How to dance for teenagers

10 Street Dance Videos For Teenagers

By Simon Books

Published Dec 16, 2020

Dancing is the best form of physical exercise as it involves movement and stretching of every muscle in the body and these videos are great to follow.

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Dance is a tool for the stimulation and development of talent and creativity for all people. It allows people an opportunity to channel and express their thoughts and feelings vividly and peacefully, with each body movement telling their story. Dance has several mental, physical, and emotional health benefits to the human body. They include improving stamina, increasing the flexibility of hands, feet, and joints, and improving body strength and balance. Dancing is the best form of physical exercise as it involves movement and stretching of every muscle in the body.

Street dance, which has been in existence since the 1970s, is a collective name given to dance styles that originated from the streets. The dancing styles, which include hip-hop freestyle, locking, popping, house dance, and break-dance, are a combination of both improvisation and choreography. Dancers can either follow a set of standard moves that they learn from choreographers or improvise by allowing the music to dictate their body movement. The dancing styles can be applied to different genres of music or songs.

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Teenagers love street dancing as it is very entertaining, and it creates an outlet for their energy and passion. Dancing also keeps their bodies active and improves their concentration. They gain strength and self-confidence whenever they dance and create some new dance moves of their own. Here are some videos for teens who love street dance.

10/10 High School Dance Battle

After class, two high school freshmen went around the school searching for a club that they could join. They ended up getting involved in a dance battle between two of the best dance teams in their school, with each showing their best dance moves. The two freshmen could not be left behind in all the action, and they showed the two teams that they too had talent and great moves.

9/10 Plain Jane

A dance crew made up of young girls took to the stage at the Hall of Fame Dance Challenge and impressed the audience with their amazing moves and co-ordination. Their performance which was mainly of modern hip-hop freestyle was well appreciated and applauded.

8/10 That’s What I Like

A hip-hop teens' class for beginners made a dance video of Bruno Mars' song hit song called That's What I Like. The choreography is relatively simple and mainly consists of hip-hop freestyle along with other easy dance moves.

7/10 DVJ

This dance crew comprised of kids between the ages of 10 and 18 years thrilled the audience at Britain's Got Talent with their outstanding performance. Their cool moves and well-coordinated choreography compelled the judges to push them on past the auditions to the next round of the famous competition.

6/10 The Battle of GWAI

The dancing scenes from the 2010 film Step Up 3D are arguably some of the best dance scenes in any dance movie out there. In one of the scenes, there was a dance battle between two crews, each showing their prowess in the field of break dancing and hip-hop freestyles in tune with old school hip-hop music. The Step Up film franchise that consists of five movies and a television series is ideal for those who love street dance.

5/10 The Box

Matt Steffanina, along with other dancers in Studio V, came up with a dance video for The Box, a song by award-winning American rapper Roddy Rich. Different pairs of dancers created and showcased different styles and dance moves to keep the audience entertained.

4/10 The Main Event

A dance crew presented a thrilling choreography of house dance at the Main Event in Vancouver. There were also some sessions whereby each member did their freestyle and enjoyed themselves.

3/10 Level Up

A group of young dancers choreographed by Sabrina Lonis danced to Ciara’s song ‘Level Up’. Sabrina came up with a choreography that was different from that of the song's video but equally interesting. The young dancers put in all their energy and strength while dancing as the audience keeps cheering them on.

2/10 Summer Dance Forever

The event had popping and locking competition between Blondy and Jaja Vankova. Blondy’s moves were no match for Jaja, who amused the audience and stole the show with her skills.

1/10 Groove Session

It was an old vs. new affair in an event that saw a group of very young boys go up against a group of adults in a break-dance and freestyle competition. The adults were left surprised by the kids who were so young yet had amazing dance moves and great skills.

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How to Dance at a Party for Teenagers

Dance is getting really popular among young people but it can surely embarrass you in front of your teenage friends at a high school party, if you do not know how to carry out the moves.

Dances, nowadays, can be characterized into different sections based on their type, origin and occasion. For example, reggae, classic, street dancing, disco dancing, Jazz, belly dance, samba, Waltz and many more.

Not only girls, but boys want to seal attention on the dance floor. You can become acquainted only with the help of dance because of the loud music.

