Dance with Liza

Liza is a friendly, patient, and talented dance instructor who has been choreographing and teaching wedding dances and a variety of social dances in San Diego for twenty-five years. She was professionally trained as a ballroom dance instructor at Mac Vitties Dance Studio where she taught for a few years and then branched out on her own furthering her training with experts in the field. The daughter of an accomplished international folk dancer, Liza has been dancing all her life. 

Her favorite things about dance are: how it lifts your spirits, musicality, being sociable, and performing. Liza just started competing in dance in 2022 and has won awards in the genres of Country Two-Step and West Coast Swing. See her list of awards below. 

Liza is also a DJ at Country DJ Events and will start DJ’ng at dance conventions such as The Edge Dance Event in Temecula in March 2026. She specializes in country western hoedowns but is happy to DJ weddings, birthday parties, corporate events, and more.

Liza earned a bachelor’s degree in social science with an emphasis in cultural anthropology from SDSU. She also studied at Brandeis University in Massachusetts and Grossmont Community College in El Cajon. She loves what she does and is grateful that she gets to spread the joy of dance & music everyday!