Is your wedding coming soon? If so you may want to prepare for your First Dance as a married couple. Here are some tips that can help you enjoy your First Dance at your Wedding Reception.
1. Pick a song that you both love. Don't worry so much about whether it is good dance music. A creative dance teacher can always help you dance to it. If you love the music and are excited about it, this will show in your dancing.
2. Decide whether you want to just satisfy the demands of tradition or whether you want to really learn to dance and experience the joy of dancing. Couples who dance together regularly have a special bonding. There is a real joy that comes from being able to move together like one creature with 4 legs. It can be a great hobby that the two of you can enjoy the rest of your life. If really want to get the most out of dancing, don't wait until a week or even a month before you wedding. Instead take dance lessons immediately and then start going out together to local clubs or to a ballroom and enjoy dancing. Do it once a week at least! Then by the time your wedding arrives you will be really comfortable with dancing and you can enjoy your First Dance at your wedding reception.
If you don't care that much about learning to dance, it is probably best to wait until about 1 or 2 months before your wedding to take lessons. If your wedding is tomorrow, there is still time. Even one lesson can help!
3. Be clear about what your goals are with respect to dance lessons. Find a teacher who can work with you and your ability level. Some teachers may try to turn you into ballroom dancers, which is fine if that is your goal. However, if you just want to add a little something extra to your dance to make it special, that's a different kind of goal.
4. Take notes at the lesson and write down a short name for each dance figure you are learning. If the teacher doesn't tell you the name, ask.
5. Don't try to choreography exactly the dance moves you will be doing. It will look unnatural and artificial. Instead learn to lead and follow. But have a general plan for the moves to be used during the dance. Write down the names of the dance figures and the order in which you will do them. Have a basic step in mind that you can do when you can remember what else to do.
6. Learn to keep going and recover if you don't remember the planned choreography. Practice moves that can be used just for the purpose of dealing with a situation where you have forgoten your steps. For example, you both break apart from each other for a moment look into each others eyes with a broad smile and do a "hair brush." then step forward toward each other and reconnect in close dance position. Or the leader can beckon seductively to the follower to come to him. After reconnecting, you can continue again with a planned sequence of moves.
7. Have fun and smile. Don't take it to seriously. Remember the leader and follower have difference purposes. The purpose of the leader is the follower's pleasure. The purpose of the follower is to "be pleasured. "
8. Consider getting an instructional video to help learn to dance. Nothing beats a live instructor, but an instructional video can help you review of the basics. Check out the tango videos here.
9. Work out an entrance routine and a finishing routine for the dance. A dip is often a nice touch at the end of the song. You can see an example of an interesting ending routine here ==> Private Wedding dance lessons.
10. Remember that if anything goes wrong, it is ALWAYS the leader's fault. This will save a lot of arguments. :)
Warmest regards,
Phil Seyer
http://www.LoveMusicLoveDance.com
Tags for this article: private dance lessons, wedding dance lessons, learning to dance, instructional dance videos, dance lesson tips, First Dance
1. Pick a song that you both love. Don't worry so much about whether it is good dance music. A creative dance teacher can always help you dance to it. If you love the music and are excited about it, this will show in your dancing.
2. Decide whether you want to just satisfy the demands of tradition or whether you want to really learn to dance and experience the joy of dancing. Couples who dance together regularly have a special bonding. There is a real joy that comes from being able to move together like one creature with 4 legs. It can be a great hobby that the two of you can enjoy the rest of your life. If really want to get the most out of dancing, don't wait until a week or even a month before you wedding. Instead take dance lessons immediately and then start going out together to local clubs or to a ballroom and enjoy dancing. Do it once a week at least! Then by the time your wedding arrives you will be really comfortable with dancing and you can enjoy your First Dance at your wedding reception.
If you don't care that much about learning to dance, it is probably best to wait until about 1 or 2 months before your wedding to take lessons. If your wedding is tomorrow, there is still time. Even one lesson can help!
3. Be clear about what your goals are with respect to dance lessons. Find a teacher who can work with you and your ability level. Some teachers may try to turn you into ballroom dancers, which is fine if that is your goal. However, if you just want to add a little something extra to your dance to make it special, that's a different kind of goal.
4. Take notes at the lesson and write down a short name for each dance figure you are learning. If the teacher doesn't tell you the name, ask.
5. Don't try to choreography exactly the dance moves you will be doing. It will look unnatural and artificial. Instead learn to lead and follow. But have a general plan for the moves to be used during the dance. Write down the names of the dance figures and the order in which you will do them. Have a basic step in mind that you can do when you can remember what else to do.
6. Learn to keep going and recover if you don't remember the planned choreography. Practice moves that can be used just for the purpose of dealing with a situation where you have forgoten your steps. For example, you both break apart from each other for a moment look into each others eyes with a broad smile and do a "hair brush." then step forward toward each other and reconnect in close dance position. Or the leader can beckon seductively to the follower to come to him. After reconnecting, you can continue again with a planned sequence of moves.
7. Have fun and smile. Don't take it to seriously. Remember the leader and follower have difference purposes. The purpose of the leader is the follower's pleasure. The purpose of the follower is to "be pleasured. "
8. Consider getting an instructional video to help learn to dance. Nothing beats a live instructor, but an instructional video can help you review of the basics. Check out the tango videos here.
9. Work out an entrance routine and a finishing routine for the dance. A dip is often a nice touch at the end of the song. You can see an example of an interesting ending routine here ==> Private Wedding dance lessons.
10. Remember that if anything goes wrong, it is ALWAYS the leader's fault. This will save a lot of arguments. :)
Warmest regards,
Phil Seyer
http://www.LoveMusicLoveDance.com
Tags for this article: private dance lessons, wedding dance lessons, learning to dance, instructional dance videos, dance lesson tips, First Dance
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