Frances is lovely! She is patient and kind and a fabulous dance teacher! We took three lessons with her prior to our wedding. She taught us some basic moves and a few fancy moves and then put it all together with our song. We had so much fun learning new dance moves! Her tips were very helpful! She made it easy! Our first dance was so fun and beautiful and we were so proud! Thank you Frances! God bless you:) read more

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My now husband and I decided to take dancing lessons to prepare for our wedding. We didn't want to just sway around the dance floor. So we purchased 5 lessons with Ava and we are sure glad that we did! During the first lesson, Ava helped us pick out our wedding dance song -- she listened to a few of the songs and was quickly able to tell us which one would be best and most fun to dance to. We ended up doing a swing step! She is an excellent teacher. She crafted our wedding dance out of thin air and adjusted the dance moves to our skill level. She was amazing at pinpointing errors and helping us adjust arm movements to make the dance flow better. She taught us how to lead and follow, spin, turns, box step, and even a lift! Our guests were floored during our dance routine! Even a month after our wedding, my husband and I will break out into dance with the moves that we learned from Ava! It was one of the best investments we made! read more

We booked 3 lessons with Ava before our wedding and it was the best decision we could have made! We felt confident in our dance on our wedding day and had a blast during our lessons! read more

Wedding Dances With Frances - Dance Schools Near Me - Vacaville, California

Our review is for Eldon. We signed up for a single lesson online with Eldon a couple months before our wedding so that we could avoid looking like complete idiots during our first dance. Since our schedules were a bit up in the air from one week to the next, we ended up just booking a single lesson online and would book a new lesson each week as our schedules allowed. During the classes, Eldon went through different moves and techniques and by the time our wedding came around, we were more prepared than we thought! We ended up switching songs day-of, but all the techniques Eldon showed us for opening and closing the dance really paid off! Going to classes with Eldon was really one of the highlights of the months leading up to the wedding, and had we known that we'd have started lessons way earlier. read more

Collectively, my husband and I have four left feet... well, not literally, but when it comes to dancing, we're no twinkle toes. For our First Dance, all we were hoping for was to NOT make fools of ourselves. Frances heard our concerns and started with us from the very basics. She was patient, understanding, reasonably priced, and gave us the confidence to get up in front of all of our family and friends for our first dance. If I had to go back and do this again, I would DEFINITELY go back to Frances. She was wonderful! read more

We hired Frances to help us with our First Dance (Wedding) through a referral of a friend of ours......and I'm SO happy we did. I was really nervous about the "First Dance" and Fran showed us a series of simple steps that really helped us look like real professionals without having to think a lot about it. Going through her class also helped calm the nerves and made me and my wife even more excited for the wedding. Fran is an experienced, kind, thoughtful and patient teacher. She's a true dance professional and I would recommend her to anybody looking to improve their dance moves! Richard read more

Frances is the best! We are so happy we chose her for our wedding first dance. We initially decided upon her because she is very responsive by email, and her lesson prices were reasonable. The locations she teaches out of in SF were convenient for us, and she teaches the full 60 min (unlike many teachers who only do 50 min). Once you've signed up with her, she keeps her calendar online, so it's easy to check her availability. When we met her, her personality matched the already positive view we had of her. She was excited when we told her the song we picked, which was a fast, fun, nontraditional wedding song. She picked up on the vibe we were going for, and choreographed a dance that fit our personalities and the energy we wanted for the dance. We didn't have to negotiate dance moves- Frances naturally found choreography that fit our tastes and dance ability. As a dance teacher, she is great. We both came in with little dance ability. With that said, our strengths and weaknesses were very different. I had done a little dance as a kid, and fitness classes over the years, so counting and learning choreography was not new to me. But making the dance look good does not come naturally to me. On the other hand, my husband can make the moves look good, but counting to the music, and many of the basic dance moves were very foreign to him. Frances did a great job of helping us with our very different weaknesses. We started with her 6-lesson package, and decided to tack on an extra lesson at the end to help bring it all together. And that was because we were not the best at practicing between lessons until it was crunch time (the last couple weeks before the wedding). In the end, we had a great dance with full-on, fun choreography that totally surprised our guests. They all loved it, and my parents (normally pretty conservative) said it was the highlight of the reception. I have a friend who is a professional dancer, and she and her dance partner/date were very impressed that we learned all that we did from scratch in 7 lessons, since it would typically take 10 for their students. We would highly recommend Frances for any other couples looking for an instructor to choreograph their wedding first dance. With all the stress of wedding planning, Frances never added to it. And in fact, we thoroughly enjoyed our lessons with her. Unfortunately, she is going to be out of the country for a year, but hopefully when she gets back, many more couples can take advantage of her skills! read more

