How to Engage Your Core for Dance |

These are my tips for effectively using and engaging your core while dancing!
My 7 Min Core Workout: • Core Workout for Dance...
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[@annisiadixon3286]

Thank you so much for this in class my teachers are always telling me to engage my core but I honestly never really understood what it means 😭

[@destinyberg0903]

Hahah same!

[@perlatorres7774]

That deep breath explanation was probably the most useful description of how to achieve an engaged core. Thank you!

[@MissAneesa]

seriously underrated youtube channel. I found your video through a google search i'm so excited to watch your 25 days series and improve my dancing

[@Rosannasfriend]

I want to thank you. I’ve been watching a few videos about how to breathe for dancing, and you’re the first one who’s actually teaching us “how to breathe for dancing“ instead of just telling us how important it is to breathe, or just telling us that it’s important to breathe through the diaphragm or whatever… You’re really teaching us what dancers do and I appreciate that.

[@janallenbrade]

Absolutely brilliant advice - and examples! So many light bulb moments🔥 Thank you❤

[@jt604]

I just saw that you're making this 25 days of christmas series and I absolutely LOVE this idea, wish I saw this earlier! gonna catch up and probably use most of these later on too!!!!! thank you so much for all these, I'm gonna appreciate it so much, I saw so many topics I'm already so eager to watch!!!

[@ams2917]

doing this everyday to prepare for my schools danceline tryouts and help with dance!! day fifteen (10 february 2024) THANK YOU HAHA. even when my dance teacher explained it, i couldn't get it but this helped so much.

[@louisewoodhead]

SOOOOO useful, thank you!

[@lionking-bm6mj]

Great tips girl!

[@authenticallyadhd]

this was so helpful, especially the reminder to focus on how it feels not how it looks!

[@angelastorm1166]

this video was helpful, thanks for sharing!

[@Rosannasfriend]

5:06, nice to know I’m not the only moron that was trying to walk around like this a couple years ago, lol. Good thing that phase didn’t last long.

[@brandysara]

Subscribed ! 🙌🏾

[@Rosannasfriend]

What’s you’re saying is what I always do for my workouts. I always make my court harder and stiffer/tighter, as opposed to squeezing everything in. Makes it a lot easier to maintain my stamina and breathing. I do squeeze everything in when I am doing stretches/yoga. For flexibility. But other than that, when it comes to my singing or workouts, it’s really about making everything harder/us differ not about sucking anything in or pushing anything out. So of course for singing, I still have to kind of hold out/expand my core area and breathe in gradually , but I never go all the way in.

[@MARA610]

This is really useful. Thanks!♥

[@leyna-rc5mr]

Hey, I found your analogies and examples incredibly helpful!!! May I also ask if this is applicable to all dance styles? (e.g. commercial jazz, hiphop, jazz funk etc.) Also, I've heard that core engagement has to be dynamic, do you have any thoughts on this? Thanks in advance!!

[@hishamghalib8700]

Thank u

[@TheTrailDancer]

[@jdgatlin8813]

Hmmm maybe this is why i look stiff and rigid when I play sports. I don’t use my core good

[@JodyBrownIV]

Double wammy? Lol

[@KayleenBabel]

yes HAHA