For example, you wouldn’t do high energy dance moves to a slow country or a grooving hip-hop song.
When you find the beat and start bobbing your head, your confidence will rise because you’ve managed to capture the energy of the song.
Tapping your feet is another great way to capture the beat of the song. Relax and keep your legs loose and knees slightly bent so you don’t look or feel so rigid.
Most dancing music occurs in pairs with the first pair being the downbeat and the second being the upbeat.
Keep your weight in the balls of your feet for stability as you move them. If you’re dancing with a partner or near other people, be mindful of your foot movement and be sure not to step on anybody’s toes.
Twist your hips to twist and move your body even more.
Try bending your arms at the elbows, hold them near your sides, and move them up and down like you’re running while you move along to the beat. Stay active and play around with arm movements that match the music. When you feel more comfortable, try more complex arm movements. For example, try an arm wave by curling at your fingers and rolling up your arm to mimic a wave travelling up your arm.
For example, you could change from standing and moving your arms at your sides to bending your knees into a squat and raising your arms above your head. It’s a small movement that makes a big change in your dancing.
Try moving your upper body to the left while you’re lower body faces forward to play with separating parts of your body. Use different combinations of directions in your freestyle dance moves.
Try changing the speeds of your movements. Change your arm movement from quick and snappy to relaxed and fluid to make the same movement look and feel fresh. Add pauses and breaks into your freestyle moves to mix it up.
You can also just take parts of a well-known dance move to use in your own freestyle.
For example, you can imagine an object, like a pepper grinder, and imagine the way you would use a pepper grinder in a dance move. Then use that concept in your freestyle!
