About Hamby Ballroom Dance Studios

HAMBY BALLROOM DANCE STUDIOS LLC is owned and operated by Suzanne Hamby. Suzanne has been teaching ballroom dancing since 1984 and has won numerous titles including North American Champion and United States Champion (photo at right), and was voted "Best Dance Teacher in the United States". Suzanne Hamby and her staff have been teaching in the greater Boston and Metro West area since 1984.

Our Mission

We are dedicated to teaching ballroom dance in a fun and supportive environment. If you want to be able to dance socially, we can teach you everything you need to know to become a great social dancer. If you are preparing for your wedding, we can help you and your wedding party have a memorable day. If the thrill of ballroom dancing competition inspires you, we can prepare you to master the technique necessary for competition dancing. Whatever your dancing goals, we can help you meet or exceed them!

 

About Suzanne Hamby

Suzanne Hamby started ballroom dancing as a college student. After graduating from Brown University she began working in Boston in neurology research, but found the dance floor more exciting than hospital research. After watching her first ballroom dance competition, she was hooked, and she decided to give up her career and pursue her dream and her love for dancing. She moved to England to study dancing intensively with former world champions.

Success followed quickly and Suzanne’s titles include North American Champion, United States Champion, Eastern United States Champion, United States Ten-Dance Champion and New England Champion. Suzanne was chosen to represent the United States at the World Championships four times and was twice awarded the prestigious Feather Award for Best Professional Dancer in the United States. She also won the Feather Award for Best Dance Teacher in the United States.

Suzanne has been invited to perform, coach and lecture throughout the United States, and was asked to perform with the Boston Pops Orchestra at Symphony Hall. She has appeared on numerous commercials and television shows including the popular PBS show, “Championship Ballroom Dancing”, which she appeared on for thirteen years. She choreographed and performed in the movie “Substitute 4”. She has competed throughout the United States and in England, France, Hungary, Germany, Denmark and Italy.

Suzanne teaches all levels from beginners to professionals. Suzanne’s students include many with National and Regional titles. She has won numerous Top Teacher and Top Studio awards. She has coached the Harvard and MIT Ballroom Dance Teams and is currently one of the coaches for the University of Connecticut Ballroom Dance Team. She also teaches 4th and 5th graders in an after school program where there is a waiting list to join her class.

Suzanne’s professional accreditations include membership in the National Dance Council of America. She holds Licentiates with the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing in both the Ballroom and Latin American branches. She is a registered World Class Adjudicator: one of a small, prestigious group that has been selected to judge at World Championships.

Suzanne inherited her love of dancing from her father who was a great social dancer and loved to listen to the Big Band music of the 30s and 40s. He did a fantastic Charleston! She got her drive and determination from her mother who was an accomplished figure skater and still has endless energy. Her parents always encouraged her to do her best at whatever she pursued, and more importantly, to do something that made her happy. She feels fortunate to have a job that is her passion and loves to share her expertise with others.

What Suzanne's Students Say

"In preparation for our First Dance as husband and wife, we took private classes with Suzanne Hamby. We chose a different kind of song, an old Tango. Suzanne was very excited and quickly choreographed a romantic First Dance for our wedding. We were so delighted by our experience that we continued to take private lessons upon our return from our honeymoon. During our classes we learned to dance in unison with grace to new types of music and most importantly, laughed a great deal. Suzanne is a joy to work with. She is kind, very knowledgeable, and truly enjoys teaching dance." - Ana and Hooman

"Suzanne,
How are you? The Foxtrot was a complete success! We had so much fun dancing together at our wedding because of our class with you. Thank you!!! " - DeAnna & Sean

"Hi Suzanne,
Thank you for all the help choreographing and teaching us our Wedding Waltz! It was one of the highlights of our wedding day and months later people are still telling us how much they enjoyed it. Taking waltz lessons with you and getting to know you a little was such a pleasure for us both. While your dance facilities and your whole teaching environment is much better than other studios we have tried, the most striking difference is in the quality of the instruction. We both experienced this WOW factor in terms of your knowledge, ability to communicate, your positive attitude and reinforcement, and especially with your uncanny ability to see what we are doing wrong, help us understad why it is happenning, and then patiently explain and demonstrate the correct way to do it. The instructors we had at other studios were good, but the truth is that in each of these areas they just can't compare with you. We feel like we have been spoiled having such a fabulous teacher as you all to ourselves for an hour a week!" - Jim & Wendy

Student Galleries

Coming soon - look for pictures of our students here!

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