Dancing With Martha

Dance Teacher

My name is Martha Cockrell and dance is my passion! I love to dance and I love to teach people to dance. I started dancing at the age of three and have taught Latin and ballroom dancing in Houston for more than 12 years...

I’ve come to realize that many dancing schools use a “one-size-fits-all” approach to teaching dance lessons. I firmly believe, however, that each student is unique, and as such, requires a unique style of instruction. I tailor each student’s program according to his or her level of natural ability and at a pace at which they are comfortable and capable. One of my goals as an instructor is to help beginners develop the skills to become confident on the dance floor so that they look forward to social events that include dancing, rather than dread them! Whether you’re learning to dance for a specific event such as a wedding or gala, or you just want to develop and improve your skills as a social dancer, together we will design a custom program to help you meet your dancing goals. Read more

5 recommendations

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    Leah Schmidt

    Shared on goo.gl

    Martha is an excellent teacher and made us feel comfortable with our wedding day dance. She is flexible with her schedule and very reasonably priced. She listened to what we wanted and taught us exactly what we needed without pushing us to learn dances we weren't interested in like other studios did. We left feeling more than confident and would highly recommend her to anyone wanting to learn to dance!

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    Bec Brigitta Barnes

    Shared on facebook.com

    We booked in some lessons with Martha before our wedding. She was extremely patient and was able to turn two fumbling adults into actually semi decent dancers in 3 lessons. My now husband and I promised each other we would have one more practice run before the day of the wedding in our hotel but didn't get around to it. 20 minutes before our first dance we popped outside had a quick practice and our real first dance was the best run we ever had, we didn't even mess up once! Everyone was so impressed that we went to classes and commented on our dancing. Thank you Martha for making us look amazing we really appreciate it!

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    L M.

    Shared on yelp.com

    We are currently taking lessons from Martha after having taken 9 disappointing private lessons with Fred Astaire and the difference is remarkable! The way she teaches makes it easy to understand and for what we're doing, she doesn't teach you nonsense that you don't need.

    Her prices are very reasonable, we really feel like we made the right decision by switching over to her.

    Martha is very warm and welcoming, we felt right at ease when we met her. Her studio is great and she is very flexible with appointment times. If you're looking for private dance lessons I would highly recommend Martha!

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    Lisa B.

    Shared on yelp.com

    Martha is an excellent instructor. We have taken lessons from Martha over the last five years and truly enjoy her teaching style. Charming, fun, patient, methodical, creative! She loves what she does and that is dance and teach. She doesn't overload you with dance steps and includes just enough repetition to make it "stick." If you want to experience dance, do it with Martha. You will find yourself social dancing in no time and enjoying the "moving hug" of dance! Extra tip - video your lessons so you can remember what you did when you get home!

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    Leigh N.

    Shared on yelp.com

    … A friend told us about Martha and assured us that if anybody could help us learn to dance in such a short time frame she could!! ...

    She was so nice, extremely patient and made the process so much fun for both of us. My husband actually looked forward to our lessons and really got into it . . . amazing!!!

    Martha took our song and showed us three different dances we could do to it. She even has computer software to change the speed of our song to make it easier for us.

    When it came time to have our first dance we were confident and excited to get on the dance floor and show off our new steps. It was a magical dance that we truly enjoyed and will cherish forever.

    Thank you Martha for making our first dance one of the fondest memories of our entire wedding day!!!

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