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EXCLUSIVE: "Dancing With The Stars" Couple Gives 3 First Dance Finishers

  • Writer: Sophisticated Weddings
    Sophisticated Weddings
  • Jul 1
  • 2 min read

"Dancing With The Stars" pros - and real life married couple- Daniella Karagach and Pasha Pashkov- have graced the cover and pages of "Sophisticated Weddings". And - if you're like us - you've thoroughly enjoyed watching them perform on DWTS. Particularly Daniella's Season 30 Mirrorball Trophy win with partner Iman Shumpert- formerly of the New York Knicks.


Right around the time "Sophisticated Weddings" photographed the prancing pair at New Jersey's Château Grande Hotel for their magazine cover and feature: "Ain't Love GRANDE", Daniella and Pasha had just launched: WeddingDance.School, an online dance platform offering fully choreographed, step-by-step first dance lessons tailored for couples with zero prior dance experience. So who better than this dynamic dancing duo to give guidance to couples on their own first dance at their wedding?


Have a look at the video below for three fantastic first dance finishers that you can try in your living room.




The first finisher Daniella and Pasha demonstrate in their video is a classic dip. On a difficulty scale of 1 to 5, with five being the most difficult, we give it a 3. Maybe a 2.5.


Next, we have the pretzel cuddle. We're a little partial to this one. Best of all, it's the easiest finisher, with a difficulty rating of 1.5.


Finally, we have the kneel. This finisher is the most dramatic and the least seen. It has a difficulty rating of 3.5. Maybe 4. It requires the groom to have good balance and pants with some room to get down.


With all three of these moves we recommend taking into consideration the bride's dress, hair, and shoes. We also highly recommend couples practice. In fact, on the subject of rehearsing, we have a little extra advice from Daniella; "We definitely recommend finding a similar silhouette skirt and shoes for the ladies so they can practice in something close to what they will wear at their wedding."


One more piece of advice concerning your first dance finisher: give your photographer and videographer the heads up for what you have planned. You'll want them to be in the perfect spot to capture it.


...so you can watch it together at a later date and give yourselves scores.

 
 
 

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