How to learn tiktok dances
A Quick Guide to Learning TikTok Dances | by Annabelle Holman
I need to preface this blog post by emphasizing that I am REALLY bad at dancing. I’m not coordinated at all, so I was pretty intimidated by the idea of learning a TikTok dance, but with not much else to do during this time of social distancing, I decided to give it a try. I spend soooo much time mindlessly scrolling through TikTok and I can’t help but feel a little bitter about all of these 14-year-olds who somehow just skipped over the awkward stage of growing up. However, TikTok is EXTREMELY addicting and I’ve grown to love it, annoying dances included.
Find a dance! There are so many different dance trends that come and go very quickly. You could opt-in for one of the classics, like the Renegade, or something newer that shows up on your For You page. I chose to learn the dance to Savage by Megan Thee Stallion. See below for Addison Rae’s version.
Watch this dance ON REPEAT. Seriously though, like watch it loop several times over, almost until you reach your breaking point when you feel like you can’t take listening to the song anymore.
Find a slow-motion tutorial. This was a game-changer for someone who is extremely uncoordinated like me. I simply searched “savage dance tutorial” in the TikTok search bar and a ton of them came up. Some of the tutorials are faceless, like people dancing with a morph suit or a hoodie pulled over their faces, and some are just with normal people. These tutorials also often include the names of the dance moves popping up on the screen in order.
tiktok_tutorials_60(@_tiktok_tutorials_60) has created a short video on TikTok with music Savage. Another tutorial…
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Find an area where you can see a full-body reflection of yourself. For my sister and I, we practiced our dance at night so we were able to see our reflections in a sliding glass door.
Break down the dance moves, only do two or three moves at a time, MAXIMUM. Once you master doing those two or three moves in slow motion, try them again at a regular pace with the music. If you’ve got those down, move on to mastering the next two or three moves, then combine from the beginning.
Repeat until you’ve made your way through the whole dance.
Time to record! Prop your phone up on a surface that gives you the most flattering angle you desire, add the music to your TikTok, and press record! If you mess up, it’s all part of the process — you can see what moves look weird from the outside and focus on those. Keep recording at your heart’s desire.
Before settling on one to post, my sister and I called it a night and decided to resume the next day. After getting a full night’s sleep, I was honestly surprised by the muscle memory I’d developed from the day before. The dance suddenly seemed so much shorter… and actually not that hard? And that’s coming from someone who is ridiculously uncoordinated.
So go ahead and give it a shot! You know you want to.
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If social distancing has finally inspired you to download TikTok, the social-media app dominated by Gen Z, congratulations! Welcome. It’s time for you to learn some TikTok dances.
Just as the currency of early Instagram was photos of latte art, the currency of TikTok right now is 15 to 30 second dances. The pros — in this case, teen or 20-something dancers — make up choreography, and sometimes it catches on, inspiring other people to upload their own versions. It’s like the macarena, or Soulja Boy, but harder and made for your viewing pleasure. Even Hailey and Justin Bieber are doing them.
The dances were inescapable on my feed, but until recently, I hadn’t tried them.
I’m not a great dancer; my experience is limited to a high-school production of Grease. But I am a big fan of endorphins, so I’ve gone down the rabbit hole and learned many whole TikTok dances including Renegade, Cannibal, Say So, Hit Every Beat, Hey Boy, and Rule the World. If those words mean nothing to you, take a deep breath, get into something comfy, and check out the ten dances below, ranked from easiest to borderline impossible.
A quick note on the medium: Audio is central to TikTok. Instead of passing around photos or jpeg formats, the sounds get used over and over. The word “sound” can be used to describe a song, a clip from a TV show, any audible component. It’s also the easiest way to find the dances — click on the sound used in the video. Some dances are scored to actual clips from songs, such as the hugely popular Doja Cat “Say So” dance, and others use more obscure remixes.
A song that came out in 2010, Kesha’s “Cannibal,” is currently the soundtrack to one of the most popular dances. It’s not common for the dances to have names, so for the purpose of this list, I’ve called them by the song they’re scored to, or an official name if there is one.
