Hip Hop Dance Tips

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Hip Hop is a world wide phenomenon. It is a culture that has grown over the years and is now loved and adorned by people from all over the world, from all walks of life. A part of the hip hop culture is rap; the music that expresses the street aspects and communities where rappers come from. Another form of the culture that everyone loves is the dancing. What started out as B-boy break dancing, has now evolved into mostly teens influenced dance moves.

Many people all over the world are in awe in these dance moves and the reactions they create from the crowd at a performance, that they want to learn how to perform it themselves. This article will give you needed tips on what to keep in mind when dancing hip hop.

1) Choose The Right Music

In hip hop in order to break out in the moves you have to choose the right music. Luckily with rap music a lot of the dance moves listed in this article comes with corresponding songs. If you are looking to be more of a freestyle dancer pick a tune that you can move your body to. Slow jams will not allow you to move as a hip hop dancer would. For examples scroll down this articles to the “Hip Hop Dance Videos” section.

2) Wear Comfortable Clothes

Just like any other music you’re going to dance to you have to have fitting and comfortable clothes. Clothes that will allow you to move easy and hit your moves spot on. Back in the day hip hop use to have b-boys and b-girls that would break dance in the streets wearing Kangol hats and suite suites. Preferable Adidas. Now since hip hop dancing and clothing has evolved dancers tend to wear fitted clothes.

It works out great because dancers are no longer hitting break dance moves like the “Helicopter” “Windmill” or “Headspin”. The majority of hip hop dance moves now involve standing up and moving your body parts.

3) Practice Makes Perfect

In order to become proficient at anything you do you have to practice at it. Practice involves a few hours a week of repetitive action of the task you are doing. The less practice you get the weaker or unskilled you will be at the task. The more practice you get the better you will become at the task. In order to become a skilled dancer you have to practice hard at performing every move.

My advice is to practice at least 12 hours a week. And remember don’t find an excuse not to practice. Saying you don’t have any time to practice is the worst excuse you can have, because you should always create time to do something important to you.

Hip Hop Dance Move List

As I said, hip hop dance has evolved from break dancing into a number of dance moves being used today. Below are a list of the most popular hip hop dance moves of today (2016).

The Dougie

Stanky Leg

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The Dab

Hit the Quon

Whip

Nae Nae

Twerk (For Women)

The Shmoney Dance

Improve Hip Hop Dance Moves

In order to improve your dance skills you should not only practice but get involved in hip hop dance classes within your city. When you are practicing home it’s fine, but when practicing in a group in front of an instructor would also benefit you because the instructor can see your weak points and correct you. Don’t take this to heart, an instructor is only there to help you get better and correction needs to a part of the process.

Another great thing about joining a dance class is that dancing with others can boost your confidence. In hip hop you need attitude and confidence when you’re dancing, and being around others who have the same goal in mind can do that.

Hip Hop Dance Videos