Anyone else doing an unchoreographed first dance?

I wonder how many couples have done the dirty dancing dance. I've seen several online. I've got too much dress for that!

We aren't choreographing our first dance. We have a song picked out and will likely just do the highschool sway. Honestly, I hate attention on me and it's already enough anxiety about the idea of so many people just watching us dance. I certainly don't want to do a performance. I think it can be entertaining and like watching couples do their first dance (choreographed or not), but I believe it's a personal choice. If you don't want to, don't do it

I danced for many years and I feel many people will probably think we are doing a choreographed dance, but honestly, we just don't want to be stressed out anymore than we have to be. I think we may include a few twirls and stuff, but ultimately, I'm not sure we are really going to do a whole production.

We did the "prom sway" and honestly it was my least favorite moment of the night. Our song was way too slow and I felt really uncomfortable with everyone staring at us for so long. Test out your song before the big day!

We're not doing a choreographed dance but we are thinking abouttaking a class. One of the dance studios near us has a "First Dance 101" class. I was suprised by how easily FH agreed to it when I brought it up to him.

We are but it's not going to be something crazy. We have done ballroom lessons together for fun and it's a way to do something that we shared together. I like the rumba so we are having a couple lessons to just make it smooth. I don't like the prom sway. At least do a simple box step or something

We're just going to wing it. We both love to dance and are comfortable with how that will look vs a choreographed dance.

We haven't choreographed it, but we've been taking lessons since May. Actually just practiced in the kitchen before bed. We're doing a rumba, we know 4 different "moves" and we have a planned opening and end. We plan to just dance and throw in the moves as we feel like it. We wanted to feel confident and do more than just sway, without having a crazy dance that's awkward for everyone to watch. We're even sticking with lesson post-wedding we had so much fun...next up, swing!

We are just swaying. We practiced tonight and tried different hand placements and spins. Definitely not choreographing anything, just want a few minutes with my FH where we can soak in the amazing day.

Uh, no. We just slow danced. The first dance is for the couple, IMO, not the crowd!

We joked about learning the final dance from dirty dancing - but that's as far as we got. We are going to go with the flow!

Well we (husband and I) choreographed our dance (not with a professional, just us creating our dance steps) we did a typical slow dance, than a soca song (he is from Trinidad) and ended with a salsa song (I am from Nicaragua) no longer than 5 minutes total. You don't have to do a choreographed dance if you don't want to. We did it because we wanted to mix both our cultures in the entire wedding, but it really up to you too.

We didn't want the prom sway. We did that at prom.

We toon dance classes so we knew steps and tricks but did not choreograph anything but our entrance and dip finish. We just went with what felt natural to us in the moment. Plus we had a ton of fun doing it

A full song swaying around with everyone staring at you is an eternity. We forgot about everyone else because we were having so much fun with ours.

We're not doing anything choreographed. The only "choreography" in our reception is going to be when Dad and I do the Time Warp (not as our father-daughter dance).

Totally agree with you, OP. I think they are kinda tacky. I've seen some that are a little funny, but meh. Is that really how your first dance should be? A comedy routine for your guests? Or on the opposite end of the spectrum, a weird Dirty Dancing impression that looks stiff and like you paid way too much money for dance lessons that didn't quite pay off? I tend to agree that it should be an intimate moment between husband and wife, enjoying that connection for the first time among family and friends. Unless dancing is integral to you, your hobbies, or it is miraculously your career, I don't see the need.

All I want is for my fiance and I to be able to slow dance together competently without stepping on each other's feet, lol.

We didn't... We dance just fine without it looking like a scene from some lame a$$ movie/TV show.