# @dancespiritmagazine on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddrd1PClTz-
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70979455-dancespiritmagazine-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-24T17:53:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Dance Spirit Magazine (@dancespiritmagazine) — https://gondola.cc/dancespiritmagazine

## Caption

If you’re a competition dancer, you may know the feeling of standing onstage waiting for your turn to dance, with one big question in mind: “What am I going to do?“😅

In improv challenges (also called improv “competitions” or “battles”), dancers perform on the spot for a song or set of counts and receive a score on their performance. And lately they’ve become some of the most-watched dance moments online👩🏾‍💻

To find out how to turn snap-decision dancing into a memorable performance, Dance Spirit asked three experts—TheDanceAwards 2026 Female Senior Best Dancer Giselle_Gandarilla, fellow improv wiz JoeyTheDancer, and NuvoDanceConvention judge and faculty member Jason Parsons—for their best tips.

Read more at the link in bio💞

📝: melissgarlock 
📸: JoeyTheDancer Photo by Jacquel.n, courtesy Vice
📸: Giselle Gandarilla at JUMPDance Convention in Orlando. Photo courtesy Gandarilla
📸: Jason Parsons (center) teaching at NUVODanceConvention. Photo courtesy Parsons
📸: Giselle Gandarilla at TheDanceAwards’ 2026 Orlando Nationals. Photo courtesy Gandarilla

#DanceImprov #ImprovDance #ImprovisationDance #ImprovChallenge #DanceTips

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dancetips, improvisationdance, improvchallenge, danceimprov, improvdance

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