Rebecca was a joy to speak with and Dan helped us choreograph a perfect first dance. Grateful for the support they offer. Highly recommended. read more

My partner and I were introduced to Dancing Together by a friend for our wedding first dance lesson. Our instructor is Dan, and he exceeds our expectation! I'm normally not a social media person, but I have to leave an amazing review for him because he deserves it! In such short amount of time (4 lessons), Dan was able to help us be comfortable with each other, learn our body movement, and choreograph our first dance. Dan made dance lessons with him so much fun- LOVE his personality and professionalism. We felt like learning how to dance with an old friend! Thank you Dan! Yiming and I enjoy our lessons a lot :) read more

Dan is our instructor and he is a dream! My husband and I have been coming here for over a year, and this review is long overdue. For years I have been begging my husband to give dance lessons a try with me. He begrudgingly agreed to try ONE time. We had one lesson with Dan and he was HOOKED. Dan is patient, knowledgeable, and does an EXCELLENT job of thoroughly explaining what we're doing and why. Plus, he's such a ray of light. Just a joy to be in a class with. Literally the highlight of our week. Fast forward a year (close to two) later and we're practicing routines for competitions with him! Can you believe it?? 10/10. No notes. Just an absolute dream! read more

One of my friends who got married last year referred me to Dancing Together as my now husband and I didn't want to look like total fools on the dance floor at our wedding for our first dance. We signed up for 12 lessons as we made it a point to start learning 6 months out from our wedding, but Dancing Together also offers an introductory rate for your first lesson if that's all you have time or inclination for. The appeal was that the lessons are private and take place in their studio in Pacific Beach, so we didn't have to worry about stumbling around in front of others. While I'd taken dance for PE once upon a time in high school, my husband is not a dancer at all, so this was a stretch for us, but we were immediately put at ease at our first lesson with Miki. She is so kind, friendly, and most importantly, patient. Lesson by lesson, she put together a routine for us that was within our abilities but also managed to impress our friends and family the day of the wedding-and I'd say we looked good doing it too! We also carved out a handful of lessons to learn a sisters-brother dance for my husband and my father-daughter dance with my dad, and it was fun to learn different dances. Miki, thank you so much for your help. Dancing Together also offers group classes once a month at their dance hall near USD where they focus on 1-2 styles of dance. We were lucky enough to debut our dance a few days before the wedding at one of these group classes, and it helped with our nerves the actual day of the wedding. Everyone in the class was very supportive and it was also fun to take our minds off the wedding for a bit and try different dance styles. We hope to go back in the future for other group classes! read more

