TESTIMONIALS
“Ali is amazing! We are so lucky to have found her. Just less than 2 months before the wedding, my husband and I both decided to learn Samba de Gafieira for our wedding in Brazil. It’s a bold decision as we both didn’t have any experience. After 5 lessons with Ali, we went from stepping on each other’s toes to having the confidence to dance in front of family and friends. Ali’s method is amazingly simple. She made it easy for beginners to build foundation and improvise within a short period of time. She’s also super funny and patient, couldn’t have ask for a better instructor. Even till now, our family still talk about how good the dance was at the wedding.”
- Shan & Carlos |
"We met Ali through a close friends of ours. He was a student of Dance for Life for 10 years and he could not speak highly enough of them, but more importantly of his genuine friendship with Ali.
When we decided that we wanted to learn a dance for our wedding we were about 6 months out from the big day and was not sure if that was enough time. We met Ali and immediately felt comfortable with her teaching style, her level of patience and most memorable was her passion for dance. She honestly oozed with the latter. Ali immediately reassured us that we had given ourselves ample time so it was no issue at all. Ali was so dedicated to making sure that we were confident and super comfortable with our dance on the day. She invested a lot of her time both in and out of class time to make sure we got it right on the day. All Ali’s hard work paid off in the end, our wedding guests were so impressed and still talk about the standard of our dance today and we have just celebrated our one year Anniversary. Our first dance was a imperative part of our wedding reception, we honestly wanted to blow our guests away. Thanks to Ali and the team at Dance for Life, we achieved it and we are so grateful to them all. If we ever wanted to learn dancing again, we will be back at their studio for sure. Thank you Dance for Life you are all truly amazing." - Jeuel & Matthew |
"One of the best decisions we made during our wedding planning was to have Ali help us with our first dance! Neither of us knew how to dance to begin with, but Ali made the class fun and interesting! We really appreciate Ali’s patience and teaching style, which made us feel comfortable dancing with each other! We were able to put together our dance within a short amount of time and we’re so thankful that we had Ali to teach us!"
- Sam & Krijstelle |
"We really wanted our wedding dance to be special. Ali was able to teach us enough in 5 lessons for us to wow our family and friends with a very romantic samba de gafieira. The lessons were a lot of fun and Ali made us feel really comfortable. It remains one of our favourite memories from our wedding day! We highly recommend the team at dance for life! "
- Otavio & Jess |
"I’d like to firstly thank Ali for the time and effort she put into our wedding dance.
I’d been doing ballroom dancing for about 5 years and had always wanted to have a beautiful wedding dance should I ever have the chance to get married. That all changed when my gorgeous man asked me to marry him! I’d known Ali from my years of ballroom dancing and I always knew Ali would choreograph a beautiful dance for us. An added bonus was the studio was located not too far from home. As any bride knows, you want to pick your first dance song that is a magical fit for you and your partner’s story, or to express your feelings about each other. The song I picked for our first dance wedding song was by Callum Scott & Leona Lewis "You are the reason", a rumba and the most beautiful song. It was perfect for James and I. I trusted Ali to put together our dance routine that would suit my dance background but wasn’t too difficult that my “husband to be” could manage (he proclaims he has 2 left feet). But after our complimentary first lesson on 15th July 2018, I was pleasantly surprised how well James was picking up the basics. We spent the first few lessons working on the basics. At this stage we had not seen the routine. Ali had our lesson plan all mapped out and she kept us on track the whole time. In total, we had 10 lessons plus our complimentary lesson. We were able to film parts of our lessons, so we could take it home to practice. There were nights we found ourselves outside dancing our routine under the moon light. I’m sure our neighbours thought we were crazy. The day Ali and RJ danced our routine for us, so we could see it all put together, I cried it was so beautiful, and more than I could have imagined it would be. Our last few lessons were working on pockets of the routine, and then finally running over the routine again and again. Doing this made it easier on our wedding day, as some of it was muscle memory, and it meant we could just focus on the moment of our first dance as husband and wife. Our last lesson was on 16th October 2018 (5 days before our big day), and Ali got us to dance our routine in front of all the other students. As daunting as that was, it was great to do the dance knowing everyone was watching, without judgement. It didn’t matter if we stuffed it up at this point, as on the big day, that’s the last thing you want to do. Ali made every lesson fun and stress free (even when I was stressing), but was also professional and caring. Our wedding day was 21st October 2018, the most magical day of my life. I loved our first dance, it went without a hitch, and it was wonderful just enjoying the moment with my new husband. It’s a moment I will cherish forever. Thank you Ali and RJ xxx" - Kelly & James |