In Matt Steffanina’s 10-minute dance challenge videos, dancers do their best to learn complex dance routines as fast as they can.
The goal is to make it in under the 10-minute mark, which is really hard considering how long it usually takes. Fortunately, Steffanina had a great and talented dancer, Kaycee Rice, blows away the record while dancing to “Old Town Road.”
She killed it, read on to see how fast she learned the dance!
Host Matt Steffanina begins teaching Rice the choreography to the Lil Nas X hit song, “Old Town Road.”
You can tell she’s a fast learner from the jump! Together, they go step-by-step through the complicated moves. Rice has been in the spotlight for her powerful dancing since she was a little kid, but this video proves just how fast she can learn.
Steffanina patiently works with Rice on every single maneuver, until they learn the whole first half of the dance in under three minutes. That’s on pace to crush the old record—and if anyone can do it, it’s Rice.
During the video, Rice also gives young dancers advice on perfecting their craft.
The video goes back and forth from the two hilariously learning the dance. Towards the end, Steffanina interviews Rice about the art form in general. “What are you thinking during the performance?” he asks.
“I kind of let my muscle memory take over, as I’m learning it I try to do it as I would perform it instead of marking it. That way when I am performing it, it just comes naturally without having to think as much.” Rice responds.
After learning the whole routine in just minutes, the two dancers perform and light up the stage.
It’s hard to believe they only spent minutes going over this, as their precision and unity is remarkable! Steffanina and Rice perfectly rehearse the “Old Town Road” dance for an awesome performance.
At one point, Rice throws in her own back-bend and it’s spectacular! She literally learns every single gesture to the popular songs dance. And at the end, they show just how long it took.
Steffanina is in disbelief when he checks the time. It only took Rice just six minutes and 27 seconds—a new record in the series!
The whole point of the 10-minute challenge is to get close to 10 minutes for mastery… so finishing in just six minutes is unheard of. As it turns out, Rice truly is a master of her craft!
YouTube went crazy over the performance, as it went massively viral with millions of views.
To date, more than 11.3 million people have viewed this epic dance challenge.
In all, more than 293,000 liked the video with thousands of people leaving comments for the young dancer.
“who are we kidding? she is the KAYCEE freaking RICE , i was sure she will break the record but i thought a 9 or 8 minute and then she did it in 6 minutes!!!!! she is just too good and out of this world, and she is soo adorable, i love her so much.” Said one YouTube user.
“I could take a million classes and still never ever be half as good as her. Some people have a natural gift and she does. He clearly does too. This level of dancing is reserved for the gifted and those determined enough to perform to perfection.” Said another user.
Needless to say, Rice is sensational. To be able to soak up all of that in such a short amount of time is mind-boggling. To see her crush the record, and to give the dance a try for yourself, watch the video below!
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