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| You must know what it really means to dance hip | | | | Recognize the importance of angles and making your |
| hop. Dancing Hip Hop involves certain rhythms and | | | | routine look "clean". I can't stress enough the |
| combinations. These rhythms and combinations are | | | | importance of angles. I have seen some very basic |
| then put together to form a fluid dance routine. You | | | | popping moves look very good when done well. Don't |
| need to work on getting into a solid rhythmic state. | | | | just stand in one place flailing your arms around. |
| At first, practice slowly whether it be popping, | | | | Incorporate arms with legs with torso, and make |
| locking, or any other type of move. Concentrate on | | | | them look fluid. And that leads to.... |
| slowly then progress on faster when the technique is | | | | Step 4 |
| mastered. | | | | Be fluid. In other words, you should try to make |
| Step 2 | | | | every move flow well with each other. Just go with |
| Once you have a series of movements together, | | | | the flow and know you can dance. When you try to |
| practice doing them in front of the mirror. Look at | | | | think to hard when dancing, that's when you mess |
| what needs to improved on and work harder on | | | | up. Try to make every move you do flow naturally. |
| those areas. A lot of beginner dancers try to learn | | | | If you follow this simple advice and follow a good |
| dancing to fast. Like I said earlier, master it slowly | | | | course or personal teacher you too can learn how to |
| then master it with more speed. | | | | hip hop dance step by step. |