Saint Albans / Vermont / United States
About First Step Dance The mission of First Step Dance is to ensure that every person is able to dance comfortably in a social setting. First Step Dance offers a mixture of wedding workshops, weekly group classes, small group and private lessons. Special wedding dance workshops teach couples the dance basics to make their first dance together comfortable and fun. To ensure practice and repetition of skills, the group classes meet for an hour each week and cover three dances over a four-week period. Small group and private lessons are scheduled as required and the students determine the topics and dances covered. Group classes, designed to be as open and inviting as possible, teach singles and couples to dance socially with comfort and grace. Although trading partners is encouraged in all group classes it is not required. Partner dancing requires a partner, but group classes dont. Kevin Laddison, the owner of First Step Dance started dancing in 1997 at a Cajun music festival in Rhode Island. He danced socially for several years before a job relocation took him to the San Francisco area. In June of 2001 he began The Metronome Ballrooms Teacher Training Program, completing it in April of 2002. Two months later he passed the Dance Vision International Dancers Association ( DVIDA ) Basic Teachers Test American Style Rhythm and Smooth with High Honors, the highest level possible. For more details, read "Sharing the Joy of Dance, published in the July/August edition of Dancing USA. Download the pdf ( 43k ) Mr. Laddison relocated to Vermont in July of 2002 and started First Step Dance in August of that year. I love dancing and love Kevin as a teacher and friend. Ive made a lot of great connections and its really added to my personal relationship with my significant other.: ) I am very happy with my experiences with First Step Dance. Kevin has been great and I recommend his lessons and dances to anyone I talk to about dancing. Ive really enjoyed his teaching style and love how he mixes up partners so nobody feels left out whether they have a dance partner or not. Its been great!: ) Awesome job Kevin thanks for sharing the joy of dance. We really enjoy class and your style of instruction...keep up the great work.
