How to do the Heel Toe (Hip Hop Dance Moves Tutorial) | Mihran Kirakosian

Hey everyone, welcome back to another tutorial. My name is Miron Kirakosian. Today we're going to work on a step called the heel-toe. I'm going to show it to you guys with music first, and then I'll break it down. Alright guys, here we go. To start this move off, I'll break it down really slow, and then we'll speed our way up. So the first thing you're going to do is a quick switch of the legs. You're going to hop left-right, left-right, right being the heel, left being the toe. Now, when you do it in real time, you're not going to see this. Left-right. It's going to be really quick. One. Okay? So it's almost like jumping together at the same time. So let's try that a couple of times. Six, seven, eight. Here. Good. One more time. Six, seven, eight. Here. Good. From here, the minute you switch and the right leg hits the heel, there's no waiting. You're going to twist right away. Twist. Okay? So you switch, you twist at the same time. Here we go. Seven, eight. Twist. And then touch with the left leg. Switch. This time the right lands before the left leg. You're going to twist right away. They twist together. Now keep the back leg in the same place all the way through the twist until last second to touch over. Okay? So let's connect them together. Six, seven, eight. One. And twist. And it's harder slower, I know, because you've got to hold your balance. Here. One. Touch. Here. Touch. Here. Touch. Now, if you're still having a hard time just staying up on the heel and the toe, I would say just keep practicing that. Here. And then come back. Seven, eight. Jump again. Come back. Once you feel comfortable being in this position and you can hold your balance, go right into the twist. Twist. Touch. Twist. Touch. Twist. Touch. Twist. Touch. Good. Keep that focus always on the front leg on the twist. You want to make sure the back leg and the front leg twist together. Okay? Same when you have the left leg in front and the right leg twist together. Here we go. Let's do it again slow. Six, seven, eight. Jump. Twist. Touch. Jump. Twist. Touch. Jump. Twist. Touch. Jump. Twist. Touch. Boom. Hit. Boom. Hit. One more time. Six, seven, eight. Here. Touch. Here. Touch. Boom. And hit. Touch. Left, right. Switch. Good. Also keep in mind you're going to twist the minute your legs touch the floor, you go twisting. Okay? So left leg, right leg. You hop. Right here. Once you hit, there's no stop. Don't go here and then twist. Connect that. Yeah? The minute you switch the legs, you connect that. Boom. Right away. Seven, eight. One. Two. One. And one. Two. Touch. Three. Touch. Four. Touch. Five. Touch. Six. Seven. Eight. Good. Let's try that again. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. One. And two. And three. And four. And five. And six. And seven. And eight. And. Good. And the arms, I'm just pushing away, kind of similar to the kickball change we were doing. Just twist. Yeah? Just a little push. Okay? You just want to time that with the feet. And I know the feet are a little tricky, but once you do it a couple of times, you'll get it down. So let's do it again. Six. Seven. Eight. Here. And touch. Twist. Touch. Twist. Touch. Twist. Touch. Good. Keep all of that in the middle. Boom. Good. And then slowly. Want to see if you can speed it up. And one. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Good. Again, let's do it slow. Work our way to tempo. Here we go. Six. Seven. Eight. Here. Twist. Boom. Twist. Right away. Twist. Good. Make sure your knees are bent. Yeah? Here. And then give that a little bounce. Good. Back. Good. Keep going. One. Two. Three. Four. Good. And then you want to make sure you're centered, and you're staying forward, and your body's twisting. So you don't need to turn too much. You want to keep everything here. Your arms push away, and you're going twist, twist. So everything's here. One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Good. Let's do that a couple of times. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Good. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Good. Let's see if we can go a little faster. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Go. One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Good. So, if you are a beginner, and this move is hard for you, then yes, take your time with it. It's not the type of move that you're going to get right away if you don't have any dance experience, okay? If you do pick it up, then you naturally are able to just pick it up, pick up the steps. So take your time. Do it slow. Don't get frustrated, and then little by little, it'll come to you. So let's do it one more time. We'll start slow, and then we'll build our way to a tempo where we can try it with music. Here we go. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. One. And. Two. And. Three. And. Four. And. Five. And. Six. Let's speed it up slowly. This way we don't have to worry too much about the balance here. Boom. One. Touch. Two. Touch. Three. Touch. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Okay. So if you're able to go all the way to that tempo, so that means you pretty much have it. If not, you gotta work yourself up to that tempo. And you could even probably do it even faster than that. When I turn on the music, we'll try it. So let's try it one more time. Here we go. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Let's start slow. Touch. Good. Work on that twist. Good. Bend your knees. Stay in this bounce vibe. Good. Keep speeding it up. And one. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. And one. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Speed it up. One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Good. Let's try it with music. All right, guys. Here we go with music. Let's do it really slow, and then we'll do it to tempo. Here we go. Slow first. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. One. Two. Six. Seven. Eight. Stop. Good. One more time. Just like that. Here we go. Slow. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Twist. Touch. Keep going. Six. Seven. Eight. Good. Here we go. Real time now. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. One. Two. Three. Eight. Go. One. Two. Let's see if we can do that again. Here we go. Right away. Five. Six. Five. Six. Seven. Go. Three. Four. That was the heel-toe step. If this is your first time on my channel and this video was helpful for you, make sure to subscribe. And also, if you're on all the social media platforms, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, make sure to follow me. I will see you guys next week with a brand new video.