Prior to our wedding, my wife and I hired Frances for private dancing lessons. She was like K. Bacon in Footloose. She knew how to get us out of our comfort zone and pushed us when she thought we could do more. Our 1st dance on the wedding day was pretty sweet, if you don't mind me saying, and we felt much more confident on the dance floor of the rest of the evening. read more

Frances was absolutely amazing and her dance lessons were actually the most enjoyable part of our wedding "tasks". I was apprehensive about getting dance lessons prior to booking with Frances as I previously could not dance at all-- I'm the girl who steps on you and goes left if you tell me to go right. I warned Frances in our initial e-mail and she was very reassuring. Frances was super personable and really broke it down for us step by step. We really appreciated how she made analogies that made sense to us when explaining steps and never did she get impatient or frustrated whenever I had to have her show me again and again simple steps that my two left feet didn't seem to get. She never once made me feel intimidated or silly, and she has a LOT of patience. We also really liked how she filmed us (initially of Frances and I doing the moves and then my husband and I as we got more of the dance). Frances put a cute choreographed dance for us that fit our song well. She also gave us helpful tips such as where to face for the camera during our dance. I cannot recommend her highly enough, book her now!! Plus she has flexible hours, which worked well with our work schedules (we did 8pm/9pm sessions). read more

Last year, after I proposed, my fiancée found a groupon for dance lessons with Frances. This was an excellent idea. Before Frances, my dancing was painfully awkward for everyone involved - me, my dance partner, and anyone that happened to see what was going on. My fiancée knew what she was doing, but I was hopeless. After a solid two hour lesson, Frances was able to get me from utterly incompetent to good enough that I didn't feel like an idiot during my first dance with my wife. She was an excellent instructor in every way I can think of. She's patient, knew how to break things down for me, was encouraging without being pushy.. I really can't think of anything I would've wanted done differently. The most useful part was that at the end, she encouraged us to take short video clips of the dance steps she taught us, so I could review them on my own. Highly recommended! read more

FrancesDances is AWESOME. My fiance and I scheduled one lesson and hoped it would be good enough before our wedding in March. We've never taken a dance class but are pretty good dancers (according to us..!). In one hour Eldon created a great Bachata dance including a cute intro that we could practice on our own. I am SO excited to perform this! I definitely recommend taking at least one class if you plan on a bride/groom (or in our case bride/bride) dance before your wedding. Frances is also very responsive and accommodating. Thank you Eldon and Frances! read more

We hired Frances to choreograph and teach us a dance for our wedding. This was no simple task. We are both computer nerds with little in the way of coordination, and I only had dance experience from doing some musical theater in high school. Frances tuned our lessons to our level. She was patient with us pretty much NEVER practicing at home even though we were supposed to. She set us up with a great routine that blew everyone away at our wedding reception. And we felt confident after 7 lessons that we were going to rock it. That is a huge difference from the nervous nerds we started out as. Thank you for making our wedding even more magical Frances! read more

We can't speak highly enough of MissFrancesDances and dance lessons with Ava! We took 5 dance lessons before our wedding which was less than a month ago. We didn't want to learn anything too choreographed but wanted to learn some bachata and salsa for our first dance. Ava was incredible and was a wonderful teacher, I am not the most confident dancer but Ava was patient and by the end of it made us both feel super comfortable on the dance floor. We would highly recommend Ava! We plan on definitely going back and taking more lessons soon! read more

