When choreographing a dance, how much should you rely on the lyrics as...

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...opposed to movements that fit? I like to choreograph dances for hiphop and other types of modern dances, and I always want to improve my choreographing skills, watching many videos to get ideas to increase my "dancing vocabulary," if you will. However, when it comes down to crunch time, how much should I rely on the actual lyrics of the song to help me create a move as opposed to using or making a move that fits with the music and the melody of the words?

I'm not really asking how much you should rely on the words in general, because the answer to that would be when you're making a move based on lyrics make it not completely obvious that it matches the lyrics because then it becomes corny - make it integrated into a cool kind of move that won't come off as stupid and silly.

I'm really asking is how often I should rely on the lyrics as opposed to general, random dance moves that look good and help keep the dance going?
 
The dancing should go with the music, and the lyrcs should some how go with it, you wouldnt want the song to say clap your hands and everyones doing the worm you know?
 
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the worm?! are you serious.... thats what everyone thinks when a Bboy comes to mind.... -____-

well it doesnt look corny if you follow the lyrics in a freestyle
but choreo i guess you got to match them both smoothly
 
well...i'm a synchronized swimmer and the whole swim above water is all choreography. if the music is scary, have your hands hyper-extended from your palms and bent in, like a bent jazz hand. movements to the music are good because, this is just an example, i was watching a team swim to music (i'm not positive what) and when the song made a kiss sound, they blew a kiss.

going right to the lyrics of the song can really get people into the dance. the crank that dance had nothing to do with the music except for the superman part. if there was any other part in the dance that was exactly to the lyrics, the dance would be stupid.

only put a little bit of choreography to the lyrics and it should be fine.

i hope this helps :]
 
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