How to learn to dance: video tutorials for those who are not afraid to try

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

If you've decided to learn how to dance, don't put it off. Just follow the instructors with the basic movements of modern, street, ballroom and social dancing.

Answers to the main questions

Is it difficult to learn to dance?

In fact, it is no more difficult than any other business in which you are new. Dance directions are very different from each other. Even if you have mastered one of them, it will be unusual for you to study the other.

However, all dances are associated with the ability to control your body. And if this is not new to you (for example, you were engaged in martial arts, gymnastics, swimming, and even more so dancing), it will be easier for you to adapt to new movements than a beginner who is not friends with his body.

Even if you have a rather wooden body, you shouldn't despair. The secret of success is constant practice.

Learning to dance with video lessons is more difficult than with courses. If your body is flexible and obedient, you can still do something similar to the movements of the instructor from the video. If not, you can quickly become disappointed in dancing: the difference between what is shown in the video and what you will see in the mirror will be too strong.

Still worth a try. At least in order to determine the appropriate direction.

How many times a week do you dance?

Muscles may ache at first after exercise. But unlike strength training or running, the body does not need a recovery period.

Therefore, you can safely practice dancing all the time. One of my teachers said that you need to dance 25 hours a day. In any case, the more you dance, the more you progress.

How to learn to dance modern dances

From this direction, we have chosen three types that can often be found in the schedules of fitness clubs and dance schools. And the first is a plastic and insanely beautiful contemporary.

Contemporary

Contemporary mixed elements of modern jazz, yoga and martial arts, seasoned with improvisation and attention to breathing. This is freedom and plastic - the natural beauty of movement.

Here's a video with a contemporary combination. Try it, just remember to warm up and stretch before teaching.

And here's the second part:

By the way, about the warm-up. The video below shows a complete lesson with a warm-up, stretching and analysis of the combination. In English, but everything is clear and without translation.

If you do not have time to repeat or consider how some movement is made, set the speed to 0, 25.

If you liked the combinations, but you can't repeat them yet, here are some more videos with routine contemporary lessons.

Most likely, you will have to do the same in dance school before you can perform beautiful combinations.

Strip of plastic

Many people confuse pole exercises and strip plastic. The second is simply a sensual dance that can be performed without a pole.

Doing strip plastic, you will not be standing at the machine and pulling a sock. Everything here is based on the natural sexuality of the female body. Of course, many teachers diversify strip plastic with elements of contemporary or modern, Latin American dances and other directions, but everything depends on the teacher.

How beautiful your dance will look depends again on how well you are able to control your body, how mobile your joints are and how stretched your muscles and tendons are.

The video below contains an analysis of the combination. Not too simple, but very sensual and beautiful. And you don't have to move around on the floor, so your knees won't get hurt.

And here is a playlist with strip plastic lessons from different dance schools. There are individual movements and combinations here.

And one more, simpler combination. Try it if the first one doesn't work out.

Belly dance (belly dance)

This is a sensual and beautiful dance that, among other things, helps to develop plasticity and even get rid of some health problems.

There are a lot of belly dance lessons on YouTube. Some of them are presented below.

The main movements are very easily explained here:

And the second part:

Below is a playlist of five beginner lessons from another teacher.

How to learn to dance street dance

Hip-hop

Hip Hop has only been around for about 50 years. But during this time, many directions and styles have appeared, with different elements, plastics, and special features.

In addition, modern hip-hop is often complemented by movements from other dance styles, which provides even richer vocabulary and original combinations.

But before you come up with your own bundles, you need to master the base. In the playlist below you will find basic movements, steps and many combinations. Explain everything is available. If you are not in time, reduce the video speed.

The videos for the next big playlist explain the concepts of inertia, manipulation, and isolation in hip-hop. There is also a story about improvisation, behavior in battle if you are ready for this, and several options for ground hip-hop movements (on the floor) to diversify your combinations.

Brakedance

Break dance consists of different elements: tricks and power movements on the floor, waves, fixations, as well as changing the levels at which the dance is performed.

Here on this channel there is training in different styles: Waving, King Tut, Robot, - analysis of the technique of power elements and basic movements at different levels.

Below is a video with a detailed analysis of the "6 steps" element from Footwork.

And here you can see how the "turtle" is performed.

Here is a voluminous playlist, in which there are quite a few break dance elements with a detailed analysis of the technique of dance and strength elements.

Twerk

A sexy dance in which you need to actively work with the buttocks, hips, abdomen and arms. In this playlist you will find several lessons with the analysis of the movements of the twerk.

How to learn to dance ballroom dancing

Waltz

At least once in your life, a waltz will probably come in handy. Moreover, dancing it at an amateur level is not so difficult.

Here are four good lessons that will teach you how to hold hands and perform the basic waltz steps in pairs or singly.

How to learn to dance social dancing

Social dancing is not created for competition, but for communication between partners and for having fun. Here improvisation is welcomed, through which the dancer can express himself, his feelings and emotions.

Bachata

This dance is originally from the Dominican Republic. He is very sensual and sometimes erotic. The base of bachata is four steps with an emphasis on the latter. In the dance, there are rotations and throws of the partner, small supports.

Despite the fact that bachata is a pair dance, solo combinations can also be taught. For example, if you don't have a partner yet.

The video below provides an overview of the main steps. Where to transfer body weight, how to hold hands, how to focus - everything is described in detail.

And here is a variation of bachata from the same teacher.

Below is a playlist for those who want to dance bachata in pairs. These are Dominican bachata lessons from the Imagine dance school.

Kizomba

This passionate pair dance is from Africa, more specifically from Angola. It is now performed all over the world and is especially popular in France and Portugal.

Steps, a lot of hip work and close contact with a partner. Sometimes very tight. For example, in the Tarraxinha style, a slower and more sensual version of this social dance.

Here is a playlist with kizomba lessons.

And another playlist with videos from another dance studio.