Choosing Wedding Slow Dances

Brides and grooms: your wedding slow dance choices project volumes about your relationship. Victims of a lack of preparation not only bore their guests with the unskillful bob-and-sway, but send a message that as a couple, they’re not in synch. Choose to make the moment memorable with underarm turns, dips and leans expertly completed in time to the music. You’ll get true enjoyment out of each slow dance and your guests will view your skill as an expression of romance.
When choosing deliberate and sensual slow dances for a wedding, consider a few key factors:

• Location – Slow dance is considered a spot dance. Participants stay in one location on the floor, so a large area is not necessary. However, it’s helpful to imagine the number of people who may be dancing at one time when determining if the space is large enough.
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• Music – Choose to slow dance throughout an entire reception and your guests will be falling asleep even with the after-cake coffee. Mix up the playlist with some up-tempo Swing or Salsa music and include some party line dances. That way, your single guests who don’t wish to ask a stranger to dance will still enjoy the night.
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• Guest dance instruction – This can be done either at your reception or beforehand. Shawn Trautman’s dance lesson DVDs make for a great wedding party gift and ensure that your guests will be prepared to dance when the big night comes.
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• Wedding party dances – Take time to consider the lyrics in any song you choose for a bride/groom, father/daughter or mother/son dance. This is a moment that you’ll always remember and honoring your slow dance partner should be foremost in your mind.

To browse through a large database of Wedding Slow Dances and other great dance music and song lists, check out Shawn Trautman’s dance music page.