This is easy if and only if you already know the macarena, which, if you’re reading this article, you probably do. It’s a good one to warm up with. Think of it as the equivalent of a child’s pose at the beginning of vinyasa class.
Do the macarena twice as fast, pretend to drum a few times, then hit the “woah.” The “woah” is probably the most important TikTok dance move. Move your left arm down at a diagonal and move your right arm up, parallel to the left.
Pulse. Confusingly, there are some other versions of the “woah,” most commonly a kind of “turning a car wheel” motion, but those are not the proper “woah” to do in this context.
If Laura Dern can do this one, so can you. It’s short, sweet, and requires a lot of attitude. I learned it after drinking two glasses of wine, but that’s not necessary. The key moves are the body roll and the punch, which you’ll find in a lot of TikTok dances. I put on a tutorial and dedicated five minutes to getting the basic moves down. Now, my muscle memory has kicked in well enough that I can add my own flair. That’s another key to TikTok dancing: add your own flair. This is your time to shine! Doja Cat liked this dance so much she put the creator Haley Sharpe, or @yodelinghaley, in the music video.
One of the baffling things about TikTok is that so many people seem to get their partners to join in on TikTok videos.
This dance is a good example. The moves pretty much correspond to the lyrics — the last word of the song is “baby” so you make a rocking motion. The first couple in the above compilation is composed of TikTok’s reigning dance king and queen, Chase Hudson and Charli D’Amelio. Learn from the pros.
If you’re on TikTok long enough, you’re gonna hear this song used for lots of videos, not just dancing. As far as I can tell, it’s a remix that originated on YouTube. There is a deeply funny tutorial of this dance here. My weakness, I’ve learned, is that I have a hard time getting my lower body to do anything while my upper body is reciting dance moves. But it’s crucial. The dance moves will only take you about 20 minutes to get down, but perfect execution takes more practice. Annoying, I know—- but at least we have lots of time on our hands.
I have wanted to learn this dance since I first saw it. My first attempt was after a night out and a video of me practicing was subsequently sent to my friends. Embarrassing, I know, but it’s an occupational hazard when you decide to commit to TikTok dancing. This has two extremely fun dance moves — the heart shape pulsing in the middle and the opening “I’ll eat you up” hand gesture. Everything else is filler. @ya.girl.bri.bri97 is credited with coming up with the choreography, and posted a tutorial here.
Okay, we’ve arrived at the Renegade. It’s undoubtedly the most popular dance on TikTok, maybe in the world right now. I saw someone do this in church over Christmas. But despite its popularity, it’s kind of a hard dance. It’s best to use a tutorial for this one.
I think the first half is more challenging: The combination of the woah, clap, figure eight, and wave is a lot for my arms to take in. But once you have it down, it’s satisfying and you’ll find yourself doing it at any given opportunity, just to brag.
If you’re actually a dancer or looking for a challenge, check out the original Renegade. It was created by 14-year-old Jalaiah Harmon on the app Funimate. It migrated to TikTok and as it proliferated, it got a bit easier. Here’s the original:
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Another dance where the lyrics and the moves pretty much correlate.
But in this one, you have to throw it back — a central move in the TikTok oeuvre. Your torso does a body roll while your leg kicks back. You’re throwing “it” back, and “it” is your butt. I don’t want to look at myself “throwing it back” so I haven’t recorded any videos of this one. But I do like the casual, cocky, ending hand motion. @Talialevinger posted this dance first in October with the caption “made up a dance!” And yes, this is another Doja Cat song. She comes up a lot on TikTok.
@Zoifishh posted this dance in early February and the sound has been used in 3.7 million videos (not all of them are dancing, but many of them are). Blessedly, she also recorded a tutorial at half speed. Honestly, it feels like it’s at full speed. There are a lot of body rolls and hair flips in this one. The pout and chest bumps at the end, along with the victorious swaying, is a well-earned treat after a rapid ten seconds.
And it really shows that a big part of TikTok dancing is being able to keep a beat and sway/dance through whatever your arms are doing. The dance moves are mostly your arms, but proper execution includes engaging your whole body. Which, for the uncoordinated, is daunting.
