WEDDING PARTY DANCE
Wedding party dances are a hot reception addition these days! You might ask, “What exactly is a Wedding Party Dance?” Well you can go to YouTube and type in “wedding party dance” and see lots of them.
Usually it’s a somewhat choreographed dance done by the entire wedding party to really “kick-off” the reception and add that little extra special personal touch to your day to remember. Sometimes the bride and groom are in the wedding party dance and sometimes the wedding party does the dance for the bride and groom.
The wedding party dance can be performed to just one song or to a couple or group of songs. I’ve worked with waltzes, popular tunes and oldie but goodies. One group decided they wanted “I’m Too Sexy” which was very whimsical to choreograph to (we did a lot of fun blocking and miming of the words) and another group really liked “I Feel Good” which had us into "retro-flower/power moves" that really stirred up the crowd!
Wedding Party Dances are all in fun and are fun to do!
Bride and groom - Ruth and Michael and their wonderful wedding party of eight (pictured right) did a very ambitious Wedding Party Dance to “All The Right Moves” by OneRepublic. Click here for the glam YouTube of this popular song. And they decided that they and their wedding party would wear masks, as if at a masked ball, and perform a near facsimile of the waltz type dance you see dancers dancing onYouTube in front of the band.
We didn’t have a lot of rehearsal time since everyone was coming from all over and we had to literally rehearse at the last minute! But we videotaped it for everyone to review it that night and rehearsed our feet off for a couple of hours. And I think it came out quite well! Click here if you'd like to see our practice run through with me calling out the moves to cheer my wonderful dancers on!
So if you’re thinking about a Wedding Party Dance here’s a couple of things to consider:
1) Is everyone in your wedding party ok with a group dance?
2) What song(s) do you like that you think will inspire them to really go crazy and be fun for everyone else to watch?
3) Can everyone in your wedding party get together to rehearse at least one time for a couple of hours?
4) Do you want to use any props or special effects?
5) When during your reception do you want to do the dance?
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Let your imagination soar and consider the Wedding Party Dance as yet another fun way to personalize your wedding reception. Your guests will be talking about it for years to come and you can bet your wedding party won’t forget the dance they did together either!
Make your first dance as husband and wife as special as everything else on your wedding day!