He looks at you, you look at him, and you dance your first wedding waltz. No matter how wedding traditions change and transformed, it seems the wedding dance is one of them, without which rarely happens at weddings. However, there is something beautiful and protective about dancing as husband and wife for the first time. how what and to what music to dance - that is up to the couple themselves.

The most popular – slow waltz, Viennese Waltz and contemporary dances

We are long gone from the age when the waltz was considered the only correct and acceptable wedding dance.

True, it is still in demand, but certainly no longer mandatory. At the moment, when couples are preparing for a wedding, they ask more than just the question of whether they would like a wedding dance, but also in which dance style they would most like to express themselves.

Joy of dancing studio teacher indicates that the three most popular trends for wedding dances are the traditional slow waltz, the Viennese waltz and the contemporary or contemporary dances. Of course, there are couples who will also prefer Latin American dances (cha-cha-cha, jive), tango, for rumba, swing, lindy hop and various productions with a mix of dance styles.

Joy of dancing dance the studio indicates that several factors should be taken into account when choosing a wedding dance style.

1. "First of all, you have to choose the music - the style of dance mainly depends on it, and the instructor will help realize.
2. Secondly, it is no less important to understand how much the couple is prepared in dance directions - the teacher can judge that already after the first lesson," so Deotprieks .

The first dance together with the entire folk dance team

Couples who have already performed their first wedding dance indicate that rehearsing the dance with a professional dance instructor was also as a way of spending time together before the wedding.

Most often, to professionally put together a dance, you need at least 8 lessons, so two months before the wedding the couple will have the opportunity to spend more time together. If the couple does not want to attend classes with a professional teacher, then there is an alternative to stage the dance yourself.

More than one couple has used this opportunity, learning both from Youtube and friends and recommendations from acquaintances.

On the other hand, those couples (and there is no shortage of such in Latvia) who dance folk dances, often choose their wedding dance directly one of the many folk dances, sometimes performing it even with the whole dance team. This solution is great also connects with the idea that the couple should choose a dance that best describes them.

Involve wedding guests

Those couples who want to surprise their guests even more often decide in favor of a dance with various surprises elements. It can be, for example, a dance mixed from different dance steps and musical styles, a traditional waltz suddenly replaced by some nineties pop medley. Sometimes a part of the guests are also involved in the dance by hosting a kind of flashmob and surprising the other guests. Wedding dances can be staged both with the new couple parents, children, and friends of the bride and groom. They can be dances of different styles in different time periods.

Wedding dance immediately after the ceremony

Who said that the right time for a wedding dance is only during the evening celebrations?

The right moment can also be the moment when you have just become husband and wife.

The wedding dance immediately after the ceremony can be both a pleasant surprise for the wedding guests and an adventure for the newlyweds themselves for a couple. In this way, the dance can also serve as a kind of closing ceremony, especially if it is danced before the guests managed to congratulate the new couple.

Such a concept can be chosen by those couples who like not only classic but also various non-traditional things. In addition it is a great moment for the wedding dance also because the couple gets the undivided attention of the guests, no one is too drunk a lot, haven't gone to bed, and everyone is in one place.

Author of the article: LIENE PÄLĆA

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