My husband and I wanted to choreograph our first dance and looked online for studios in the San Francisco Bay Area. We chose Miss Frances Dances, because Frances offered flexible hours and the two studios were located in unique neighborhoods with parking. Frances is very sweet and observant. She also has a lot of great ideas. Within the first couple of sessions, she was able to interpret our personalities and began to incorporate "us" into the dance to make it our story. In addition to developing an amazing choreography to our song "Everything," she also taught us dance moves that will enable us to continue dancing. We had so much fun working with her. read more

We hired Frances for private dance lessons leading up to our wedding. I did a lot of research online and found her pricing for private instruction to be very reasonable. She taught us a few basic moves and then helped us choreograph our first dance, adding in stylistic touches along the way. We signed up for 3 classes and ended up adding a 4th to smooth out the kinks (she didn't think we needed a fourth lesson but happily accommodated us and honored the package rate for the extra class). The dance was a huge hit at our wedding and the classes were a lot of fun for us. Frances has a very sweet demeanor and she is incredibly patient and encouraging. I highly recommend hiring her if you want to do something special for your first dance, or even just to polish off some basic moves. read more

We had a great pleasure working with FrancesDances. Frances is very responsive and accommodating. She provided all necessary information right away and set clear schedule, she also put together a song for us bc our wedding dance consists of two songs stitched together. Teacher Eldon did an amazing job staging our wedding dance, even without much prior dance skills my husband was able to learn and memorize all the moves and pretty dips. We loved our classes, they were efficient and fun. 5 classes were just perfect to put a dance together and make sure we got it. Thanks and we highly recommend it for other couples looking for a wedding dance. read more

Frances is wonderful! We took three dance lessons from her before the wedding and it was a highlight of the planning process for us. From the moment she met us, she was warm, friendly and encouraging. I was a little worried that my husband wouldn't enjoy it, but Frances makes the atmosphere fun and light. By the end, we got quite accustomed to our dance dates and my husband and I both were bummed it was over. Both of us had zero dance background and in a manner of three lessons, Frances helped us go from awkward and terrible to comfortable and pretty darn good! We had a blast and impressed ourselves and our guests! Thank you, Frances! read more

My fiancé and I are using Frances to prepare for our first dance at our wedding and couldn't be happier. I am a decent dancer and fairly coordinated but I've never taken dance lessons and the "1,2,3,4" shouts don't help at all. Frances figured out the best way to teach me (turns out watching her and video is best) and has been great at listening to my feedback. We opted for a moderate level dance routine and feel comfortable after the 3 lessons. My fiancé and I practiced approximately 2 hours between classes so if you aren't a practice, then the 4 classes may be a better option. Location on Portero Hill is convenient and easy to park, Frances is busy but has a wide range of hours that she does lessons, and the hour flies by when we are working with Frances. read more

We signed up for 10 lessons with Eldon a few months before our wedding. My fiance is very dance-phobic and NEVER dances, but was willing to give it a try for our wedding. Over ten lessons, Eldon transformed us into confident dancers and helped choreograph an awesome routine with our songs. Our lessons were always really fun and something to look forward to every week. Eldon is just the nicest person too. He helped my now-husband come out of his shell and our performance at the wedding was perfect! Thanks so much Eldon! read more

Frances and Eldon are AMAZING!!! Frances was super responsive and set us up with Eldon or a series of 6 courses soon after we contacted her. My husband and I really enjoyed working with Eldon he was fantastic , very warm, friendly, and supportive, we worked with him. In 4 weeks with 6 lessons, we learned many basic steps from different dance styles and we had great job. We performed 4 different songs with 4 different dance styles. It was an awesome dance. Highly RECOMMENDED =) read more

We went to a wedding where our friends hand the most hilarious, fun, and good first dance. Frances was behind it! While we chose to be a little more serious, we were very happy with our dance lessons and the final result. Eldon was the dance teacher we worked with, and he was fantastic. Very warm, friendly, and supportive, even when we had no idea what we were doing. It's clear that he is really passionate about dance! He had a wonderful way of moving the lesson along without overwhelming us. And he listened to what we wanted and translated that into something we could do. We also took our parents for a lesson, which was a fun way to get together and feel comfortable for the father/daughter mother/son portion of the night. Frances was very easy to coordinate with and her prices were reasonable. I would definitely recommend MissFrancesDances whether you want a full choreographed dance or just a few moves to get through that fateful first dance! read more

