Cindy Chien Dance

Cindy helped my fiancé and I put together a fun dance for our wedding. Cindy was positive and encouraging. She was determined to help us have an amazing dance on our wedding day. She allowed us as the couple to innovate, but also taught us the right ways to do the moves we wanted to do. At the same time, she taught us new moves. For example, she recommended that I spin my fiancée. On our wedding day, that spin had the crowd roaring. I was taken back a little bit, I had no idea the wedding guests would like our dance so much. Thanks Cindy for helping make our wedding even more special!

My fiancé’ and I had Cindy choreograph our first dance for our wedding. I had a significant song in mind and I didn’t want us to just sway back and forth like high school seniors do at a prom. So we needed a professional to help us with a personal dance! We gave Cindy our song choice before our first meeting and she went to work on listening to our song, researching and coming up with our dance steps. She was really efficient on coordinating and communicating our dance lesson schedules. Cindy also accommodated our lesson times to meet with us, as we didn’t have a whole lot of time to get these lessons in.
We had a total of 5 lessons to get our dance down. Cindy was really good at using our personal strengths and our limited dancing skills to come up with a dance that incorporated our personalities and the story we wanted to share with our song choice. She really listens and was able to come up with alternative step sequences if needed.
The day of our wedding, we received a lot of compliments about our dance! Our guests were impressed that we had a choreographed first dance. Many were «pleasantly surprised» and cheered loudly during our performance. It was a lot of fun practicing the lessons and now looking back on how we first started and to the final dance on our big day, we’ve really evolved since our first meeting. Really feeling and understanding the song, adding personal touches and having a professional like Cindy, with a good eye on dance mechanics, music theory and choreography, you can have your own personal «first dance» too! Thank you Cindy!!! We’ll remember this piece of our wedding every anniversary for years to come!

Cindy has been an absolute pleasure to work with. She helped my wife and I earlier this year for our wedding first dance. We came to our first session with basic understanding of bachata. After just 4 sessions, Cindy helped us solidify our dance routine to our specific song. She is easy to work with, flexible, and reasonably priced. I highly recommend Cindy.

Cindy was wonderful. We had her choreographer a Father Daughter dance, and a Bride and Groom first dance. Groom and I both had zero dance skills. Finish lessons in five instead of the recommended 6. Great fun at the wedding, lots of clapping and cheering. It was worth every penny for a special dance, for a special occasion.

She was awesome. In 6 lessons — and with a lot of practice at home — we pulled off an awesome tango dance! She really knows how to simplify things and work with your unique body movement issues…
She is a positive spirit and truth be told when she shows you how to do something she is so amazing and graceful and patient.
I’d really recommend Cindy to anyone looking to learn a new dance, or learn a dance for a special event, like a wedding.
Thank you Cindy!

Cindy is a very creative dancer, she designed a beautiful tango based on our choice of song for first dance. She is very patient and willing to teach. after only four learning session, we are very comfortable/​confidence/​happy about our dance. Can’t wait for the big day to come!

Just move to Fremont and want to find tango classes nearby. Lisette is very helpful, and the price is reasonable.

Cindy is an excellent teacher and creative choreographer. We had requested her to give us dance lessons for our first dance at our wedding as neither of us has much experience with ballroom dancing.
She worked with us on our schedule, sometimes even voluntarily staying late to squeeze us in.
Cindy prepared a beautiful dance sequence for us to the first part of A Whole New World from Aladdin. She also accommodated us in making the choreography easier when we requested as we only had limited time to prepare (including time where I had gotten sick for a few weeks).
She is also an excellent teacher, making sure we understood the fundamental dance movements before moving onto the actual choreography within our time constraints.
She ably demonstrated the motions for us individually, including both male and female parts so we could understand our own motions singly and together.
We needed 5 lessons overall for our dance, and it seemed to impress our friends and family enough at the reception.
While her rates may seem expensive (at least to me when compared to generic dance lessons), her individualized attention, excellent teaching and dance ability, and personal care within short time constraints make it all worth it. Sign up for her early though, as she limits her number of students to make sure she can properly take care of each of her students!

My fiancée and I came in as beginners and did not know what to expect. During the first couple lessons, we were nervous and unsure how we were going to pull off a medley dance routine for our wedding first dance.
Cindy suited our personalities well. She is a professional while being down to earth. She starts off with basic steps and the overall thought process behind the movements as opposed to «mastering» every step and movement. We appreciate her approach to teaching as well as her friendly personality. When one of us made a mistake, she would offer suggestions and advice on how to adjust instead of focusing on the mistake.
Our goal was to have fun, express our love to each other, and involve some uniqueness and creativity in the first dance. Cindy definitely helped accomplish those goals. We highly recommend her for coordinating the first dance of a wedding!
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Pick your song (s) before the first meeting and she’ll work with you for the dance.
Bring your camera or phone and after compiling a routine, she’ll record your dance for you to take home and practice with.

My fiancé and I are from NYC and recently had our wedding in CA. I had messaged Cindy a couple weeks prior to flying to the Bay Area to see if it would be possible to learn a simple dance routine the week before the wedding. She was fast at replying and very responsive to emails. We were able to schedule two dance lessons the week leading up to the wedding! We scheduled a total of 2 days (2 hours one day and 1 hour 2 days after). Cindy is awesome! My fiancé and I have no dance experience whatsoever. She taught us moves that we didn’t think we could do (lifts and all). She is patient, creative, and will definitely encourage you to make some daring dance moves =) We felt at ease with her. Thank you Cindy!

