How to Learn Dance at Home Step by Step: The 6 phases
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Want to improve your moves? Follow these steps to learn to dance at home:
Start by deciding what style of dance you want to learn. There are tons out there — individual dance styles like ballet, jazz, and hip hop, and partner styles like ballroom and salsa. Definitely figure out what type you’re interested in before you get started, which will make it easier to find the best resources.
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2. Decide on technique or routine
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Dance Home Guide: B-Boy Wigor
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Before you dance, it’s important you warm up. Get your heart rate up and your muscles warm by jogging in place. Do some stretching like touching your toes and opening your hips to loosen up. Most dance styles require a bit of flexibility, so focus on a few exercises that will help lengthen tight muscles before you get going.
Finally, it’s time to dance! Play your video, and get moving! If you’re using a smart TV, keep the remote nearby so you can pause and rewind when you need to see a step again. If you’re using your phone or laptop, keep it close by for the same reason. Don’t be afraid to do the same step or section a few times over — some steps take longer than others to master.
Tip: Try the moves in front of a mirror next to your video so you can see how you look.
They say it takes 10,000 hours to master a new skill — don’t give up! Keep practicing with the same video and new videos with other teachers to get better at your dance. You’ll see improvement the more you work at it.
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Best Resources to Learn How to Dance
The internet is an amazing place. So many resources exist for people to master dance at home. Consider these top learn-to-dance-at-home resources to get started.
Looking for some solid technical guidance? Consider these classes, tutorials, and lessons from professional dancers:
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CLI Studios: Aspiring dancers can take classes in styles like ballet, jazz, and contemporary from big-name dancers like Kathryn McCormick from the hit show So You Think You Can Dance starting at $100 a month.
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Dance Plug: Learn a wide variety of styles, like Bollywood and lyrical, in the form of classes, combinations, and routines, starting at $29 a month.
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Steezy: Super interested in urban dance? Steezy focuses on learning movements from hip hop, krump, breaking, popping, and more. Get started for $20 a month or $99.99 a year.
For a more cost-effective option (though you’ll have to do more searching for solid content), try out these guys:
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YouTube: YouTube is a great place to start to find dance class videos if you’re still figuring out which styles you’re interested in learning.
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Vimeo: Vimeo has always been a favorite of creative types, so you might be able to find some solid videos there.
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Twitch: A newcomer to the user-uploaded video game, but Twitch is a competitor nonetheless. You could find some gems on here!
Totally overwhelmed and not sure which style you should start with? Consider starting with one of the big top three: Ballet, jazz, or hip hop. Almost every other style of dance uses some ballet terminology (yes, even hip hop), so it might be helpful to learn a little ballet before anything else.
Jazz and hip hop are also foundational styles — jazz is the basis for contemporary dance and hip hop informs lots of popular, urban and music video dances. Want a list of a few dance styles to try? You got it. Keep in mind, there are hundreds of different dance styles out there — one of them is absolutely perfect for you!
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Ballet
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Jazz
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Hip hop
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Contemporary
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Lyrical
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Breaking
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Ballroom
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Bollywood
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Tap
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African dance
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Latin dance
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Swing dance
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Flamenco
Learning to dance should be fun. Take the time in the comfort of your living room to learn a new technique or routine to show off to your friends.
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