Start The New Year Off Dancing!

Start The New Year Off Dancing!

January is the time when we set our best intentions. Maybe we want to exercise more. Maybe we want to lose weight. Maybe we want to spend more time with loved ones. It should come as no surprise that ballroom dancing can help with keeping these types of resolutions. 

Break in Your Dance Shoes and Break Up with Online Dating

Break in Your Dance Shoes and Break Up with Online Dating

We spend a lot of time perfecting our online dating profiles. If you'd invested the same amount of time learning to dance with others, you'd have flocks of people wanting to be your dance partner. What's a more valuable investment for you? 

Most ballroom students seek something deeper on the dance floor than learning moves. Many want to make connections with other people. Here are some reminders about why the dance floor provides an easier way to bond with someone as opposed to the internet.   

Tips For Creating a Memorable First Dance

Tips For Creating a Memorable First Dance

Your first dance is symbolic of the new life you are beginning with your spouse; there's a reason it is such a long-lasting tradition! It requires the same attention and planning as the rest of your ceremony. But that doesn't mean it needs to be boring; taking the time to make your first dance into something special and meaningful for the both of you as you begin your new journey together will only bring you and your partner closer, and create a fond memory to look back on long after the wedding. Here are five tips for creating the perfect, memorable first dance.

Ballroom Dancing - So Much More than Just Dancing

Ballroom Dancing - So Much More than Just Dancing

Ballroom dancing is more than just movement and learning some steps. It's not just about the fancy outfits or the glamour that goes with it. Ballroom dancing is the ability to relate with others on a different level. It's about forming relationships through your struggles or achievements. It's about finding joy in a misstep or how a song moves you. It's about joining hands with strangers that have the same goal in mind- they just want to move! Whether, your ballroom dance experience is as a beginner or a seasoned pro, ultimately, your goals are completely individualistic.

Ballroom Dancing: Reality TV vs. Real Life

Ballroom Dancing: Reality TV vs. Real Life

The popular dance TV shows introduced millions of people to the energy and elegance of ballroom dancing. Have you ever thought about the ways TV ballroom differs from real-life ballroom dancing? Based on how performance dancing looks on TV you might not think of trying it out for yourself. Let's look at how what we see on the TV shows is different from dancing for recreation.

The Significance of the First Dance Tradition

The Significance of the First Dance Tradition

There is no shortage of traditions associated with weddings. Bridal showers, bachelor parties, tossing bouquets and garters, the cutting of the cake, and so on are just a few examples. It seems that nearly every aspect of a wedding is steeped in tradition and ceremony, the original meanings and significance of which are now lost to the ages. But there is one tradition whose significance is not lost on anyone. Its importance is so intuitive and universal that it transcends the barriers of culture and language and time. It is the tradition of the first dance.

Make Your Ballroom Dancing Dreams Come True

Make Your Ballroom Dancing Dreams Come True

You glide smoothly across the polished dance floor. You dip and sway, step, and twirl, in perfect harmony with your partner. Your low cut attire is silky black with sparkly, silver sequins. It hugs your toned body in all the right places. The audience is dazzled by your glamour and skill. It's ballroom dancing at its best!

Then you open your eyes. Doggonit! You're daydreaming again, sitting in your comfy, oversized bathrobe in your living room. There's nothing special about that.

What would it take to make your dreams come true?

Getting The Most Out Of Your Dance Lessons

Getting The Most Out Of Your Dance Lessons

If you want the most out of your dance lessons, you have to D.A.N.C.E. and remember that results take time. Give yourself the time to watch them happen.

Creating the Perfect First Dance

Creating the Perfect First Dance

Your first dance as a newly married couple should be a true celebration. All your prepping and planning has paid off, and you've officially tied the knot! Now it's time to party. First dances should be fun, memorable, and entertaining. To ensure your first dance is all of that and more, check out the tips below.

Have you lost it? Find the fun side of life

Have you lost it? Find the fun side of life

There's a certain age when we - you, me, everyone - start to review life and wonder if we've made the right choices. This could be prompted by the proverbial red sports car or a shift in relationships, but it happens to everyone of a certain age. It's nothing to be afraid of, yet what often happens is we realize that our lives have become more responsibility than fun. Where did the fun go? 

