Dance Studio News

What’s happening in 2018? Dance is growing across Chicago. The Chicago Salsa Congress just finished their 17th Anniversary event. Unfortunately there was a snow storm but that didn’t keep our salsa dancers away. Meanwhile hip hop seems to be all the rage among the younger generations. Dance studios in our building are getting awesome participation in…

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3 Ways Dance Improves Your Marriage

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Dance improves your marriage. In the last month I’ve sat down with 3 brides who recently married in the last 4 months. The feedback was very interesting from each couple, but all had extremely positive results. Its true the dance lessons they used to prepare for their first dance has improved their relationship.  DANCE IMPROVES…

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BALLROOM DANCE HUMOR

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YOU KNOW YOU’RE A TANGO JUNKIE WHEN All of your computer passwords are related to Tango. Tango is one of the most recognizable International Ballroom Dances, along with the Waltz and the Foxtrot. The art of dance has a tremendous history; it has fueled people’s passions for centuries past and centuries to come.   BALLROOM…

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Ballroom Dancing On The Queen Mary

Image Preparing with Dance Lessons at WIndy City Wedding Dance for Queen Mary 2 Ballroom Dance

Preparing with Dance Lessons in Chicago Thanks to our students Robert and Nancy, I’ve learned something new about ballroom dance. Robert and Nancy will be boarding a cruise ship in January of 2016. The have selected a ship called the Queen Mary 2. The Queen Mary 2 is one of the largest cruise line ships and is voted…

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Siri We Need Dance Lessons

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It’s likely that if you are asking Siri for dance lessons you may need our help? When our clients contact us and say they need something its likely they will be getting married in the new year. Windy City Wedding Dance is a dance studio where students learn to ballroom dance. There are many different…

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Ballroom Blitz TLC

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We spent our day watching Ballroom Blitz on TLC, the new ballroom dance reality TV show. The show featured numerous ballroom dance competitors nationwide and in Chicago. The show reveals behind the scenes in our ballroom dance industry and how competitors prepare for upcoming ballroom dance competitions. The Truth About Ballroom Dance With hard work,…

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Wedding Dance Myths 2014

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  1. No one can teach me how to dance, I am a lost cause. Many of us feel insecure about our dancing. Our childhood memories of the junior high dance haunt us as we start to think about preparing for our first dance. After years of conditioning we start to believe we can’t dance.…

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Big Chicago Ballroom Weekend

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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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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

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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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