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How To: Dance Jumpstyle for beginners
This tutorial video is specifically designed to teach the hugely popular Euro dance, "Jumpstyle" to beginners who have little or no experience. It is recommended to wear shoes while you Jumpstyle and to stretch beforehand. Jumpstyle revolves around the music... You are supposed to jump with every step you take, as well as jump to the beat of the music.
How To: Move & dance Bollywood style
Curious how to get your hips moving and shaking like a Bollywood dancer? Ashley Lowe from WatchMojo talks to Hemalayaa Behl, a dance choreographer and yoga instructor, about the origins of Bollywood, the Indian cinema, and the most important things to remember when showing off your Bollywood moves on the dance floor like pointing your fingers, the "shrug", the silly face, and most importantly, to have fun!
How To: Jazz Pump with Hairspray actress Tabitha Lupien
From Feast for a Feast, Tabitha Lupien walks a class through a dance step - "Jazz Pumps walking forward".
How To: Cha Cha dance for kids
Cha cha cha! Does your child have that flare needed for Latin dance? Why not use this tutorial to teach them the basics of the "Cha Cha" with Julian, a professional dance instructor. Hosted by Fit for a Feast, this lesson goes into the foot work, the hips and the arms needed for the sassiest Cha Cha!
How To: Hairspray dance routine with actress Tabitha Lupien
Are you a Hairspray fan? Why not learn the routine for, "Nicest Kids in Town" from one of Hairspray actors? Tabitha Lupien, who played Becky in Hairspray gives a dance lesson for a class of youngsters for Fit for a Feast, a children's video site full of kid cooking and kid fitness videos. Incorporating jazz dance, leaps, turns, and kicks, this lesson from Tabitha is sure to get your blood pumping and your body sweating! A great way to get some exercise! this afternoon!
How To: Do the basic jerk dance
In this Jerk dancing tutorial, a young man by the name Young Maj teaches us in a few seconds how to do the basic Jerk step. After? He burst out into a crazy advanced Jerk dance full of dips and acrobats... Not for beginners or those with bad backs. 'A' for presentation however, Young Maj!
How To: Jerk (dance) - "The Drop"
In this JusJerk video, The Stick Figures (a Jerk dance crew) teach the simple "Drop" in Jerk dancing. By jumping down to your feet with bent legs and popping back up in an upright standing position, you have just "dropped". The trick and art of it all, is when you bring a variation of different dance moves between drops. Give it a try!
How To: Jerk (dance) for beginners
Just starting out with your Jerk dancing? In this JusJerk video, some ladies from the neighborhood who go by the name "L7" teach a beginning Jerk dancer the basic Jerk step, as well as the Pin Drop and Reject.
How To: Jerk (dance) - "Pin Drop & Break Leg"
JusJerk and Jerk dance crew, the Stick Figures demonstrate how a "Pin Drop" is done in the world of Jerking, and later, how variations of the Pin Drop (sometimes also referred to as the "Knee Drop") can lead to multiple Pin Drops in a row and/or some pretty impressive acrobats. Later in this tutorial, the Stick Figures show how to do "The Break Leg Pin Drop" by dipping and "breaking the legs". We're guessing they mean this figuratively.
How To: Jerk (dance) - "Break Ankle & Toe Op"
JusJerk gives the Stick Figures (a Jerk dance crew) center stage to explain how to do the "Toe Op" and a little move the Stick Figures like to call "The Break Ankle". These moves are for advanced Jerkers, so beware beginners! You might just break your ankle if you don't do it correctly!
How To: Jerk (dance) - "The Jig"
Stick Figures, a jerk dance crew, show JusJerk the difference between The Dougie and The Jig and describe how its differences are not only in movement, but more in attitude. Don't miss the free-style Jerking in the beginning of the video! Who knows, it may inspire some new moves!
How To: Jerk (dance) - "Stick Step"
JusJerk brings us a tutorial by the Stick Figures, a jerk dance crew, on how to do a signature Stick Figures move the "Stick Step". There isn't much instruction in this video, but I'm willing to bet if you watch it enough times on repeat, you might just get the Stick Step down. Good luck!
How To: Dougie (dance)
JusJerk has the Stick Figures, a jerk dance crew, show us how and what the "Dougie" looks like, a popular dance from Georgia that has spread out through out the United States. Watch and get inspired as several Stick Figure members show off their best Dougie moves.
How To: Jerk (dance) - "Stick Walk"
Stick Figures, a Jerk dance crew, show JusJerk their famous variation of the Stick Walk by mixing an older move known as the "Clown Walk" with "the Reject". Quickly going through a step by step instructional, study fast to steal the Stick Figures' unique family recipe.
How To: Jerk (dance) - Ten easy steps
Smash Bros LA, also known as SBLA, is a Jerk dance crew from Los Angeles, consisting of six members who have taken their jerkin' skills to the Interweb with this tutorial on Jerk dancing. Within the video, SBLA go over how they perform ten jerk moves, and how you can do it the easy way. Moves include: The Reject, Dip, Pin-Drop, Spongebob, and Berries & Cream.
How To: Jerk (dance) - Advanced "Pindrops"
Know how to do the pindrop? Well, how about the advanced pindrop? Team ExClu$!v3, an advanced team of jerk dancers, take us through a couple advanced pindrop (sometimes known as the "baydrip") moves including the "Hell Drop" and "The Stickpin" ...meaning you stick your leg and hold it at all times, coming up spinning? Confused? Watch the video. Team Exclu$sive makes is all look so easy.