We came to Rebecca after we purchased a $700.00 package for 10 one hour lessons for another studio, and our instructor decided to quit and become a flight attendant after our third or fourth lesson, leaving us with an unfinished dance. I will start with our positives: -Rebecca did change some parts from our previous instructor that were cheesy and not our style -Rebecca was on time -Rebecca uses PayPal and provides refunds when appropriate Cons: Rebecca came in when we had 1:32 of a 3:09 song, and that 1:32 we knew coming in had been learned in about 4 lessons. Thus, our dance was halfway done, meaning it should have been reasonable to expect that the dance could be finished in 4, at most, 6 lessons (to include some lessons for cleaning). Having danced competitively in tap, jazz, ballet, and hip hop from ages 4 to 16, I have never met a dance instructor who does not come into a lesson with a set plan and say, "I'm going to teach you one 8-count today" (usually, most instructors teach two 8-counts). Yet, when I asked Rebecca how many lessons we should buy, she was evasive and non-responsive, alternating between (1) refusing to tell me how many lessons it would take to finish our dance (so I would know whether to purchase a package, and if so, how many lessons in a package) and (2) pressuring me to purchase the largest package possible. Our lessons with Rebecca were (1) less effective (in terms of moving slowly and learning significantly less per lesson), (2) more expensive per hour, and (3) 15 minutes shorter than our lessons at our previous studio (45 mins as opposed to 1 hour). During these lessons, Rebecca often speaks really slowly, repeats herself, and belabors points. For example, usually you learn steps and clean later (usually the next lessons if the dancer couldn't adequately clean on his or her own at home after practicing) to be efficient, but Rebecca teaches and cleans immediately, which is not usually the norm. We also had to constantly remind/ask her to take a video of us doing what we learned that day so we COULD practice whereas our previous instructor would not let us leave without taking a video of us doing what we had learned that day. Between this along with her refusal to guarantee she could finish our dance with a certain number of lessons and pressuring us to buy the largest package despite coming to her with a halfway complete dance, I can't help but think Rebecca just wants to milk her clients/customers for as much money/as many lessons as possible. To make matters worse, Rebecca had to cancel our lesson because she was sick, and then, we got sick and had to postpone to the point that we started panicking because despite doing 6 lessons, starting in March (our wedding was July 2nd), our dance had 24 seconds left (from 2:45-3:09) that was not choreographed and we were a month or so away from our wedding date. While in a previous lesson Rebecca did say she was "choreographing the ending that day," I assumed she had started (and not finished) the ending because (1) when we left, there was still additional music with no choreography and (2) Rebecca NEVER discussed cutting the song we so carefully selected. If she had, I would have told her I did not want to do that out of concern that having the DJ stop the song at the right place is just another thing we needed to worry about on our wedding day. Thank God we squeezed in a quick practice because during that practice, our DJ did not, in fact, stop the song in the right place, which would have made us look like idiots. This additional stress could have just been avoided if Rebecca had just finished our dance. To make worse still, Rebecca was clearly upset I expressed frustration with her unilateral decision to cut OUR first dance song. Thus, rather than apologizing and finishing the dance, she ignored our attempts to schedule our last lesson, for which we had prepaid and never did the last lesson. Thankfully, at the very least, she gave us a refund when we demanded one. Long story short, please go elsewhere for your wedding dance. Rebecca wants to milk you for as many lessons as she can get, drags her feet, provides lessons that are shorter in time than other studios but also more expensive, and has an attitude. read more

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My then fiance's friend took a dancing lesson before her wedding and mentioned it to my then fiancee. We (fiancee and I) decided to take a discounted first lesson and then immediately signed up for a 12 lesson package. It was 110% worth it. Our instructor Miki, was amazing and put our nerves at ease. Each lesson built on the last and incorporated new moves. Miki clearly is an educator and a dancer. She took us from two people who could sway together and put together an amazing dance that impressed our guests. I am not a dancer and have 3 left feet and by the end felt comfortable with our dance. We did use a few lessons with practicing our groom-sister dance and her bride-father dance. At Miki's encouragement towards the end of April/early May (our wedding was mid-May) she encouraged us to attend an open dancing event held monthly. We did and found their other instructors and guests equally supportive. They allowed us to practice our dance at the beginning of open dancing to settle our nerves in front of strangers. Highly recommend and would go back to both their open dancing events and use them for private tutorial. read more

After looking into a local spot to get dance lessons, my fiancé and I are so grateful to have met Jen and to have learned from her these past few months. Every class has been an absolute delight, and we've grown into confident and enthusiastic dancers. I can't thank Jen enough for all the incredible lessons and help, dancing has brought so much joy into our lives and our relationship. If you're looking to learn to dance, look no further than here. There's an incredibly talented team of dancers who can teach you whether you're learning to dance for the first time, or just want to add more styles to your repertoire. We can't wait for our next lesson! read more

Rebecca at Dancing Together was an absolute dream! She was totally accommodating to my unusual request to schedule a double dance class as a part of a family scavenger hunt. Her flexibility, professionalism, and enthusiasm shone through and my family couldn't believe how much fun they were able to have by the end of it. She went so above and beyond and it speaks volumes not only to her character but the excellence of Dancing Together! read more

10 days before our son's wedding he and his fiancé decided they wanted to learn a dance for their reception. A mother son dance was also on the schedule. I looked into studios and found Dancing Together. It was close to home, and got great reviews, so we gave it it a try. The studio is located in Pacific Beach, and has parking! The inside of the studio is clean and well set up. Rebecca was our teacher, she was fabulous! She was patient, fun and listened to what we wanted to do. She kept us on a definite path, knowing we had only a short time to learn. I would definitely recommend Dancing Together, and will return, if I have any other dancing needs in future. read more

