I cannot say enough about how great our experience was with Phillipa. My husband and I wanted to learn some moves for our wedding dance and we originally went to a community school ballroom class that ended with Tom and I thoroughly bored and angry with each other. We then luckily found JiveRoc. Phillipa came to our apartment and ended up choreographing our entire dance. Tom and I had so much fun after the first lesson we couldn't stop practicing after she left. She was wonderful. Our dance was challenging for us, but not too much that it wasn't enjoyable or hard to remember. At the wedding it was a complete success and all of our guests couldn't believe our dancing skills. Phillipa also gave us some tips for dancing with our parents that helped a lot too. I loved working with Phillipa. She was such a fantastic dance teacher. We know have moves to use when on a dance floor anywhere. We are so much more comfortable. Thank you JiveRoc! read more

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Are you not a dancer? Do you and your future husband have no dancing experience whatsoever? Then, Phillipa is for you!! Phillipa did an AMAZING job working with my husband and I on our first dance. Not only is she extremely patient, but she is VERY professional and really loves working with all levels of dancers (inexperienced dancers included). Phillipa met with my husband and I four different times. When she first told me that we would have an entire dance perfected in four sessions, I laughed. There was no way that my husband and I (two inexperienced dancers) would learn an entire routine in four sessions. She proved us wrong! Not only did we have our entire first dance perfected, but we had a blast each time we worked with her. After each session, she typed out the lyrics to our wedding song (You Are the Best Thing by Ray LaMontagne) and the dance moves that went along with each line/stanza. She doesn't charge by the hour and spent as much time as we needed perfecting a particular dance move. She is extremely affordable and is flexible about meeting you for your dance lessons. Our guests really loved our dance and could not believe how flawless our dance turned out. The first dance can be stressful, especially because you know all of the guests' eyes will be on you (not to mention the videographer and the photographers). Having met with Phillipa to teach us our first dance helped alleviate some of this stress and we had a great time dancing the night away! We would definitely recommend using Phillipa to help with your wedding dance! Meghan and Nick read more

Phillipa did an AMAZING job putting together our first dance. It was surprisingly quick to learn and she did a great job customizing the dance to our first song choice. All of our guests really loved the dance and were blown away. We still owe Phillipa a copy of the video :) She really cares about how your wedding dance goes and knows her stuff. Highly highly recommended if you are looking for someone to help with your wedding dance! Jon & Amy read more

Phillipa was an incredibly competent teacher and super accommodating to our busy schedules in getting dance lessons in prior to our wedding. She was great with not only us, but my father in law as well! read more

Phillipa was a great coach! We loved every minute of our lessons with her and highly recommend JiveRoc. Scheduling was a piece of cake and she emailed notes after the first lesson so we could practice on our own. Phillipa taught us some new moves - especially dips, and gave up tips to make the night memorable and the pictures priceless. If you are considering lessons, look no further. read more

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We only have the nicest things to say about Phillipa and her style of teaching. We had absolutely no experience with choreographed dancing prior to working with Phillipa and in a very short period of time we actually looked like we knew what we were doing! If you want to do something really special on your day that will impress all your guests, I'd highly recommend working with Phillipa. Despite the fact that I procrastinated starting our dance lessons until the last possible second, Phillipa was extremely accommodating to our busy schedule and figured out a abbreviated plan to get us ready. I'd recommend that you actually plan ahead when doing your dance lessons and without hesitation I recommend you use Phillipa to plan your wedding dance. read more

There were 2 main reasons why I initially chose to go with JiveRoc: 1. JiveRoc was the lowest cost I found around! For the type of one-on-one sessions they offer, it really is a great deal! and 2. They choreograph a dance specifically to your wedding song!! While #1 is a great reason while trying to plan out a wedding, #2 is a fabulous extra bonus! When you don't know much about dancing, it's hard to fathom trying to put together a few moves here and there - learning an entire dance to your song from start to finish is awesome! Now, don't be scared, thinking you can learn an entire dance is frightening, but Phillipa is GREAT! she specializes in helping beginners, and really knew how to work with your strengths and weaknesses. It is recommended that you take 3-4 classes - this seems so short for a beginner to learn a whole dance, but believe me, it is perfect timing! Phillipa does not charge by the hour, it is per session - so you can relax each session and learn at your own pace. If you are looking to spice up your wedding dance, I would HIGHLY recommend giving JiveRoc a call - you won't regret it! My fiance and I have our wedding next Saturday =O and are raring to go with our dance! so very excited, and have Phillipa to thank for it!! read more

