ABOUT SOFIA
Sofia and John's Wedding "Flash Mob" Dance
Sofia has been dancing for as long as she can remember, and has been teaching for the past seventeen years. From those early group lessons at the NYU gym to her most recent Berkeley wedding couple, every student is a new opportunity to share her love of dance with those she teaches.
Sofia saw her first ballet at the age of 5, and has wanted to study, perform, and dance around the living room ever since. She studied ballet extensively in San Francisco as a child and, when she went to New York University as an acting major, joined the ballroom dance club and team. She began to teach while still a member of the NYU team - co-leading weekly club classes in the 10 primary competitive dances. That led her to teach some group classes around NYC and New Jersey; there were many swing classes - it was the late 90's after all, and swing was huge.
After a stint in Sardegna, Italy - where she led classes at a tourist resort (think an Italian, coastal version of the place in Dirty Dancing) and participated in her first, and only, aerobics competition - she returned to the Bay Area and started to seriously pursue an acting career.
One day, her former dancing partner (and NYC teacher extraordinaire, Joe Palmer) asked if she'd be willing to teach his brother and fiancee some swing moves for their upcoming wedding. Group classes were difficult to negotiate with her full rehearsal and performance schedule, but private lessons at her clients' homes were a definite possibility. Sofia said, "why certainly," and the idea for Sofia Ahmad Dance was born…
After a stint in Sardegna, Italy - where she led classes at a tourist resort (think an Italian, coastal version of the place in Dirty Dancing) and participated in her first, and only, aerobics competition - she returned to the Bay Area and started to seriously pursue an acting career.
One day, her former dancing partner (and NYC teacher extraordinaire, Joe Palmer) asked if she'd be willing to teach his brother and fiancee some swing moves for their upcoming wedding. Group classes were difficult to negotiate with her full rehearsal and performance schedule, but private lessons at her clients' homes were a definite possibility. Sofia said, "why certainly," and the idea for Sofia Ahmad Dance was born…
Since then, Sofia has had the pleasure of teaching all over the Bay Area. She's worked with a Quinceanera Court of thirty-four 8-19 year olds and a group of octogenarians at a Senior Center, with couples learning their first wedding dance and couples wanting to learn to partner dance after 30 years of marriage.
Sofia finds such great joy in dance, and delights in sharing that joy - of movement, music and non-verbal communication - with those she teaches.
So, what would you like to learn? Let's talk - and dance!
Sofia finds such great joy in dance, and delights in sharing that joy - of movement, music and non-verbal communication - with those she teaches.
So, what would you like to learn? Let's talk - and dance!