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I've never been much of a dancer and nervous about the first dance, we signed up with Rebecca about a year before the actual date. We went to sessions periodically through the year, learning how to do a formal dance. Now that our wedding is only 1 week away, thanks to Rebecca, I have zero anxiety about the first dance! Ready to roll, actually look forward to it now. We think it will be one of the major highlights of the wedding. read more

I found Dancing Together on YouTube initially. I was searching for wedding first dances and fell in love with one of the first few results. I was pleasantly surprised to see they were local! I didn't know what to expect but it didn't seem to be a bad idea. After six lessons I realized we needed more to really get a good grip on what we wanted to do. Wow, absolutely wow! Rebecca worked her magic in just 11 lessons. We went into our first dance feeling genuinely confident and able to do the full choreography she created for us. We only had a few weeks before our wedding and it felt like a tall order for her and us both but she absolutely killed it on the instruction end, just as long as we worked hard in doing everything she advised us to do (especially practice). She broke things up for us and made it easy, beyond that she was hilarious and we really appreciated her sense of humor (especially when we goofed up). Instead of frustration when we messed up, she was compassionate and patiently showed us in an interactive way what went wrong. Scheduling was so easy whether we did it in person or by text. I was even able to text her photos of shoes to help her advise me on what kind to purchase. We would definitely continue taking lessons because it's been such a fun experience and really has made my new husband enjoy dancing much more than he expected. read more

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Rebecca [owner/instructor] makes dance lessons fun. My wife found "Dancing Together" online and signed us up for the first dancing lessons we've ever taken together. (I'm not sure why we delayed our imminent dancing stardom for 42 years of our relationship, but our son's wedding was clearly a trigger to finally get started.) We've always enjoyed dancing independently of each other, but when the music slowed we always reverted to what is apparently [and appropriately] called the "High School Shuffle" or something like that. We're very slow learners, but not ready to give up learning how to dance in each other's arms. Our lessons have us learning various foxtrot moves, but I'm sure Rebecca can teach you whatever you want to learn. She is very good at pointing out where our focus and various body parts need to be as we stumble our way through our rudimentary moves. We have lots of laughs together and really appreciate her patience and expertise. We highly recommend Dancing Together for anyone wanting to get started and build confidence in dancing with a very gracious, patient, uplifting teacher. read more

Our dance instructor, Jen, at Dancing Together was great! She is a knowledgeable, thorough, patient and helpful instructor that assisted my wife and I in putting together a full dance routine well within our abilities for our first dance! Immediately upon hearing a song, she would have the dance style suitable for it and would lock down at least a few moves with us during a session. Both of us were novices but Jen understood our level of competence and guided us through a couple of different dance styles throughout our sessions, helping us to build confidence in our dancing! read more

We cannot be thankful enough to our dance instructor Silke she just blew us away with her expertise in ballroom dancing! We knew that we wanted to wow our guests at our wedding with a beautiful ballroom routine and she provided us with just that! She was patient with us the entire time when teaching us the routine. She also made it very fun and when learning from her. She was very flexible with her schedule in order to accommodate ours when scheduling classes! Silke not only taught us steps, but she also taught us posture and how to create the effortless look with our arms and facial expressions. This really made a huge difference! She is an amazing dance instructor and we would recommend her to everybody. We couldn't have done it without her. Our family and friends are still raving about our first dance and telling us that it is the best they've ever seen! We couldn't have been more thrilled with the outcome!! read more

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Taking dance lessons with this studio was one of my favorite parts of preparing for our wedding. They got my husband and I ready to dance in two lessons. Love the instruction style and sending my parents for an anniversary gift. read more

We love being able to go out salsa dancing and know what we're doing! Thank you Silka at Dancing Together for working with us and making it so much fun! What a great teacher Silks is - starts from the beginning with some basic fundamentals and builds on top of those and before you know it were twirling and dipping! read more

