Battles, Musicality & Control | How to Freestyle Dance Questions | Ask A Paradox #6

[@johnmanett4801]

"Battles are like life, you don't always get your favorite song but you push through it" - Kevin paradox

[@ボイヤ-u7u]

1:58 - Judges and DJ 6:31 - Musicality 14:25 - Cleaning and Control

[@Brandon-oo3if]

Respect for the way u answer the questions. Dancing is such a surreal thing but you can put it apart and explain it like a math formula

[@87enoughBULL]

This honestly has been so helpful. You really help identify the different types of dancers and different issues we struggle with. Thanks, Paradox. It's refreshing to have someone really talk to you instead of talk AT you. You're a beautiful soul!

[@Taattie]

''My groundwork is not that good'' LOOOOOOL

[@vinaymehta5659]

+Johnny Gedi ya same i suck at floorwork

[@CircusGoblin19]

you are a revelation .. thank you for being humble and having so much heart for the dance community.. saw you at thesis and it was an honor to dance in front of you as well.. keep spreading the love and positive messages.. much loves dude from Orlando

[@joel267]

Dats true.. the vibe of a song is what guides u to ur dancing

[@Gyuddop]

Hi Kevin, you talked about to be able to pre-picture ourselves and personally I always be able to do that even before learning how to dance (my gift I guess). I close my eyes while I'm listening and I can see all the ideas of movement that the music is giving to me from the beginning to the end. But as soon as I open my eyes, nothing. It happened one time (no joke man I could literally see the movements) that I danced and my mind and body was so connected, so free, I felt confident. During 15 minutes, I knew how to put myself in that "trance", never had that feelin. It was like the music I was telling me everything like when I close my eyes and I'm not dancing. I knew what to do, how to do it, when to do it. It's been 2 years that I try to have that feeling again...Sometimes, I can sense that feeling but it doesn't stay. I tried meditating, silent my body, but nothing. I don't know if you can relate to what I'm saying but If you can clear that for me it would be great

[@Gyuddop]

Sorry for the long ass paragraph. That's something that hunting me everyday and I want to be able to feel again

[@jitendradude]

same problem ^ please answer this question. thank you.

[@souravsinha648]

You got the same problem

[@nytrosmiley999]

How did you train your ears to develop the amazing musicality that you have? You are awesome!

[@Crybotics]

playing osu or other rhythm games really helped me develop some musicality

[@87enoughBULL]

Paradox, I'm taking my dance ambitions to new heights and have questions for you. I know you used to do martial arts. Do you still train? What are the most effective exercises for dance? How important is understanding bars and counts for freestyle? Thank you thank you thank you. You will never stop inspiring me!

[@ItsVikwhite]

thank you for making this video it helped me a lot and I can relate to everything your saying which is mind blowing. how can I dance without exhausting myselfe. I mix hip hop popping and Krump together and I find myself really exhausted after a minute of freestyle or a combo. also I've been filming my self for almost year now and that helped me create soo many new moves but when I try to use them again I can only remember like 4 out a time when I freestyle, how can I remember more moves when I dance ?

[@vinaymehta5659]

Aye bro theres a concept called battle stamina its essentially where you use your less exhausting moves first, use some dope moves that use more energy, and then use those dope moves that might be more liquid as a cool down or something fluid like smooth transitions and wait for slow beats

[@gabrielhuang1055]

yo are you slavik from insta who dances now

[@calimonteiro4694]

Hi Kevin! Question how do i work on creating moves or executing them after i "prepicure" them in my head. I can always listen to a song and think of moves to follow the groove of song with but sometimes i can't do them like i see myself doing some fancy footwork how do i get there and how can i work on getting there. Being able to not only see myself dance but to also do them. Thank you so much! I learned a lot from this video!!

[@ctfeesh3236]

THank you Paradox for the awesome tips! much appreciated

[@Myogramme]

This is so helpful to me, because I have the same problems with musicality and mind issues, I never found out how to solve them, until now. Thank you a lot and keep it up, peace.

[@MannyMambit0]

This is what I needed bro. I've been looking for something like this for years. Peace brother.

[@gabrielgorgonio4192]

Thank you for these videos, seriously helpful. I've never learned so much from others, I could relate to so much. You are amazing, brother. If I may ask, Paradox. Whenever I dance freestyle, my moves look clean and sharp. But when I dance choreography, the steps look like their forced, or if not, they look very stiff. They say it's all practice but I can't seem to understand why I'm better in freestyle than choreography. Would you happen to have advice for this? Thanks in advance. Love your vids bro.

