ITS OFFICIAL… We have the keys! 🔑✨💫
Your First Dance Co. now has its very own permanent studio in Thornton, NSW — and we’re officially in build mode!
This space is for ALL of our DANCERS — from our Wedding couples creating unforgettable First Dances, to our Dance School students growing, performing, and shining every week.
After many years dreaming, moving, renting, hiring and creating in different spaces… we are finally building our forever home for our YFDC Family 💚
Follow our journey as we bring it all to life ✨
We can’t wait to welcome you through the doors very soon.
Let the next chapter begin. 💫
#YourFirstDanceCo #thornton #itsofficial #dancestudio
We did it! 🏆✨
We are beyond thrilled to have won 1st place for Best Dance Studio at this year’s Wedding Industry Awards – Hunter Valley & Newcastle ❤️🎉
A massive THANK YOU to our incredible couples for voting for us—your support means everything! Without you, this wouldn’t be possible, and we are so grateful to be part of your special day.
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who voted for us—we appreciate you more than words can say! ✨
Congratulations to all the incredible winners and nominees, and a huge thank you to @australianweddingawards for this honour.
And of course, a big shoutout to Team YFDC—you are all AMAZING! ❤️
#WeddingIndustryAwardsAustralia #BestDanceStudio #YourFirstDanceCo #WeddingDance #FirstDance #HunterValleyWeddings #AwardWinningDanceStudio #ThankYou
⭐️⭐️ 1st Place!!!!
Anne Marie, owner of Your First Dance Co., is beyond excited to announce we’ve won Wedding Dance Instructor of the Year at the ABIA Awards 2024 Awards with a score of 99.97%!
Anne Marie personally says:
“This win means so much to us! Big thank you to my incredible team—Iryna, Paulina, and Allexis, you’re amazing, and we wouldn’t be here without you. Spreading our wings between the Central Coast and Hunter Region, we are nailing it! To the rest of the YFDC fam, past and present, I’m so grateful for everything we’ve built together.
To all our beautiful couples—thank you for trusting us with your wedding dance and for your votes! You’ve helped us reach this incredible milestone.
Shoutout to a few of our vendor friends who made tonight special—Nick Read, Rundles, JP Creative, Croc Music, Final Touch, Gloss Girl, The Bowtied Guy, Monty King, The Grand Vaudeville and more. (We have tagged as many as we could and sorry if we missed)
Special thanks to my Sister In law Diana for keeping everything running smoothly behind the scenes, and to Gloss Girl Bridal Story and Goldie’s Dress Hire for making me feel and look amazing. 🤩
Last but not least, to my husband, thank you for always being my rock. And to my 3 sons who are patient with me and my love for dance.” ❤️
YFDC believes everyone in the wedding industry is a winner. We’re all in this together, creating beautiful memories for couples—it’s an honor to be part of it!
We’re so grateful for the last 13 years of growing YFDC from just 5 couple friends. It hasn’t always been easy, but with passion and love for dance, we keep pushing forward with records to break & ideas steaming through.
Here’s to more dancing and amazing moments in 2024 and beyond! We can’t wait to dance with more of you.
💃🕺 #WeddingAwards #WeddingDance #ABIA2024 #YourFirstDanceCo #abia #abiaweddings #abiaweddingawards #abiawinner
✨ A moment to remember for Maddie & Mitch 🤍
After completing our Dance Together Package with Steph at our Thornton Home Studio, these two brought so much fun, confidence and energy to the dance floor on their wedding night — and that dip & lift moment was everything! ✨
With four lessons together, they created a first dance that felt natural, relaxed and so “them,” while giving their guests a little wow factor too 🥂
Congratulations again to the new Mr & Mrs. We loved being part of your beautiful wedding journey 💕
#yourfirstdanceco #firstdance #weddingdance #hunterregion #weddingday
✨ Reminiscing on last year’s @abiaweddings night and feeling so grateful to be surrounded by such an incredible wedding industry community. 💫
While awards are always exciting, one of the best parts is catching up with so many talented vendors, celebrating each other’s achievements, sharing stories, supporting one another, and making memories along the way. 🤍
If you didn’t know, The wedding industry truly is something special — full of passionate people who work so hard behind the scenes to create magic for couples every single weekend. 🫶
So lovely seeing familiar faces again, reflecting on our Runner Up achievement from last year, and feeling excited for everything ahead in 2026. ✨
Here’s to more networking, collaborations, weddings, friendships, and unforgettable moments together in the year ahead! 🥂
Let’s go YFDC 🩵
#abia #abiaweddingawards #weddingindustry #weddingvendors #networking
Still dreaming about this beautiful wedding 🤍
@sharikamarrie & Dylan tied the knot on the 21st February this year at the stunning @yarramalongvalleyfarmstay and danced to “Growing Old With You” by Restless Road ✨
These two completed our Bridal Basics Package with our beautiful teacher Paulina and were an absolute joy to teach from the very beginning. Even more special, they were referred to us by past YFDC couple @sarah_blackopsfit & Trevor 🥹
“Best experience learning a dance” 🤍
Thank you for trusting us to be part of such a special moment in your love story. Congratulations again Mr & Mrs! ✨
#countryvibes #countryweddings #fineandcountry #centralcoastweddings
They started with a simple first dance 🤍
a moment to slow down, reminisce, and take it all in…
but Maddie & Joseph wanted more than just swaying 💃🕺
So it turned into a full dance floor moment 🔥
From romantic beginnings… to letting loose, hips out, energy up, and just dancing it OUT ✨
Because your first dance can be whatever you want it to be 🤍🔥
#petersonhouse #bustout #surprisedance #firstdance #beyoncé
We’ve just received two beautiful ABIA reviews from Lucy and Jess and we are so incredibly grateful 💍💜
Thank you both so much for taking the time to share your experience — your kind words truly mean the world to us.
At Your First Dance Co, we are so passionate about creating unforgettable first dance moments and being part of such a special chapter in our couples’ lives. Reviews like this remind us exactly why we do what we do.
We appreciate every single couple who trusts us with their wedding journey — thank you for letting us be part of your love story ✨
#abia #reviews #testimonial #testimony #thankyou
Your first dance isn’t just a dance… it’s a moment you’ll remember forever 🤍✨
The turns, the dip, the lift… and of course, the kiss at the end 💍
Loved this little practice at @leavesandfishes 🫶✨
Creating magical first dance moments is what we do best at YFDC.
#yourfirstdanceco #weddingdance #firstdance #firstdancemagic
Not every first dance needs to be big and extravagant 🤍
Sometimes the most beautiful moments are the simplest ones…
Just the two of you, feeling comfortable, connected, and present.
That’s what we create ✨
#weddingdance
#firstdanceideas
#weddinginspo
#weddingplanning
#brıdetobe
Amelia & James 🤍
Married at @adamspeakcountryestate | 5th November 26
From their very first lesson to the final moment on the dance floor… this one was something special ✨
“We have had so much fun learning and practicing our first dance, and are so grateful to Steph for helping it feel fun and just like us!!!”
After 4 lessons in our Hunter Region studio as part of our Dance Together Package, these two created a first dance that was completely them — relaxed, connected, and full of joy 🥹
Watching it all come together like this is exactly why we do what we do.
Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful gallery and videos with us — we are so grateful and cannot wait to share more from your day 🤍
#WeddingFirstDance
#HunterValleyWeddings
#AdamsPeakWedding
#FirstDanceGoals
