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Is the dress too long? Does it need to be hemmed? Or is it just too poufy? I think that it it's just too poufy, it will be ok when you are actually dancing with a partner. Remember, you will have your husband holding you up while you're dancing so even if you do trip a little, you'll have him to lean against. I wouldn't throw all of your practicing out the window at all!
Thanks! I agree.
The gown grazes the floor. I think it needs to be a bit shorter? I look at pictures, and I see everyone's dress touching the floor. Is there a standard for this? 
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I don't think you actually want your dress all the way to the floor; it will be a dust mop all night long. My dress comes to about 1/4 inch above the floor, which is a very nice length for dancing and walking and whatever. If you're stepping on it, I would say it's definately too long - if you can't dance without stepping on it, then I would think you're also going to step on it other times, and tryst me, you don't want that. My sister got her heel stuck in the bottom of her crinolines while walking down the aisle, and it was not fun - she just stopped dead, and you could see her sort of kicking her foot a little under the dress, and everybody wondered what the heck was going on, including my dad, who was asking her "Is everything okay?" loud enough for half the church to hear.
Stick with your waltz song! You will impress all of your friends and family... because you have a skill that many of them don't!
We're doing a Viennese Waltz for our first dance and have been taking private lessons for 2 months.
I was also concerned about stepping on my dress. To make it worse, I have dancing shoes that are slightly shorter than the shoes I'll be wearing for the ceremony.
I explained the situation to my seamstress and brought both pairs of shoes to my fitting. My dress was hemmed for height of the ceremony shoes. She added a creative bustle to both sides of my dress to pull the front of the dress a little higher for dancing. I won't walk around all day this way but it will be great for dancing.
Stick with the waltz! I agree that it will be easier with your hubby to lean on, and your dress being bustled.
No keep your dance, for a waltz is probably one of the easier dances to do in a big dress. My only suggestion would be to get the dress hemmed higher so that when you step back, you don't step back onto your dress. Likewise, so your FH doesn't step onto your dress when he steps forward. Another suggestion would be to wear shoes that are higher than the ones that you are wearing for the rest of the day. (This is the advice that my dance instructor gave me.)
Good luck!
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My fiance and I decided to do the waltz for our first dance. We had an instructor help us choreograph the entire number.
I tried dancing in my gown (by myself) last night, and found myself stepping all over my dress. My mom suggested that we learn a completely different dance routine. After all the practice we put into this one, I don't think this is even an option! Any other suggestions?