Instructions

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Turn on any music channel and start watching videos. Carefully observe several individual movements that you like. Turn on the music and dance in front of the mirror. You will do some awkward steps but that’s how you learn dancing. Practice makes a man perfect and there is little arguing to the statement, that you can enhance your dancing skills by giving a wee bit time to the act.
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Go to a club and see people dancing. Pick one guy with a decent set of dancing moves rather than wasting your time seeing and laughing on a person with some ridiculous grooves. Try to dance just like the guy who left a lasting impression on you. Over time, when you become a regular at clubs, you will develop your own style.
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Go to Youtube and type in the search box “Dance for men”. You will see a lot of video tutorials that can teach you different types of dances. Stand in front of the monitor/screen and try to do what the guy is doing.
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If you think that all those who go to the disco, know how to dance and do it well, you are wrong. Most of the people have never had any practice and many do not even like to dance.
Of course, those who are professionally involved in dance, make complex movements that are hard to replicate. But you can stamp your feet, wave arms and move the body to perform the simplest movements as well. You can always take dance classes before going to a party filled with teenagers.

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90,000 12 life hacks, to quickly learn how to dance from Mamita Dance

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Author: Pavel Gather
Psychologist, Lecturer Salsa and Tango

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Author: Pavel Pavel
Psychologist, Lecturer Salsa

on At the start, you always want to get a quick result. When it doesn't happen, the hypothesis arises that everything takes time. After a conditionally acceptable time, humility comes to mastering pair dances, which, perhaps, is not given, and I will just do what I learned somehow.

This is the most common story of those who believe that the mere act of attending a pair dance class is enough to learn how to dance.
Absolutely not. If you want to really dance well, you have to make an effort outside of the dance class. A good teacher will definitely be needed, but the initiative should be on your side.

1. Listen to music

The most common and accessible advice that is given already in the first lessons. And it definitely works. Music creates a certain atmosphere of the dance and intuitively you want to move to it. It doesn't matter where you listen to music - in the car, on headphones while walking or doing household chores.

An addition that will help you dance better is your active participation in the music. Sing along, dance or simply beat musical accents with any free parts of the body. In the subway, for example, it is enough to tap out bright moments with your fingers, in the car to sing along with sounds, and at home you can jump for pleasure.

2. Watch videos of good dancers

It's complicated, but also obvious. It’s more difficult, because without recommendations from more experienced dancers, unfortunately, it’s not so easy to find a good quality video on the net (I mean not the resolution quality, but the content itself).

Meaningful video viewing is about building an understanding of HOW dancers make a particular impression on a partner or viewer. Technology is at the heart of everything. Understanding how the pros do it is a big step forward.

It is important to distinguish a show from a disco dance, a staged performance from an improvisation, a stylized dance from an authentic one, etc. Ask for recommendations and dance teachers will always throw off a couple of videos of worthy landmarks.

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3. Dance in salsatecas/milongas/discotheques

A very delicate moment when it is worth coming to the first party. From a technical point of view, most students in 1-3 months have a sufficient set of figures and techniques to come and dance calmly. Psychologically, the same moment can be stretched out for an indefinite time. After all, it is imperative to “not lose face”, “learn more figures” and be sure what to do in case “there is an unfamiliar movement”.

In fact, the partygoers don't really care (except for a small layer of non-professional teachers who want to help inexperienced dancers by treating them as customers in the future). It is important to come and try dancing after a month of classes. You can only with friends or guys from your group. This will be enough to feel the adrenaline and inspiration from the dance.

4. Dance with partners or partners not of your level

The conventional wisdom that you need to practice in groups of your level does not withstand the test of experience. Perhaps now your eyes widened in surprise, and you want to meaningfully read the phrase again. Yes, you saw everything correctly: when you dance with a partner of your level, you don’t grow anywhere.

It's important to understand that not only does it work one way and you have to dance with cooler dancers, but it works even more effectively the other way. It is no coincidence that teaching pair dances dramatically raises the level of the teacher himself. You have an endless stream of very beginner dancers.

How it works. A more experienced partner needs to be "stretched". It's easy and obvious. With beginners, you need to take more initiative on yourself, see the general pattern of the dance more widely, turn on and insure more, try to be an example and be more careful. The quality of interaction begins to grow significantly. And wonderful partners too.

