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Three Methods:Doing the Squat and Shake TwerkDoing the Hands on the Ground TwerkDoing the Wall Twerk

Though twerking has been around for twenty years, ever since Miley Cyrus busted out her dance moves during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, the craze has been bigger than ever. This dance move for women is all about shaking your booty and accentuating the movement of your hips and body. Some people think twerking is fun, funny, or just downright weird, but it has certainly become part of the dance culture today. Get in step with the newest trend and learn several ways to twerk by starting with Step 1 of your preferred method.


Method 1 of 3: Doing the Squat and Shake Twerk

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    Get into a squat position. You don’t want to be too low to the ground, but low enough so that you are grounded and easily balanced. Consider keeping your knees behind your toes to avoid knee injury. Stand with your legs wide apart, lower to the ground, with your feet turned out. This will help you maintain your balance once you start moving. This is the most common way to twerk, and is the least sexually provocative.
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    Pop your booty outward. Get into the stance where it looks like you are about to sit into a chair-- think "chair pose" in yoga -- your booty should be the main attraction. Make sure to keep your knees bent and to place your hands on your hips. Keep your upper body pretty straight and look straight ahead. You don't need to look at the ground to twerk effectively.
    • As you pop your booty out, you should lean forward about 45 degrees, shifting your weight to your toes. This is known as the "Miley Twerk". If you want to be a bit less scandalous, then you don't have to lean forward as much, and can keep your chest upright.
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    Shake your booty back and forth. If you choose to keep your hands on your hips while you twerk, then you should press your thumbs into your butt bones to help push your hips go forward if you're moving forward; to move your booty back, use your other fingers to pull back on your hip bones to help your booty move backward. If you're comfortable twerking without your hands, then you can lift your arms straight out in front of you, close together and parallel to the ground, and gently sway them as you continue to twerk.
    • For the Miley Twerk, you should move your hips quickly from right to left; for a standard twerk, pop your booty up and down, arching and straightening your back to get the best results. And don't worry if you don't have a big booty. Anyone can rock this move!
    • It's all about isolating the lower half of your body. Try to keep the upper half of your body pretty stable.
    • You can also switch it up with your hands, keeping them up in front of you, out at your sides, or back on your hips.
    • Additionally, you can get even a bit lower the ground, placing your hands above your knees, with your fingers pointed toward each other and your wrists facing out, and shake your booty with your hands helping you get the most for your money.
    • If you're really going for it, add a Miley face or hand signal for good measure.

Method 2 of 3: Doing the Hands on the Ground Twerk

  1. 1
    Stand with your legs parallel and separated.  Make sure your legs are straight and your torso if facing forward. They should be wider than hip distance apart. If they're too close together, it'll be hard for you to bend down to twerk effectively.
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    Put your hands on the ground. Turn your toes out as you lean down. You can have a slight bend in your legs and make sure at least your fingertips touch the ground. If you're more flexible, nobody's stopping you from getting your entire hands down on the ground. This will help you maintain your balance.
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    Pop your booty. Bend and straighten your legs quickly, accentuating the booty pop during the move. Bend and straighten your legs along with the rhythm of the music.  You can also shake and move your booty as you twerk. To do the regular twerk, just arch your back and then hallow it out, letting your booty move up and down, up and down. For the Miley, quickly wiggle your hips from left to right.

Method 3 of 3: Doing the Wall Twerk

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    Stand about two feet away from a sturdy wall. Stand facing away from the wall but within close proximity so you can see the wall in your peripheral vision. Now, this is the most showy form of twerking. Make sure you don't think this is a good idea after you've had one drink too many, or you'll be fixing for a fall. When you attempt the wall twerk, you should already be pretty confident in your twerking abilities. This move is not for amateurs.
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    Put your hands on the floor. This time you want to make sure you have a strong grip on the floor as you will be walking your feet up the wall so you don’t want to fall. Your entire hands should be on the ground to give you the balance you need. Get your booty high in the air to make it easier to get your legs up there. Your hands should be down about a foot in front of your feet, shoulder width apart. As you place both hands on the ground, shift the weight from your legs to your hands.
    • Your torso and upper body should essentially be in handstand position. Your fingers should be facing away from you.
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    Walk your feet up the wall and bend your knees as you shake your booty. First, place one leg on the wall, get it up there until you feel stable, and then move the other leg up to join it. Your feet should be wide apart, about one foot away from each hip. Get your toes firmly on the wall and practice arching your back and hallowing it, creating the basic twerk move. Keep your arms and upper body strong and stable as you rock out with your lower body (which will be above your upper body!). You can think of this as a version of the "hands on the ground" twerk -- except that this time, you're up on a wall.
    • You should aim to be up there for thirty seconds, or maybe even a minute or the length of a short song, but remember that your hands and shoulders will get tired after a while. 
    • This is also a great opportunity for grabbing a wall twerking partner to join you as you show off those moves!
    • Make sure to come down gracefully. Move your feet back down the wall, one at a time. You can continue doing the "hands on the ground" twerk, or just take a complete break from twerking for a little while until you're ready to channel your inner-Miley again.


  • Don't wear jeans or anything form fitting, you want your booty to bounce.
  • Always twerk with your legs spread.
  • Wear short shorts or spandex, something that shows your booty.
  • Act like you are alone and do what you want when twerking.
  • When wall twerking put your hair in a bun or ponytail so it won't get upon your face.
  • When wall twerking, be carefully not to flip over on the wall!
  • Keep in mind while you are twerking you need to arch your back.
  • Avoid wearing very tight jeans. They may rip
  • Try not to bend your back too far, otherwise you risk falling or getting hurt.
  • Don't pop too much or you may hurt yourself.
  • Tweak the beat of your twerk to add more wiggle to your jiggle. In other words, adjust the speed of a relatively smooth, undulating motion (which, as veteran head-bangers know, will also go easier on the body!) so that each new motion reinforces the residual momentum of the last. Advanced techniques include choosing twerk-beats and playback speed of music (use a computer) for harmony, and synchronizing a team by size, muscle tone, and pant elasticity.

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Português: Dançar Twerk, Español: hacer el "twerk", Italiano: Ballare il "Twerk", Français: twerker, Nederlands: Zo leer je Twerken, Deutsch: Twerken, Русский: танцевать тверк, 中文: 跳电臀舞, 日本語: トゥワークする, Čeština: Jak se naučit twerk, ไทย: เต้นท่าทเวิร์ก, Bahasa Indonesia: Melakukan Gerakan Tari "Twerking", العربية: أداء رقصة المؤخرة, Tiếng Việt: Nhảy điệu Twerk

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