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We can't thank Rebecca enough for teaching us our first dance for our wedding! She knew exactly what to do to help us learn what we needed, especially since we are not experienced dancers. She was so patient with us and helped us understand the different steps and turns, explaining multiple times. We really enjoyed learning the dance and added additional lesson so we could do a fancy spin and dip at the end. :) We cannot recommend Dancing Together with Rebecca enough! Her passion and knowledge for dance really made this one of the most memorable parts of our wedding! read more

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Silke is an incredible instructor and we could not be more pleased with how our first dance as husband and wife turned out! Not being the most coordinated of dancers, we were a little worried about what the final product would be from only 5 dance lessons before our wedding day. However, Silke was extremely encouraging, patient, hilarious, and really everything you would hope for in a dance instructor. Taking these lessons prior to our wedding was such a fun "date night" outing and we laughed quite a bit in the studio as well as at home practicing. After our wedding, we had multiple friends and family members tell us how great we looked during our first dance :) Thank you Silke for your patience and for making our first dance just perfect! read more

Rebecca is the best teacher! My fiance at the time (now my wife) and I came in for dance lessons solely to work on our "first dance" for our wedding, and I am so glad we did. Rebecca was patient, informative and helpful throughout the process, and we had so much fun learning the basics of the dance we were doing, and some of the history behind it. We plan to go back to take dance lessons just for fun now, and are excited to do so. I highly recommend Dancing Together! read more

My husband had a crazy idea to take dance lessons before our wedding-and I told him it was crazy. Turned out, it was one of our best wedding decisions! Rebecca is so patient and explains steps in a variety of ways so it's easy to pick up. It was a great bonding experience in getting ready for the wedding. We chose to dance an East Coast swing for our first dance, so it was a pretty involved dance but Rebecca helped us look like seasoned dancers! Our guests continue to talk about how fun the dance was and how it really got the reception started in the best way possible. It was lively and got everyone up at the end! Thank you, Rebecca! read more

Really amazing teacher and dancer, they are pretty nice and thoughtful. She is really thinking at your position when we're doing the dance. It's really fun to take the lessons! read more

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Rebecca is a wonderful instructor. Patient and kind with a great sense of humor. She is a fantastic teacher and communicates her ideas and instructions very effectively! She helped us learn a choreographed dance we found online for our wedding. Thank you!! read more

OMG! That is all I have to say about Silke. She is absolutely professional, fun, and everything you expect an instructor to be. I wish I had more time during my visit to take more lessons from her. Love love love her read more

This is a remarkable dance studio. We were facing the dreaded "first dance" of our wedding in late August (only dreaded because we don't know how to dance and it is the opposite of that "dance as if no one is watching" thing, right?) so we booked 10 lessons with Silke Miller (one of the teachers there) and she was awesome. She is fun, creative, helpful, but also honest about what needs improving and what works. Also Silke helped us develop our own ideas to put together an actual routine. Super fun, although the DJ cut off the song before the end, that is another post... Dancing Together is a class act and takes a potentially scary thing and turns it into a fun, empowering and enjoyable facet of ones once-in a lifetime (unless you are the President I suppose) experience of a wedding. Thanks Silke and Dancing Together !! read more

Ok so I have zero dance experience, and ZERO coordination! Rebecca is a miracle worker!!! We took lessons for our first dance. We wanted to look comfortable and not like we were under distress. After 5 lessons we look amazing! Rebecca is so patient! We were not an easy task. She broke things down to where I could understand them, I am not a first time learner!!!! It was so fun and relaxing. Not stressful in the least and everything with weddings is!!!! Thank you Rebecca! You are an AMAZING teacher!!!!! Hope to go back just for fun lessons soon! read more

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My wife and I have four left feed. We had very little experience or confidence doing any dance, but with our daughter's wedding approaching, we thought we should take some lessons. Luckily, we found Rebecca, the miracle worker. We started lessons way too late to gain any level of proficiency, especially with life getting in the way. But Rebecca helped us learn some basics that not only made our dance, with the spotlight on us, go without a hitch - but gave us the confidence to move on the dance floor. We danced much of the evening! We had a blast. If we decide to take this further we will give Rebecca a call! Rebecca...Thanks. You made the impossible happen. read more

