How to Find Your Own Dancing Style

Everyone has a dancing style. Even if you have one that makes you look like a chicken in an electric chair, that's still a style. However, if you feel like you have two left feet and are tired of embarrassing yourself by dancing like the said chicken, then follow these steps to hone your personal style without ever having to walk into a dance studio.

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Think. Keep in mind, before you start, that dancing (especially freestyle dancing) takes a certain level of courage and spontaneity. You can't be afraid to go crazy, but you also need to focus on your limits and what you can do. Think about if you have these necessary things to create a dancing style that you can call your own.

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Make sure you're alone. After all, you are going to have to do some pretty goofy stuff before you can perfect your personal dance style and unless you want to be laughed at, solitude is your best option. Although some prefer to have a pet (i.e. dog, cat, even goldfish) with them/watching them for comfort.

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Wear something comfortable. This means really comfortable, like those ratty sweats you'd never wear in public or that boxer shorts/T-shirt combo that your spouse keeps threatening to throw away but never does. Or even your pajamas. Something light and stretchy and easy to move in.

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Grab a hairbrush, or anything else you can use as a "microphone." This is optional, but it may help you become more at ease if you can start singing in that voice of yours that you keep saving for the shower. You don't have to sing while dancing, but it definitive gives you more control.

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Stand in front of a full length mirror. You're going to be the star of your own personal show, and you need an audience. What better audience than one which will appreciate you no matter what you do? Fake applause is optional as well.

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Turn on the tunes. Make sure it's something you like and it's got a beat to it

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Get a Feel for the Music. Close your eyes and listen to the music. Relax your body, feel the music in your body and start to sway. Open your eyes and...

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Go for it! Move your feet and tap to the rhythm. The point here is to get comfortable moving your body to music. Use the hairbrush to sing if you want. Don't worry, the only one you'll scare is the cat, and who cares what it thinks? Go crazy!

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Watch yourself in the mirror. Are there any moves you like? Any you would like to toss out the door with yesterday's newspaper? Make a mental note of it. If you're really serious, you may want to break out the video camera.

ENJOY YOURSELF! Dancing should be about having fun! If you aren't enjoying yourself, everyone else probably won't either

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