Hello everyone:)  

We have missed you all and wanted to give you an update on our continuing adventure, along with giving you the opportunity to be a part of the next exciting chapter!

For those of you who don't know us, we are Brett & Terry Giza.  For almost two decades our joint life purpose has been to enhance people's lives through dancing & building community.

With his engineering background, Brett has been able to hack the social dance teaching industry by creating the DIP Method (in process of being trademarked). This method is successful at getting people confidently and comfortably Dancing In Public in at least half  the time as the current Industry leaders.

With her Master's in clinical psychology, Portuguese heritage, and innate adoration of people, Terry is passionate about bringing people together wherever she is. Because learning how to dance can make many feel self-conscious when they start, Terry's knowledge of people quickly puts anyone at ease.  Also using principles of neuroscience and how people learn, the DIP Method easily creates new neural pathways by paralleling them with those already in existence, making the journey to "Muscle Memory" a fun and enjoyable one.

What we have found in our almost 40 years of combined dance instruction is that the majority of people who want to learn how to dance never do because:

*They are intimidated.

*They believe that they can't do it.

*They find it too expensive (only because the value was not there.)

*They can not fit it into their schedule and daily life easily.

There are also many who have tried and given up. They did so because if they were not taught in the most efficient and intuitive way, they mistakenly believed that it was their inability to learn and not the way in which they were taught.

- Albert Einstein had said that, "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."

 The TRUTH is that, if taught properly, everybody can learn how do dance. It should not only be intuitive and fun, but also affordable and convenient.  

Our mission has now become to make dance accessible to ALL people everywhere. We will do this by bringing it directly into the comfort of their own homes or desired spaces, making it affordable ($37 per month is dramatically less than it would cost inside a traditional dance studio), along with providing lots of interactive fun, and the ablity to meet new people (if they so desire.)

How, you ask?  We have developed the first of its kind online social dance program with a monthly memebership in which our clients will receive 4 video lessons each month. This is not just a 2-dimensional series of dance video tutorials teaching dance through steps, which in reality is highly inefficient and takes waaay tooo long to learn (and is also what most dance instruction out there is.)  You will also find that in most cases many "Social Dance" videos are demonstrating the "Competitive" appearance and application. This method is completely unrelatable in the social dance world that most want to be dancing in.

Our online course will also be unique in that it will be filmed using a 360 degree camera with a 1st person perspective of both the Leader and Follower, meaning that you will literally be stepping into the Dance Shoes of Professionals. You will see what we see. You will be able to look down at our feet or up at our hands. You can pause at any moment and virtually look around. The beauty is that you can view this on your desktop or laptop in your own home, from your phone or tablet, at the park, the beach, your local YMCA, or while you are waiting to pick up your children...anywhere you can think of! What better way to enjoy the sidelines of soccer practice than to be dancing while doing it? For a truly immersive experience, you could utilize VR Goggles combined with your smartphone and be actively experiencing the new dance move while viewing the "proper" way to be doing it!!! Just make sure you aren't near any breakable objects! Hahahahaha!

If you are unfamiliar with 360 degree video footage, go to Youtube and search: 360 video test footage. Use your mouse and take a look around. Pause it if you'd like. Or simply move your smartphone or tablet to take a look. Personally, I love to use my tablet using my finger to get the perspective I want, and then physically moving the tablet to have a more specific look.

Our course will also allow a la carte services, such as the ability for you to send us practice footage of your progress where we can supply feedback and tips, or custom created video lessons for you, etc. We will also create specific Character and Skills videos that are beneficial to all dancers, from newbees to the experienced.

In addition, because creating community is at the heart of all that we do, we will create an online Facebook group exclusive only to our members. Here we can host live webinar masterclasses and Q&A sessions. Also, our clients can use this FB group as a platform to arrange for local meet ups to practice or hang out over their shared love of learning how to dance. 

Because we are the 1st to bring an actual Virtual  Dance Course to the market, especially one utilizing 1st person 360 degree video, we are only sharing this with you, our trusted circle of friends and supporters, and anyone that you trust who may be interested as well:)  This is our crowd funding page that will allow us to have the resources to create the online course and then market it so that all of the world can come together in learning how to socially dance in a fun, convenient, and simplistic way.

In return for your support (emotional and financial:), we are offering four tiers of sponsorship that are heavily discounted, which will all include a yearly membership to our online course. Imagine having 24/7 video access to every dance concept and movement that you've ever learned!!!!

Also, because first and foremost we whole-heartedly believe that our combined gifts should be used to be of service to everyone, our business venture is aimed at being a Force for Good in our world. Therefore, we have started a global giveback program called, DIP-it-Forward.  We intend to be in partnership with the national YMCA.  We will donate 10% of all gross proceeds to truly make dance accessible to all.  We will create dance programs that will allow for the benefits of dance to help everyone: from those with Parkinson's and Alzheimers, special needs children, at-risk children, veterans, and those who capably use wheelchairs. Not only will these DIP Programs reach out to those with physical challenges, but it will beinvaluable to new moms who can dance with babies in their carriers and come together, helping them to bond with their babies and decrease risk of post-partum.

Thank you for your never ending belief in us.  You are all what has kept us going and doing what we do. (Truly)  We are so grateful to you for being the ground up support to what we know will be a shift in the social dance world industry, but also in creating the world we want to see and be in.

Forever Yours in Dance,

Brett & Terry Giza