Testimonials

Mary Ann Nunez is tiny, totally hip, and is rated as one of the best swing dance professionals in the nation. She’s an energetic presence on the workshop and competition floor at major dance events across the country.

Mary Ann’s trademark is her detailed and impressive musical interpretations down to the most miniscule flurry or background beat. Whatever the music is doing, you’ll see her feet, body and motion reflection it in perfect timing.

Mary Ann is from Garden Grove, California, and she’s wildly popular on the workshop circuit. We’re lucky to have such an advanced swing instructor in our midst. If you have mastered the basic West Coast moves, please come out and enhance your skills by taking instruction from this outstanding teacher.

Written by: Tania, member of The Madison West Coast Swing Club
I have been taking lessons from Mary Ann both privately and her workshops for years. I find her to be a very compassionate teacher towards her students, especially those who find it difficult to learn. Mary Ann is constantly bringing new ideas to help the student learn as well as making it fun to learn. She is very concerned at making sure her students know all the details. She is very innovative and has a great desire to help all her students learn to dance West Coast Swing. Debbie
The Saturday night dance was a blast. Mary Ann was gracious and patient enough to dance with me four times. 1, 2, 3, 4…yes, I counted them. LOL. She was amazing.…… Mike

I studied with Mary Ann Nuñez privately for 2 years after I had already been dancing West Coast Swing dancing for 5 years. Mary Ann opened up a whole world of swing dancing to me that I was totally unaware of. She not only worked on specific technique improvements but also educated me in the art of really hearing the music and dancing from my heart. My dancing and my reason for dancing went to an entirely new level because of her understanding of the dance and patience with my own individuality and level of ability. She is a terrific coach and one very special lady. …. Tina

Working with Mary Ann Nuñez has been both exhilarating and depressing. First, the depressing aspect. We had both been working with various other instructors for a few years when we decided to try a private with Mary Ann; we had watched her dance and decided that if there was anyone worth emulating, it was this tiny woman with exquisite footwork, connection, control, musicality, and timing. We arrived at our first lesson foolishly thinking we would be getting some new cool moves and maybe a little polishing. Instead, we discovered that we needed to relearn how to dance WCS! That entire first hour was an educational – and excruciating! Mary Ann exposed all of our bad habits, from our improper handhold to our flat basics. And although she did it in a very nice and professional manner, that didn’t keep us from slinking out of her studio with our egos punctured and our tails between our legs.
         It took three months of licking our wounds and drilling on our new and improved technique before we felt ready to go back for more instruction. Mary Ann was delighted with our progress, suggested a few more adjustments, and even began teaching us a new move. Bit by bit, she improved our connection, analyzed and devised solutions for every problem we encountered, and even worked with us to create new WCS moves from our hustle and ballroom patterns. Mary Ann has cheered us on while challenging us, and she has certainly challenged us! We figure that when we make finals, she deserves the credit. When we lose, we generally blame each other...but maybe someday she will break us of that bad habit, too. - Catherine & Eric