TikTok continues to have a large impact across the world, but for dancers, it can offer more than just funny lip-syncing videos. The platform gives us access to fun, creativity, and talent that can help improve your dance skills if you know how to use them. These unexpected benefits provide opportunities to make the best use of TikTok and train to become better dancers while having fun.
Improve Musicality
TikTok thrives on our love of music. So there are plenty of TikTok dances with different songs, moods, and tempos to explore. These dances are usually choreographed to catchy songs with obvious beats. Learning these routines to practice hitting sharp movements on certain beats and sounds in a song.
Tip: It can be helpful to sit down and listen to the song first to hear every beat, accent, and detail in the song before you learn the dance so you know where the hits are.
Build Confidence
Nothing helps build confidence more than a solo! Being nervous about dancing alone is normal. Recording yourself for a wider audience can help you get used to performing on your own and show off your skills.
Tip: These dances are supposed to be fun, so don’t focus too much on making them perfect!
Learn to Add Your Own Style
TikTok encourages you to remix videos or recreate trends with a twist. Let your creativity shine by making up 15 seconds of additional choreography or adding a flip at the end of a dance. The short sequences TikTok dances are made of leave plenty of room for adding your own touch to a dance.
Tip: This is the perfect time to experiment with facials, outfits, hair-choreography, and adding what you are good at somewhere in the dances.
Improve Memorization Skills and Coordination
TikTok dances require fast movement, detailed arm/hand choreography, and hard-hitting movements. These provide the perfect opportunity for working on your coordination and flow and memorizing dances. Since the choreography can be short but detailed, TikTok dances allow you to focus on clean, well-performed dances.
Tip: Slow down the video to carefully break down each move and make it clean. Then move on to the next, and put it all together. Focus on intentional movement.