My main goal in taking wedding dance lessons (3 with my now husband, and 1 with my father) was to *not* just sway back and forth, since I personally find it boring. I didn't want to do any fancy tricks, but just have a simple routine with some nice turns. Frances definitely helped us achieve those goals - and then some! From the get-go, she made sure to understand what we were looking for in our dance and listened carefully to the songs we picked out so she could come up with choreography ideas. Even though we were beginners, she taught us some pretty fancy moves. That said, anytime I felt awkward or uncomfortable doing a move she suggested, she would suggest several alternate options. For both the first dance and the father-daughter dance, she recorded us doing the routines and sent us the videos so that we'd have something to practice to - so helpful as the big day approached! Another great perk was that Frances edited our first dance song down to 2 min (from the original 3+min) so that it would be better to dance to. I tend to overthink things, so although she gave great tips to improve our form, the best advice she gave was to be in the moment and "tell a story" with our dance. We were able to do that on our wedding day, and were cheered on by our friends and family who blown away by our dance and the emotion behind it. Thank you, Frances! read more

My new wife and I wholeheartedly recommend Frances for all your dance-instruction needs! We chose her from a few of the options, partially because she seemed like a nice person, and her website didn't involve people flying through the air in artsy poses. And, we chose wisely. We saw her for a few sessions after contacting her (admittedly) a bit past schedule. She helped us pick between a few song options, edited the song for us, set up and worked through the choreography with us. She worked with us at our skill level, and the end result turned out fantastic! We could not have possibly asked for more. After our wedding, we recommended her to our neighbors, whose dance also turned out great. read more

Frances choreographed our first dance for our wedding and was absolutely AMAZING. Neither my husband nor I had any prior dance experience and we were ambitious in what we wanted to accomplish. Frances helped us choreograph a medley that consisted of a hip-hop dance, an elegant foxtrot, a spicy Tango, and a finale that included a Persian dance (my husband is Persian). She didn't even have prior experience with Persian dancing but was able to choreograph a style after looking at a handful of videos. She is AWESOME, incredibly responsive, creative, and wonderful to work with. I wouldn't recommend anyone else! read more

We went to Frances to help us create a special first dance for our summer wedding. She was not only super patient with us and my (now) husband's bad jokes, but also very nice, and educational with the way she taught us the different moves. What we liked about her instruction was we really got to learn the different steps prior to putting it all together and choreographing our dance. So while we learned our own unique first dance, we also learned just how to dance with each other in general and feel like better dancers because of it. I always wanted to take lessons prior to getting married, but my husband wasn't as excited... but after the first class, he came around and truly started to enjoy them as much as I. During wedding planning, it's such a fun activity for you to do together to relieve the stress, and I was even surprised at how much my husband could move his hips! ;) I would recommend Frances to anyone both looking for a unique first dance or just a fun thing to do with your partner! read more

My [now] wife and I booked 3 private lessons through Miss Frances Dances and had the pleasure of working with Taba. Taba will work with you to help improve the aspects of your dancing skills that most need improving. Plus, she's very good at leading or following as needed. However, the pricing for the dance classes were a little steep. Thus the docked star. read more

I bought my fiancée wedding dance lessons as a Christmas present prior to our wedding ceremony. It turned out to be one of the best gifts. We opted to do six lessons prior to our wedding and spaced them out over a two-month period. Frances was extremely responsive to my email questions and getting everything scheduled properly. She was even able to accommodate our schedule changes for the lessons.These dance lessons turned out to be a great date night for the two of us. Eldon Bryce was our dance teacher for all our wedding dance lessons. He was fantastically patient with me throughout the entire process. We created an entirely choreographed first dance to the song of our choosing. While I won't dive into the details of the dance I certainly learned a lot about the various dance moves, dance styles, and was able to experience a new aspect of my relationship with my fiancée. Our dance lessons were in the Mission and in Japantown. If you are looking to dust off your dance moves and/or surprise your wife went dance lessons you can't go wrong with Frances. read more

