael Jackson song. I’ll never forget when Claudia called us. She said that she knew they didn’t…

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