This is the one I spent an hour learning last night. It moves so quickly — it leaves me winded half of the time. The moves are all high energy — punch the air, flick off the sweat, and finish it with a pose at the end. The dance’s creator, Ciara aka @ceceiswoke, made a tutorial at half speed, but even that is faster than I, for one, am used to. Block out the hour you would have spent at the gym and go for it.
You can really only do this if you can do a split.
And if you can do a split, you probably don’t need help learning TikTok dances. But maybe that’s something the rest of us can work on while social distancing — getting a perfect split.
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How to dance in the social network Tik Tok ✩ Tikstar.ru
What dances are the most popular on Tik Tok. How to learn popular dance moves. Recommendations for filming and editing commercials.
In recent years, social networks have become a common way to earn money and self-realization. Today, Tik Tok is a social network that allows you to shoot music videos, broadcast live, shoot duets and communicate through correspondence. The opportunities that TikTok provides to those who have managed to make themselves known attract more and more people who want to shoot dances on video and post them on TikTok.
But, unfortunately, not everyone understands what needs to be done for this.
Popular Tik Tok dances
There are many types of dances performed by Tik Tok users. Someone moves arbitrarily to the beat of the music, while someone repeats well-known dance styles. The most popular dances on Tik Tok:
Tutting. This dance is a movement of the hands that gives the impression of an uninterrupted puzzle. An important rule of tatting is the geometric position of the hands.
Dance from the video for the song "Padkaya" in Tik Tok. This dance was first performed by members of the NLO group to the track "Padkaya". After that, a challenge was launched with the hashtag #greedy. From that moment on, the dance began to gain popularity and is now performed by many tiktokers.
Shuffle. These are fast dance moves with the feet. Shuffle is a fairly old dance style that originated in Australia in the late 80s.
In fact, the choice of dances is quite wide, on Tik Tok you can find clips with other performances. In this case, you should focus only on your skills and preferences.
How to record a dance on tik tok?
After you have chosen and learned the dance to be performed, you can start recording the clip. To get a high-quality video without unnecessary nerves, you should carefully prepare for the shooting stage.
- An important component of a good video is the right musical accompaniment, so you need to allocate enough time to choose the right track. You should choose more popular songs - this will help break into the recommendations and become noticed. Today, the most commonly used are: Tim Beloruskih - Vitaminka; Dynoro, Gigi D'Agustino - In My Mind; Tommee Profitt, Fleurie, Jung Youth - In The End; Kazka - Cried; Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody.
- The next step in preparing to shoot is to check the battery of the phone or other gadgets that will be used for recording.
By charging all the equipment in advance, you can avoid unexpected interruption of video shooting. - You must rehearse the dance before starting the recording. In order to reduce the number of takes and cope with the task as early as possible, it is recommended to repeat the dance several times and make sure that all movements are debugged.
- When the preparatory stage is completed, select the speed of the music and turn on the recording.
Shooting tips
The chance of being noticed and winning the hearts of the audience largely depends on the quality of the videos. A memorable nickname can also attract attention. And in order to get a good picture at the output, you should pay special attention to setting up and installing the camera, as well as editing the resulting clip.
Setting up the phone
The best option for setting up the phone on which the video will be recorded is a pre-purchased tripod. However, if there is no tripod, then you can do without this item - just place the device on a shelf or table and properly strengthen it.
In this case, the most important thing is that you can be clearly seen during the recording. It is better to choose a place for shooting illuminated, but not too bright.
Video editing
You can correct light imperfections, correct color and add effects both in Tik Tok itself and in other applications and programs. But it is important not to overdo it in an effort to make the video better. All effects should look harmonious and appropriate.
How to learn to dance for tik tok?
If you have experience in dancing, then it will not be difficult for you to make a high-quality video for tik tok. However, if you have not dealt with dancing, you will have to try. An excellent outlet for those who do not know how to dance will be the numerous dance tutorial videos that are freely available.
See how to dance on tik tok with your hands here:
Learn how to dance on tik tok with your feet here Anyone can declare themselves on TikTok - the main desire.