We didn't want our wedding guests to sit through ANOTHER typical first dance. Sooo we surprised them with a secret dance. Phillipa was fun & easy to work with! She responds quickly to emails & will come to your place (just be sure to push everything out of the way & vacuum under the carpet!) & choreograph a dance just for you & your partner. You pick the song of course but she is helpful if you are indecisive, too. Her scheduled seemed pretty flexible & she was always on time & prepared. Plus, if you need more time one day to really get something down, she will hang around. We are beginners but even more experienced dancers will be pleased with Phillipa's teaching style as it's comfortable & paced to suit you. The moves you'll learn are fun (lots of turns & rocks) and you can use them beyond just your dance routine later on in the evening and just about any other place you might happen to go dancing in the future. Our guests were thrilled & surprised at our performance. It truly made the evening that much more special to share with my new husband & guests. It was overall a wonderful & enjoyable experience. read more

My fiancé and I are so happy with our dance lessons. I started out with ZERO dance experience and my fiancé had done some ballet training in the past. Phillipa met us both exactly where we were in terms of our abilities, and taught us so many great moves. She was so polite and friendly, but also direct when we needed some honest feedback (and we NEEDED it on more than one occasion). We were always able to laugh about our mistakes and Phillipa fostered such a great learning environment. I can't believe we were able to make the amount of progress that we did in just two sessions. Overall, I couldn't be more pleased with our experience. read more

I no longer have two left feet... Phillipa choreographed our wedding dance and I have to say it was a blast! She is very talented, a patient teacher, extremely accommodating with schedules, and super creative. Our wedding song was non-traditional - a UB40 version of Prince's Purple Rain. Phillipa can make anything work and make it look great! read more

Phillipa is the best! My husband and I got married in June and Phillipa helped us rock out the first dance at our reception. Not only did she choreograph an amazing swing routine for us, but she also did so in a timely fashion. Don't waste your time at overpriced dance studios that take forever to teach you a rock step, while trying to constantly convince you to 'buy more lessons'. Hire Phillipa and she will have you dancing in no time for MUCH less the cost. She's inexpensive, experienced, fun, professional, AND she teaches you how to dance in the comfort of your own home. Awesome. Thank you to Phillipa for making my husband and I look way cooler on the dance floor than we actually are. :) We look forward to taking more fun dance lessons with JiveRoc very soon! read more

We took a last minute dance lesson with Phillipa after realizing our dance skills were not adequate enough to show off at our wedding. She was awesome for first-time dancers! We left our session with Phillipa feeling much more confident and ready for our wedding day. She worked with us to get down several "moves" and would alter them when something wasn't working. Overall, a really great experience - would highly recommend her to anyone looking for a crash course in dancing! Most importantly, we had a lot of fun and we were able to pull off the dance at the wedding! Thanks, Phillipa!! read more

We had an awesome experience!! We only decided to do dance lessons a few weeks before our wedding reception, and Phillipa helped me put together dances for both my husband and I and my father and I. Neither of the men had had dance lessons before and by the end we looked GREAT. Our dances were a huge hit! Phillipa was super patient and we loved how she was able to come over to both my apartment and my parents' house for lessons. Her schedule was really flexible and she doesn't charge by the hour, so you really just take the time you need for each lesson to make sure you have learned what you can for the day (but not so much that you're overwhelmed). I'm amazed at the affordability, especially when you take into account the convenience. To give you an idea, my parents are in the NW suburbs and I am in the city. After each lesson we got a write-up with each move and which part of the song it corresponded to. We even planned transitions between the dances and she worked around the whims of my dad, who had his own ideas. She even did a couple of whirls with my mom to make sure she felt comfortable during the open dance time. All in all I think you should make this a MUST. It was one of the most stress-free parts of this and my dad still talks about what an awesome time he had. 10 years ago we gave my parents salsa lessons for their anniversary, and after our wedding my parents finally dug up the gift certificate (somehow still valid) and started going. Phillipa will make a dancer out of anyone! read more

