Our wedding couple that reenacted the dance from Dirty Dancing did a wonderful job! They were at the studio every day practicing their routine. At their very last lesson, their family came to support their final rehearsal. It was so awesome to see all family members get together to support their son and daughter start a new life together as husband and wife.
Here is the video clip of their journey 🙂 Enjoy!
This year, I had more couples come to our studio wanting to create a performance for their First Dance at their wedding. I guess more and more couples are looking to create a fun performance for their guests. Which I think it’s totally awesome! There’s nothing wrong with a simple dance, but I personally enjoy watching a couple work on something together to create something special for the two of them. Afterall, it is the first thing your family and friends will see you do as husband and wife. Why not make your First Dance into something special?
So, a couple calls our studio and asks if they can learn the whole choreography of the performance from Dirty Dancing. Of course we were so excited to hear this and couldn’t wait to see the couple! Their first lesson was to try a couple of elements, get their moves down, and get comfortable with the music. Oh, by the way, their wedding is in 2 weeks!! So their first lesson went well, and we start the choreography on their 2nd lesson. Do you all remember the beginning of the dance?? When he asks her to come closer to him, does this roll, and touches her arm as they look into each other’s eyes. It’s very romantic!! But wait! It actually didn’t go that well during practice… Why? Somebody had bad breath that day… lol!!
So we skip the romantic first part and move forward to learning the rest of the routine. The couple has previous dance experience, so they remember the routine very well and the choreography is coming along really great! 1 week has already passed and their wedding is next week! Can’t wait to see their completed dance!!
I will post the second part of this story when their routine is completed 🙂
It’s summer time and it’s the most popular season for weddings now! Many couples come to our studio to take lessons to prepare for their First Dance. It’s a pleasure to see couples who are so much in love, happy to be engaged and in the process of planning their wedding. Let me share a story about a beautiful couple I met recently.
The couple walked into the studio with a smile and ready to learn to dance. They chose Foxtrot for their First Dance, their music a romantic French song, and so the lesson begins. During the lesson, it’s normal for mistakes to happen. In this couple’s case, when one person made a mistake (ex. forgot a step), the other person never blamed him/her, but was always supportive. When certain steps didn’t work out, or one person stumbled, they didn’t criticize each other for not doing it right, but they discussed and tried to figure out what went wrong during that step.
During all those moments, this couple kept their smile and laughter, and was always positive to each other. I was amazed to see a couple with such great communication skills and simply enjoying their time to learn how to dance together. And when their dancing started to improve and started to look like they are dancing as one unit, there are no other words to explain such great moment as an instructor. It’s very rewarding to have an opportunity to teach a couple like them. I wish them and anyone who is about to get married all the best in their future lives together as a married couple 🙂
For those of you that are planning a wedding and thinking of taking lessons for your First Dance, here are some tips:
1. Make sure you plan early. We’ve seen couples start to panic after learning their first step when their wedding is only 2 days from their first lesson day!
2. Don’t try to teach your fiance’. You’ll both have a lot more fun dancing if you let your instructor do the teaching. Also, be patient when learning. You don’t want to put pressure on yourself or on your fiance’.
3. Smile and Enjoy! Your First Dance is the very first thing you will be doing together as husband and wife in front of your family and friends. Why not make this into something special? This is your day and your moment, make it a special experience that you will remember for the rest of your life.
Share your wedding dance stories with us!
Dancer at Heart 