There are many ways to get a large number of viewers. In our blog, you can find enough information about creating content on TikTok and promoting it. How to make money on Tiktok, read our article
TikStar service can become another assistant in gaining popularity. TikStar is a site for cheating likes. Increasing the number of hearts will help you get into the recommendations, which means increasing your audience.
Tik tok foot dance: learning, music to learn
Table of contents:
- 1 Tik tok trends with feet
- 2 How to learn foot dance for Tik tok
- 3 What music to choose
- 4 How to record foot dance on tik tok
- 4.1 Installing the phone
- 4.2 Video editing
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Trends regularly appear in the Tik Tok application, which include dancing with feet. It may seem difficult to move your feet to the beat of the music. In fact, in order for the foot dance on TikTok to become not just a video, but a trending content, you should properly prepare for shooting.
Tik tok trends with legs
Stair climbing, hip hop and swing videos are gaining popularity on the app. Latin American movements are no less in demand. In fact, to shoot the first video, you need to turn on the incendiary track and start moving up the stairs in a fun way.
Bloggers arrange a popular challenge among themselves, a kind of competition, to maintain a competitive spirit. Do not constantly repeat other people's plans. Individual videos, which differ from others in originality and zest, gain a large number of likes.
How to learn to dance with your feet for Tik Tok
Any movement in the dance requires clarity. To perform smooth movements, it is necessary to work out flexibility. Gymnastic exercises will help. Don't expect instant results. You need to be patient and spend time, effort, applying perseverance. This is the only way to achieve the right movements and, as a result, beautiful videos. Pay attention to transitions.
For some people learning to dance is quick, for others it takes time.
Everyone grasps the rhythm in their own way. It is important to analyze every movement. In your head, you need to decompose the picture into parts. The track itself is broken into fragments. It is better to shoot dynamic videos, with easy-to-remember movements.
A great option is to find master classes on u-tube to master the technique and steps. Warm up before each dance to avoid injury.
Don't think that a short 15 second video is easy to make. Preparation takes more than two days.
What kind of music to choose
The application provides users with a separate folder with popular music tracks. Music from tik tok to which they dance with their feet can be very diverse. For some directions, special tracks are divided.
If desired, everyone can add their favorite song. Which track to choose is up to the tiktoker to decide. As a rule, many people try to shoot dynamic dances, accompanied by fast music.
How to record foot dance on tik tok
Pirouettes with their feet, tiktokers imitate the movements of the singer Michael Jackson, perform jumps and pirouettes. Users like only high-quality videos shot with meaning. Few people will appreciate the record in which the picture is trembling, hard to see, not heard. Do not shoot amateur dances. If you want to attract as many audiences as possible, you should prepare at least professional equipment and choose the right place.
To upload a video to Tik Tok, you need:
- download the application itself, register if it has not already been done;
- go to video shooting;
- go to the contribution intended for recording content;
- start shooting by clicking on the “camera” sign;
- pick up sound;
- start the shooting process;
- meet the fifteen-second time limit.
The captured video is saved and added to the user's page.
Filters, effects, accelerations are selected. It helps to dilute the content. Videos with motion fading, landscape change, camera repeat look good. Some shoot videos together or with the whole company. Dancing with a couple is no less popular, as it looks impressive and beautiful.
Installing the phone
To avoid camera shake, for the convenience of shooting video, you need to take care of purchasing a special tripod in advance. When the holder is not available, you should fix the device on a table or shelf. The main thing is to install the camera firmly. During the shooting, the main participant must be clearly visible in the frame.
The shooting location is well-lit. A very bright room will not work, the frame will light up. We need the best option.
Video editing
Video may not be perfect the first time. Adjustments should be made by correcting light imperfections, adding effects. It is important not to overdo it, as there is a high probability that the frame will deteriorate. The applied effect should be harmoniously, appropriately applied. The network contains applications that help to apply effects, mount the footage. If you understand them, you can learn how to make real masterpieces.
Tik Tok is not only an entertainment application, but also a high-quality platform for attracting attention and earning money.
