Breaking Down Five Hip-Hop Dance Moves

Everyone wants to try hip-hop dance workshops (as soon as they get over worrying they’ll look goofy learning new moves). Recently, hip-hop has moved center stage in shows such as Bring It On, The Prom, and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway hits Hamilton and In the Heights. As a musical theatre student, basic literacy in this evolving American art form will serve you well. Teaching artist Santana Trujillo will be at the International Thespian Festival teaching hip-hop dance workshops … will you be there?

Meet Our Hip-Hop Dance Workshop Instructor

Santana Trujillo, owner of Gayton Dance Studio in Denver, Colorado, is a regular teaching artist for Thespian events at both the Colorado chapter and international levels. A dance polyglot, Trujillo earned her BFA in dance theatre from AMDA College of Performing Arts and now teaches and choreographs jazz, tap, ballet, lyrical, and — of course — hip-hop.

As Trujillo says, you can apply these to step up your audition, freestyle, and even TikTok game. So, get up, change into comfortable clothes, and dance along to Trujillo’s lesson to master these moves.

Experience more dance training at the International Thespian Festival live and in person in Bloomington, Indiana, June 2022.