Beginner Jazz Dance to learn online at Home

Learn a beginners Jazz dance with Hannah in this step by step tutorial to the Will Smith version of Friend Like Me from Disney's Aladdin movie. The song is a classic and so upbeat! Perfect for a Jazz dance; so Hannah has choreographed a Jazz piece to the song! In one video, Hannah shows you the full Friend Like Me routine to music, in another video she breaks down the individual steps with counts and lyrics to guide and walk through the  dance routine step by step to help you learn the routine from the comfort of your own home.

The piece includes different dance movements that include twists, kicks, arm movements, jazz hands, jazz pirouettes and more. Practice your rhythem and dancing to the beat with guidance from Hannah from Stardust Dance Academy, Cambridge.

Routine Description:

Watch @Stardust Dance Academy​'s beginners dance routine choreography to the Friend Like Me song from Disney's Aladdin - Will Smith version. Listen and watch the full Friend like me dance choreography with music.

Tutorial Description:

Learn @Stardust Dance Academy​'s Beginner's dance routine tutorial to the Friend Like Me song from Disney's Aladdin - Will Smith version. Watch and practice in this step-by-step breakdown of the Friend like me choreography by Hannah.

Difficulty / Level

This lyrical dance routine was designed for beginner dancers to Jazz dance. Hannah advises of variations in the tutorial video to challenge any more intermediate dancers learning the routine to push themselves further.

Lyrical Dance Clips

Short for time but still want to see the routine? You'll find a clip of it at:

1. TikTok Lyrical - https://www.tiktok.com/@stardustdanceacademy/video/6954037413823925510
2. Instagram Reels Lyrical - https://www.instagram.com/p/CNxCsSslvDh/
3. Pinterest Lyrical - https://pin.it/5ErDxAx
4. YouTube #Shorts Lyrical - https://youtu.be/9P8tcJp-eXE

TRANSCRIPT OF ALADDIN FRIEND LIKE ME JAZZ DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY VIDEO:

Welcome back to the channel everyone if you haven't danced with me before i'm Hannah from Stardust Dance Academy and in this video i'm going to be showing you a simple dance to friend like me from Aladdin. So this is a jazz dance that i'm going to do with the music; if you enjoy the video and if you want to learn this dance i've made a separate video where i break down the dance and teach it to you step by step so i've dropped a link down below so if you enjoy the video make sure you check that out and learn the dance with me.

[Song Starts - Lyrics]

‍uh. Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezad-ie had a thousand tales. but master you're in luck because up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails. you got some power in your corner now heavy ammunition in camp. You got some punch, pizzazz, yahoo and how; See all you gotta do is rub that lamp. And I'll say. Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be? let me take your order i'll jot it down you ain't never had a friend like me. life is your restaurant and i'm your maitre d' come whisper to me whatever it is you want you ain't never had a friend like me! we pride ourselves on service you the boss the kid in the shop say what you wish is yours true dish how about a little mobagalavar have some up column a try all of column b. I'm in the mood to help you dude. You aint ever had a friend like me. can your friends do this?

[End of Song - Lyrics]

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Thanks so much for watching everybody if you enjoyed that video; don't forget to check out the link below and you can watch the tutorial where i'll teach you this dance step by step if you haven't already don't forget to like and subscribe and check out more videos from me and some of the other stardust teachers.

TRANSCRIPT OF ALADDIN FRIEND LIKE ME JAZZ DANCE TUTORIAL VIDEO:

Welcome back to the Stardust channel everyone! If you haven't danced with me before i'm Hannah from Stardust Dance Academy in Cambridge and in this video i'm going to break down and teach you my dance to friend like me from (Disney's) Aladdin so this is a jazz dance and this is just the tutorial video so we're not going to be dancing it with music i'm just going to teach it to you step by step once you've learned the dance moves and you are ready to perform with music i've made a separate video for you and i will drop the link down below so you can practice it with me and the music when you're ready.

[Tutorial Starts]

