How To Get Better At FREESTYLE Dancing At Parties (look good dancing!)

To be able to dance comfortably at any social event, from a wedding to a work event, to just casually go into the club and dancing, you have to know how to freestyle, how to improvise, since this is the style that everyone is doing on the dance floor. If you struggle with this, then this video is for you and if you need more help with this, you will find more free resources below this video. I have a list for you. You will also find a link to work directly with me, with my feedback, with my guidance, to become this confident, skilled social dancer and know how to freestyle at any party you ever go to. So links are below. Let's jump into the video. Okay, first you have to figure out your style. You have to know what you're into, because freestyle is all about self-expression, so you're not going to really do the movements that you don't like. You have to like the movements you're doing, otherwise you won't enjoy dancing. And when it comes to freestyle party dancing, there are many styles. Maybe you're into a feminine, you know, sexy, smooth type of movement, so a lot of hip motions, a lot of smooth arms, body rolls, figure eights, you know, stuff like that. Maybe you're into groove moves, maybe it's more about just grooving to the music, you know, moving the torso a lot, shoulders, arms. Or you might be into complex movements, maybe some technical footwork, maybe sliding, gliding, hip-hop, you know. So there are so many different options and you have to kind of have a general direction of where you're going, so that you don't spend time, or too much time, learning the movements that you don't like and you won't use. I can tell you that like my style is a mix of maybe like feminine, sexy, and then also technical moves, depending on the song of course. I don't like the groovy type movements, just grooving to the music. I only do it if I'm at a party and I don't like the song. I do it just to like wait it out. Now, how do you figure out a style that you're into is by of course watching other people. I wouldn't recommend going on tiktok and like watching those tiktok dances, because that's all choreographed. So those types of movements, you wouldn't do them really at a party anyway, because usually what's done at a party are like casual, natural looking movements that will help you like blend in with others. Unless you want to stand out, then yeah. But what you can do is you can watch other people at a party and notice what you like, or you can also check out my other channel where I show you beginners who learn with me in my program, and this is all casual, natural like looking party dancing. So with those casual movements, more low-key, more being able to blend in with other people, but my students also do different styles, so you can see what you're into there. And this will basically give you an idea of what style of movement you're into, so you don't end up doing the movement you don't like. Number two, to get better at freestyle, you have to practice. You cannot get better at dancing without dancing, obviously. And when it comes to freestyle dancing, there's actually two ways that I recommend practicing. One is you have to work on specific issues that you have, specific body parts, for example, that need improvement. And two, you have to work on spontaneously moving to the music. The second one is a little bit hard to do when you're just starting out, but this is one of the things that allowed me to improve, you know, pretty fast. So how do you work on moving spontaneously is basically whatever you're doing. If you're just like around the house playing your songs, maybe you're in the kitchen cooking, maybe you're brushing your teeth, move with it. You're not going to be really like dancing, dancing. You don't have to do any specific even dance movements, but whatever song you're playing, even if it's just like a little sway or moving your head or doing like a little something with the arms, you're responding to the music in the moment and you're not planning it out ahead of time. It's truly spontaneously moving. And this is what you will be doing at a party as well, unless you want to look like you rehearsed, but we usually want to look natural and you have to do it. This is very important. You have to do it without judgment in the moment when you're doing those little movements. You don't care about how you look like. You don't want to be thinking, am I doing it right? Does it look okay? It doesn't matter. You just have to get the movement out of your body. Don't think about what to do next as much. Just let the movement happen and it will take some practice. Like it's not going to be easy right away by no means. Like you have to, the more you do it, the easier it gets. And at this point, it doesn't also matter how many movements, how many dance moves you know. Use what you have, like mix and match. Even if you're using just very basic moves, because remember that freestyle is the ability to spontaneously respond to the music and having the tools to respond to it, right? Having the dance movements. So even if you're just starting with a few moves, totally fine because you're still working on being able to improvise. Gradually you will be adding more and more movements. And second type of practicing is knowing what the issues are for you, like what body parts maybe are hard for you to move and dedicating some time to work specifically on these issues. So maybe you know that your hips are rigid, so then I would spend more time working on the hips. If you like fancy footwork but you're not good at moving your feet, work on footwork. Maybe you struggle with isolating different body parts, right? So moving the chest by itself, right? Or just the hips. When you're moving the hips, everything else is moving. That means you should be working on isolating that specific body part. Whatever you struggle with, just dedicate at least one or two days during the week to work on these specifically. And you want to work on those problematic areas so that once you're on the dance floor, you don't feel limited, like you don't feel oh I want to move the hips but I know my hips don't look that good so I'm not going to. That's not a good feeling. You want to be able to move everything and feel free. I would also once in a while, maybe not every single time, but once in a while I would also film yourself, like film yourself dancing to see what else can be improved. Number three, you have to work on your transitions because when we freestyle, the movements have to flow together. You should be able to smoothly go from one to the next without having to put too much thought into it. The movements, they cannot look rehearsed and also you cannot be memorizing a sequence of steps ahead of time. Like you can't be learning choreography and then doing it on the dance floor. That won't look good. So usually when you're on the dance floor and you have to switch between the steps, the decision to know what to do next, it should take like a split second. So it's very quick. And to be prepared for that, you have to practice as if you were dancing at a party or in the club at a wedding. So that means practicing how to transition all kinds of different ways before you even step onto the dance floor. This will make you feel more prepared. So this is how you can practice. First of all, any new steps that you learn, mix and match them with any steps that you knew before or any dance movements. So every single time you introduce new movement, make sure you know how to and do it at random. Don't plan it out. Try to do different transitions each time you practice dancing. Another thing is you have to know how to transition between the movements to all kinds of different songs. So put your playlist on shuffle and just dance to random songs. Now, when you practice switching between different movements, you will notice that some movements connect easier to each other and then some don't go together as well. For example, if you're doing one hip movement, it's so much easier to do another hip movement right away. The transition is just much simpler than doing something with the hips, then something with the feet and then something else with the hips afterwards. So you'll notice how the movements connect together. And this way, when you're on the dance floor, you will know that, OK, after one hip move, I should do something else with the hips and then maybe something else and only then switch to a different body part altogether. I made a video for you on how to improve your transition specifically. So I'm going to link it below. You can practice with it as well. If you need more help with this, remember that links to all kinds of my free resources are below. And I don't mean just YouTube videos. There are actually links to a free masterclass on how to become a skill competent social dancer to my free guide, seven steps to start feeling and looking great on the floor and other things as well. And if you really want more help with this, if you really want to become that person that enjoys dancing and can dance at every single party without feeling self-conscious, there's a link to work with me as well. So feel free to book a free consultation and we'll get you started. Thank you so much for watching as always. And I'm going to see you in my next tutorial very, very soon. Bye.