• Home
  • About Us
  • Work With Us
  • Social Media News
  • Privacy & Terms
  • Thunderbolt Social Media
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Dangerous Cupcake Lifestyle

  • Travel
  • Food & Cupcakes
    • Food
    • Cupcakes
  • Wine
  • Cocktails
  • Home & Life
    • Your Home & Lifestyle
    • Wellness
    • Dogs
    • Crafts
    • Cars
    • Cool Things
  • Disney
  • Marvel
  • NASCAR
  • Entertainment
You are here: Home / Disney / My Nutcracker Dance Lesson with Pro Dancers from ABC’s Dancing with the Stars!

My Nutcracker Dance Lesson with Pro Dancers from ABC’s Dancing with the Stars!

January 25, 2019 By Donna Biroczky Leave a Comment

Tweet
Share12
Pin
12 Shares

A few months ago, I shared with you several posts about Disney’s new holiday classic, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. We attended the red carpet premiere of the adaptation of the traditional Nutcracker story, interviewed a few members of the cast (like this one with Misty Copeland), had a picnic lunch with Jim Cummings (the voice of Winnie the Pooh) in the 100 Acre Wood, and spent some time on the set of ABC’s The Kids are Alright. It was a whirlwind of memories I’ll have for a lifetime!

One additional memory is something I haven’t shared yet: we got a Nutcracker dance lesson with three pro dancers from ABC’s Dancing with the Stars!

My disclaimer here is that I am not a professional dancer, in any sense of the word. I am not the person you’ll see on the dance floor at a party, and while I have big dreams of learning how to salsa and tango, I have two left feet. The idea of learning how to dance with pro teachers both terrified me and excited me, but they made it a very fun experience with their patience and skill.

We had about 30 minutes to learn this dance, and at first, I felt like it would take forever. I surprised myself by picking up the routine pretty quickly, and while you will never see me winning the mirror ball trophy, I am kind of proud how this turned out. Watch it here for yourself!

Big shout-out to Jana Seitzer, over at Whisky + Sunshine for taking the above video!

I don’t know whether I’m more proud I didn’t fall OR that I remembered all the steps! I wore shoes that were supposedly dance-floor safe, but they were more slippery than I’d been told, so I had to specifically focus on staying in place. I think I did pretty well though!

nutcracker dance lesson

Thank you to Coralie Seright Hughes, over at Lovebugs and Postcards, for taking these photos of us doing our dance. Above, I think I was soaking in motivation from Alan. “I can do this!”

Of course, I had to perform it for the fam when I returned home. I may also have been spotted doing it randomly in my kitchen when I think no one is watching. Or listening, because I have to provide my own music….but not anymore! I recently received the music on this speaker, so I can recreate the scene properly.

Only problem? I can no longer blame me having to focus on humming the music for being the reason that my dance skills aren’t so great.

nutcracker dance lesson

More grace in action! 

This dance lesson at Pro Dance LA, owned by Gleb Savchenko and his wife, in Los Angeles on Fairfax. They offer affordable and fun lessons to the general public, and if they were closer, I’d be signing up there for my salsa lessons! Gleb, Brandon Strong and Alan Bersten were a lot of fun to be around, as we interviewed them about Dancing with the Stars and their partners. (They were also on Dancing with the Stars Junior, too!)

nutcracker dance lesson

For our dance above, we were broken up into three groups, based on three realms in the Nutcracker movie. Each of us wore a headband crafted to match the realm, and I chose the realm of the snowflakes. This is how we were divided with instructors, and after seeing the movie, I was even happier I’d chosen the bouncy snowflakes. (And you can see how I really went all out and rocked the snowflake theme when I had the chance to get my hair glammed at the pre-party! Go big or go home, right?)

Clearly, I have a lot to learn about dancing, but this song from Disney’s Nutcracker and the Four Realms, and our Nutcracker dance lesson, will be stuck in my head. The movie comes out on Blu-ray on January 29, so be sure to go pick up your copy of Disney’s latest holiday movie!

If you want to see beautiful dance in person, look to see if the Dancing with the Stars tour is coming to your hometown! You can buy tickets here and see a sneak peek of the show. I hope to utilize my complimentary tickets when it hits Long Beach or Sherman Oaks in March!

free printable coloring pages for nutcracker

Much thanks to Disney and ABC for making this bucket list dance lesson happen! (And to Disney for this group photo!)

nutcracker dance lesson

Tweet
Share12
Pin
12 Shares

Filed Under: Disney Tagged With: movie, movies

Previous Post: « How to Complete FAFSA Online for Your Teenager’s College Tuition
Next Post: Disney Movie Giveaway: Nutcracker and the Four Realms on Blu-ray January 29 »

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Primary Sidebar

Follow Us

dangerous cupcake lifestyle club 33 profile
I’m Donna, and I’m not a mommy blogger.
I’m a Gen X mom of four, a Marvel geek and creator of Dangerous Cupcake, a Southern California lifestyle blog dedicated to life after the kids grow up. As my kids enter different stages of their lives, I get to do the same, having fun, loving Disney, watching Marvel, and not letting my age define anything. Phase 2 of life is pretty amazing, and midlife isn’t a bad word. Join me in changing focus and enjoying life during our next adventure, without totally starting over. However you do it, life is short, live a little dangerously.
Donna@DangerousCupcakeLifestyle.com

We are an Amazon affiliate, which means some Amazon links you click may be our affiliate links. In that case, we may make some money IF you purchase using those links or other affiliate links.
We appreciate you!

STUFF WE WRITE ABOUT

Footer

Follow on Instagram
Life is short, so it should never be boring. Dangerous Cupcake Lifestyle is all about enjoying life, specifically midlife, finding yourself after your kids grow up and above all, keeping it real. Live dangerously. We'd love to hear from you -- let's work together!

Copyright © 2023 Dangerous Cupcake and Thunderbolt Social Media

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.Accept Read More
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT