About Genevieve Paz
Genevieve Paz is the founder of The World of Paz in San Francisco, California. She is a dance specialist and certified dance and yoga instructor. She has danced since she was four years old and has been a member of many dance troupes from the Bay Area to Los Angeles. She has danced and choreographed for dance teams, artists, and music videos. For over ten years, Genevieve danced competitively in both American Smooth and American Rhythm divisions and has been fortunate enough to travel all over the world and place in international competitions. She has also studied flamenco in Spain at the world-renowned dance school, Fundacion Cristina Heeren.
Genevieve has dedicated her life to learning and teaching ballroom dance, social dance, flamenco, and yoga. She loves working with people who have never danced before and believes that dance and movement are essential for health and longevity. Genevieve is extremely passionate and empowers her community through movement, stillness, and all the moments in between in hopes of inspiring acceptance for who we are exactly as we are.
“We had World of Paz as a guest at several of our corporate wellbeing meetings. She was amazing! I felt very comfortable as a beginner-level dancer with learning three different dances and I received very positive feedback from other attendees. We would love to have her back any time!” - Ryan U.
“Learning dance from Genevieve was one of the best things I’ve ever done. I really only intended to learn enough salsa to survive a wedding in Puerto Rico and I ended up staying with her for 4+ years and learned over 10 different dance styles. It’s definitely been fun and a great way to channel my passions. She’s really patient and breaks things down in easy ways where people who don’t feel they are natural dancers will learn and feel accomplished. She’s also great at modifying a lesson plan to focus on things that are important to her students. For me, I put a priority on social dancing as opposed to the “formal” part of it all. She was happy to accommodate, and oftentimes, I’d learn that had I followed the structure, I would’ve gotten to my social dancing goal faster. She’s a great teacher and a great dancer and a great person to be around. I worked hard, felt good about myself, exercised and laughed a lot in my time with her.” - Glen D
“Dancing with and learning dancing from Genevieve is one of the best experiences I've ever had. Her positive attitude about dance and movement is infectious. She always found ways to have a successful lesson, even when I was struggling with a particular movement or lead. No matter how crazy my life was, I would look forward to our lesson as a high point of my week. Genevieve always found a way to get me out of my head into my body, especially my feet. There were times it felt like she was teaching me to fly. She taught me over 20 dances, but my favorite was getting into the soul of Argentine tango.” - John B.