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How to Add Steps to Any Break Dancing Move

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Once you are comfortable with some basic break dancing moves, you can add additional steps to your dance. The new steps show off your personal break dancing style as well as allow you to choreograph new routines. Your goal when adding new steps ... more »

How to Apply the Tut Move in Freestyle Hip Hop Dance

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Tutting is a form of hip-hop dancing based around the image of hieroglyphics where bodies are drawn with their joints making 90-degree angles. Visually, if you have never witnessed the move, it is similar to the Vogue and the Robot. Tutting is a ... more »

How to Appreciate Haitian Music

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The roots of much Haitian and Caribbean music are African, based on tribal rhythms that the slaves brought over with them from their homelands. Once in the Antilles, these sounds were influenced by European musical traditions to give rise to new ... more »

How to Appreciate the Ballet

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There is a lot to consider when watching a ballet to fully appreciate it. The performers look as if dancing is effortless, but much goes into creating the show and dancing on one's toes is no easy task. Here are a few pointers to consider as you ... more »

How to Arrange Sequences to Create Step Touch Reggaeton Dance Moves

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Reggaeton is a musical style with its own form of dance, which combines classic Latin genres such as salsa and merengue with modern hip hop. Characterized by gyrating dance moves and sensual lyrics, reggaeton dance includes a number of ... more »

How to Attend a Breakdance Battle

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Breakdancing battles are either planned or impromptu. You get to listen to upbeat music and enjoy the story that each B-boy or B-girl tells. Planning ahead is the key to having fun at a breakdance battle... more »

How to Attend a Dance Clinic

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Your desire to attend a dance clinic may stem from a variety of reasons. Many clinic attendees use individual sessions to gain more experience in a specific genre, while others enjoy the structure laid out by clinic directors... more »

How to Attenuate in Freestyle Hip-Hop Dance

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Hip-hop is a rhythm-heavy music, and your freestyle dancing can mirror this aspect with attenuation. By expertly attenuating with the music, you are using your body to mirror the highs and lows of the beats. Snare and bass drums come across as ... more »

How to Audition for a Ballet Company

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Every young ballet dancer dreams of the day when she auditions for the ballet company she aspires to. Unfortunately, ballet companies are very competitive. Auditions can be very stressful on a dancer. Make it as easy as possible, so you are ... more »

How to audition for careers in dance

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Auditioning is probably the scariest part of being a professional dancer in ballet, modern, or other areas of the dance world. It will probably always be a little nerve wracking, but the more auditions you attend, the more comfortable and ... more »

How to Avoid Common Injuries in Dance

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The decision to become a dancer shouldn't be taken lightly. There is more involved than having a passion for music and movement. Dancing is a sport and dancers are athletes. Athletes must learn to avoid injuries related to their sport. There are ... more »

How to Avoid Injury While Break Dancing

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Break dancing is a very physical form of dance. Not only are you using almost every muscle in your body, you're also doing feats such as handstands, body drops and flips. Injuries resulting from break dancing range from abrasions to fractures and ... more »

How to Ballet Dance at Home

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The best location to practice ballet is in a ballet or dance studio. However, there are times that circumstances make it difficult to be in a studio, so you may have to do your ballet dancing at home. Use the following steps to help you in ... more »

How to Barrel Turn in Jazz Dancing

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Doing the barrel turn in jazz dancing is one way to add a bit of pizazz to your dancing. While a little tricky to learn at first, you will soon find it fun to do on the dance floor with the cool rhythms of jazz... more »

How to be a good mother to your baby?

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My article is about how to be a good mother to your baby. By taking time to read this article you will learn how to bon with your baby. Also you will come to realize the blessing in motherhood. My step-by-step instructions also teaches you to be ... more »

How to Be a Burlesque Star

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Burlesque involves a cadre of performance including scantily clad dancing girls, comedians and sideshow performers like sword swallowers. Closely related to vaudeville, burlesque shows originated in the 1840s and flourished in America in the ... more »

How to Be a Dancing King

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Winning a crowd on the dance floor has long been a popular dream. Whether done in teams or individually, competitively or casually, almost anyone can become a dancing king. While artists like ABBA and David Bowie have sung about dancing queens ... more »

How to Be a Fire Safety Person for a Fire Performance

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So, you either need to be trained or have to train a fire safety person for a fire performance. Follow these simple steps & everyone will be a lot safer for the effort!.. more »

How to Be a Mikhail Baryshnikov Fan

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Russian born Mikhail Baryshnikov is one of the most famous male ballet dancers of all time. Ballet fans may not know that Baryshnikov is also an accomplished television, stage and film actor. Read on to discover ways to become a Baryshnikov fan... more »

How to Be a STOMP Performer

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STOMP is a world-renowned, highly physical and original percussion troupe. The cast of performers changes regularly and travels internationally to perform. Becoming a member of STOMP requires a good sense of rhythm, a team mentality and a lot of ... more »

How to Become a Ballroom Dancing Instructor

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Perhaps you've been dancing for several years and wonder how you can turn what you love into a profession. Perhaps you can no longer dance in competitions but can still do the steps. Becoming a ballroom dance instructor takes more than just being ... more »

How to Become a Burlesque Dancer

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Burlesque dancing is a beautiful and seductive form of dance popularized in Europe in the 19th century. Many people think burlesque is all about taking your clothing off but you can find many more facets to this vibrant form of entertainment. ... more »

How to Become a Dancer in the New York City Ballet

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Making a living as a professional dancer is a challenging process. In order to find your place in a major international ballet company such as the New York City Ballet, you must have the competitive drive of a professional athlete combined with ... more »

How to become a Entertainer

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You will learn the inspiring world of the entertainment business. So get ready for this big exclusive... more »

How to Become a Eurythmy Therapist

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Eurythmy is a form of art, which involves coordinating music and speech with movement. Eurythmy first appeared in 1912, when Austrian philosopher, Rudolph Steiner, used it to guide the development of children in Waldorf schools. Today it is used ... more »

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