We LOVED Miss Frances Dances! About a month before the big day we signed up for 5 lessons. I brought the song we wanted to dance to and Ava was our instructor. She was fantastic! We had never had any sort of formal dancing before, and I felt that after just 1 lesson I was already vastly improved. Ava was able to create a whole routine for us that matched our pace and the style of song. My husband was worried that learning a dance might feel too robotic the day of (too scripted is another way to say it), but it was nothing like that. He was able to learn a set of moves that he could mix and match in the moment. He loved being able to improvise during our dance, and I loved knowing how to follow his moves. At the wedding our guests were blown away! Honestly, everything we learned was simple to follow, but looks so complex. I think there were a few gasps during the lift as well! I was so happy to have a dance just for us, it feels so special. The lessons leading up were nice date nights, a way to get away from wedding planning for a moment. Dancing with your partner is such an experience, much different than the dancing at clubs. There's some so romantic about it, moving as a pair together in unison, I can see why our grandparents went dancing so often. I highly suggest Miss Frances Dances - for your wedding, to learn a specific dance, or even just a fun date night. I really don't see any way you could be disappointed with the results. read more

We had five dance sessions with Eldon. He helped us to choreograph and execute a fun first dance. We enjoyed our lessons with Eldon. He improved our dancing skills, and we had a lot of fun. read more

Frances is the best dance instructor in San Francisco hands down! She really had our best interest at heart and made sure that we not only learned our wedding dance steps down, but also had style doing it. If you are looking for a San Francisco ballroom or wedding dance instructor who cares.... Contact Frances for your first dance lessons.... Thanks Frances! read more

My husband and I are both really uncoordinated, and we were worried that our First Dance for our wedding last year was going to be awkward and awful. Neither one of us were the type to get out on the dance floor at events. After much research, we hired Fran, who came highly recommended from a friend, for help to make our First Dance truly memorable (in a good way!) Frances not only came prepared with specific ideas for the song we chose, but she guided us through a series of steps that even made my husband look like a pro! She was extremely professional and her experience really came through during our lessons. She took her time to show us each move, so that by the time the big day came for us to dance in front of everyone, I wasn't nervous at all. In fact, lots of guests commented on how they never knew we were so good at dancing :) And we have even put our new moves to use at friends weddings since then! If you're looking for an experienced, reliable, friendly, patient and encouraging teacher, who can work with anyone at any skill level, Frances is highly recommended. As a teacher and dancer, she's clearly good at what she does!!! read more

My husband and I found Frances on Craigslist when we he suggested that we might get some professional help before our first dance. My husband is a natural dancer whereas I have profound dance anxiety. This can lead us to some occasional tension when we tango. Not to fear though, Frances was kind and professional and knew exactly how to coach us through our steps to make for a seamless dance. She even took the time to choreograph a special entrance and a few fancy steps. On our wedding day I felt confident and had a great time out on the dance floor. I can't wait to see the video and am so glad that we found Frances! read more

I wanted to surprise my wife for our 8th wedding anniversary with a private 1-hr dance lesson. I found Fran online and what a find. She was perfect. She was patient with us and made sure we had a good time. And she's a great teacher cause within the hour she actually had us dancing Merengue with turns, dips and stops! Lots of fun. Perfect anniversary gift. I would recommend Fran to anyone looking to learn some dance moves from an experienced, fun and patient teacher. Thanks Fran! You made me look like a rock-star husband!! ;) read more

Our lesson with Frances was a lot of fun. Both me and my partner are not very experienced, and she made it very relaxed and easy. She tailored the lesson to us, and helped us pick a great song for the first dance at our upcoming wedding. Thank you Frances! read more

