Wedding Dance Lessons To Create Memories That Last a Lifetime

Erin Parsley, founder of Steps to Love® Wedding Dances, is an award-winning professional dancer, choreographer, dance educator, and certified relationship coach with over two decades of experience.

Erin helps engaged couples—especially those who feel nervous, unsure, or overwhelmed—turn their first dance into something they genuinely look forward to. With a clear, supportive process and custom choreography tailored to each couple, she makes it easy to go from “we don’t know what we’re doing” to “we can’t wait to dance together.” Her approach builds not just dance skills, but trust, connection, and confidence as a couple.

Erin has choreographed wedding dances for more than 230 couples and taught over 5,000 dance classes. Her background in ballet, improvisation, and partner dance allows her to tailor each dance to reflect a couple’s unique dynamic and style. She also integrates principles of somatic awareness, communication, and teamwork into the process.

She has choreographed wedding dances for more than 230 couples and taught over 5,000 dance classes. Her supportive, step-by-step process helps even the most nervous couples feel confident, connected, and excited about their first dance. Each routine is customized to reflect the couple’s unique style while building trust, teamwork, and emotional connection.

Erin’s professional dance background spans a wide variety of styles,  from ballet to funk to disco to bollywood to ballroom (you name it, she’s probably done it).. She has performed with companies across the U.S., including Labayen Dance/SF, Ballet Chicago, and Chicago Ballet, and trained at top institutions such as San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet, and Broadway Dance Center. Her choreography has been presented throughout North America and featured in the Chicago Tribune and San Francisco Chronicle. She is also a recipient of a CAAP Grant for Choreography from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.

Erin is also the founder of Erin Parsley Coaching, where she supports individuals and couples through somatic, relationship, and Human Design-based coaching. Her work focuses on helping people build embodied confidence, emotional awareness, and deeper connection in their relationships.

She has been a featured speaker and podcast guest on topics including conscious relationships, personal transformation, and Human Design, where she shares practical tools for creating more love, freedom, and harmony in everyday life.

Erin holds certifications in the Somatica® Method of sex and relationship coaching and incorporates Human Design into her client work. She has been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle and Chicago Tribune, and has received multiple awards including:

• The Knot Best of Weddings (four-time winner)

• The Knot Hall of Fame

• Top Thumbtack Pro (six years)

• Named a Top San Francisco Choreographer by Giggster

She is a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community and is committed to inclusive, body-positive, trauma-informed instruction that honors every couple’s unique expression of love.