My husband and I decided to go with Cindy after reading all the great reviews on Unilocal.We did not have any previous dance experience and did not know what to expect. Before our first class, we were in contact with Cindy regarding our song choice, venue location, and wedding day attire — she was always quick to respond to emails and very detailed.
During our first dance lesson, we found Cindy to be very friendly, patient, and encouraging. She had us try out a bunch of different moves to see what we were comfortable with and what we liked. After she got a feel for what we could do, she choreographed the dance from start to finish incorporating moves that matched us and the song.
Our first dance was one of our favorite parts of our wedding, and our guests really enjoyed it too! The choreography complimented the song and atmosphere beautifully. We highly recommend Cindy if you are looking to wow your guests!

We found Cindy through Unilocal,my husband and myself who have no experience with our first dance for our anniversary chose her. She was very good in communicating, her response to my enquiry was prompt, she made me feel at ease even before we met her, two lessons from her and we were set to go, she is very friendly and works with you, we were pleased with the outcome. thank you Cindy!

During the last minute flurry of wedding planning, my fiancé and I suddenly realized we had absolutely no plans for our first dance! In a panic I consulted Unilocal and found Cindy. I contacted her through her website and she immediately responded back saying although we didn’t have much time, she was willing to teach and choreograph our first dance.
When we first met she was amazingly friendly and patient! I have never learned choreography before while my fiancé had a little more experience so I was very nervous but Cindy eased my worries and I ended up having so much fun! We wanted a fun high energy dance and Cindy definitely delivered!
Whenever I had any questions or concerns, I would email Cindy and she would quickly respond, which is a huge bonus for me. Before I met her, I would get panic attacks even thinking about dancing, but after our first session, I walked out feeling confident and happy!
Thank you so much Cindy!

Cindy is a great dance and also a very good and patient dance teacher. I’ve never learned to dance before, and she was able to teach me from the basics. She then choreographed a dance based on the song we chose for our wedding. She will have us perform it many times, and she will watch us closely every step along the way. She can tell if certain parts are too difficult or just doesn’t seem to «fit», and then come up with alternatives. I will definitely recommend her to anyone looking for a dance teacher.

My fiancé and I are not great dancers, so we decided seek some professional help before our big day. Cindy not only taught us how to dance Waltz, but also choreographed our First Dance. She walked us through the steps many times, and if certain parts were too difficult for us, she will change it and made sure it’ll look great when we performed. She is really nice and is a great teacher.

My wife and I met Cindy through a recommendation of a friend. Cindy helped us choreograph and teach us a wedding party dance which consisted of 12 people (my wife and I included)
Cindy was really great to us and accommodating. I can’t really count the number of times we changed things up on Cindy but she was ever so patient with us every time. First, the rental space prices had changed but Cindy honored our original package pricing.
We had several of our bridal party living outside of the US and Cindy had to adapt to our wedding party’s availability and situation. She was able to work with us to get videos recorded and teach our members remotely. We also changed the number of dancing members part way through the weeks, and Cindy had to make some last minute adaptations. As you can she, she went above and beyond to help us.
So what about the dancing you say? Cindy has an incredible wealth of knowledge and talent for dancing and working with couples + big group parties. I personally do not have much dancing ability in me and I was able to «look pretty good» at the end for the wedding day :) I had a lot of fun learning and dancing at the end!
If you’re looking for a wedding dance choreographer + instructor, Cindy’s the one!

My husband and I took wedding dance lessons with Cindy. She was a great dancer and instructor. She pays attention to details and gives great suggestion based on our needs. For example, the dancing style, length of the dance, dance floor size, the level of difficulty, and great dance poses to catch audience’s eyeballs. She also taped our dance routine for us during the lesson so that we can watch the video and practice at home. Thanks Cindy for helping us on our wedding dance! Can’t wait to see the wedding video soon!

Cindy taught I and my fiancé our wedding dance. She’s particularly great because she pays attention to how the dance will «work» in real life and she modifies the dance moves in order to achieve our goal in the shortest time possible.
For example, instead of training my fiancé on elaborate legwork when she would be wearing a puffy dress during the dance, Cindy would spend time modifying our routine to produce more visible moves that would look great on camera from a distance! That’s brilliant!
Cindy’s also very patient and that made our learning experience all the more fun.

As a guy with two left feet it’s hard to find someone who is a great teacher, an amazing dancer and super fun to work with as well. My wife and I decided to go with Cindy after going to a few other teachers and seeing that none of them had all three qualities. She was very good at breaking down complex moves into smaller parts so that I could see exactly how it was done. Even when I did not get a move she was extremely patient in repeating the steps for me (sometimes over and over again). I love how she made me feel at ease and not nervous at all, which made learning a lot easier. I did not feel any pressure around her and she made dancing really fun!
Cindy’s other strength is being very specific in her suggestions of how to improve. She would tell us details like exactly how to hold our hands, bend our neck, and twist our ankles – all the small moves that turn a dance from good to great. She has an amazing eye for what looks the best and knows exactly what to tweak. I have not met a teacher who is so detail-​oriented and focused on making her students look as good as possible!
In the end we became amazing dancers and we have Cindy to thank! I would recommend anyone to go to Cindy!

Cindy is a WONDERFUL dance teacher! We asked her to help us clean up our wedding dance, and she gave many great pointers! She really knows how to break down the steps and conceptualize them in a way that is easy to reproduce – she uses a lot of good sport analogies to help us get into the right position – which is helpful for any beginning dancer! After going through 4 dance teachers, Cindy is definitely one of the best!