It's natural that when you idolise the singers and great bands on TV you want to be able to dance like them too. Whether that pop star is Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears or Missy Elliot when they dance it just looks so cool. So which dance school can you go to learn to dance like your favourite pop and hip-hop stars?

Well that actually depends who you want to dance like. The best thing to do is go to a local open dance studio. They'll have many different dance classes, all in different dance styles and with different names from 'Urban Flow' to 'Jazz.' You'll probably find some of them are very similar to the pop stars you like, some of them may not be but you'll still probably want to dance like them!

There are lots of different classes that look very different. Some of the dance teachers may even draw influence in their dancing from the artists and choreographers that you like as well.

If you're looking to go into a full-time dance college to get your professional training there are many more dance colleges these days that offer a strong jazz dance base and hip-hop and other street dance styles as part of their syllabus. These are the dance styles a lot of pop and R&B stars are using these days.

Whether you choose to go to one of these dance schools of course is your choice. For example if you're already good at the pop-video style dancing you might choose to learn another skill and go to a dance school that specialises in contemporary dance for example.

When you pop into a dance studio many of the classes will be danced to a lot of the popular music that you'll hear on radio stations and so will more than likely be the type of dancing you will want to learn.

Any time you go to a dancing school where you attend on a regular basis you want to make sure that you'll be learning the type of dance you want to learn. There's nothing worse than being enrolled in a dance school that you hate!

If you go to open dance classes at a dance studio it won't matter of course as you can go to any dance class you want as they're usually pay as you go dance classes.

It should also be noted that whilst they have nothing to do with dancing like a pop star most of the time, classes such as ballet can also provide a good dancing technique which can help you with other dancing styles as well.

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