How To: Jerk (dance) - The "ReJect"
Curious how to Jerk dance? Team ExClu$!v3 is here to show us all we need to know in the world of jerk dancing. Instructors Michaelangelo and Donatello take us step by step through a move called "the ReJect" making it look easy, but don't get fooled! The ReJect is quite difficult and is in actuality, a highly technical move... So be sure to watch closely and don't be afraid to rewind and re-watch until you have it down smooth!
How To: Jerk (dance) - "The Pindrop / Baydip"
How do you do that "thingy" on the dance floor where you fake drop on your knee and look cool? For those of us who wonder what it takes to bust a move, we luckily have Team ExClu$!v3 tutorials on how to Jerk dance. In this jerk dance instructional video, Team Exclusive give foot by foot instructions on how to do the "Pindrop", other times known as the "Baydip". This is an advanced jerkin' move, so be careful... You may break something!
How To: Jerk (dance) - "The LOL Kid$ Ject"
For those of us who wonder what it takes to rip it up on a dance floor, we luckily have Team ExClu$!v3 tutorials on how to Jerk dance. In this jerk dance demonstration video, the jerking masters start off with instructions on how to take the "Original Ject" to the "LOL Kid$ Ject". This is an advanced tutorial, so for those of you just starting out with your jerkin', make sure you get in enough practice before you make your jerk dance debut or you just might look like a jerk!
How To: Warm up before you start belly dancing
Meital demonstrates how to warm up before you start belly dancing. You should do 20 minutes of aerobic activity first. You also need to stretch your body. Don't hurt yourself.
How To: Add flair to your belly dancing with arm movements
Meital demonstrates how you can add flair to your belly dancing with arm movements. First, move you neck side to side, then your arms and hands.
How To: Dance the C-Walk Shuffle
Learn how to do The Shuffle - A basic move in the C-Walk style of Hip-Hop and urban dance.
How To: Dance to 'Lip Gloss' by Lil Mama
Learn how to dance to “Lip Gloss”. Dancer, choreographer and vocalist, Samantha Davies teaches us an intermediate hip hop dance. This is for “Lip Gloss” by Lil Mama.
How To: Do the Miley Cyrus Hoedown Throwdown dance
Kids... it's dance time! Check out this dance video tutorial on how to do the Miley Cyrus Hoedown Throwdown dance. This dance is from the Hannah Montana movie from 2009 where Miley Cyrus performs the Hoedown Throwdown in Tennessee.
News: Walk It Out Street-Tap-Style
Hip hop music + outdoor street setting makes tap dancing supremely more cool (not that it wasn't cool already). Pretty sweet move starting around 1:17. Pick up some moves yourself.
How To: Dance like Beyoncé
If you want to shake your booty like Beyoncé, you'll have to work on your flexibility – and a style of dance called J-Setting.
How To: Appreciate the ballet
Got ballet tickets? Learn to appreciate and enjoy the performance with these steps. You Will Need
How To: Breakdance a flare
This is a tutorial on doing a breakdance move called a flare. Part 1 of 2 - How to Breakdance a flare.
News: The Best Beyoncé Single Ladies Dance Instructional Yet
When President Obama mimics your move, it's gold. Beyoncé's iconic Single Ladies dance has made history in a bevy of ways. For months, it has hovered atop the Billboard charts.
How to Moonwalk: Michael Jackson's signature dance move
Lindyhopper49, a huge fan of the "King of Pop", will teach you how to dance like Michael Jackson. He's not a professional dancer, but he does have some great advice and information on how to to Jackson's most famous moves.
How To: Dance without embarrassing yourself
It's easier than you might think to shake your moneymaker. Even if you happen to be a maniac on the floor.
How To: Dance Michael Jackson's signature mannerisms
Lindyhopper49, a huge fan of the "King of Pop", will teach you how to dance like Michael Jackson. He's not a professional dancer, but he does have some great advice and information on how to to Jackson's most famous moves.
How To: windmill
Hip hop windmill. Not Dutch windmill. This 6-step tutorial is elegant. Hi resolution. Tasteful chyron. Appropriate b-roll. Most intriguing is the host's continuous, non verbal breakdown of the athletic motions. Mime like instructions.
How To: dance with Napoleon Dynamite
Ok. This is an experiment in excellence. Never before have I recommended a non-embedded video. Until now.
News: Pop it!
Popping is a form of hip-hop. Imagine a dance that's part Mr Roboto, part pelvis spasm.
News: Hypnotize me with those hips
Ahhh. Obsession. Specifically, Stephen. When the market dove 700 points last week, he was watching this video, on repeat, mumbling something entirely incoherent.
News: Dance with inmates and zombies to Thriller
Michael Jackson's iconic Thriller is experiencing a revival. In the Phillipines, prisoners are undergoing rehabilitation through extensively choreographed dance. This video shows hundreds of orange suited inmates dancing in unison to Thriller. Michael Jackson's iconic Thriller is experiencing a revival. In the Phillipines, prisoners are undergoing rehabilitation through extensively choreographed dance. This video shows hundreds of orange suited inmates dancing in unison to Thriller.
News: Shimmy like Beyonce (wearing a mankini)
OMG!!! Shane. You go girl! Shane Mercado is a viral video phenom. He dances to Beyoncé's 'Single Ladies' without missing a beat... and in a single take! Yes, B gets dozens of cuts, but Shane's webcam never pauses.
News: Hypnotize me with hot, hot hips
Congratulations to Romanian belly dancer Mihaela Coman, winner of the 2008 WonderHowTo Dance Award! Despite being called 'belly' dance, it's all about the hips. Girl, your hips have won everyone over!
News: Pole dance with impressive acrobatics
Move over Carmen Elektra. Veena's got more than just stretches and sashays in her stripper workout. From her bedroom studio, Veena showcases some gravity-defying pole dance moves. Her handsprings and cartwheels should earn much more than dollar bills.