When the music starts you're just gonna have a little step or you can do a little twist and then we're gonna start we're gonna slide one and two tuck it behind turn towards your back shoulder three four and again one and two three four one more one and two three four and then you're going to run on the spot okay you can bring it back to the middle is how the music goes good and that can bring you back to the center fabulous we're then going to take a step behind and you're going to do a nice little shoulder roll with it we go one two three and flick just a small flick other way one two three now we're going to take a bigger kick this time so push through the floor and kick your leg don't worry about how high it's going but push through that floor so we go one two three little flick five six seven big kick nice you're going to bring your arms into jazz first tuck your foot behind and turn lovely and then he says hand you're gonna look at your hand hand good and then you're gonna shake i think the lyrics are something about magic up your sleeve and you're gonna shake shake shake shake all the way up fabulous okay let's see if we can do that a little bit just marking it through together so you've got your beginning five six seven eight one and two three four five and six seven eight one and two three four run double a let up sir and set one two three little flick one two three big kick cross turn magic up your sleeve and shake good next we're going to take a nice big jump you're going to bring your hands together and they're going to stretch up to the ceiling so you go jump in and then you're going to point at the corners of your room good then we're gonna rise up bend jump out nice good job so we've gone jump and place rise and jump lovely then on the lyrics it says some punch pizzazz so we're gonna punch your hand got some punch pizzazz and then he says ya who and how so you can either take a turn up on your toes crossing your wrists or you can take it as an inward pirouette up if you've done turns before your choice all right so punch pizzazz yahoo and how and then he says all got to do is rub that out so you're going to shake your hands all the way down good then we've got a little box step next okay so when he says mr aladdin so imagine you've got a square on the floor you're going to step across to the corner other foot comes across and then to the back corner back corner so one two three four and just let your arms swing naturally so remember you're stepping across to the corner round back back good job so we just do it once one two three four and then you're going to do a little jump out heel lifted and jack's hands good and then we do it again one two but we step back back and this prepares us for a turn so if you've done pirouettes you can do a pivot if not you can just bring it into a balance here then you're going to jump out for you ain't never had a friend like me and bring it in good very nice okay so remember if you need to rewind and go through any bits you can if not i'm gonna keep going okay remember you can always pause and rewind and rewatch if you need to if not let's carry on so we repeat the first little bit going behind side front little flick behind side front big kick lovely but then in the music he says go and whisper what it is you want so we do a little change and you're going to mind brush spring with a little bats come on whisper whatever it is you want then jump you ain't never had a friend like me into yourself again good very nice okay let's do it from the beginning as a quick recap everything we've done so a five six seven eight butterfly turn and again spanner turn up your sleeve and shake ready to jump and jump and pose again reach and out punch pizzazz yeah you run how all you gotta do is rub that lap and i'll say box that two three four and shake six seven eight one two three four for your turn you ain't never had a friend like me repeat one two three and flick one two three big kick whisper whatever it is you want you ain't never had a friend like me next we are going to take a big gallop to the side gallop and then rock it back and then slide bring it into a parallel material drop your head and then shoot it up good again six seven eight one and two three four five six seven eight perfect you're then gonna circle sweep tap circle sweep tap good two steps forward open your arms one two and then we're going to walk back and bring the arms forwards lovely good against the gala six seven eight one and two three four five six seven eight one two three four five six seven eight go back two three four good well done carrying on we're going to take two nice slow steps to the side and we're gonna look to the side as well so we're gonna go one two three and four and it's kind of like you've got a plate or a tray of food you are serving other way one two three four perfect we're going to cross them in front cross flick then your hand's going to go up and then you're going to point good with a little like click fabulous and then you're going to jump out but you ain't never had a friend like me and again you can kind of make this fit your own you might want to point with one thumb both thumbs whatever you like all right so let's do it from the gallop we go one and two three four five six in ah circle circle come forwards forwards forwards back quick quick quick quick quick and one two three and four five six seven eight one two three four jump and me awesome then we get to repeat it that we already know so we're gonna repeat our slides three times but when we do our run i want you to finish with an ending pose and that's the end of our dance today all right so you can choose the ending you can copy my pose if you want to or feel free to come up with your own so i'm going to mark it through one last time from the beginning just with counts for you and then when you're ready remember that music video is below whenever you are ready to dance it full out as many times as you like with the music so let's mark it one last time and then you can practice it with the music here we go so you're just gonna twist six seven eight one and two three four five and six seven eight one and two three ready run run run run jump and one two three little flick five six seven eight one two three four five six seven jump one two three four five six seven eight punch pizza yahoo on hand and shake good and one two three four five six seven eight one two three four five six seven eight repeat the beginning behind side front little flick behind side front kick whisper with a little bat you ain't never had a friend like me gala one and two three four five six seven eight one two three coming forward slow slow going back quick quick quick two steps one and two three and four cross flick point point never had a friend like me beginning good job well done everyone.

[Tutorial Ends]

Thanks so much for dancing with me today everybody i really hope you've enjoyed learning that dance don't forget now you've learned it it's time to practice it with the music so click that link below and dance it as many times as you want to with the music now if you've enjoyed this kind of dance this kind of song please let me know and drop me a comment below also if you've got any song requests that you would like me to choreograph new dances to let me know and i will do my best to make it happen thanks for dancing with me and hope to see you back here soon