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How to Dance Happy Feet: a Suitable Move for All Beginners

This is the basic hiphop dance technique. It's called happy feet. It looks simple at first, but you can also use it to show subtle and detailed movement in your performance. Shifting your weight drastically with a step or holding up your ankle to show control can add

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7 Ways Being Narcissistic Makes You an Exceptional Dancer

Imagine you are in a Broadway theater doing the solo dance performance. 1000s of people are watching you. Everybody's eyes are fixated with full admiration it's as if they've found a previous treasure. What kind of person are you in this image? Having an

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How to Spongebob the Right Way: From Hiphop to Shuffle

You are invited to a friend's birthday party. The house is pumped up with base sound, and you've chugged in a few shots.   Ok now, it's time for some action. Ready to get down on the floor. This is the perfect time to show

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7 Tricks to Watch Dance Videos So You Actually Get Better: Couch Potato's Guide

The other day, I was watching my new favorite dancer Koharu Sugawara. She was performing on Say My Name with astonishing 8 million views! By far, it's her most popular video. Overwhelmed by her emotional jab, I wanted to share my sensation with the fellow YouTube audience. So,

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Are Black People Actually Better Dancers?

2 years ago, I was having a vacation in Cape Town, South Africa. The city was surrounded by the blue ocean where you can see sharks, and a cliff like mountain where you can easily hike up from the city. The scenery was just magnificent. One night, we were drinking

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How to Dance Pacing in Locking

What pops up in your head when it comes to dancing in the 70s? If you search 1970s in Wikipedia, you will get funk in the music section. The notable artist includes James Brown. It was that big. Funk in dance category was no exception. Now rest assured, I am

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How to Beat Imposter Syndrome: Toolkit for Dancers Who are Scared

Let's start with a simple question... How confident are you in performing your dancing in front of other people? No matter how much experience you have, the feeling of popup showcase can be daunting.  It's true even if the people assure they won't laugh

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How to Pick Up Choreography Faster: 7 Visual Memory Tricks for Dancers

Stop blanking out on 8-counts in dance class. Learn chunking, sound-cue association, and spatial anchoring to memorize choreography in half the time.

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How to Pop: The Beginner's Guide to Muscle Contraction & Clean Hits

Master the 0.1 second flex and release. A mechanical breakdown of arm, leg, and neck pops without straining joints or looking robotic.

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12 tips to Keep Your Dance Motivation High

How often do you watch your own practice? Looking back at yourself in the video feels really terrible. It is just so much better in your head. But to get better, you need to face the reality. No one is born with Michael Jackson swag. It sucked, but in the

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How to Dance Running Man: Classic Hiphop Move

You must have heard of this step. Even Seen it. The long-running popularity of this step is one of the winner legacies from the 80s' along with moonwalk, windmill, and wave. There are many movements that dance beginners can learn easily in hiphop. Even at this site, we cover

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Imitation Improves Dancing. Tips to Keep Originality as a Dancer

You feel like doing the same move over and over. What is missing? Imitation is an important part of human education. Babies spend their entire baby life imitating parents from their language to facial expression. As we grow up, however we forget how to do this, under the false claim

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Is Dancing Aerobic or Anaerobic Exercise? Guideline to Losing Weight

Everyone needs to look after your own body. Losing weight and getting into a fine shape is everyone's ideal lifestyle for many. Dancing seems like a popular choice here. It surely is a fun exercise that involves heavy sweating. We can be proud of the new hobby as

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Surprising Benefit of Break Dancing to Your Muscle

Breakdance has potential to turn your life into creative and lively one, borrowing the words from the 67 year old break dancer. But it is not only psychology. There is a side benefit in break dancing to our physical body through muscle building. It turns out that breakdance is a

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Dancing from 60s, Live a Fulfilling Life with Street Dance

I am not sure what the age group of this blog readers. If you are elderly and over 60s, please do not hesitate to start dancing today. Although older people often think of ballroom dance like Cha Cha and Salsa as their only option, street dancing is suited for those

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Dance Beginners: 3 Requirements to Get Started in Dancing Today

For anyone who never has experienced it, the path to start dancing feels new and scary. The closest is your gym class, but it is not being taught in many schools. Starting something new is not easy. Your friends would tell you just to jump in. But if it is

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6 Dance Tips for Successfully Practicing at Home

Today is the last day of November. We are heading into the serious winter. The place I live snows a lot, you cannot barely practice outside on the street. Unless you have a friend owning a dance studio, the only way to secure self-practice is at home. When I first

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Musicality is Trainable: Dance Beginner's Ultimate Guideline

"Do you have good musicality?" I doubt there is only few who can say yes. It is something you do not come across in your life unless you have experience with musical instruments. And this is the first hurdle most people give up even the possibility of dancing

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Breakdance Tips: Troubleshooting "Chair Freeze"

Chair freeze is by far the most popular freeze type for break dancers. This is what most start off with along with other introductory moves like 6 steps, top rock, etc. It is frustrating when you cannot accomplish such foundation move however. You cannot move to the next level without

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10 Checklist Before You Commit to Dance School

The most popular way people come into the first actual dancing is through dance school. It is convenient and easy. If you want to learn anything, go to school. That is the conventional wisdom. While dance schools offer lots of values and are recommended for many beginner dancers, it is

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2 Skills Required for Every Successful Career Dancer

A street dancer who can eat only from dancing is a small portion in every society. It does not matter where you come from. Ultra-famous dancers who have won the reputable world competition such as RedBull BC contests have options. They can persuade dancing as professional career backed by major

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How to Practice Dance Isolations: 3 Daily Drills for Clean Body Control

Struggling with stiff movement? Follow this 10-minute daily isolation routine for head, ribcage, and pelvis control using the 2-point anchor technique.

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How to Make a Living with Your Dance

The street dance has been widely recognized, and a number of artists who are centered around dancing seems to be increasing more than ever. A long ago, only the accomplished dancers who passed through the world competition had the privilege of eating with dancing alone. But now, time has changed.

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Being the Only Guy in the Dance Studio Sucks

Throughout my experience, I have been to many dance studios. One thing I notice is that classes are often dominated by girls. I have even been to one dance summer camp long time ago where I was the only boy out of 32 girls. And yes, the feeling is tough.

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Hiphop Dance: Use "Charleston" for Shuffle Style

Charleston is often seen in cutting shapes style of shuffle dance. This basic step is originally from hiphop dance, but it is also suited for the shuffle. The technique is the same, but electronic dance music (EDM) and hiphop music are different in melody and tempo. That means there are