First Dance London is a dance school specialising in wedding dance lessons, based in central London near Marylebone. It works with couples preparing their first dance, tailoring each routine to the pair rather than teaching a fixed set of steps. The focus is firmly on making the wedding dance a highlight of the day.
Couples praise a creative, attentive teaching style that listens closely to their preferences and works around practical details like the dress and dance floor. Reviewers describe the lessons as one of the genuine pleasures of their wedding preparations.
While the speciality is bespoke first-dance choreography, the studio sits within the wider world of dance classes in London and dance lessons in London for those exploring their options. Couples arrive at all levels, from complete beginners upwards, and each routine is built around the music and moves that suit them. Those separately curious about salsa classes in London, ballet classes in London or adult dance classes in London will find this a knowledgeable point of contact.
A first lesson is relaxed and personal, spent understanding your song, your ability and what you hope the dance will feel like. Wear comfortable clothing and shoes similar to what you plan to wear on the day, and simply come ready to try things out.
The studio is centrally located in the Marylebone area of London, well served by the surrounding transport network and easy to reach across the city.
Anna is a fantastic and highly professional teacher – our wedding dance lessons were a great delight and one of the highlights of our wedding preparations!
Her teaching style is creative, visual and pragmatic.Anna carefully listened to our preferences for the first dance(s) and guided us in the right direction. She adapted the rhythm of our lessons to our level and openly suggested her ideas to make the choreography fit naturally and to enable us to effectively practice outside her lessons.
Anna is a great person to work with – we appreciated her patience, kindness as well as her open-minded— Franziska & Stanislas
Anna is incredible!!! She really listened to us as a couple and choreographed a dance to meet
All our needs paying extra attention to dance floor, my dress and the type of lifts, this is because she is an expert and she takes everything into consideration. All the guests in our wedding were so impressed by the first dance that we already passed on Anna s details to the couples getting married 🥰 Our first dance was really the highlight of our wedding as you can see in the photo, she worked with the music and the timing for firework so the dance would match everything in the background, We did t— Marieh Rahbari
We felt in a dream, thanks to you, Anna!
Anna has given us the most precious gift ever – she took us away from reality. We felt in a bubble, a remote, magic and wonderful bubble. Every single minute of her class.
Not only she is exceptional in what she does, Anna is extremely fast and visionary in understanding exactly what you want, from the very first class, during our very first 20 min chat. She is brilliant and she loves what you she does. We could not have wished for a better teacher, she shown us her world, with clarity, patience – yet challenging us, we loved it. Always very thoughtful— Giulia & Francesco
Enormous thanks to First Dance London. It was an absolute pleasure learning our first dance with Bogdan. From the start Bogdan made us feel very comfortable. He listened very carefully to our wishes and ideas and choreographed a dance routine based on the song we choose and our likes/ dislikes. He was very understanding, patient and flexible, which made it such an enjoyable and rewarding experience. Over the course of 5 lessons, he gave us the confidence to really appreciate our first dance and impressed our guests on the day – it was definitely one of the highlights of the wedding!! We loved — Christopher James
Salsa is learnable once the basic timing settles, and progress usually comes quickly with practice. A structured lesson makes the early steps easier.
Yes, complete beginners take up salsa all the time and find their feet in a starter class. No experience is needed to begin.
Yes, adults can learn ballet and many enjoy it as recreation. Classes are pitched to a beginner's pace.
There is no age too late for ballet when dancing for pleasure. The right class makes it accessible whenever you start.
Common basics include the grapevine, step-touch, kick-ball-change, shuffle and a pivot turn. These cover a wide range of beginner dances.
Short, repetitive four-wall dances are the gentlest to start with. A beginner class can suggest a good first one.