That of the robot is an original and fun dance made famous by Michael Jackson in the 1980s. Although it has gone out of style, you can always do it to impress friends at eighties parties or just for fun on the dance floor. If you want to learn how to be a robot in an instant, follow these few steps.
Steps
Method 1 of 2: Learn the Basics
Step 1. Choose the suitable music
The robot dance must be done in time with the music; the ideal is definitely the rhythmic one, like electro funk, for example. However, there are other types of music that, although not particularly suitable for this type of dance, have been used in the past to do the robot dance. Once you have chosen the song, learn the rhythm, so that you can follow it without problems while you dance. Among the songs you can choose are:
- Styx, "Mr. Roboto"
- Jackson 5's, "Dancing Machine"
- Michael Jackson, "Billie Jean"
- Timbaland, "Bounce"
- Daft Punk, "Around the World"
- Kraftwerk, "The Robots"
- Jonathan Coulton / GLaDOS "Still Alive"
- Bender & The Robot Devil "Robot Hell Song"
Step 2. Learn the basics
Learn to raise your shoulders and lower them with a sudden movement. You will need to perform this movement while moving up and down or from left to right and vice versa; therefore get used to lifting your shoulders and then lowering them below their natural position; as if I shrugged, but in an exasperated way.
Step 3. Learn to stop suddenly and then continue in the movements
To get to master this move, move in one direction and then stop suddenly immobilizing yourself; it will be at this point that you will use the shoulder movement. Continue in another direction and repeat the game: move, stop and then continue.
Stop and continue to the beat of the music. At a slower pace, you will be doing this move less frequently
Step 4. Learn to block yourself
Keep stopping and moving on, but when you stop, hold the position for two or three seconds, depending on the rhythm of the song. You will not have to stop only in the movements of the body but also with those of the face.
Step 5. Train your facial expressions
Your robot's face should be devoid of expressiveness; robots feel no emotion! However, you can show yourself a bit bewildered and surprised by the fact that you have been programmed to dance. Before starting to dance, imagine that you are sleeping and that someone suddenly throws you on the dance floor. Do not smile and do not indicate those around you so as not to leave the character.
Method 2 of 2: Do the Robot
Step 1. Raise your arms
Lift your forearms until they are parallel to the ground and perpendicular to your shoulders. Keep your elbows close to your hips. This is the first movement to do as soon as the music starts; look bewildered, as if you had just been operated. Stop suddenly, locking your arms in the position just described; you can also give a shrug before freezing.
Step 2. Move your forearms to the left
After a pause of a second or two, move your forearms to the left while keeping your elbows close to your hips and your torso facing forward. The right arm should rest on the stomach and the left arm should open outwards. Once this movement is complete, stop again.
Keep your face facing forward as you do this movement. The head of a robot does not follow the movements of the arms or shoulders; will come into action later
Step 3. Move your feet
Lean back slightly and then move forward, as if you are a machine that needs to get going, then move your feet so that they point in the same direction as your arms (it doesn't have to be a smooth motion like it would for a normal stride. of dance).
Step 4. Move your head to the left
The head can now jerk to the left, in the direction of the arms and legs. You should do this movement every time you adjust your body position as if your head is picking up some kind of signal to move. Looking forward as the rest of the body moves emphasizes the mechanical nature of the dance.
Step 5. Bend down
Keeping your arms pointing to the left (but you can also bring them back to center during the movement), bend forward so that your back is almost ninety degrees; then blocked. You can get stuck in this position for a little longer whenever the rhythm of the music slows down.
Step 6. Straighten your right arm
Extend your right arm, moving it upward with a sudden movement, and then quickly fold it back. The movement should consist of one click. Repeat this move three to four times, continuing to straighten and fold back your arm.
Step 7. Slowly straighten your back
After lowering your right arm for the last time, slowly straighten your back while continuing to look to the left, then return your head to the front position. Continue to keep your forearms close to your hips and tuck in ninety degrees.
Step 8. Go haywire
Bring your forearms, shoulders and torso to the starting position. Show yourself a little disconcerted in doing so, as if you were alarmed. Freeze for a second or two, then straighten up and start jerking your arms, one at a time, continuing to move your body mechanically. Move slightly to the left as you move your left arm and to the right as you move your right arm.
Step 9. Straighten your left arm
After dancing for a while, repeat with the left arm the movement you made earlier with the right arm: turn your arms to the right, follow them with the movement of the feet, bend forward and then mechanically extend the left arm three or four times before. to straighten up.
Step 10. Move here and there
You can wander around the dance floor continuing to move your arms up and down, stop suddenly and then continue, freeze, go on tilt from time to time and straighten your arms. Continue like this until the end of the song or until you feel tired; then say goodbye to your friends in a robotic voice thanking them for their support.