Rebecca is truly awesome. She is well versed in the nuances of dance; and explains her methods and steps and the why behind them clearly. She is friendly and welcoming and is flexible with scheduling. We are getting married and hoping not look too bad on the dance floor for our first dance. I'm thinking we may look pretty good after Rebecca's good teaching. Thank you Rebecca! read more

We chose Dancing Together due to the positive reviews. My husband I and promised each other that when our son got engaged we would start lessons so we wouldn't look like fools at his wedding. Rebecca was so incredibly patient with us, since we basically had to start at the basics. Not only did we actually have to learn how to keep the beat and our stance together, Rebecca helped us learn different dances that would work for all kinds of music. She held us accountable, yet also helped us have fun at the same time, which wasn't an easy task! Scheduling was flexible, so we were able to make our Sunday classes a date night. We had an amazing and unforgettable experience and would recommend Rebecca to all! read more

My boyfriend and I have two daughters that will be getting married soon and we had no idea how to dance. Thanks to Rebecca and Silke we now can. We have had an awesome time learning and a lot of funny along the way. Thanks for putting up with us! We are now taking more lessons to learn more dances! He used to say " I don't dance" but now he is excited when we have the opportunity to show off our new skills . Thanks Rebecca. Iwould highly recommend Dancing Together to anyone who wants to learn. It has been an awesome experience read more

My boyfriend bought dance lessons as a gift for Valentine's Day. We've been so busy we finally made an appointment this weekend. I was excited/ nervous because I cannot dance to save my life. The location is small and intimate which I loved. Silke was our instructor and she truly made it an awesome experience. I was having so much fun, that when it ended I was sad. My boyfriend and I had such an amazing time we bought more lessons. See you in April Silke. read more

We love Rebecca! We chose this company because of the other great reviews, and they are all very true! Rebecca takes her time explaining each step and movement to us and relates it to us in ways that are so easy to understand. We originally decided to take dance classes for our first dance at our wedding, but we will definitely be continuing to do so even after the wedding. The one on one training is priceless! For anyone looking to try something new or wanting to learn a new style of dance, this is the place for you! read more

Silke is an amazing instructor! I'm so glad that we found her and that she was the one to help us with our first dance! It's going to be amazing. Silke is super kind, encouraging, fun, patient, professional, and full of energy. She gave us a very memorable experience. The studio is great as well. Very comfortable environment. read more

We've just wrapped up a summer of dance lessons with Isabella to get ready for the first dance at our wedding. She was really wonderful and made us feel so confident getting ready for the dance. We met with her, probably about once every two weeks for three months. The lessons were $65 for 45 minutes. At the end of our time, we had learned the basic moves for our dance as well as an intro and end. Everyone at our wedding thought we looked good and effortless! That's really a testament as I'm quite clumsy and my fiance is not a dancer. Isabella was also a lot of fun to work with at the lessons. I told a lot of people that she was a borderline couples therapist at times. We got really frustrated during one lesson - though we were pretty grouchy having come straight from our bachelor/bachelorette weekend in Vegas, so severely dehydrated and sleep deprived - and she was always able to help us stop snipping at each other and focus on the dancing :) She was really great. We'd highly recommend her for any of you other engaged couples trying to learn a few steps before your big first dance. read more

We had worked hard with Rebecca in preparing our surprise first dance for our wedding. We were concerned that we would lose all of our progress when we could not visit her studio. She suggested that we work with her on an online, video link up. We wondered how that would work but we decided to give it a try. We were amazed at how effective these online lessons proved to be. Not only were we able to maintain our currency in the steps we had learned in person, she was able to continue to teach us the additional moves we needed to make our dance complete. Whether I was a new student or one who was learning some new moves, I would recommend trying these remote learning lessons. You might be surprised in how effective they are. read more

