Uploaded September 2017 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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FREESTYLE ROULETTE:

1. pick a song you've never heard before (this song was suggested in response to my posts on Insta! instagram.com/galenhooks)

2. freestyle to it without hearing it first

This one features:
Emily King
"Distance"

This freestyle was the first time I'd heard this song, and I love it now!

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I asked for song requests on my IG Story and chose the songs I'd never heard before- thank you for all the suggestions!

I do a version of this in my intensives- I guide the students on several variables, including playing to the camera, turning it into "industry" freestyle that is bookable, and expanding their vocabulary so they can avoid repetitive, generic movement.

My version here is simply for fun! Out of the hundreds of dancers who have taken my intensives, almost all have been afraid of freestyling and I felt their pain! I am NOT a freestyler and decided to walk the walk by giving myself this challenge.

Want to try?

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Post your version of a FREESTYLE ROULETTE:

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1. Pick a song you've never heard (here's my Spotify playlist of songs recommended to me on Instagram! Choose a song you've never heard of and DON'T PLAY IT UNTIL YOU START YOUR FREESTYLE!: https://open.spotify.com/user/galenho...)


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BONUS POINTS: 2. Give yourself a parameter. Here are some examples:

- your hands are paintbrushes painting on the air
- the floor is covered in sand
- you're a character who is covered in tattoos, shaved head, gold teeth
- a different body part initiates each movement (what if you lead from your elbow? your hip? your collar bone?)
- the opposite of your comfort zone (If you're usually feminine, be masculine. If you're usually hard-hitting, be soft and still)


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3. FREESTYLE!

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4. SHARE WITH ME SO I CAN SEE!


-YOUTUBE
(put "Galen Hooks" "Freestyle Roulette" in the tags so I can find it!)



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(#FreestyleRoulette, #TheGalenHooksMethod, @GalenHooks @TheGalenHooksMethod)


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GALEN HOOKS is an industry veteran who has worked with over 60 artists including Justin Bieber, Usher, Rihanna, Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, Ciara, Ne-Yo, John Legend, Grimes, Banks, and more.

TV and Film credits include La La Land, GI Joe 3, 17 again, The Voice (Assoc Creative Producer), America's Got Talent (Assoc Consulting Producer), X-Factor (Supervising Choreographer), So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing with the Stars, Glee, The Grammys, Oscars, American Music Awards, and more.

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