Dance 4 Fun
(919) 667-5371
That lesson last Saturday helped my East Coast
quite a bit and made it fun again (swiveling and stuff!)
Rob Stone
Thanks for being such a wonderful person and instructor. Your lessons highlight my week.
Mark Blinson
Laura is an extremely knowledgeable instructor, knowing many steps
and variations, and the technique for each.
Yet, she breaks them down into simple one-by-one steps. She genuinely cares for her students, so the
nervous jitters dissolve away and the class becomes really fun.
I have met many new friends in her classes, as well, that we can
go practice together after class to cement what we have learned.
Mark Blinson
Laura really goes out of her way to help you learn what you want to know and at your own pace. After only a couple private lessons I was able to go out and have fun at the dances. I would definitely recommend her!
Gary Mcdaniel
Our nieces
wedding was coming up and finally my husband John agreed to take a few dance
lessons. Past lessons had intimidated
him, so I knew I’d have to find the right instructor this time.
Laura was
the best and took a lot of time to understand our needs.
For John,
Laura took the few basic steps he already knew and showed him several “moves”
based on what he already knew. She
showed him how to work them into the music.
She had him covering the floor with great “walking” steps. She stressed a strong lead that allowed John
to control a person even when that follower tends to anticipate and back-lead
(like I do).
He learned
several great arm turns that really took his dancing to a new level.
At the
wedding we had several people comment on how well we danced. That was a first and, of course, we both knew
it was due to Laura’s lessons.
I can’t say
enough wonderful things about Laura. John has even said he might consider a few
more lessons and that’s really the highest compliment.
Barbara Dilon.
Dear Laura;
I have
really enjoyed this round of private lessons, and I’m looking forward to
playing with all the new moves! Thank
you for your fund and adventure packed lessons!
I will
definitely give high recommendations if anyone happens to notice hopw much fun I’m having with West Coast Swing. Feel free to use my comments on your website
or advertising.
Warm
Regards,
Jenny Hubert.
Hey Laura,
We were positively fabulous. John danced
all the moves you taught him and several people commented on
"Fred and
Ginger". John's comment to that was, "I'm just
the pole Barbara walked
in with". I even got to
show a couple of those moves to my son.
You'd
have been proud of your students.
All in all the wedding was a huge
dance success. When I mentioned that
The Irregardless and dancing, John
actually said, “We'd have to check it out” Have we created a monster?
See you soon and much thanks.
Barbara Dillon
"It's obvious that Laura puts a great deal of thought and preparation
into her lesson plan."
"Footwork is clearly an important element of style to Laura". Her
emphasis on this is one of the things that sets her
apart from some of her contemporaries."
"She starts each lesson with a warm-up consisting of a number of
footwork alternatives designed to enhance the basic step."
"The way she integrates the new footwork enhancements into a
repetitive warm up exercise is a great technique and a way to pack a lot into
the hour."
"During the core skill sessions, Laura carefully chooses exercises and
patterns that are effective at teaching the concept of lead-follow, so
important to West Coast Swing and most other dance steps. Each new pattern is demonstrated with slower
music at first, then students are challenged with a
quicker score for repetition.”
"Laura pays close attention to and is very patient with each student,
regardless of the skill level they come in with". "If she sees that a
student is not moving through a new pattern quite as quickly as others, she
will intervene as either the leader or follower to make sure the student
reaches the breakthrough they are seeking." And she does this efficiently
so as to not hold up the class any more than necessary".
"Finally, Laura is careful to keep the class on task, while still
allowing a little fun and mischief, but definitely completing her lesson plan
and providing the value that her students are looking for."
Jim Barron, Ph. D.