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Dance Videos

I've only done a couple of general dance video posts this year (where I featured more than one style of dance), so I thought I'd do another one today. In this post I'm sharing R'n'B, African and belly dance videos, as well as a brand new XG dance cover! :)


Victoria Monet | On My Mama- Lyrik London Choreography

First up is a choreo to On My Mama, the latest single by American singer Victoria Monet, which was released in June. It's performed by the dance group Haus Of London and posted on the channel of Lyrik London, an American entertainer and creative from Atlanta, Georgia.

The video was uploaded in July.



Watch the official music video for On My Mama here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdJ-Qwu3y4Y

 

And for more on Lyrik London visit these links: 

Official site: https://www.lyriklondon.com/

YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@LyrikLondon/

 

5 VIRAL AMAPIANO DANCE MOVES- Dance Tutorial by Presh Okosi

Next is up is some African dance! This is a dance tutorial by Nigerian Afro-Dancer and dance tutor Presh Okosi, which was uploaded in March. She is teaching 5 viral Amapiano dance moves. Amapiano is a dance genre that originated in South Africa.

Presh doesn't kow the names of all the moves, but the 2nd and 4th ones in the video are Umlando and roboto. Somebody in the comments on YouTube says that the first step is called Ggoz. Let me know if you know the names of them all! :)

 


 

For another Amapiano dance tutorial, check out this post which includes Presh's Simple Amapiano Dance Moves for Beginners video (scroll down): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/06/dance-videos.html

 

20 MIN | Sweaty Belly Workout- Leilah Isaac

I also thought I'd share some belly dance! I haven't belly danced much this year but I've done a couple of workshops (most recently with Katie Holland last month) and I went to a class this week with Nadia Undine.

This is a video is by Leilah Issac, a fitness professional, belly dance and actor from the UK. She shares belly dance workouts, choreographies and fitness challenges online. She also teaches classes at the well-known Pineapple Dance Studios in London.

Here is a 20-minute belly dance workout from Leilah, which was uploaded on 1st October.

 


For more on Leilah visit these links:

Official site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SycPaZKB_2Y

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LeilahIsaac/


[DANCE IN PUBLIC] PUPPET SHOW- XG- Dance Cover by Fiancée (Vietnam)

Finally,  here is some Dance in Public! This is a dance cover to a song by Japanese girl group XG. Dance in Public is an activity where groups do dance covers in public places. K-pop in Public is one of the most popular genres. There are also some J-pop in Public covers  and ones from other Asian types of music such as C-pop, Thai pop and Vietnamese pop, but they don't seem to have taken off as much.

K-pop cover dances started getting really popular about 12 years ago, but according to Wikipedia the phenomenon began in Japan.

I've previously featured XG dance covers on the blog and noted that covers of their songs tend to be listed under "Dance in Public". The reason for this is that while the members are Japanese, they are considered a global group and their songs so far have been in English. The group's concept is also modelled on the Korean format (K-pop). While some XG covers are titled as J-pop in Public, more often it's Dance in Public. 

This is a cover of PUPPET SHOW, XG's latest single, which is from their debut mini album NEW DNA. Both single and album were released on 27th September. PUPPET SHOW is my favourite song from the mini album. :)

The dance cover is performed by Fiancée, a dance group based in Hanoi, Vietnam. The video was uploaded on 10th October.

 

 

Follow Fiancée at these links:

Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fiancee.official/

Official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@fiancee1002/

 

And visit this post for more on XG's mini album NEW DNA and to watch the music video for PUPPET SHOW: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/10/xg-debut-mini-album.html

And you can watch XG's official choreography video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXUPNtRGsA   

 

This is a new song, so there will be more dance covers (as well as others from the EP) as time goes on. I wrote a post exclusively featuring XG covers in March (see below), so I may do another one soon. :)

 

Hope you liked the post! :) Do you have a favourite type of dance or any current favourite cover dances?


Want more dance? Check out these posts:

Dance in Public- XG (features covers of their singles up to SHOOTING STAR/LEFT RIGHT): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/03/dance-in-public-xg.html

Dance Videos (features K-pop, African dance and a cover of XG's SHOOTING STAR): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/06/dance-videos.html

Dance Videos (features Telugu, V-pop and dance covers of XG's LEFT RIGHT and GIRL GVNG): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/08/dance-videos.html



 






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