{"id":38,"date":"2025-08-10T23:45:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T22:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/xinyue-yang\/?p=38"},"modified":"2025-08-18T11:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T10:03:09","slug":"viral-dance-craze-opening-doors-to-movement-or-closing-them-to-mastery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/xinyue-yang\/2025\/08\/10\/viral-dance-craze-opening-doors-to-movement-or-closing-them-to-mastery\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral Dance Craze: Opening Doors to Movement or Closing Them to Mastery?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Millions of people are joining TikTok<\/a>\u2019s viral dance craze. The easy, fun moves make dance open to everyone and spark creativity. But some worry it may reduce respect for dance skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I spoke with Lehan Wang, who has 131,000 followers on Douyin<\/a>, China\u2019s TikTok, and viral dance fan Josie Zhou<\/a>. They say viral dances break barriers and inspire more people to dance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, professional dancers Wynnie Chong<\/a>, Zac Lai<\/a>, and Chelsea Chen<\/a> say viral dances have some problems and tend to simplify professional dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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