[@Candiceemry]

Wooo, absolutely hands down man. You are amazing at explaining things. I get everything that you say and I'm so happy that you are back & going with those q/a's. You helped me so much through out these videos. One love, Kev ^^

[@Skipkickz]

Thank you for answering my question, this is very helpful, not only for my dance but for all the aspects in my life! love and respect!

[@michakucharski9141]

Wow, that is really helpful! Only the first step by itself make a huge difference. Thank you so much!

[@mming0512]

I think i understand here somethings start making sense to me now thank you

[@bassbooster5527]

Watching this in 2018 and I have found every answer to questions I didn’t know other people had that even google couldn’t answer. paradox thanks man! You put these vids in a way that make a lot of sense. I appreciate it. Subscribed and post notifications on👍🏽. I wish I would e found this sooner

[@schenkelspreizersebastian7127]

listening to your answers with the chillhop music in the background is sooo good! 😍

[@MadMonkInc]

Hey paradox i have a question. So I've been dancing for 6 years but officially doing hip hop, a year. This entire summer i've been dancing everyday working on foundation, grooves, bounces, isolations... etc. Basically I've just been dancing. During the last week of August I went to Montreal for a week to be part of a 5 day event battle. So i was dancing 100x more during those 5 days compared to the other days during the summer (i was sweating buckets). I gain a lot of knowledge during that trip and I've realized what to work on and how to train. After i got back from the trip, I took a week break from dancing cuz I felt like i really needed to empty my cup of water in order to gain new. Now that it has been more than a week, I've been trying to train but for some reason my mentality isn't in the mode to dance. Maybe its cuz I'm treating it like a choir instead of having fun. Idk. But I'm afraid that if this keeps happening I'll lose the ability to dance. Have you ever had this type of problem? I know in one of your videos you were talking about taking a break but how do you keep that feeling/mentality to dance after your break. I feel like there's a brick wall in my head and I can't break it through. All of my friends tell me to just let go but its easier to say than do. Can you help me out?

[@bhavyajain9830]

We all face this problem , I am not Kevin paradox but I can tell you the thing that I use , maybe it can help you , In times like these , I just listen to my favourite song and it's not a hip hop genre song , I just keep listening to some soothing songs and get myself out of bed and just move and groove to those songs , and then I again feel like dancing. And if sometimes I don't wanna listen to those soothing songs to get myself out of bed , I listen to old bollywood songs by different Independent artist like ( Can't get enough by Raghav and iceberg slimm) (Dance with you by Jay Sean) ( Rock tha party by Bombay rockers) These are some amazing songs to get yourself moving

[@izakisen6377]

tannku so much for sharing your knowledge

[@chrisvantran1845]

Yo what's up Kevin! first off thanks so much for all your videos. I enjoy them and super appreciative of the time you take out of your busy day to help the rest of us 😁. much love for what you do! I watch a lot of them and I rewatch your teaching videos and I've tried to get my answer before having to bother you but I still can't figure it out so I hope you can answer if u have time, if not all good I will figure it out sooner or later. I've practiced bboying for most of my time dancing since 2005. I've always loved music and it was about last year I got better at expressing music through freestyle dance. when I show people in general they say it's good and they are impressed. when I show people that are dancers I always hear, "it needs to be sharper" I don't understand if that means my movement doesn't seem commited, it's not clear, is it sloppy? I'm at a loss. I ask this because I wanna enter battles to grow and learn from them but also I wanna show that I'm a good competitor, I wanna give it my best. I don't have much issue with control but I don't understand the concept of being "sharp" if you can help me and any others out there with this issue I would love it. if not then I know I will find a way to figure it out. again so much love for you thanks a million! I also have videos on my own channel if you would want to view what they might be talking about. peace 😃

[@honey101demon]

Start with practicing slow brother, slowly slowly you make your moves more distinct. When you practice slow you give yourself more time to work on it and you also increase the edge... Sharp according to musicians mean being distinctively expressive... Hope I am close to what you asked, waiting for Kevin to answer your question mate... Love and peace

[@thejozen1]

bout to lvl up fast with this knowledge.. thank you so much Kevin!