Frances was a wonderful dance teacher! We hired her to "spice" up our fist dance song for our wedding. We wanted to learn a few key moves to implement into our dance so that we didn't bore our guests. She completely understood and provided options and helped us choreograph each move to specific words/beats in the song. We did three classes and it was perfect amount for what we needed to learn (also not too expensive either). She was extremely flexible on timing and always quick to respond to any emails, with very helpful feedback. Each dance class was a lot of fun. I highly recommend her to anyone who wants to wow their guests at their wedding! read more

Frances really worked miracles when helping my now husband and me with the first dance at our wedding. We came to Frances less than 3 weeks before the wedding, without any planned first dance and having never taken dance lessons together before. Within the first 30 minutes our ability to dance was at least 100% improved, and it was only up from there! Somehow Frances managed to come up with a dance that was easy for us to learn in a small number of lessons, but that captured our personality and wowed our guests at out wedding. After 3 lessons we had a dance to be proud of! I'd highly recommend working with Frances, and she was also super flexible (rearranging something else she had planned so that we could squeeze in an additional practice before the wedding). read more

This dance class helped my husband and I actually look *good* during our first dance! While Frances herself couldn't teach us personally as she was in Europe, she was SUPER responsive (which, if you're planning a wedding, you know is a relief!). She organized our private lessons with Ava, who was very patient and a wonderful teacher. She broke down the steps into easy to follow pieces, put together a simple choreography and helped us just get comfortable. She also gave my father and me a dance lesson which was invaluable if you have a father who thinks he knows how to dance and you're a daughter who isn't patient enough to be taught by your father! :-) She kept us sane, happy and looking good! Definitely contact Frances -- you won't regret it! read more

My husband and I contacted Frances after seeing our friends' first dance at their wedding! We were like "oh my god that was so good, and so THEM, we have to ask who they went to!" They took private classes from Frances and HIGHLY recommended her. Seriously these are unique individuals and their own personal style came through in this fantastic way. We contacted her a little last minute, about exactly 1 month before the wedding. Unfortunately, Frances was not able to help us personally, as she was in Spain that month. However, despite being in an entirely different time zone she was SUPER responsive. By far the most responsive 'vendor' we dealt with for the wedding (which, if you're planning a wedding, you know is a relief!). She organized our lessons with Eldon Bryce, who was a lot of fun and helped us make a great dance to a very weird medley we created with Frank Sinatra - the best is yet to come (Fox Trot) and Kaskade - Eyes (swing step). My husband has no formal dancing experience, and I'm a somewhat experienced salsa dancer, so he had to work with different experience levels which he did very well! We learned the steps to each dance and some fun combos in the first two lessons, and choreographed the dance in the next two. We recorded what we learned each lesson and with a little practice at home, we had the whole thing down pat in time for the wedding. Definitely contact Frances, you wont' regret it! Worth every penny. read more

My husband and I took 7 lessons from Frances to get ready for our first dance. I was nervous because I'm not very coordinated, but Frances is a wonderful teacher and I learned the dance with no problem. She listened to what type of dance we wanted and crafted a great routine to our song. She even edited the song and gave us a breakdown of all the moves for us to practice. Each lesson was paced out very well and if something wasn't really working she was able to change it for the better. We wanted some extra practice time before the wedding and she was able to reserve a space for us at no charge. Thank you Frances for everything! read more

We were recommended to Frances through our event coordinator, Tickled Events. Frances replied to all her emails promptly and professionally. Frances was really open to lesson ideas and discussed with us the best plan to fit into our timeline. We booked her about two weeks before our Vow Renewal. My husband and I were so excited to attend our first dance lesson together! It was a great way to have a "date night", have fun, and learn something amazing! She was an awesome instructor. She was patient, knew how our bodies moved, and figured out which routines worked for us and which didn't. She made us feel comfortable and confident. After our first lesson, we weren't able to attend a refresher, but Frances emailed us condensed song version, dance moves/instructions on youtube, and a routine for us to polish our dance. Along with her knowledge and support, we practiced ourselves for the last week and ended up having an AMAZING dance that we were proud of! Our first dance was a great memory that my husband and I will always cherish! I'm so glad we found Frances! read more