The ultimate guide on how to dance popping[/caption] Do you spend hours on YouTube watching epic dance videos!? Wishing and craving you could learn how to dance popping and move to the funky soul beats or dance to the rigid mechanical noises of dubstep music?

I was once in your shoes until I took the initiative to stop watching dance videos and start learning the dance popping! Like you I spent hours on the internet searching for video dance tutorials on how to dance popping for beginners, how to learn cool dance moves, and how the history and culture of popping began. This probably won’t come as a surprise to you, but there really isn’t a lot of resources out there on learning how to dance popping and the culture of street dance, hip hop, and popping.

You really have to dig deep into the hip hop threads and personal Facebook page of some of the dancers who were around when the urban street dance styles like bboying (breakdancing), popping, locking and other styles originated around the 70’s. I saw this need to build an educational resource, a one stop shop, for everything there is to know about learning how to dance popping.

I have many references of how I have learned how to dance popping whether through research, or personally meeting dancers well respected in the industry which I will reference through out this guide. All the tutorials in this guide are absolutely free, but depending how serious and dedicated you are about learning how to dance popping you'll for sure want to check out my 60 minute premium tutorials which are the #1 most downloaded tutorials on learning to freestyle and do popping on the internet.

The first video displayed is a trailer of the 60 minute popping dance bundle if you want to check out the good stuff right away! Otherwise continue with the popping dance beginners guide below and best of luck! Without further hype, I hope you enjoy my ultimate guide to learning how to dance popping.

HOW DO I BECOME A GOOD DANCER AT POPPING?

Before we get into learning how to dance popping it is important to learn a little about the roots of the dance style, where it originated from, and how it came to be! The Where did the Dance Style Popping Come From question of popping is a little controversial in the popping culture and dance industry and my intent is not to discredit or take away from the hard work the dancers did back in the day to create the style we know asso I won’t get into any specific names of some of the dancers around back in the day. All I will say on that note is that if you desire to learn about the specific dancers who are known to be some of the founding fathers of the dance style popping, this won’t be the place you will learn that, but I will give references at the end of this guide if you desire to go further into the roots of Popping. I just want to cover a few important concepts that I have learned about popping. Popping is originated from Funk music geographically starting in the bay area of California. In today’s modern era of Hip Hop music and hip hop dance it seems that popping is a subcategory of hip hop. This can be argued, however, it is a shared belief to educated dancers that popping, hip hop, bboying, and locking among other dance styles are treated respectfully different dances just as tap dance and lyrical dance are treated. For those dancers who take dance lessons at a dance studio this may come as a surprise but do not be alarmed. It is sad modern truth that the majority of dance studios that offer hip hop classes really have no idea what hip hop dance is about. The topic of answering what is hip hop dance is a whole other article which we won’t get into, but the point is to say popping is its own dance style. The purest definition of popping is to move, act, or imitate as a living robot.. To the left is a dance tutorial on learning how to dance the robot.If there is only one thing you should practice in the dance style of popping to become a good dancer it is the concept of hitting or doing that body pop in your natural dance freestyle. In order to learn hitting or how to hit and pop you need to focus on and concentrate on individual muscle control. Hitting is all about the ability to contract, move, and flex body in a quick jolt manner to create the pop effect that your whole body is being electrocuted. Just like dimestops, hitting is the underlying foundation of the dance popping and without it, the dance cannot technically be defined as popping. I have a lot of free tutorials covering how to learn popping in all levels here on and have multiple videos on hitting. My premium tutorial for beginners is by far the most in depth and best tutorial for learning hitting, however, my free tutorials will still get the job done for learning how to hit. I’ve included a popping tutorial on hitting from my YouTube account to the left which will focus on some key elements of hitting using your upper body. I remember when I first started hitting my neck, abdomen, and even forearms were really sore from practicing hits. The reason I was sore is because if you are starting brand new to learning how to dance popping you use muscles that you aren’t used to using in your natural everyday movement.. From your wrist, forearm, chest, and even your neck.