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Dance! Eclectic

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Seattle, King County
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Dance! Eclectic

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Overview

At Dance! Eclectic my husband and I teach partnered social dancing, and we love what we do.

We teach engaged couples for their first dance, and their families, wedding party and guests, in private lessons and private group lessons -- specializing in working with beginning dancers, and those unfamiliar with partnered dancing.

We teach soft choreography, meaning that we give you basic skills, moves and variations. Then we watch for and teach to your natural movement style and add some fun moves and variations that work with your bodies and movement style, including leans, lifts and/or dips, if you want them. Then we'll help you create your own unique dance, with built-in flexibility.

There's no memorizing, no mistakes, no wrong moves. Everything you do is right and it flows naturally, so you'll feel safe and secure in knowing that you actually know how to dance.

Our lessons are relaxed and fun. You'll learn more than you thought possible in just a few lessons, and you'll dance at your wedding -- relaxed, confident, happy and looking good -- whether you've danced before or not.

We're available weekends, evenings and some weekdays. 

Establishment year
1998
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Linda Townsend West
Linda Townsend West

Flexible Plan: 2+ lessons, your choice, 1 hour, $125/hr. Most couples take 3-5 lessons. …

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  • First Dance

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    We had such a great time working with Linda. She helped us pull off our dream first dance! My husband had some experiences with dancing, but my experience was limited to Bollywood style dance. She spent a lot of time understanding our experience and used it to help us learn new steps. She gave us a number of tips to help make the steps look super elegant. While we did not initially intend to choreograph our dance, but it ended up being naturally choreographed during the rehearsals. And absolutely loved how everything came together during our wedding events. Linda is an amazing instructor and we highly recommend working with her.
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    It was an honor and privilege to help you two create your first dance for your wedding, Bushra. You both clearly have natural dancing ability, and your dance turned out so beautifully, I hope you keep dancing!

  • Everybody's Got Rhythm

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    Linda is a gem and after 2 sessions made us feel completely comfortable for our wedding day. As a result, we had a New Orleans style second line entrance, danced with our parents, and I danced with my now "husband" multiple times on our wedding night - a first as he had never wanted to dance and had actively avoided dancing prior to lessons. Linda quickly found ways to relate to each of our styles and experience and made what has previously been a hurdle a hopeful beginning. I am optimistic that our wedding is the first of many nights dancing I will have with my husband - Thank you, Linda!!
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    Thank you so much Natalie. It was such a pleasure to work with the two of you, and a privilege to help you find a first dance that was uniquely yours. May you have many hours of fun dancing together -- maybe even in your kitchen! -- over the years.

  • Gay Wedding Dance Lessons

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    Dance! Eclectic was great to work with! My husband and I have zero dancing experience and Linda made us feel very comfortable as we were learning. She was a great coach and made us feel confident by the time the wedding came around!
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    Thank you, Raymond, for your kind words. You and Brad were so great to dance with! You two truly did go from "0 to 60" in only one lesson! And getting to see you dance on your video was wonderful -- Bravo!

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Business Hours
GMT -08:00
Open by appointment
Saturday 2:00-4:00PM Sunday 1:00-6:00PM June through August: Monday - Friday 5:00-8:00PM September through May: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday - 12:00-3:00PM, evenings

Testimonials

What clients say about Dance! Eclectic

Linda IS THE BEST. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

Dance! Eclectic (Linda) IS THE BEST. HIGHLY RECOMMEND. Linda is an amazing dance instructor and a wonderful person. She is an excellent teacher - she's very knowledgeable, patient, and just lovely! My husband and I signed up for 3 private lessons with her in advance of our wedding. My husband and I have 4 left feet but Linda gave us great encouragement and excellent instruction.

Y.W.

Definitely recommend!

Linda is a great instructor and just a generally nice person all around. We had essentially zero experience coming into the lessons (we had a few private lessons) but she put up with our shenanigans and helped us successfully navigate our wedding dance (which for us was a bit nerve-racking). She had a really great sense for where to push on us, but also eased up when we were clearly struggling. Definitely recommend!

Kyle

father - daughter dance

Linda quickly assessed our needs, and helped my daughter and I (father of the bride wedding dance) greatly improve our (mostly dads) dance skills in a limited amount of time. Linda was a pleasure to work with!

Brad

Great Instruction -- lots of individual attention

My fiance and I recieved dance lessons (singletime swing) at Dance Eclectic as a gift from my brother for Christmas. We really enjoyed the class (which was often nearly a private lesson) and we came out with a good understanding of the basics as well as a few sweet looking turns and footwork. Overall, very highly recommended.

Susan O.

I was probably the WORST student

I was probably the WORST student any dance instructor could run into. I was totally overwhelmed with the wedding and I'm generally a really anxious person. At our first lesson, I froze and almost burst into tears before the music even came on. Linda rolled with it. And after a remarkably short period time, my fiance and I were dancing. The wedding was wonderful. I danced happily in front of everyone. There are even pictures I'm not embarrassed of

Calie

More confident after only 1 lesson

Linda was just wonderful! Amazing how much she could teach us in just an hour! I also liked that she brought up questions that we didn't even think about and helped us think through them. We feel a lot more confident and comfortable for our first dance!

Bogdan

Our dance lessons are a favorite memory

My husband and I loved working with Linda to prepare for the first dance at our wedding! She embodies that rare combination of being a gifted and inspirational teacher + a pure joy to be around. When we started, we had no absolutely clue how to dance and worried about our first dance for MONTHS... but under Linda's joy-filled and gentle guidance, we learned how to dance (and felt great doing it!) We got compliments on our first dance!

Chris & Alex

She could teach an elephant

Linda is a wonderfully patient and fun dance instructor. Her lightheartedness is infectious. I think she could teach an elephant how to glide on the dance floor.

Mea & Bill

She taught to our natural dance style

Linda does a great job of looking at your natural dance style and working with both your weaknesses and strengths.

Ali

Thanks for teaching this Rock to dance

Dear Linda, Years ago my swim instructor had a reputation that he could teach rocks how to swim. We are truly blessed that you taught this rock how to dance. Thank you so much for your time and for allowing our wedding to be so special. We will never forget how wonderful the journey has been!

Dan and Sarah
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