Let’s be honest. You can have the perfect venue and incredible food, but a dull atmosphere will sink the entire evening. It’s the one thing that can overshadow all of an event planner’s hard work.
Your next corporate function deserves a jolt of energy, and these fresh dinner and dance games are the perfect way to deliver it. These are five dinner and dance activities guaranteed to get your guests laughing, competing, and connecting.
1. The High-Stakes Stage Musical Chairs
This is a high-energy, main-stage version of the classic game where the music is better and the competition is fiercer. It’s a fast-paced dinner and dance activity that puts your most adventurous guests directly in the spotlight.
Game Mechanics:
- Arrange chairs on stage, one fewer than the number of players.
- Play a high-energy song as participants dance around the chairs.
- Cut the music suddenly. Everyone must find a seat.
- The person left standing is eliminated from the round.
- Remove one chair and repeat until a single champion is left.
2. The Human Hand-Warmer (Ice Cube Challenge)
If you want an icebreaker that literally breaks the ice, this is it. The Human Hand-Warmer is a frantic, hilarious race against time. Pairs must work together to melt a stubborn ice cube using nothing but their combined body heat. It is a simple concept with wonderfully chaotic results.
Game Mechanics:
- Form teams of two volunteers.
- Give each pair a single ice cube.
- The first group to completely melt the ice using only their hands wins.
- The emcee acts as the referee, ensuring the cube is passed between partners to keep the energy high.
3. Silent Movie Stars (Themed Mime Charades)
This is a clever, team-based twist on classic charades that is perfect for a company dinner and dance programme. Players must act out words or phrases relevant to your company or industry, all without making a single sound. It is a fantastic test of creativity, non-verbal communication, and how well your colleagues really know their office inside jokes.
Game Mechanics:
- The dinner and dance emcee prepares a bowl of fun, company-related topics.
- Teams send one member to the stage to draw a topic.
- The player must act out the clue for their table to guess without making any sound.
- The group that guesses correctly first wins the point.
4. What’s in the Box?
This is a hilarious sensory game of suspense, bravery, and fantastic facial expressions. A volunteer places their hands inside a sealed box and must guess the mystery object using only their sense of touch. The audience’s reaction to the player’s guesses is half the fun.
Game Mechanics:
- The emcee presents a sealed box with holes for hands, containing a strange but harmless mystery object.
- Brave volunteers are invited to put their hands inside the box.
- Using only their sense of touch, they must describe what they feel and try to guess the object.
5. The “Walk-Off” Best Dressed Fashion Show
Wondering how to make dinner and dance parties more fun and interactive? Instead of just announcing a “best dressed” winner, turn the award into a full-blown runway show. This game gives the night’s most fashionable guests a chance to strut their stuff and have their moment in the spotlight.
Game Mechanics:
- Throughout the evening, the emcee and secret judges identify the best-dressed candidates.
- For the grand finale, all nominees are called to the stage.
- Each nominee gets their moment on the ‘runway’ set to an upbeat soundtrack.
- The winner is chosen by the loudness of the audience’s applause, making everyone a part of the decision.
Bringing Your Dinner and Dance to Life
Having a great list of games is the perfect starting point. However, the real difference is in the delivery. An experienced corporate event emcee helps make corporate events and dinner parties more fun. Their ability to read the room and manage the energy ensures the entire experience is seamless and genuinely enjoyable for everyone.
Let’s make your next Dinner & Dance the highlight of the year. Reach out to Emcee James today.