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5. Learn to dance for a partner and for a partner

Turks and Argentines are one of the best partners in the world. In Russia, partners are highly valued. Why? The answer is simple. In Argentina and Turkey, it is not questionable for men to ask another man to lead in one piece or another and give feedback on the quality of the lead. For them, it will be a great shame to hear moralizing from a partner, or even more so to be known in the community as an insecure partner.

In Russia, due to the constant, often far-fetched, opinion that there are more women in pair dances, partners calmly get up and study their partner's part. Such partners then grow into very cool dancers and teachers. In no case do this at parties, only in class. Here we are talking only about the learning strategy. At parties, be yourself.

6. Do not memorize the links

Always try to look deeper and understand the through principle and idea of movement. Understanding what and how is done will make it possible to independently generate any sequences and chips.

Human memory is limited and there will always be a moment when something will escape and your repertoire will be limited by the size of RAM.

In Argentine tango, for example, there are seven levels of movement construction that, when mastered, will allow you to make millions of combinations. And how many dance sequences can you really remember? In rueda, more than 150 figures dance in a rare circle. It's hard to keep more in mind.

7. Develop your body

Many years of experience in teaching couple dance shows that as soon as everyone pairs up in a class, any progress in individual style ends. But it is the individual style that distinguishes everyone at the disco: partners change, and style is always with you.

The body as the main instrument of dance must be very plastic, responsive and emotional. Surprisingly, not all pair dance schools have a general physical warm-up. It is vital to tune the body and understand how it works.

You can always train extra and concentrate more on the basic steps, as their true value is as body work. The sequence of steps is, in fact, the simplest thing that can be in pair dancing. The quality of individual performance determines the craftsmanship.

8. Try on the images of inspiring dancers

A psychological life hack for those who have already mastered the steps, but still feel that there is not enough brightness and drive. Most are terribly afraid of being someone else's "clone". Here the action is the same as under the influence of hypnosis - the more you resist, the more you plunge into an altered state of consciousness.

With a high degree of probability, you are already dancing like someone else's "clone". A meaningful fitting of someone else's image is that you mentally take the image of the one who inspires you (inspiration is critical in this case) and "put on" yourself. Then you start dancing and trying to feel in general how it is to be able, for example, to be the best partner or the sexiest partner in a disco. This is much more difficult than it seems. But it works extremely efficiently.

9. Dance to offbeat music

Habitual rhythms keep you tight. Tango salon or speedy timba leave little room for experimentation and fantasy. Pattern dancing is always noticeable and is reserved for beginners.

The truly new is born outside of the usual. Look for places to experiment. If there is no place, organize self-training. The main thing is not to get carried away, because music determines the style. We bring something new to pair dances, rather than trying to change them.

Search, improvise, don’t be afraid to go beyond, develop in different directions, be inspired by music atypical for the style

10. Try your hand at basic dance directions

dances exist according to their own non-choreographic laws.

This is the deepest delusion, which has turned into a ceiling for the qualitative development of partner dances. After all, all professional dancers, for example, in salsa or bachata, build their ideas on the basic choreographic principles.

Do not think that choreography is only applicable on stage. Any meaningful movement of the body can be choreographic. In general, try classical or modern choreography. Basically, hip-hop can work too.

11. Look for battle sensations

Pair dances return us to an active position of manifestation of our body. As in the days of our ancient ancestors, we impress the members of the opposite sex with how dexterous, hardy, sexy, etc. we are. Modern jungle laws in the entourage of big cities.

If you look around the dance floor, it becomes clear that the majority are clearly herbivores (not in the sense of vegetarians, but in relation to those around them). I am sure that predators are always more interesting in terms of the attractiveness of the image - try to find a counterbalance among herbivores, for example, a cat woman or a lion man.

The conversation is about an internal position, not about aggressiveness. Lability and lack of control are inherent in adolescents, and not in adult self-sufficient people.

Accordingly, even a training or friendly battle gives, on the one hand, practical skills - to make a bright sequence of movements, bring an idea to a climax, show a spectacular feature, on the other hand, develops the psychological basis of the dance - self-confidence, resistance to extraneous attention, self-control and self-control in complex elements.

12. Communicate with professionals

The environment shapes the internal position. Basically, real passionaries of the dance community are ready to openly talk, discuss and support the development of dance in every possible way. Universal principles and the ideas they articulate have a much longer and more practical perspective than meets the eye.

