Playback for dance & choreography
Learn choreography from any YouTube video
Slow it down. Loop the moves. Practice until it clicks.
Works with dance tutorials, performances, class recordings and more.
- 1
Paste a video
Drop a YouTube link: a tutorial, a performance or a class recording.
- 2
Select the section
Set the start and end of the part you want to learn.
- 3
Practice your way
Flip the video, loop the moves, slow it down, and follow along.
See it in action
Try the tools on a real clip.
'It's Me' Dance Practice · ILLIT
Loop and slow down
Repeat any section, adjust the speed, and give yourself time to practice.
Mirror the video
Flip it to match your own view, so it's easier to follow.
Practice and improve
Learn it eight counts at a time, with a count-in before each pass and the speed stepping up as you get it.
Keyboard shortcuts
Control playback without leaving the keyboard.
- JKL
- Back, pause, forward
- M
- Mirror on or off
- Shift
- Slow motion while held
- O
- Turn looping on or off
See all shortcutsFewer shortcuts
- Space
- Play or pause
- ←→
- Back or forward 1 second
- ,.
- Previous or next frame
- JKL
- Shuttle back / stop / forward
- O
- Loop the moment on or off
- []
- Set loop IN / OUT
- \
- Back to the whole moment
- P
- Practice: passes, your-turn gap, count-in
- T
- Tap the tempo (Music practice)
- Shift
- Hold to slow to 0.25×
- M
- Mirror the picture left to right
- F
- Theater mode
- Esc
- Close panel / Exit theater / Reset loop
- ?
- Show or hide this list
- Page Down
- Play / Pause
- Page Up
- Restart loop
On any Playback, press ? for this list. Frame steps assume 30 frames a second, because YouTube does not share the real rate.
Questions
- Does mirroring change the video?
- No. The video still plays from YouTube's player, untouched. Mirror only flips how your screen draws it, the same way a mirror does, and a label under the player says so while it is on.
- Why mirror it?
- A performer facing the camera moves to their right while you see it on your left. Most people learn by copying what they see, so they either learn it backwards or spend the whole time translating. Mirrored, you just copy. Any text in the video reads backwards while Mirror is on; the video itself is never changed, only the way your screen shows it.
- Can I count myself in?
- Yes. In Practice, set the tempo and a one or two bar count-in. After each pass the video stops, you hear the clicks, and the section starts again. The clicks play only while the video is paused, so they lead you in rather than sitting on top of the music.
- How do I get it up to speed?
- Start at half speed and switch on Speed up. Every pass comes back one notch faster until you are at full tempo. Set a number of passes if you want the drill to end on its own, and Copy drill link sends the whole thing, mirror and count-in included, to a class.
- Is it OK to use someone else's YouTube video?
- Playback never downloads, copies or re-hosts a video. The video plays from YouTube's own player, on YouTube's terms, with YouTube's own ads. What Playback saves is a pointer: the video's ID, a start and end time, a speed, and your words. If the owner removes the video from YouTube, it stops playing here too.