After reading many reviews on Yelp we decided to go with JiveRoc to teach us our first dance for our wedding -- and we are SO grateful that we did. Phillipa is an outstanding instructor and just overall great person. First of all, JiveRoc is the best deal you can get -- she charges less than most everyone else and does not do it by the hour but rather per session. And the best part? She comes to you! She is prompt, friendly, talented and truly makes you feel like you have at least some talent (we had none). Neither my husband nor I had ever taken dance lessons and she was able to choreograph a dance for us that we loved...and that we ROCKED! We got married on 4/14/12...and we got a standing ovation! My husband's parent's jaws were dropped. It really made our day that much more special and we have Phillipa to thank for it. Thank you, Phillipa! read more

I'm so happy my husband and I did the lessons with Phillipa for our wedding. I was nervous and hesitant as a beginner, and I was completely not confident I could actually do a choreographed dance or remember it. I'm so glad I trusted Phillipa's advice that not only COULD I do it, but I would be confident; our dance was amazing, and I felt like a pro. We even did parts of our dance throughout the WHOLE night on the dance floor and even on our honeymoon! Phillipa also worked with my dad and me for a short time so we didn't feel boring during our father/daughter dance. We remembered the simple but really impressive looking moves and had so much fun during our dance; that little touch added so much. read more

My sister got two classes with Phillipa for us for our wedding and it could not have been a better gift. She came to our apartment complex and we utilized some gym space we had. She's super flexible and friendly. Though my fiancé didn't have any dance experience in the past and I had a bit, she was kind and yet specific with her teaching style and accommodating to our needs, wants, and wishes. She's a gem as she made the process as easy and seamless as possible. She wasnt intimidating and her feedback was so useful. We can't wait to surprise our families and friends with or moves at our wedding!! read more

Phillipa was great! She came to our house prior to our wedding and it was perfect. We did lessons together and then did group lessons. She was great in each scenario. We will definitely be using her again! read more

Phillipa was amazing!! My husband and I started off at an Arthur Murray, but quickly felt like we were just another customer- plus the price! After googling some more, I came across Phillipa and gave her a call. Right off the bat, she was a pleasure to work with and came directly to our house- with crazy schedules that was a huge plus!! She was very precise when going over moves and pointed out ways for us to improve while being upbeat and always having fun. She gave us the confidence for our first dance in 4 lessons that would have taken months at another dance studio. She also helped with the mother son dance and suggested moves for the father daughter dance. So happy we found Phillipa and would highly recommend her to anyone getting married! read more

I highly highly recommend JiveRoc!!! Phillipa choreographed our first wedding dance and I could not be any happier with the results! Neither of us have ever danced before, but I'm so very happy we did this! I receive numerous compliments on our dance. It was so well done and exceeded my expectations. I had no idea how easy and fun the process would be. I am so grateful we spent the time and money to do this, because now we will have the video of it for a lifetime. Phillipa was just terrific. Everyone should do this! Thank you thank you!!! From, Kathi read more

We used Phillipa for our first dance at our wedding as well as my father-daughter dance, and I couldn't have asked for a better or more patient teacher. My dad is pretty much tone deaf and completely uncoordinated, but by the end of our lessons he was able to do an entire choreographed routine on the beat! We loved that Phillipa created original dances for us and that she was able to come all the way out to my parents' home in the suburbs to teach us. All in all, it was a really fun, relaxed and convenient way to learn our wedding dances. read more

Phillipa is a fun and patient dance teacher, and she can effectively transform your wedding celebration into something magical. She was referred to us by a family member, and the money I spent on the dance lessons was arguably the best investment I made in my wedding. Philippa came to our apartment for lessons, and after the first one, my fiance and I could not stop practicing, because we were so excited by our new found skills! We were so motivated to practice that by our rehearsal lesson, everything looked pretty good and we were feeling confident. That confidence resonated over to our actual performance during the night of our wedding. I was shocked that I was not nervous, because I knew I was well prepared. Sure enough, the dance went without a hitch, and my fiance and I had a ball performing! Upon being asked what their favorite part of my wedding was, guests have consistently responded that they enjoyed our dance the most. It really set the entire tone for the night, and was the most memorable moment for our guests. You're in great hands if you hire Phillipa, because you can expect a special product that can really amaze and inspire. read more