To Life: Novelty Wedding Dances

To life, to life, l'chaim!

This wedding video from 2010 ranks as my all time favourite novelty / choreographed / surprise wedding dance.  L'chaim (pronounced  le high-em or with a more gutteral 'h') is a toast in Hebrew meaning "to life", and is a song taken from the film: Fiddler on the Roof. Great Song - great video - Mazel Tov!

The trend for novelty wedding dances shows no sign of abating.   The painfully awkward shuffle of the bride and groom's first dance (mine was no exception), often the couple's first ever attempt at anything remotely resembling traditional ballroom dancing, is now increasingly being replaced by choreographed wedding dances.

About 10-15 years ago I knew of couples taking dance lessons before their weddings just to put in a competent performance for their first dance; but over recent years, it has not been enough to be merely competent - the YouTube generation are increasingly opting for polished novelty dances. Recently one such dance to Mark Ronson’s Uptown Funk went viral and has been viewed over 4 million times on YouTube.

I think, unless you can pull it off with something spectacular, these dances are becoming a bit naff - as parodied in the 2013 film "I'll Give it a Year":