Get Better With Age by Learning Ballroom Dance

Get Better With Age by Learning Ballroom Dance

Do you secretly wish to learn ballroom dance but believe you're not young or agile enough? Do you fear that you won't be able to keep up with learning new steps and routines? As it turns out, these are excellent reasons to sign yourself up for dance lessons now. Ballroom dance is not just an enjoyable way to spend an evening.

Energize and Uplift with Ballroom Dance!

Energize and Uplift with Ballroom Dance!

Dance can help to pull you out of a bad day with a healthy burst of well-choreographed adrenaline. It offers all the benefits of traditional exercise, along with countless added advantages. Learning new steps teases the brain and gives you a challenging, creative workout. And it has a special added ingredient that keeps us coming back for more.

Ballroom dance is ideal for enhancing our mood. While some forms of movement may feel confining to some, the process of discovery and learning in dance can keep practitioners coming back for more.

Why Wedding Dance Lessons Are Well Worth Your Time

Why Wedding Dance Lessons Are Well Worth Your Time

There are so many special aspects to your wedding day and it is important that none of them are overlooked. One special event that takes place on your wedding day is your wedding dance. This often includes more than one dance number though, such as a first dance, a daddy-daughter dance, a mother and son dance, a bridesmaid and bride dance, and a groom and groomsmen dance. While these dances don't have to look professional by any means, it is important that things go smoothly and that you each know what you are doing. This is where wedding dance lessons come in. Here are some reasons why wedding lessons are definitely worth your time.

Dance to Your Hearts' Content on Your Wedding Day

Dance to Your Hearts' Content on Your Wedding Day

Quick Quick Slow Ballroom Dance Studio can help you stumble your way through lessons until you're dancing off to Neverland with the love of your life. On top of giving ballroom dance lessons, Quick Quick Slow Ballroom Dance Studio teaches adults how to awe every family member and friend onlooker on their big day, and do it without so much as breaking a sweat—or a leg.

3 Reasons to Start Ballroom Dancing

3 Reasons to Start Ballroom Dancing

We know that starting something new can be really scary - especially if it's something completely different from anything else you've done before, and we know that Ballroom Dancing is one of those really scary things for a lot of people! So if you're on the edge, not sure if you want to start ballroom dancing, here are some reasons why you should.

Father-Daughter Dance Lessons Before Your Big Day

Father-Daughter Dance Lessons Before Your Big Day

Attending private dance lessons with your father before your wedding day is a great way to squeeze in some quality time together in the hectic weeks leading up to your wedding. Slow down and take a moment to be thankful for the first man in your life. You may even learn a thing or two about dear old dad - maybe he had some sweet moves back in the day and he's been waiting for an excuse to break them out again!

Ballroom Dancing Is For Everyone

Ballroom Dancing Is For Everyone

Quick Quick Slow Ballroom Dance Studio has classes for singles and couples across all experience levels from beginner to advanced. We offer beginner's dance lessons for singles and couples, private group lessons, wedding dance lessons, etc. It doesn't matter how much experience you have (or don't have) with ballroom, we are committed to making the mastery of this art form attainable for all dancers. 

Wedding Dance Lessons to Make Your First Dance Sparkle

Wedding Dance Lessons to Make Your First Dance Sparkle

One of the most cherished and celebrated moments of any wedding is the First Dance. This is where you'll gather together, united as a couple to share in your first waltz or a perfectly choreographed and magical ballad to begin your new life together.

While this is one of the most beautiful, and most remembered moments, it can also be one of the most stressful. And perhaps that's exactly why.

Ballroom Dance: A Love Story

Ballroom Dance: A Love Story

Dance will never fail to rev your engines in new and exciting ways. Creative exercise always lifts the mood, not to mention the heartbeat, and puzzling over those new steps will prove a welcome brain teaser. Study various dance styles and get to know the intricacies of the dances. This is a wonderful way to deepen your bond, no matter how long you've been together.