TikTok has become synonymous with dancing videos, especially since 2020 when most people were indoors for most of the time. Over a billion users watched as creators from all over the world showed off their dance routines to their fans and followers. Seeing the engagement rates skyrocket for dance videos has led to more and more people looking to learn how to do TikTok dances.
We will cover two parts of this process:
- How to learn a TikTok dance
- How to create a TikTok dance video
If you want to become the next TikTok dance star, then keep reading.
How to Do TikTok Dances
Even if you believe you have terrible coordination, you can learn TikTok dances. Most people on the app are not professional dancers, so you’re in good company. Everybody has to start somewhere, and as long as you follow our guide, you can start benefiting from high engagement that often comes with releasing a dance video.
Follow these steps to start becoming a TikTok dance star:
Find a Dance
In order to do TikTok dances, you’re going to need to find a dance to learn. Given how many different dances there are to choose from, you can narrow down your search to the top trending dances currently on TikTok. This will help you maximize your engagement rate, because trending dances will be promoted by the algorithm more than played out dances.
To find new and trending dances, browse the For You page or use the search field to look up dances. Once you find one you think you can handle learning, your search has ended.
Rewatch the Dance Over and Over
Practice makes perfect, so repeatedly watch the dance video until you know it inside and out. Before you ever even attempt a dance move from the video, understand the movements by simply continuously rewatching them.
You will know when you have watched the dance video enough by the feeling that you are tired or viewing it. At this point, you can move onto actually following the dance routine.
Learn the Dance in Slow Motion
To ensure you are nailing the dance moves, you should ideally view the dance in slow motion. If the dance is a trending one, there will often be tutorials other creators release that are in slow-mo. This is done to help others get in on the trending dance and make their own videos.
An easy way to find slow-motion dance tutorials is to use TikTok’s search field to find “[song name] dance tutorial” and look to see if any slow-mo versions pop up. The correct dance moves can be found in videos that are playing the song the dance was made for, or the name of the song will display on the video.
Practice Your Dance Using a Mirror
To make sure you are performing the dance moves properly, you should find a mirror or reflective surface to dance in front of. Ideally, you should be able to see your entire body within the mirror.
While dancing, you may find yourself referencing the dance tutorial you found, but you should do your best to watch yourself in the mirror. This will help you adjust your body and moves to match what you are seeing in the tutorial.
Practice a Couple of Moves First
Attempting to learn an entire dance routine all at once will feel overwhelming and impossible for most people. This is why you should break apart the routine into two or three move sections. Anything more than this will be challenging to memorize ahead of time. Also, make sure you are practicing these moves in slow-mo.
After you feel comfortable and confident with the first two or three moves slowly, speed them up to a normal pace. Once you feel and see that you are doing the moves well, you can move onto the next two or three moves. You can keep repeating this process until you have learned the entire dance.
Notiz: Make sure you are still incorporating the moves you already nailed down as you add more moves to your learned routine.
Record Your TikTok Dance
After you learned the entire TikTok dance, it’s time to start recording it for your viewers and go viral. Before you get to recording it, you will want to place your phone in a location that provides a full view of you performing the dance. This could mean propping it up, using a suction phone mount, or a ring light phone holder for a hands-free experience.
To record your video for TikTok, take the following steps:
- Öffne das TikTok-App auf Ihrem Telefon
- Tippen Sie auf die + Symbol to start recording a new video
- Tippen Sie auf Ton hinzufügen to find the song you want to dance to
- Geben Sie ein name of the song
- Tippen Sie auf die song
- Tippen Sie auf die check icon to add it
- Prop of your phone for your dance routine recording
- Tippen Sie auf die timer icon
- Select a 3 or 10-second countdown timer
- Tippen Sie auf Start countdown
- Perform your dance routine
- Stop your Video, edit its length, and include and special effects or text Sie wollen
- Tippen Sie auf Nächste
- Include a caption for your video and add hashtags
- Tippen Sie auf Post
Although it may seem like there are a lot of steps, these can be done quickly. The one thing you should be prepared for is wanting to redo the video, especially if you mess up.
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If you follow our guide for how to do TikTok dances, you will know how to both learn a trending dance routine and record your dance video. Just remember to practice your dance moves so that your video is impressive enough to go viral. When done right, it can end up being your big break on the platform.
