Top Hat Dance Studio

Slava is a joy to work with and has choreographed a beautiful first dance for our wedding! It's worth the drive from fishtown (Philadelphia).

Edit: to add that we got countless compliments about our dance at our wedding this weekend. It looked great but wasn't over done that it looked pretentious, everyone said it looked super natural and fun. Cannot recommend enough!

Excellent nonjudgmental teaching in a fun atmosphere. These instructors understand the science of movement inside and out and can impart the techniques that make it possible to perform!

No problems scheduled lessons, very professional, fantastic communication, friendly, in the end make you feel like a professional dancer

The class was very well structured and instruction was very clear and given in easily digestible chunks of information before moving on to the next piece of information. There was a nice mix teaching of technique and learning the steps. Teacher and other students were very personable, positive and supportive.

I love the spacious layout. Everyone was so friendly. But most of all, I love the pure joy on my daughter's face as I watched her practicing with Miss Sam!

I have known of you for many years. I decided this year that I wanted to take lessons for myself.
When I met Michael, I immediately felt comfortable with him.
Michael was absolutely wonderful for and with me. He quickly learned my quirks and how to work with me around them!

I've now started in a group class with him and I absolutely love it! I'm very self conscious and critical of myself which is why I started with private lessons.
Now, thanks to Michael and the entire staff at Top Hat, I feel comfortable with a class. He had helped me to bring my confidence back out in myself.

I highly recommend Top Hat and all of their instructors

Instructors are very talented and patient; studio and bathrooms are clean; easy online payment for lessons. A great place to learn and grow!

My son has been coming here for the past two months and absolutely loves it. The staff and instructors are top notch and the space is great. Warm, welcoming and caring. We love Top Hat!!!!

Top Hat is one of the best deals for dance instruction in the Philadelphia metro area. The group classes are pretty typical, both in price and material, but the private lessons are the real bargain: they're far less than any comparable area studio, are taught by very skilled instructors, and don't require you to commit t an enormous contract. It is a great community with an excellent main dance space. Finally, it is hands-down the best place to learn hustle or west coast swing in the area, frequently taking home top studio prizes in those dances at events such as Mad Jam and Disco America.

That said, there are a few downsides. Many of the students don't take any private lessons, and so are limited in how much their technique can improve. Also, some of the instructors are in incredible demand (two have a wait list six people long in the event of a cancellation) so scheduling with them may be difficult.

Overall, Top Hat is a great studio with only a few downsides. One of the best bargain in the Philadelphia area.

We got vouchers for 6 group dance classes and we decided on trying to beginner salsa. We had a lot of fun even when we were lost and missing steps. Our class was taught by Jenn and was very knowledgeable and gave suggestions for practice locations and clubs outside of class. She also changed up each week who rotated partners the girls or the guys ( we generally were lacking enough men in the class). From this experience I would consider taking classes individually or as a couple so we could work on fine tuning what our mistakes are and correcting them. I highly recommend the group classes as something fun and enjoyable to do whether you are solo, as a couple or with friends.