The Dances

Dances are something girls get someone to choreograph, so they look clean the day of the party. There is usually a father-daughter dance and surprise dance with the court. Girls can choose any song they want for their surprise dance. The surprise dance also comes with an outfit of choice. Most include dance styles such as waltz, bachata, huapango, duranguense, cumbia, reggaeton, norteñas, and quebraditas.“Picking my waltz and surprise dance songs was probably harder than picking my quince dress for me,” Ashley said. “These dances would be seen by everyone, so in my mind they had to be perfect.”

For her first two songs, she went with something slower.
“For my surprise dance, I went with three songs that were cut and edited into about a 3-minute song,” she said. This dance included a norteñas, then a huapango, and lastly a cumbia.

“The thing I enjoyed the most were the practices,” she said. “My court and I practiced two times every week for three months; spending time with them was certainly one of the best parts of my quince.”