Sorry papa I was planing to answer your post in lentgh yesterday but I was just to tired to do so. In short the mitzvah tanz is usualy after bentching while sometimes a rebbe might dance other times during the wedding if his schedule dosent permit him to stay longer. The family members (grandparents, uncles, will be called upon by a badchen to dance before the chusen and kallah. Thats basically what it is. there are many different minhagim as to the details. The point that its the most important part of the wedding, obviously the chupa IS the wedding but we are talking about the spiritual part. there is also many kabalistic inyonim (like some rebbes spelling out hashems name but thats not the ikur).
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