Worried about one of the most important dances of your life, in front of an audience of family and friends? Don’t be. We all start somewhere.
By Your Side Dance Studio makes your wedding dance fun, stylish and an elegant crowd-pleaser.
We specialize in making you look fantastic on the dance floor with quick and easy wedding dance lessons!
Absolutely no dance experience necessary.
We have taught hundreds of couples to look great for their wedding dance!
Wedding Dance First Dance Tips and Suggestions
- Select a romantic wedding dance song with a good, easy to hear dance beat.
- Select a wedding dance song with a consistent beat. Select a wedding dance song that is less than three minutes long or have your D.J. fade it out at a specified time.
- Start practicing at least three months before your wedding day. With all that will be going on, you won’t have as much time to practice as the wedding day nears.
- Keep your eyes off the floor or you’ll end up with a lot of wedding dance photos of the top of your head!
- Find out how large or small your wedding dance floor is going to be so you can practice your wedding dance accordingly.
- Decide ahead of time how and where you will be entering the dance floor for your wedding dance.
- Brides should practice in a long dress similar to their wedding dress or the slip to their wedding dress. You don’t want to end up stepping all over it during your first dance.
- Grooms should practice in their tuxedo jacket or a similar jacket. See how well you can lift your arms and also practice keeping your shoulders down and relaxed so you don’t end up with your shoulder pads in your ears.
- Practice in your wedding dance shoes at least a few times before the big day. Women can cover their shoes with socks or a low tack tape to prevent scuffing. Men should put Vaseline on the inside edges of their shoes if they are patent leather. Otherwise, they will stick when you dance and you might trip.
- Listen to your wedding dance music and stay on beat. Most of all, remember to relax, smile and have a good time!
The Foxtrot Wedding Dance
Foxtrot is a very glamorous dance possessing a smooth and sauntering style and is danced to a 4/4 time signature. Foxtrot originated in 1914 by a Vaudeville actor named Harry Fox. the Foxtrot is one of the most versatile of the dances because it can be danced to a variety of music styles and tempos. Visions of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers come to mind when one thinks of the Foxtrot.
The Foxtrot Wedding Dance Song & Artist Suggestions
The Waltz Wedding Dance
The Waltz is danced to a 3/4 time signature and has a strong emphasison the first beat. When dancing the Waltz, you incorporate rise and fall as to give the dance its elegance and grace. The Waltz is known as the Cinderella dance of all the ballroom dances.
The Waltz Wedding Dance Song & Artist Suggestions
- “I’ll Be”
- (Edwin McCain)
- “Come Away with Me”
- (Nora Jones)
- “Take it to the Limit”
- (The Eagles)
- “Kiss from a Rose”
- (Seal)
- “Only One Road”
- (Celine Dion)
- “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”
- (Simply Red)
- “Fascination”
- (Nat “King” Cole)
- “Moon River”
- (Andy Williams)
Wedding Plannning Resources and Vendors
Onewed.com offers wedding planning guides for brides-to-be. At Onewed.com you can search for wedding bands, wedding accessories, and wedding vendors that will make your wedding spectacular!
BridePros.com connects Professionals and Couples planning their wedding. This site creates the bridge between professionals and couples, and makes it easy for Couples to locate wedding professionals in the location of where their wedding is taking place. BridePros.com also incorporates the link to One Stop Wedding Planner, the most extensive organizational tool for Couples to keep track of every wedding detail.
BallroomDancers.com provides an active message board and forum for questions and discussions related to ballroom dance. There is also a useful directory of resources which provides listings for vendors, teachers, dance studios, organizations and websites related to ballroom dancing.
We are the premiere wedding dance studio providing professional wedding dance classes and wedding dance lessons for your first dance serving:
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