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How To: Dance the Cupid Shuffle like Cupid
Cupid teaches everyone how to do the Cupid Shuffle from the song of the same name.
How To: Perform the Pop Around the Back Swing Lift
Lifts and throws look amazing and are great fun! Especially the pop around the back lift, which looks fabulous with any style of dance, not just swing dance. The clip below will walk you through the pop around the back lift, step by step, so you can add a new masterpiece to your dancing!
How To: Perform the Crocodile Roll Swing Lift
Lifts and throws are great fun and look amazing! And this crocodile roll lift looks fabulous with any style of dance, not just swing. The clip below will walk you through the entire crocodile roll lift, step by step, so that you can add a new masterpiece to your dancing!
How To: Perform the Rollerblind Swing Lift
Lifts and throws are great fun and look amazing! This rollerblind lift looks fabulous with any style of dance. The clip below will walk you through the rollerblind lift step by step so you can add a new masterpiece to your dancing!
How To: Learn Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal dance move
A renowned pop-culture icon, Michael Jackson revolutionized the arts of pop music and dance with his large body of work. Learn one of the most famous dance moves, his 'Smooth Criminal' move, in this step-by-step tutorial.
How To: Dance Michael Jackson's signature kick 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: Do beginning Irish Step dancing
In this instructional video dance lesson, our expert dance instructor Alicia Lagan will demonstrate the beginner's reel in Irish Step dancing. These dance steps are the basis of Irish step dancing.
How To: Master the basics of finger tutting, including tracing and starting positions
It's hard to start learning a new style of dance without someone to show you how the basic steps work. If you like finger tutting and need some help with the basics, this video is here for you. It will teach you all about tracing, starting hand positions, and other basic finger tutting techniques.
How To: Irish step dance
In this instructional video dance lesson, our expert will explain the basic stances of Irish Step dance. Additionally, you will get to see a wide variety of moves and combos demonstrated, complete with tips and suggestions for your own routines. Learn how to dazzle a crowd with your Hop Step move and when its time to use a Rock move. This series is a basic introduction to Irish step dancing for novices and beginners.
How To: Do ballet barre routines
Learn an effective ballet routine to practice your ballet. Easy dance routines are those done at the barre in each of the five positions, and they can include plies, grande plies, tondues and releves. In this video, learn how to choreograph a simple dance routine with help from an expert: Nene Ortega is a ballroom dance instructor at The Goddess Store in Hollywood, Florida. Learn more ballet from this expert by searching WonderHowTo! You're only practice time away from ruling the dance floor!
How To: Do a choreographed hip-hop dance to the song "Replay" by Iyaz
Iyaz is the latest of the Caribbean dance-hall / r&b starts to follow in the wake of Ben Kingston, and his song "Replay" has been a huge hit. If you need a good dance to use for it, look no further! This video will show you all of the choreography for an awesome dance to the song.
How To: Practice the jumpstyle dance
Check out this English jumpstyle how-to instructional video. What is "jumpstyle"? What better way is there to learn than to consult this video; this jumpstyle DANCING video.
How To: Dance basic C-Walk moves and glides
This video will teach you how to C Walk. It covers basic and advanced C Walk dance moves including: The V V Step Back V Variation
How To: Dance the Electric Slide
Learn to do the Electric Slide. This video came from a wedding of the instructor Debbie Johnson from Just4KicksDanceSchool. This goes through all the steps and she calls out the numbers, then the music comes. This is an oddly shot home movie.
How To: Do the basic king tut dance
Here are 6 king tutting movez. King tut is a popping dance move. Popping is a combination of funk and street dancing. Follow along with this visual demonstration to learn how to king tut. This king tutting tutorial is for beginners.
How To: Square dance the Allemande Left, Right Hand Turn
This square dance video teaches the following square dance calls on the mainstream list: Allemande Left, Right Hand Turn (Turn Thru), Right & Left Grand, Weave the Ring, Star Left/Right
How To: Booty dance
Your body language tells a lot about yourself...No hiding or excuses anymore when da beat drops...Learn the A-B-C of urban dance moves with Booty Basics and feel more confident on the dance floor! Every one CAN dance: just follow the step to step guide, add your special touch, and rock it!!!
How To: Perform a basic hip hop step
Learn the easiest and most effective hip hop step with this dance how to video. Follow this tutorial and you'll be droppin' it low in the clubs in no time.
How To: Do three different hip hop dance moves
This video demonstrates three different hip hop streetdance moves. If you like Chris Brown, you might like this dance tutorial video. The dancer demonstrates and provides text explaining each hip hop dance move.
How To: Do several different hip hop dance moves
This video demonstrates three different hip hop streetdance moves. If you like Chris Brown, you might like this dance tutorial video. The dancer demonstrates and provides text explaining each hip hop dance move. He does not list any of the names of the dance moves.
How To: Dance the twerk your booty dance
Learn how to twerk your booty! This is a great video that shows you exactly how you can execute a picture perfect booty twerk. You'll rule the scene the next time you go out dancing with your friends, just master these easy and basic moves in no time at all!
