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15-Minute Beginner Hip-Hop Dance Workout

15-Minute Beginner Hip-Hop Dance Workout — video by Matt Steffanina Play · 16:09

Video by Matt Steffanina on YouTube · Open on YouTube

Choreographer Matt Steffanina and Alysha Percy dance through five songs with simple steps, slides, lunges and low grooves, offering lower or bigger versions as you go. Made for people who have never danced before.

  • 16 min
  • Beginner
  • Moderate impact
  • No equipment
  • Hip hop

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Step by step 5

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  1. Song 1, Latin: bounce on bent knees stepping forward and back, step-outs with an arm hit, cross-backs. 0:11
  2. Song 2: step behind and slide with the arms up, single-single-double grooves, slices into a lunge. 3:24
  3. Song 3: low jack-style steps with the arms out, arm hits, throw-backs and bounce-and-lean-back. 6:30
  4. Song 4: knee grooves, a cross-step tap with the arm, knees in and out, slides and a knee march. 9:41
  5. Song 5, dancehall: lunges with chest pops, slide and double, clap steps and swings, then low squat bounces. 12:47

The steps are a summary in our words, checked against the video — the coach shows every move.

Form cues from the coach

  • Keep a bend in your knees and a bounce the whole time
  • Stay low for more leg burn, or stand taller for an easier version
  • Drop the arms and just do the legs if it gets too much

What it works Whole body

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Joints it uses 2 takes load

  • Hips takes loadlunges, low grooves, squat bounces
  • Knees takes loadlunges, low bounces, squat bounces, low grooves
  • Shoulders movesarm hits, drum arms, arm swings
  • Upper back moveschest pops, body rolls
  • Lower back movesbody rolls, lean-backs, throwing it back
  • Ankles & feet movesbouncing steps, slides, step-touches

Easier option from the coach: Stand taller instead of staying low; drop the arms and just do the legs

A guide to the joints this video’s moves load, from what the coach does — not medical advice. Some ache is normal; stop if a joint hurts sharply. How joints are rated

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Video by Matt Steffanina; the summary, steps, cues, body areas and joint notes are Notbroken’s, written from what the coach actually does in the video and checked a second time. Warm up first, take the easier options until a move feels easy, and stop if you feel sharp pain, chest pain or dizziness. General instruction, not advice for your body. About & safety