[@KevinParadox]

bro just bow saw your message!! hope you're good!! comin to the USA in november ^^

[@Dancekipathsala]

Kevin Paradox

[@liabp6]

your personality is great. thank you! x

[@punitkk7696]

Thank you so much for dropping all the knowledge!

[@extralife4501]

Bro u r one of the best dancers am watching and the best thing that u communicate with ur fans keep that up

[@TheEnock10]

Dance and life struggles are the same to me amazing video 👏🏿

[@pranavblaze]

you are sooo inspiring!! i mean sooo sooo inspiring.. you can even make a dead man dance :) thank youuu soo much

[@tkhieu85]

Thank you so much for this awesome awesome video.

[@davidbardhan816]

Thank you so much bro for every information

[@inessa_p.v]

Thank you very much for your videos! It's great work!

[@londonlikethebridge1770]

I have to say, it's so interesting watching you. From dancing to explaining the art & science of dance it's opened a whole new world for me. You're doing amazing. Keep up the good work! You're like my little Dance Guru or some type of Dance/Musicality Scientist lol.

[@13DkDon]

Hey Kevin. Recently I heard that facial expressions are important in dance. So I started to notice my facial expressions and saw that I had none. I wanted to ask, how do I develop facial expressions and when it comes to facial expressions, how much is too much?

[@ahmedabdelnasser6002]

kevin can you tell how to workout as a dancer like the body conditioning exercises please answer my question in your next ask a paradox vlog

[@wangumtolo7959]

you are an amazing person and dancer for you to make time to answer questions and help people is very inspirational. I am a young dancer but mostly for fan I was wondering besides dance what else do you do like do you have a job or something else, if you do how do you manage all these things. p.s if you could please watch any of my videos and help out with points of improvement that would be very appreciated even if you not no bigy thank you soo much for this platform . please keep doing what you do more blessings in your life Kevin

[@fr33style_]

Thank you so much Kevin

[@mariah27]

thank you for making these videos and that we can watch them for free :)) sending hugs!

[@ShivaShiva-mo9yw]

Thank u so much paradox thanks for this video this can make me clean my self 👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏✌✌✌✌✌

[@michaelpopoytv1276]

Thank you kevin for sharing your thoughts and ideas on enhancing how body connects with the music. I was wondering if you do have drills to get used to any songs and able to move and not to look awkward coz im lacking to my next move i dont how to execute my next step properly.

[@illusiveisis5923]

Thank youu so much, this is so helpful for my battle tomorrow!!!

[@Jspades25]

haha i follow you on Insta... good luck..

[@manikdas9376]

Thank u so much sir thank u respect from the core of my heart❤️

[@JackroaxJagdish]

Thank u for making this video each n everything relates to me ❤️will work a lot 🙏🤗❤️

[@Hydranite23]

Great vid man.. Thnx for all the advice... You pretty much summed it up.... But i gor one snall thingy i wanna add ...and it's that when i'm dancing i try to make my moves, the way my body looks my position cool.. Like if you stopped the vid at that moment you'll think damn that looks cool or powerfull.... Etc ofc i practiced this while also trying to kill the beat ...i don't know if you think this is stupid or anything... But it made my body move better and prettier ,cooler

[@shivamsaxena7401]

so much knowledge!!

[@lejacob2334]

How do you come up with your own moves and how do you put it in your dance

[@Tania_shine_bright]

Thank you Paradox!

[@MegaFireboi]

It helped me alot again.. Thank you mr. Paradox keep slayin ☺🙌

[@bunxiong1493]

Thank you very much and its really works :)

[@lizcrystal.1104]

Amazing video! Thank you so much :)

[@Illn8ture]

Hey Kevin, first let me say I think your one of the best out there. But my question to you is who do you consider your toughest opponent is or would be?

[@Kevsone]

Mane, i can not find words to express my gratitude, you help me on my way to see the music ... Keep up the good work.Ps: Brazil loves you

[@viciousninjabr]

HELLO MAN!! what's up?? I want Know Why I cannot dance in battles like a dance in my house??? When I dancing in my house I can dance better, but when I battling , I can't dance relaxing like I'm my house. Wht I need to keep calm in battles and do my dance ?