How To: do the Spongebob dance
Practice at home. Be fashionable. Impress your friends. Remember Darrin's Dance Grooves? You had to buy a $19.99 vhs. Pop it and lock it like 'N Synch.
How To: Shimmy in belly dancing
Learn how to belly dance, including the different styles of shimmy from Meital the exotic bellydancer. Shake you jelly belly like a pro.
How To: Do the Bunny Hop
This beginner Hip Hop dance is called the Bunny Hop. It is not like the old Bunny Hop we use to know. It is a line dance that consists of two sets of hopping in a square. Have fun.
How To: Do the Wobble soul line dance
While we admit the Wobble isn't the most sophisticated name for a dance, in practice its actually very sexy and infinitely bootylicious. If you've ever seen a Beyonce music video - or really any R&B/hip hop video with girls in booty shorts and low-cut tank tops - then you've witnessed the glory of the Wobble. Part Hustle and part gyrating, this dance will not only make you look like a goddess, but will also help sculpt your midsection and lower body into tightened perfection.
How To: Line dance to Allen Jackson's "God Bless Texas"
Check out this instructional dance video and learn how to line dance to the Allen Jackson song "God Bless Texas." Most clubs all do different line dances for this song. This tutorial provides instruction mainly for the North Carolina area, specifically the Cadillac Ranch club. This video also explains how to add your own flavor to a line dance. Practice your line dancing skills and just have fun with it.
How To: Add head isolation moves to your hip-hop dance skills
Head isolations are a type of hip-hop moves where the head moves separately from the body or vice versa, which is central to many popular types of dancing including popping and tutting. This pair of videos offers great step-by-step instructions on how to do different types of head isolations and incorporate them into your dance combos.
How To: Have correct ballet placement & postural alignment
In this how-to video, you will learn how to do proper placement or postural alignment in classical ballet. First, make sure the tail is down, the ribs are in, and the back as flat. Also, make sure the arches are up and fingers are relaxed. You want to create as much space between the armpit and hip as possible. Do not stick the rib cage out and lift up the pocket muscles. Let the back be free. The legs pull down to the ground while pulling everything up and out. Just remember, bring the bones...
How To: Move like a hip hop dancer
This video is for true beginners with no hip hop dance experience. People with no dance skills come to me all the time wanting to learn how to dance. In addition to classes, I teach private lessons, mostly to guys who don't want to look dumb when they go to a dance with a girl. The key is to learn how to feel the music and move to it like a hip hop dancer does.
Dancers Among Us: Photo Series Documents Conspicuous Public Dancing
Dancing! Apparently, it can be done anywhere! That's the impression one gets when looking at Jordan Matter's captivating photo series, Dancers Among Us, anyway. Who knew!
How To: 1990 in breakdancing
This is a subtitled tutorial for BBoys looking to breakdance. The 1990 is a classic bboy move in breakdancing. Check out the step by step to get your moves on.
How To: Do a Chris Brown "Crawl" arm wave dance move
Whether you like Chris Brown or not, it's safe to say that the boy's got moves. Whether he's doing Michael Jackson's moonwalk onstage or pulling off an a very complex toe spin in a music video, he's very smooth on his feet.
How To: Do a Windmill Breakdance move
Looking for a show stopping powermove? Check out this video to learn the windmill. The windmill is a great breakdance move that will leave everyone in the audience speechless. If you need to learn the hang glide freeze, hop over to this video.
How To: Do a Hang Glide Freeze when Breakdancing
The Hang Glide Freeze is an important move for any B-boy or girl to learn because it develops the strength needed for more advanced freezes, and often is used to transition into power moves. Watch this video to learn how to pull it off.
News: Respect, Please. Pole Dancing as a (Sensual) Sport
Last I checked pole dancing was mainstream acceptable as a form of exercise for adventurous young women and repressed housewives. Until now. This latest discovery deserves some real R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
How To: Tut more creatively and transition between moves more smoothly
Tutting has taken the art of walking like an Egyptian to a whole new level. If you've already got some basic moves down and you're looking to improve the creativity and smoothness of your tutting, check this video out. It offers tips on positions, transitions, and improving you style to make your tuts more epic than ever before.
How To: Do advanced tutting
Learn how to do advanced tutting. Dance tut with different hand moves. You must practice step by step. Make sure you make a 90 degree angle with the correct hand movement. Now ain't dat hot.. you are tutting.
How To: Do da Stanky Legg dance by GS
This new dance by the G Spot boys will make your booty hot. Da Stanky Legg is a hiphop sensation that's dominating the airwaves. Bow Wow and Soulja Boy endorse this crazy southern hiphop phenomenon.
How To: Give someone a duo glove lightshow with a friend at a rave
Getting a lightshow from one person at a rave is crazy, enough, but where they really start to get crazy is when people do duo lightshows. In a duo, one person stands over and behind the crouching main person giving the lightshow, complementing their show above them. Watch this video for tips on doing really great duo lighshows.
How To: Dance "Just That Girl" from Another Cinderella Story
Learn the choreography from Another Cinderella Story. The dance steps are all layed out here. This is a cool dance in the movie Another Cinderella Story.