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Treat yourself to five private dance lessons with CDS parent and professional dance instructor Melissa Saphir.

What can you accomplish in five lessons?
√ Sample several dances, or get a solid introduction to one.
√ Choose from 17 partner dances — including Swing, Salsa, and Argentine Tango, all of which have lively local social dance scenes; the elegant ballroom dances like Waltz and Foxtrot, which glide across the floor; and the Latin dances like Merengue, Rumba, and Cha Cha, which roll your hips and romance your partner.
√ Discover how to have more fun at work events, holiday parties, wedding receptions, and gala balls.
√ Get involved in the lively Bay Area social dance scene, even as a beginner.
√ Start satisfying your secret wish to dance on stage or in a competition — anyone can!

All Are Welcome!
Melissa is welcoming and supportive of individuals and couples who dream of dancing, regardless of age, physical ability, inexperience, ethnicity, or gender.

Melissa is a CDS parent who has teaching for over 10 years. She is nationally certified, competes with her friends in the same-sex dance community, and dances Lindy Hop socially with her husband Bill.

"Stifling an urge to dance is bad for your health -- it rusts your spirit and your hips." ~Adabella Radici