[@veronikaknechtova5232]

Hi Kevin, first of all I wanna thank you so much for these videos! they are very helpful and inspiring :)) it is very interesting to see your point of view on dance. You are an amazing dancer and person :) I wanted to ask you, if you could give me some tips for my training or some types of practice i could do to become better. Because i always start to practice but i dont know what to do so i just freestyle and i dont feel like it is getting me somewhere..thanks a lot

[@jnkhalik953]

Hello Paradox! It is Khalik! First want to thank you for your videos. They are so insporational and helpful. So I have basically two questions. First is about energy. Everytime when I dance or practice, I just push for 100%, letting out the energy, feeling the music,etc. (I hope that you understand what I mean=). And when I go to battles, I feel like I have no energy to dance and it is hard to move. So If you have any answer or advice to this, please share with us your knowledge. Second question is about routines or sets. When practicing is it necessary to make or learn some routines? Because I spent some part of my trainings for routines. But when it comes to battle or dance, I start to dance as I feel music without using that routines because I do not feel that these moves will be appropriate for this moment. Believe that you have some advice for this case also. Hope that you will give an answer for these questions. As most of dancers will bump into these cases also. Thanks in advance. Wish one day we`ll meet. Respect. Hip-Hope!

[@tytronic743]

Thanks alot man....really helped me out

[@BigEdd]

Hi! Maybe you could record a video with your thoughts about this years summer dance forever? :))

[@kevinfelipez4683]

It's really hard understand it for speakers Spanish :'( . KEVIN ERES EL MEJOR!!!' :)

[@jingwenong4488]

Kevin, how do you practice or learn fast foot work and ground work??

[@michealangelo6365]

You are Awesome

[@ahmedabdelnasser6002]

finally the reallest came back

[@OliDor-ye4it]

Veeery good advice

[@ryantermoso]

Thank you for answering my question sir! I hope you can conduct a workshop here in the Philippines and I can help you do that. =) Thank you for being an inspiration!

[@skyendless]

Very helpful video.... 👌👌👌

[@BAisVIP]

Hello Kevin! I appreciate the videos you make to answer questions and I really idolize your style. I have a question. Whenever I dance with my friends, they tell me that I'm not feeling the music in my dance or rather I'm just moving not dancing and that I am thinking too much. How can I improve and become better at it? Is there a way or an exercise to practice it? Thank you for your time.

[@andreykozyrev492]

“my groundwork is not that good” (c) Kevin yeah right…

[@swink.995]

Hello paradox, i'm french dancer and you are my biggest inspiration source. what are the basics movements to learns and how to start well in the freestyle hip hop ? excuse me for my bad english ^^. thanks for your reply..

[@axis441]

Yo kev! I was wondering how do you beat dancers who use nothing but power moves

[@bstoban1321]

youre cool dude 100k would be better

[@bstoban1321]

you earn more

[@adliariff]

Hey Kevin, great video btw! Love it!! I have a question actually about songs that have been used in a battle. Do you know what songs will be use before getting on the stage or will you get a random song that you might never heard of. Because i see a lot of dancers in battles, like they can dance even the lowest beat, it seem impossible for someone who never heard the song before. I hope you or anyone in the comment can answer this question for me. Love your dance, your style and your passion! PEACE!

[@SANATANMEDIA826]

How to create own moves with the musicality

[@AllenDiese3]

Thanks Kevin !!!!

[@robertojoseph8357]

Thinks man for everthing I'm your 1 biggest my fans, I have a question, did you dropped out from college just to reach your dream of been one of the great dance.If so what was your parent reaction of not go to college.

[@dhruvthakur5484]

hii paradox....my question is how to dance with a concept.....or how to creat story with a concept. i hope you will answer soon.

[@Myogramme]

Hey ! Thanks for your advice to silence your body, it wasn't that easy but I did it and actually, it was pretty helpful. Though, as you can "silence" your body, is there a way to "hype" yourself ? Because sometimes, in battles, I just don't feel or like the music, but I still got to dance ! So I obviously do it, but it's not always that great due to the fact I don't feel the music. I know that I got to adapt myself and deal with the situation, but I wonder if you got one or two tips for me to "hype" myself or something like that. Thank you man if you answer, peace.

