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Wedding Dance Myths 2014
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.…
Read MoreBig Chicago Ballroom Weekend
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,…
Read MoreArchitecture Tour Comes to 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…
Read MoreChicago DanceSport Challenge
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…
Read MoreDance Classes VS Private Lessons
Thinking about dance? Are you trying to decide if you would rather take ballroom classes or private lessons? Both are fantastic ways to learn a new activity. Although you can learn in each environment, they provide a different dance experience. I recommend trying a dance class and a private lesson to see which best fits…
Read MoreWedding 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…
Read MoreListen Up Brides
Happy friday! Several months ago I started corresponding with a soon to be bride named Casey. We booked and planned our dance lessons way in advance. Months later Casey walked through the door with Finn, her high school sweet heart. They were preparing for their first dance and would be tying the knot as of October 2014.…
Read MoreFall Dance Class Session 1
Are you looking for a fun activity this fall. Our Fall Dance Class Session starts the first week of October. Try a Sunday afternoon ballroom class or our after work dance classes are now being offered at Windy City Wedding Dance on Tuesdays and Fridays evenings. You can learn how to salsa dance or ballroom…
Read MoreFairy Tale Wedding Waltz 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…
Read MoreDance Therapy
Did you know that Dance can be a form of therapy? The American Dance Therapy Association is an organization that is dedicated to the profession of dance/movement therapy. Through dance movement therapy individuals can improve a wide variety of psychological disorders. Dance and movement therapists mobilize resources from the place where the body and mind are one.…
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