…It’s not a surprise anymore; it happened! What a perfect amazing wedding. Here you are making it happen!
Below for the archives 🙂
Here’s the deal:
The song is “Diva” by Dana International (lyrics). We’re dancing to the Israeli dance cut of the song.
I’m sorry for all the background noise in all the videos! I had no quiet place I could film 🤷♀️ Here’s the big story:
Now, watch and practice from the videos that are just for your group:
Group One Teaching video – watch this to learn your steps
Group One Music video – here’s the whole song with me just doing your parts
(I’m sorry, group one, I didn’t do the best job with your videos so you might be a little confused. You are on the dance floor three times: 1) the beginning, you start us off and do both halves of your part. Then you leave, stage right. 2)Wait for group 2 to dance and group 3 and then you come back on behind group 3 and do the second half of your part with them! Then you leave again. 3) Watch group 2 go again, watch group 4 start their part, and then when they make the circle you come back on for the last time along with everyone and do the “everybody step” to finish the dance.)
Group Two Teaching video – watch this to learn your steps!
Group Two Music video – here’s the whole song with me just doing your parts.
Group Three Teaching video – watch this to learn your steps!
Group Three Music video – here’s the whole song with me just doing your parts!
Group Four Teaching video – watch this to learn your steps
Group Four Music video – here’s the whole song with me just doing your parts
Here’s a video of the whole song with me doing all the parts – maybe helpful?
And here’s the overall structure in case your brain works that way:
Group One begins the dance and dances through the first verse, which has a first half and a second half. They leave to stage right.
Group Two enters and does their part to what I will call the bridge. They exit.
Group Three enters while group two is finishing and dances to the chorus, once through. Then Group One joins them, behind them, and groups one and three together do the second half of the verse. They leave to separate sides (group one to right as before; group two to the left).
Group Two enters and does their part to the bridge AGAIN and exits again.
Group Four enters and does the “everybody step” to the chorus: once to enter, then once to the back of the dance floor to the clump. They do the special snapping step forward three times, then they spread out into the big circle (and keep going as…)
Groups One, Two, and Three all join Four in the circle(s) and everyone does the everybody going around the circle (and eventually around our bride and groom) and on the last (fourth) time through, skip the side-behind-side step and just rush the center for a big group hug!!
REMEMBER – THIS IS FOR FUN! FOR JAKE AND CAMILLE! SMILE AND KEEP GOING NO MATTER WHAT! They’ll love it ❤
Dance With Erica 