Rebecca is the perfect woman. She fun.. She's charming. She's graceful. She has good taste in music. She, uh...where were we? Oh yeah, the yelp review. (FOR THE GUYS: She's good. It's not painful. You'll learn what you need to learn.) How many women can tell you that your moves suck and still have you coming back for a second conversation? My fiancee and I met swing dancing and we came to her for a "refresher" before our first dance (please don't tell her about this review). As it turns out, I needed more than a "refresher" as my technique apparently totally sucked. Here's what I like about Rebecca: 1. She's not afraid to tell you that you suck. I did, and she told me...gently. Again. And again. And again. And again. Even more importantly, she helped me suck less. +1 2. She has a high attention to detail. I appreciate that. If you don't know how to draw a straight line, you can't be an architect. We spent the entire first lesson correcting my frame and a single turn. This was important, because it lays the foundation. More importantly, it allows you to signal to your partner. +1 3. She understands priorities. After the first few lessons, we talked about time limitations before our dance and what we wanted to achieve. We shot for less than perfect but good enough (Voltaire, blah blah blah). This allowed us to get to where we needed...comfortably. +1 4. She knows when to call in help. We wanted to try some aerials (flips). She connected us with a guy who does aerials because he had the safety equipment and the partner to help us with that. By the way, she is perfectly capable of doing this herself as she demonstrated later in helping us troubleshoot the flips, she just felt his setup would be a better learning environment. +1 5. She is a good interpreter. Meaning, she can translate what we think we want into what we actually want. After I almost dropped my fiancee on her head doing an aerial during a session (again, not either woman's fault), we decided to abandon the flips and replace them with lifts. Dropping your newly minted wife on her head in your first dance = bad. Keeping her conscious with no blood on the white dress for 4:08 = good. Thank you, Rebecca. +1 What more can I say? Thank you for keeping my wife safe. Thank you for keeping me sane. Thank you for teaching us how to dance...proper-like. You're awesome! read more

My wife and I took dance lessons for our first dance at our wedding. Rebecca was our instructor. She is amazing at what she does and has an ability to really break it down for you and make sure you understand everything before moving on. We chose a song that is incredibly slow, so slow. She was able to choreograph a dance that was not only really impressive, but also one we could pick up in the short amount of time we had. She arranged her schedule, so we could add another class or two before our big day. We definitely will be back to learn more styles of dance from Rebecca! read more

My father and I took 2 dance lessons with Rebecca for our father/daughter Wedding dance. We loved Rebecca so much that we would have taken more lessons, but my father was only visiting San Diego for 2 weeks. Then my husband Ian and I took 5 dance lessons with Rebecca for our first dance. Ian has never lead while dancing and I was very unfamiliar with proper dance steps. Rebecca taught us so much and was so patient with us extreme amateurs. Our first dance went beautifully and just 2 lessons with my father, made a world of difference. I would highly recommend dance lessons with Rebecca and would go back to her again! Thank you Rebecca! read more

We had worked hard with Rebecca in preparing our surprise first dance for our wedding. We were concerned that we would lose all of our progress when we could not visit her studio. She suggested that we work with her on an online, video link up. We wondered how that would work but we decided to give it a try. We were amazed at how effective these online lessons have proved to be. Not only were we able to maintain our currency in the steps we had learned in person, she was able to continue to teach us the additional moves we needed to make our dance complete. Whether I was a new student or one who was learning some new moves, I would recommend trying these remote learning lessons. You might be surprised in how effective they are. read more

I wish I could give six stars. Silke is a fantastic teacher. She taught an uncoordinated individual like myself how to sort-of dance in just a few short lessons. I highly recommend her. read more

My now husband and I took dance lessons for our wedding with Rebecca. As well, my dad and I took lessons for the father-daughter dance. Both sets of lessons were a gift from my mom and we loved it. My husband and I ended up purchasing more lessons because we needed a lot of extra help with our dance. We had decided to not only dance for our first dance, but also sing!!! Rebecca helped us make our dance memorable for all and we BOTH enjoyed going through the learning process. My dad and I very much enjoyed the lessons together. The night of our dance was very special and even though I had cried in her studio during the practices, the night of the wedding it was all smiles. Both of us took some deep breathes and just let the music guide us across the dance floor. The pictures turned out great and we looked like we knew what we were doing!! Thanks Rebecca!!! read more