Yes, that is good advice. It's really cringeworthy to watch people "perform" for their guests. I believe the custom of guests of honor "opening the dance" was just to have them lead the way to the dance floor, with others falling in quickly behind them, not to put on a show while guests are expected to sit out the music and watch.
30 seconds or so of the bride and groom is OK but I would have family, other guests, attendants or whoever primed in advance to quickly join them on the floor. Then it seems charming and hospitable rather than something during which guests are sneaking a look at their watches or phones. The mother/son, father/daughter etc. don't have to be spectator events. People know who the cast of characters is.
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