You know you want to learn a routine or have dance lessons for your
First Wedding Dance, and may even have played out how the first dance might look in your heads. The many viral wedding dance videos may have been inspiration for your daydreams – but which style of dance should you choose? Over the coming week we’ll release a dance style per day as part of our guide to helping you decide.
A guide to choosing your First Wedding Dance Style
First Dance Styles
The Song
You probably know which song you’d like to dance to on your special day. Without dance lessons or prior preparation, the gentle sway from side to side may be some couples’ natural go-to groove for the more traditional slow song, or for something more up tempo, a fun ‘we’re in the disco style’ bop might do.
For something a little more memorable however, to either give yourselves a bit of a confidence boost on the day, or to give your guests something to talk about, a little choreography (let’s call it a structured routine if that sounds scary), or dance lessons in a style that suits your song could be for you.
The Style
Your The Love Of Dance teacher is more likely to teach you the ‘social’ style of dance forms rather than the formal, more structured competition style. You may see variations in footwork in comparison to styles of dance you see on tv as there are quite often different variations of each type, so don’t worry if your style doesn’t look exactly like you’ve seen on TV dance competitions etc. We aim however to leave you with a good foundation in your style for you to carry with you forever more!
Style and Music in Harmony
The Love of Dance teachers will work with you and your choice of song/s to find a style of dance that works with the music. I say either ‘song’ or ‘songs’, as you may either be stuck on which song of many to choose from, in which case a consultation with us will demonstrate and allow you to try a few dance styles to suss out what you feel comfortable with, or you may want a medley of songs, so your teacher may suggest you have a little mash-up of dance styles to create a really impressive routine! Your teacher will also get to know you and help to create the bespoke routine unique to your personalities, abilities and initial visions you may have.
…but we don’t have a Song?
You may even have the style of dance in mind, but not a clue of a suitable song to go with your style. We can advise here too, giving you some songs to listen to if need be. There are many websites giving First Dance Song inspiration – just have a google search and see what comes up.
Live Entertainment
You may have a live wedding band and you could talk to them about performing the first dance song for you. Make sure you give them the same version of the song you’ve got in mind so they play the right arrangement as you are unlikely to get a rehearsal with them. The Love of Dance can also provide live music to suit a desired theme or musical taste, taking the hassle out of finding music yourselves. Visit our
Event Entertainment Page for more info and
contact us to discuss.