Accept that, for example, behind the words "listen to your partner" is not only a beautiful metaphor, but also a practical skill to literally listen to your partner. At the same time, always treat every thought, even the most respected teacher, as a private opinion.

Your skill will lie in finding the scope of the idea even in conflicting opinions. Most often, the contradiction is speculative and the truth lies in the angle of perception or situationality.

Your dancing growth will stop sooner or later. This can happen at the level of three basic steps or years of experience in teaching and show performances. Regardless of your level, the suggested 12 life hacks can get you off the ground and greatly accelerate your dance growth. There is no way here without your motivation and activity. Take your dance development into your own hands. 9Ol000 Dangerous sexuality

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Dances for teenagers 12 - 16 years old (groups for children)

their personalities. Children of this age are already beginning to enter the phase of "transitional" age, they have a sense of adulthood. This is the time to search for yourself, your individuality. Adolescents see the shortcomings of others and strive to stand out more favorably against their background, which is often manifested by aggression and results in conflicts with society.

Another reason for this behavior is their physical transformation - the growing up of children. To solve these problems, dance circles are suitable. Dance helps a person express himself. In addition, teaching dance to a teenager will allow him to independently choose those movements, melodies and clothes that correspond to his preferences and express his worldview.

Conflicts between teenagers are a fairly common occurrence, and dance lessons for children aged 12-16 successfully solve this problem, as they teach not only dance elements, but also communication with people. These skills will help in resolving conflicts peacefully.

Adolescence is a rather difficult time. This is the time of the overthrow of the authorities. Parents and teachers cease to be such, and it is important that a truly worthy person fills the vacancy. Our teachers often become such. You can't deceive children - and sincere interest, love, attention to children, as well as high professional training and personal achievements of our coaches contribute a lot to this.

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Adolescence is the longest transition period, characterized by external changes such as angularity in boys and the appearance of rounded shapes in girls. Psychological features of this age are manifested:

sensitivity to assessment of difference from others;
extreme arrogance and specificity of judgments about strangers;
inconsistency of actions and views (mindfulness and callousness, strong shyness and swagger).

Puberty also plays one of the main roles in this period. As a rule, in girls it begins earlier than in boys, which causes differences in physical fitness and training in dance art. Often girls of this age are much more willing to start dancing, unlike boys. They have more developed flexibility and grace. This is due to the fact that girls begin to feel their femininity, and boys for the most part have the wrong idea about masculinity. For us, the primary task is not only to teach a child of 12-16 years old how to move to music, but also to explain the essence of these and other concepts. We realize that a good dance comes not only from the heart, but is achieved by awareness, so it is important for us to explain the true essence of things. We sincerely believe that the dance training section for children aged 12-16 will be able to instill in the guy the correct meaning of “courage”, teach him to show respect for the girl and admire her femininity. In general, the process of teaching dance helps to instill the norms and rules of communication.

In our work with children, we remember that in addition to psychological fatigue, physical fatigue also accumulates. This is due to an increase in the load at school (new complex subjects appear), as well as increased growth, which leads to a violation of posture and gait. Such violations entail the development of various complexes. Our teachers help teenagers cope with these problems in their classes. The need for emotional relief, correcting posture and solving problems with complexes - all this can be solved at once by a dance school for teenagers, where the child learns to accept himself as he is.

Teaching dance to children from 12 years old: difficult and interesting

Teaching dance to children 12 years old is not an easy, but quite feasible task for a coach, which we successfully cope with. When working with teenagers, you need to be ready to use your authority in teaching and to constantly confirm your status with a large store of knowledge, skills and abilities.

This age is promising for a professional teacher, because to achieve winning results in the study of new productions and movements, improvisation in individual and collective dance, you can use:

youthful maximalism;
breadth of views;
purposefulness;
feeling of rivalry;
desire to overtake peer leaders;
childish modesty;
thirst for new things;
imagery of thinking;
impulsiveness.

That is why it is so important to interact with both emotions and logical thinking of a teenager. It is also worth noting that for girls and boys at this stage, our trainers use different teaching methods. An integral and beautiful part of our life is the excitement of the heart. Our trainers know from experience that this can be both an additional incentive for training and a negative effect on it.