[Dance Basics] Simple Choreography for Middle School Students
You probably have a lot of chances to dance at events like sports festivals and culture festivals.
For people who already do dance as a hobby or take lessons, being good at it might be a given, but beginners often don’t even know the names of the moves.
Here, we introduce easy-to-understand basic steps and choreography for dance beginners.
Once you learn the basic movements, you’ll find that trending dances on social media are easy to do!
Try combining different moves and use them as inspiration for your own original dance!
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[Dance Basics] Simple dance choreography for junior high school students (11–20)
Tut
Tutting is a choreography that uses the arms from the shoulders, wrists, and so on, and its name is said to derive from Tutankhamun because it evokes the hieroglyphs used in ancient Egypt.
It consists of freely combining the angles of the shoulders and wrists to the rhythm, and the dance holds up solidly using only the upper body.
If you do it only in front of your body, it can give a compact impression, so try incorporating moves like spreading your arms to the sides and lower-body movements to make it appear larger.
Balancing the quick, intricately interlocking motions of both arms with the dynamism of the whole body is the key to making tutting stand out.
Happy Feet
Starting from a stance with your feet together in the center, this step opens the body forward, back, left, and right in time with the rhythm, and it’s commonly used in house dance.
What matters is how quickly you can maintain balance—where your center of gravity is when you tilt your body, and which part of your foot you use as the pivot.
Pay attention to shifting the axis between heel and toe and to the knee action that makes those transitions look smoother, and practice gradually.
If you also focus on how you swing your arms when transferring weight and on the shapes you create when you stop, it will not only improve your balance but also make the step look more dynamic.
Moonwalk
The body glides smoothly backward, moving as if on the moon in zero gravity.
This technique, also known as the backslide, spread worldwide after Michael Jackson showcased it during the interlude of “Billie Jean.” The steps are simple: place your weight on the tiptoe of one foot and pull the other foot back.
Repeating this smoothly creates the uncanny, zero-gravity look.
Key points include switching your weight quickly and angling your body as if you’re about to step forward.
Slide
The slide is a very simple step: bend your knees and elbows and move to the right, then straighten your knees and elbows once while opening your chest firmly, and repeat the same movement on the left side.
Because the movement is simple, it might work better in the interlude rather than during the intense parts of the song.
Also, when dancing with a large group, synchronized sideways slides have a strong impact, so be sure to use this in choreography for songs by idol groups and other large ensembles!
Point(s)
A signature choreography point featuring finger-pointing in the up, down, left, and right directions.
With your hips as the center, bend your knees and repeat the four movements.
While turning your face to the left and right and pointing, open both arms upward into a Y shape and point.
Be sure to lift one leg firmly at this moment.
Finally, face straight forward, point ahead, and strike a pose with one leg extended back.
The dynamic movements make it great for dance beginners.
Try incorporating it into original choreographies for K-pop or dance music.
Roger Rabbit
The Roger Rabbit, named after choreography that looks like a rabbit hopping, is also known as a classic hip-hop dance.
For the footwork, bend your knees and switch your feet, then bend your knees again and extend one leg backward, repeating this motion.
For the upper body, move with the rhythm by dropping and expanding your chest.
Bending your elbows when you drop your chest and extending them when you expand it, along with keeping a slight forward lean, creates a cool silhouette.
In hip-hop, riding the rhythm is crucial, so when you use this in creative dance, be sure to keep the rhythm as you try it.
[Dance Basics] Simple Choreography for Middle School Students (21–30)
Triangle
If you’re a beginner who’s built up some leg strength, why not try this Triangle? Put simply, this step is the triangular version of the box step.
That doesn’t mean it’s as easy as the box step, though.
The step itself isn’t particularly difficult, but because it involves a big jump backward, it can be very tiring.
Beginners should dance in front of a mirror to check that their form isn’t breaking down.
