Purley, Greater London, Surrey
The First Dance offers fun, affordable private/wedding and group tuition in locations at Purley, Cheam and Epsom. Tuition is aimed at social, rather than competitive, dancing to popular music. I am an informal, patient and experienced instructor and offer tuition in Ballroom, Latin and Jive (including Modern Jive).
62 customer reviews
Sheila Boniface
Always clean pleasant staff. Bar well stocked
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Hassan Waseem
Great sports facilities amazing food at the bar/restaurant
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Peter Bright
Excellent friendly Club with great sporting facilities. Great beer and food
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George Judson
It has great squash cirts but there is always a funeral happening when I go .
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Tim Flower
Top staff and good crowd, great squash club
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Robert Oddy
Always have a good time here, great staff, good food and friendly sheep.
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John P Hammond
Great day yesterday Beer Festival well run great fun. The cars where fascinating the staff were brilliant here’s to more days like it. Well done Lucy and her team.Lovely to see everyone there with their families enjoying the hospitality. +fun More...
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Neil Keating
Relaxing family orientated club with some great competitive and social activities
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Cheryl Maduro
Our dance lessons with Suzy have been more than we could have hoped for. Suzy was always very patient and every lesson was adding little steps or details to make it even better. Our first dance worked out beautifully and impressed our guests. Would definitely recommend Suzy to anyone looking for lessons for the perfect first dance! More...
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Raymond Humber
Good sports facilities,but only played bowls
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Tony Beale
A clean & well appointed venue. Friendly staff. The fish n chips was excellent. My son plays in the cricket team. The Manager & coaches are friendly, approachable & are a first class coaching team!
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Rita White
Brilliant club very well run and friendly
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Marc Limbuvala
Great club with a huge amount of facilities.
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Robert Byatt
Great Friendly club
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Allen Banks
Very nice bowling green, fine menu, nicely stocked bar. Busy car park even in the early morning.
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Dave Cooke
Very nice sports club. Staff were very friendly and look like they have good facilities
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Justin Mycroft
Great family club. Fantastic staff and facilities.
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Simon Jones
Nice coffee on a chilly day!
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fin tang
Fantastic club to play tennis, reasonably priced refreshments.
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Asad Hassan
clubs has several sports facility including 5 squash court, several tennis (grass and hard) courts, cricket/hockey fields. it has a bar/dinner area and shower facilities. very relaxed environments. several tournament takes place throughout the year.all at sensible prices. More...
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John Lovis
Fantastic club, bar is always thriving and the food is amazing. Great place to play sports, i have been a squash member for 3 years and the coaching is top tier. Highly recommend.
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Terry Miller
Friendly staff, food was excellent
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David Stanton
Typical old fashioned sports club but with great facilities at an affordable price.
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kendra Gordon
Nice gym
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Sophie Hollett
Suzy is such a good teacher and the lessons were really fun. Suzy taught us much more than we thought we were capable of learning. Would 100% recommend!
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Mustaq Syed
Really good work out place and club
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There was great service and a lively atmosphere xx
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Yasin Rahim
Great place to get fit.
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Tasha Lindsay
My husband and I had 3 lessons with Suzy. We were both complete beginner and were a little nervous before our first lesson! We soon found out that we needn't be at all, Suzy is a great teacher. Every moment was great fun, the routine was brilliant too and all of our guests commented on how great the dance was! Suzy was very patient, clear and encouraging. We couldn't have wished for better! We would highly recommend Suzy to anyone who want's to dance with confidence and have fun on their first dance! We can't thank her enough. Tash and Dan xxx More...
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Valerie Brooham
Suzy Smith is a terrific dance teacher. She's talented, professional and her classes are a joy. My husband (who had never danced in his life before) and I have been going to her classes for many years now where we have made some great friends. We can now get up on any dance floor and thoroughly enjoy ourselves. Suzy makes learning to dance such fun. We can't praise her highly enough. More...
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Gareth Williams
Great place, grounds and tennis courts are immaculate. However the change rooms were dirty and stuffy. The change rooms are used as a storage facility as well
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David Rawlinson
Good
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Iain Ellis
Sports & social - functions / parties etc.
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Chris Challouma
Good pint food is ok...nice place to relax. ..
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Janaka Fernando
Great complex, good for racquet sports
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michael petrie
Have started coaching and very friendly
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Adrian Wales
Great for functions
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John Clay
A superb multisports club. Excellent facilities and friendly staff and diverse membership
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Bennie Spearman
nice club, Purley Sports Club produce lot of cricket players and their facility is so good
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Roger Strong
Bridge played extensively as is tennis. Gym is pretty good and there's a bar!!
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Rakesh Gupta
Great friendly place to play squash
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Marc Cogliatti
Suzy is a fantastic teacher and made the whole experience a lot of fun. All our guests were really impressed by our first dance but we couldn't have done it without Suzy's help. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Suzy to anyone. More...
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Eileen Parker
Having always wanted to learn to dance i was delighted to see an ad for The First Dance and thrilled when my husband agreed to attend classes.
We hit the jackpot with Suzy's class she is a wonderful dancer and an amazing teacher. She is always so patient (something she has needed to be with our 4 left feet!) and always encouraging. Every class is such fun and we have made a whole new group of great friends since joining.
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Michael chance
Suzie's easy style makes anything seem possible. She gives clear and simple instructions that even those with two left feet can follow. The atmosphere is always friendly and supportive and the music is varied and inspiring. We thoroughly enjoy our Thursday evenings at Purley. More...
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Me
Very sporty
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Paul Earnell
This is a nice club.
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Robin Sunderland
Great club for all ages. Many social events for members and sports facilities / surfaces are excellent. All abilities are catered for across all sports.
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Theo Theodoris
I was booked to entertain the members on Friday night for their Italian wine tasting and food night. I perform Close Up Magic a Cabaret Show. I joined them for dinner and I was very welcomed by the members on my table and of course, they got to see some extra Magic. The staff were amazing and got very well looked after. It was a fantastic atmosphere and it was really good to see how well the staff looked after their members. This would be a great lesson to other Sports Clubs of how to look after your members. One of the members invited me back for a game of tennis which I took up - lovely courts and thinking of joining now!! More...
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ADRIEN MOREAU
Great little venue for a party friendly staffGreat location
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jimi toogood
Fantastic facilities with warm and friendly staffGreat for tennis and cricket and lots of other sports and activities
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What do you love most about your job?
Converting my clients to the love of dance! Clients often enter the studio looking nervous and unsure but at the end of their lesson they leave with a smile on their face, looking forward to the next lesson.
What inspired you to start your own business?
To impart my knowledge and experience so that my clients can enjoy their favourite music and have fun on the dance floor.
Why should our clients choose you?
My lessons are informal and fun. I use popular music and teach the all important skills of Lead and Follow, and floor craft.