Beginners Street Dance Routine to Descendants 2

Learn a beginners street dance with Stacey in this step by step tutorial to the Descendants 2 song "What's My Name?". This emotional song from the scene by Uma in the film (China Anne McClain) is a perfect piece for some street dance choreography! Stacey has choreographed a street dance piece to the song. In one video, Stacey shows you the full Descendant's 2 What's My Name routine choreography to the original music from the movie; in another video she breaks down the individual steps with counts and lyrics to guide and walk through the dance routine choreography step by step to help you learn all the dance moves from the comfort of your own home.

The piece includes different street dance movements. Practice your rhythm to the beat with guidance from Stacey, an experienced professional dance teacher at Stardust Dance Academy, Cambridge.

Routine Description:

Watch Stacey's Descendants Dance Routine Choreography to WHAT'S MY NAME in this performance video, inspired by the song from Descendants 2. This video shows you the street dance choreography with the original music. Want to learn the dance? We've got a tutorial video for you!

Tutorial Description:

Learn Stacey's Descendants dance tutorial to What's My Name from Disney's Descendants 2. This video breaks down the dance choreography video to practice along to. Comfortable with the dance? Watch the choreography & dance to the original Descendants music.

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Difficulty / Level

This street dance routine was designed to be adaptable for beginners and intermediate skilled dancers. Stacey advises of variations in the tutorial video to challenge any more intermediate dancers learning the routine to push themselves further.

What's My Name Street Dance Routine Choreography Transcript

Welcome back to the Stardust (Dance Academy) channel. I'm Stacey the Street dance teacher from Stardust i'm going to show you the dance i've taught to What's My Name song from Descendants 2. You can watch the tutorial via the link below. Let's get started

[Song Starts - Lyrics]

Uuuuma, uma uuuuma. What's it, what's it? Say it say it! I'm the queen of this town. I call the shots you know who I am. Don't need to wear no fake crown. stand up to me you don't stand a chance. It's hard time, we up next, next. My crow's as real as it gets. The worst and now the best. and leaving us here will be the last regret! What's my name? What's my name? Say it louder! What's my name? What's my name? Feel the power!

[Song Ends - Lyrics]

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What's My Name Street Dance Tutorial Transcript

Hello it's Stacey from Stardust (Dance Academy) and welcome back to the channel. In the video i break down the routine to "What's My Name?" from Descendants 2. There's no music in the video so once you're ready to practice with the music just click on the link below.

[Tutorial Starts]

Okay so we're gonna start with our feet apart and we're gonna do poses to start with so we've gone arms up one two and in the next pose we cross our arms here and we're gonna lean to the side so we're going to go lean and lean and then our arms come out round with our hands open and then our hands go into a fist and we do three tap tap tap our knee comes up one and we punch our arms down one two swap sides three nod four there we go twist five and six we go stamp seven eight and we grab hold of our wrist and again so you've got feet apart we go pose and pose and we go round tap tap tap there we go one two three not four twist five and six we go big step out seven eight and make the loudest down as you can a little bit faster feet apart and we go pose pose round hip tap tap tap one two three not four five and six down seven ends carrying on we go hands high by my knee and the other hand so that's one and two so cut our hands together and we roll round three four and we hold this position so we've gone one and two rounds three four then we jump our feet together five hold six and we look seven eight and again a little bit quicker so we go one and two three four five six look seven eight from the very beginning with our poses so we go close three four jump in five six look seven eight then one foot goes forwards and we need sample foot down and we're going to slide the foot back and we repeat to the other side step slide so our fit is stuck to the floor one two three four and our arms we make a cross so we go one two and then we're pulling and rolling our arms down three four and again so we just found here three four jumps in five six look seven eight then the next bit one two three four then we're gonna bounce side to side we go five six and seven eight let's go from the very beginning and we go feet apart hip pose and pose round tap tap tap one two three no four five and six down seven eight one and eight row three four five six look seven eight one two three four bounces five six seven eight brilliant let's go a little bit faster and we go five six seven eight and one two three four five and six seven eight one and two three four five six look seven eight one two three four five six seven eight next section we roll up bring our feet together and we push our knees forwards and in our hips and then our chest comes over so you've got one two now hold on to your t-shirt one two and in the song it mentions about a crown okay so place our crowns on our heads that's it so you've got one two place three four then we're going to step to the side the hands go behind five step six seven eight so again we go one two three hold four hands go behind five step the other leg behind fifth seven eight let's carry a little bit further then we do criss-cross we go one two and then we do two quick criss crosses we go and three and four and again let's go from the crown you go one two three hold four five seven six seven step eight crisscross one two and three and four you're going down to the floor here knees together five big jump six look seven look to the front eight okay let's go from our second half you ready so you've gone one two three four bounces five six seven eight bowler one two hold three four step five six seven eight criss cross one two and three and pull down five up six look seven eight perfect let's go from the very beginning ready we'll go slowly we go pose pose eight one and two three four there we go five six look seven eight you go one two three four five six and seven eight roll up one two hold on three four five six seven eight criss-cross one two and three and four five up six look seven eight now the last bit we go down and under we go one two three four we go step forwards five six we crouch down to the floor seven point eight natural finishing pose so we're going to go from the very beginning a little bit faster ready feet and we go okay and hip round hip tap tap tap one two three four five and six seven eight one and two three four five six look seven eight one two three four five six seven eight one two three four five six seven criss cross one two and three and four five six seven eight one two three four step five six down seven eight and hold there that's your end pose. Well done everyone.

[Tutorial Ends]

Thank you so much for learning the routine with me. If you would like to practice some more you can always rewind the video and once you are ready to practice with the music just click on the link below. Let me know your thoughts in the comments below and like and subscribe if you'd like to see more dance videos!