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hey everyone today I'm going to show you how to do the floss dance, we're going to
do a little practice to it and we're going to build on the floss test by
going through a little disco move that uses the same movement and isolations, so
the foss dance was popularized by the backpack kid and it was repopularized by
being a dance move in the game Fortnite hence all my cosplay swag. for a
beginner dancer, there's actually a few good isolations you can learn from it. so
let's get into it. so you guys know I love cheesy dance
moves whether you're dancing alone, in a group, or with a girl. it communicates a
lot of things, it tells people that you're self deprecating, you don't take yourself
so seriously, that you're a fun person, so it's pretty disarming, so you should
always have cheesy dance moves in your arsenal whether it's for going out to a
club or for social situations such as going to a wedding or a cosplay
convention
so let's get into the Floss Dance. the Floss Dance itself is not so difficult
to do. the tricky part is doing it at double speed which the backpack kid does, so he
does it really fast and he also has really long arms, he's got a huge ape
index which makes it even more interesting to look at. okay so let's
start with the first thing - hip isolations. so you want to be able to move your hips
independent of your shoulders like that. this is super important because for guys
it really builds into other dance moves. so for example, a Latin basic, your hips
are moving independently of your shoulders, just like that. now beginners,
there's a tendency to kind of tilt your body like this. if you feel like you're
doing that check yourself in the mirror to make sure that your shoulders are
level and it's just your hips moving side to side. so do it with me on my
count one two three four five six seven eight one two three four five six seven
eight. Great. so if you're looking at a mirror and you put the
mirror in a distance you and you stare at yourself, it actually helps with the
isolation. so the next thing you want to do is incorporate the arms. the arms are
swinging opposite to the hips so as your hip bumps out to one side, your arms
swing out to the opposite side. so we're just going to keep them in front at
first so we're not going to be flossing yet like that.
and keeping a continuous rhythm so on my count five six seven eight one two three
four five six seven eight one two three four five six seven eight one two three
four five six seven eight one two three four five six seven eight
good job so this next part is where we're actually flossing and I think I'm
going to lose a few beginners here. so what's happening is that on every other
turn you're flossing so one hand goes behind one hand is in front. so I think
for this part lesson I'm gonna turn around and it's going to make a little
easier. okay so let's start off with both hands out to the left right hand hitting
like this now we're going to swing out in front like this and right hand behind
both in front, both in front, left hand behind now, both in front, both in front
right hand behind, both in front, front left hand behind, front front right hand
behind, front front left hand behind, front front left hand behind, good let's
restart that again to see if got it. so again starting with left hand in front
right hip hitting out, front right hand behind, front front left hand
behind, front front right behind, front front, left behind ,front front right
behind, front front left behind, front front right behind, front front left
behind, front front right behind. okay so now let's do it continuously on my slow
count and we're going to start off with this as our one. so on my count
5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 & 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5
seven eight one two three four five six seven eight one two three four five six
seven eight one two three four five six seven eight
good job. okay so next let's move on to a dance practice with music, but we're
going to do it regular speed remember that the actual Floss Dance is done twice
as fast as this practice okay on my count
five six five six seven eight one two three four five six seven eight one two
three four five six seven eight one two three four five six seven eight one two
three four five six seven eight one two - three - four - five six seven eight
one two three four five six seven eight one two three four five six seven eight
one two three four five six seven eight one two three four five six seven eight
on your own time
without my help now
let's restart again to see if you got it, five six seven eight one two
three four five six seven eight one two three four five six seven eight one two
three four five six seven eight one two three four five six seven eight one two
three four five six seven eight one two three four five six seven eight
again five six seven eight one two three four five six seven eight one two three
four five six seven eight. on your own count
great work. alright so now I got a little bonus move for you we're going to take
some elements of the floss dance and we're going to convert it into a disco
dance move. so we have the floss dance like this and
I'm going to slowly convert it, like this
until it becomes this. so the first move we're going to do is we're going to take
the hip movements from the floss dance which is a good basic move to have in your
repertoire and we're going to hit twice to each side just like that that one and
two three and four one and two three and four
so Angela actually teaches this for women
she calls it hip hits too but she uses levels like this give it a sexier hip
look we're going to simplify it, we're just going to keep them level like this
just hitting twice to each side. to help you with this, you got to turn your body
a little to the side that you're hitting
like that one two three four five and six seven
and eight hitting it twice each side again you gotta check out the club dance
for women program because it goes through it really slowly and it has lots
of practices. so after hitting twice to each side we're going to incorporate the
arms now. so Floss Dance has opposite arms to the
hips this time we're going to make the arms swing out with the hips like that
now this move almost becomes another cheesy dance. if you look, you swing
them out like that, it's kind of Carlton dance so yeah if you just add a bobble
in the head it's become another great cheesy dance move. I absolutely love the
Carlton dance but going back to this move, we're going to swing out the arms
like this just like we did in the floss dance, double hip hits with an arm swing
so hands are always in front this time now if you want to make it more like the
Floss Dance we're going to take one arm bring it out in front and the other one
goes behind so this kind of borrows from another dance program I have which is
the locking program and there's a waacking series designed for women where
your hands swing out like this. locking and waacking is great because
it's a fun dance with melee weapons but it's also a great move in itself for
women and guys. and you ask me, I think the locking
isolations would make a great dance emote in fortnite. okay so back on track
this time instead of hands coming out in front we're going to bring one hand in
front one hand behind like that as we do the double hip hits, just like that. so
try it with me we'll do the hip hits disco move on my count
starting by hitting to this side first five six seven eight one two three four
five six seven eight one two three four five six seven eight one two three four
five six seven eight one two three four five six seven eight
awesome let's try it to music now
okay on my count, it's going to be pretty fast
five six five six seven eight one two three four five six seven eight one two
three six six eight two three six one more time on the counting 5 6 5 6 7 8 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 & 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
awesome okay so thanks for watching don't forget
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