[@taralad8170]

Thank you so much 🙏🙏😊❤

[@sachintanwar9905]

That Helps Alot. ThankAlot Kevin. :D I Have One Question, Please Answer It In Your New Q/A. How You Actually Use Your Philosophies And Your Inspiration's Philosophies In Your Dance?? I Mean How You Mold It And Come Up With Such Cool Concepts?? . In India, I Want to Ask That Question But you Know How Fast All Sum Up. Hoping For Help. Peace kev. :)

[@maxkim1511]

Thank for ur answer

[@manassehacasio5132]

Sir how to choose a genre will suit for myself to dance to?? I dance hip-hop, dub-step, & a little bit of bboy & sometimes I get confused what really my dance genre is if anyone ask my genre... I say Hip-hop, dubstep & bboy. How should I choose my genre to be my track in dancing...

[@mynamebabu8821]

Kevin, thank you for yet another mind blowing video! How do I learn and approach dance the smart way? How do I avoid threshold and keep improving everyday? T H A N K Y O U

[@alexisrivas6375]

do you think that its correct to prepare some amazings steps in order to kill the bit during a round of one battle? in general, what kind of skills are the most necesaries for a battle? do you think is good to adop a character as aggresive or confident?? can you do one about advises for battles?? all about it, plsssss :)

[@sifumansa209]

Man I was tuned in completely by 12:00 min mark lol thanks for the vid bro..

[@jesseschaefer7139]

love you kevin! ♡ from California

[@robbyandreasian]

Thank you kevin

[@trwst2718]

How's it Kevin. I'm from Hawaii and I've been watching your videos and battle videos for a while now. My question to you is, is there foundation in Hip Hop or does it just consist of grooves and vibes with arm placements and isolation?

[@rextiledancer8567]

Hey Kevin in battles if the dj plays the song that is totally new for me ! so in this conditions how can i catch the beats or how can i go through it?

[@lovingshahid3265]

Hello sir... M always crash trying to freestyle.

[@ericlambert1519]

Hi kevin. My name is Eric. You are on my list favorite dancers..keep doing what you do and i wish you luck bro. Everything i want is just dancing..I have a talent inside of me..but i dont practice and just freestylin..sometimes its very good freestyle..but i want more. I dance new-style and i want to learn how to focus just on music and dancing. How to do isolations and dont look weird. I want look cool when i do some moves and stuff like that.So i want to ask you how to do body isolations..Sometimes i want just kill music so much but i cant because i dont have any moves and i just hittin beats..How to create my own style,how to do isolation and give all of energy to it ,how much weird can be a facial expressions ? (Sorry for my english) :D

[@sirdushon]

Dude you're amazing 🔥💯💯

[@jiachunlin1573]

Hi Paradox! I always feel frustrated when I have too much time for me to dance, and I don't feel like to move. I feel lazy. Most ironic, I seem to progress more when I was in high school although having lots of school work but still having 90 minutes of dancing every day. What do you think? Do you think I should choose dancing as my primary goal of my life? Or I just do it for fun?

[@hagopkelenjian1685]

hello im from Lebanon and im a huge fan ! my question would be where am i gonna get inspiration from if i dont have hip hop dancers around me? sometimes i feel lonely because i cannot share my ideas or get some ideas from other people because nobody around me really knows what im doing and kind of frustrates or even depresses me sometimes. i tried getting inspiration from ballet contemporary latin dancers or even bboys but its not the same

[@vinaymehta5659]

Hey Kevin my name is Vinay i was wondering what is a good way to use all parts of my body when freestyling? What about floorwork?

[@vishweshpanchal2399]

Sir I'm your huge fan,,,, ur awesome and Ha ur doing very great work,,, and thanku very much for helping us by giving answers to all the questions sir ur great,,, and Ha ur more than awesome😊 love from India.

[@hafidleghlid1675]

you awesome man

[@chewhuanen588]

Can I ask that how to response to fast beats in the musics ? Thank You :D

[@liangweiqiang4797]

what do think if someone have your style, les twins style and bouboo style?

[@rohitmensinor840]

hiiie sir u help me alot I have watch all ur video of ask a paradox sir I have 1 question that I'm dancing from 3years but now I want to do battle but when I think of battle I get negative thoughts I will lose N I'm not good N all plzzz sir hlep me I hope u will answer me love sir keep inspiring

[@sadb0ii]

hey kevin. just wondering, how do you deal with the pressure of having to live up to expectation? for example, i was a champion before. but i left the dance scene for a bit because of some problems. but now that i'm back, i feel pressured that i have to be as good as i was before because people still talk to me or treat me like i'm that same person as i was before. how would you deal with that?