Just one dance lesson with Cynthia Glinka is all you need to feel confident about dancing. My husband and I are not good dancers in anyway. We were prepared to do the usual boring, high school, side to side arm hug. Thanks to our good friends, Bob and Leah, for recommending Cynthia, and saving our guests from the boredom of watching such.

Cynthia can come to your house (extra fees) or you can go to her studio not far across the Golden Gate bridge. It's a nice studio so I'm glad we went here because it's a good size space, bright, huge mirror so you can see yourself, and music player. She really tries to work with you.

I was hesistant at first because her prices were not cheap, and I had a hard time believing that 1 lesson (approx 1.5-2 hr lesson) was all we needed. If you want to do multiple lessons or have group lessons (with wedding party), then she can price out different packages for you.

We were supposed to practice on our own before the wedding but my husband kept putting it off and we ended up practicing about 3 hrs total before wedding day. I highly recommend more practice, but we did fine and everyone complimented us. We took the lesson a few weeks before the wedding and our friends had a lesson 3 days before their wedding.

Cynthia shows you easy steps (not dance moves) and when you put it all together it looks amazing. She DOES NOT teach you ballroom dance steps UNLESS that's what you ask for. Cynthia is a super funny lady and will keep you laughing a lot during the lesson. She's choreographed for movies and taught pro athletes how to dance.

I found it a great bonding experience with my husband to be. Cynthia will follow up the class with an email to "recap" the routine and photos of your dance lesson. She highly recommends you choose a more upbeat song and we chose L.O.V.E. by Nat King Cole. If you decide to change the song later, no problem, the dance steps you learn can be applied to any song.

Cynthia also helped us with how to introduce the bride (as the song plays to sort of kill time for as long as we want), then we perfected the dip (which can easily be a disaster), and my husband had a fun time twirling me around on the floor. She emphasizes timing to allow great photo opportunities, for example after the dip.

I highly recommend her!