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A Beyoncé TikTok dance for two left feet
One woman writes that the last time she tried to learn a dance routine, she was probably 15. She is almost 50 now, and she's keeping up with a TikTok dance to Beyoncé's "Texas Hold 'Em." more
The dance took hold on TikTok, where fans traded their usual moves for cowboy boots and country steps. It mixes the Texas two-step with playful arm moves that have names like the lasso, drive your Lexus and the sugar pour. It looks easy. Then you try to string it all together.
The teacher is Carrie Mitchell, from the channel Beginner Dance Tutorials, and she gives it about half an hour in a room with white curtains and a disco ball. She says right away that the steps aren't hers, and there's no music, only counting. To start, hands go on the belt buckle. She has a shirt over leggings, so she just pretends.
Then she builds the routine one eight-count at a time, feet first and arms on top. Right heel forward, step together, left heel forward, then a knee comes up and the right arm swings a lasso over her head. If the little body roll a few counts later isn't your thing, she doesn't mind. "Whatever you're doing is perfect," she says, "it's TikTok dance, y'all."
SaveLearners point to two smart choices. She goes over every piece slow and then faster, and she dances with a mirror, so they see her back and her front at the same time. Many call it the best lesson they found.
They come in every age. A 50-year-old former professional dancer learned it in the kitchen, and one viewer and a sister had it down in the living room in 30 minutes. A 40-year-old man learned it on work breaks with his colleagues. Someone else hopes to have it ready for a 75th birthday.
Not everyone finds it easy. One viewer is working through seven challenges before turning 70, and this dance is one of them. The legs ache, and the steps are harder to remember than expected. The plan is still to finish.
A former line dance teacher has one more wish, for someone to choreograph the whole song. And a total beginner writing from Switzerland, two left feet and all, reports learning the dance and feeling proud of it.
