Wedding Dance Curriculum – Part 3
Today it’s all about turns! We teach On the Spot Turns for leaders and followers and Traveling Turns for followers. We also show a few variations. The 3rd video is about Brushes. This technique definitely goes into the “optional” category. It’s nice when it’s done smoothly but if it’s not smooth it’s…well, terrible. There is no middle […]
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In this we will discuss the step we teach and why we teach that particular step. We will also show 2 simple moves what we teach to our clients. We use them as “buffer” or “linking” moves. The StepThe use the simplest possible step, the marching step. Why? Simplicity. Steps are the biggest stumbling block for non-dancers. It […]
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The Draft First, we will show the 2 videos below to our clients to demonstrate what we teach. The first video is a demonstration of the fundamentals dance skills required for a basic choreography. We teach this to all our clients. The second video demonstrates our catalog of moves and patterns and how we can build on […]
Continue readingIt All Starts With The Music
Picking a SongFor the lucky couples, it’s easy, they have a song they both loved and that is meaningful to them. They might have met at a concert, dance together for the first time on that song, kissed for the first time while it was playing in the background….. For others, it’s more difficult. Their musical […]
Continue readingTeaching Dance: 7 Tips
7 Tips to Become a Better Wedding Dance Choreographer. This articles deals with general tips in relation to teaching, which will obviously be the first step in the process. Following articles will be a lot more specific and will focus on particular challenges, techniques, dance patterns… The question of what makes a great teacher has […]
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