HOW TO MOVE LIKE ELVIS

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  • Опубліковано 23 вер 2024
  • Today I took some time with a new cast member to give him a crash course on how to begin intuiting the body language of Elvis Presley. This is NOT a comprehensive tutorial.
    For anybody curious about the production of Million Dollar Quartet, I hope this video brings you value.
    This is NOT a comprehensive tutorial.
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  • @Mama_LIN_Tee
    @Mama_LIN_Tee 4 роки тому +141

    Elvis didn't need to even try ... he just DID it without thought -- it came from somewhere way down deep and just came out naturally and effortlessly.

    • @kurtjenkins
      @kurtjenkins  4 роки тому +15

      Agreed! That’s why he’s The King.

    • @katylepetsos7512
      @katylepetsos7512 3 роки тому +1

      Every move he made and every word he sang came straight from the heart. I’d kill to see him in concert, but he was WAY before my time.

    • @talonmurray1501
      @talonmurray1501 2 роки тому +1

      It came from a little boy named forrest gump duh!

    • @ojanymolina4222
      @ojanymolina4222 2 роки тому +1

      That actually isn't true. Elvis engineered the person he wanted to be by taking inspiration from everything he could and remixing it in his own flavor. Not just his music and dance moves but his mannerisms, ticks and appearance. He was socially really intelligent and knew how to craft a memorable image.

    • @inaherbert8587
      @inaherbert8587 Рік тому

      Elvis stole moves from black artist , and his singing style, his name was Otis Blackwell, he taught him the and the music , so your research, elvis was not create , nothing he did was his own, the song were from black artist .

  • @michellew4314
    @michellew4314 5 років тому +157

    Didn't realize how much Elvis could bust a move naturally

  • @abbiehideaki9080
    @abbiehideaki9080 5 років тому +139

    Its to hard to dance like elvis, i don't know what his leg made of

  • @darkiemark5953
    @darkiemark5953 4 роки тому +49

    Elvis and his devilish pelvis 😂😂

    • @mrmystery3143
      @mrmystery3143 3 роки тому

      Thats funny

    • @richardwhite1343
      @richardwhite1343 2 роки тому

      He wasn't even moving that he was moving his knees

    • @nenabunena
      @nenabunena Рік тому +1

      @@richardwhite1343 in the milton berle performance there was a segment he was thrusting his hips in the slow motion. That's probably what got the grown ups pissed at him

    • @thelieutenant9213
      @thelieutenant9213 Рік тому +1

      @@nenabunena yeah, elvis's intimacy with his audience and how he moved his legs influenced how colored singers of the time would dance. Since Elvis grew up in an African-American neighborhood he swayed more into their culture, this also added to the major dislike of him as well as his of course sexual gestures during his early career years

  • @chargerman100
    @chargerman100 5 років тому +42

    God bless you seriously. But to see hard one has to work to copy something someone did so naturally is entertaining

    • @kurtjenkins
      @kurtjenkins  5 років тому +2

      It was difficult, but we tried. Thanks for watching!

  • @elmezcalero5770
    @elmezcalero5770 3 роки тому +13

    It’s crazy how much natural energy Elvis had

  • @GlareAtEm
    @GlareAtEm 5 років тому +10

    Idk why people are roasting you. I'm in a professional show at a city theatre singing burning love and all shook up and I appreciate this work! Thank you.

    • @kurtjenkins
      @kurtjenkins  5 років тому +3

      Doesn’t bother me. I love the haters!

  • @badhabitz69
    @badhabitz69 4 роки тому +20

    Elvis always looked loose and flowing when he was doing his moves. Being relaxed is the key I think.

  • @anaygupta3512
    @anaygupta3512 4 роки тому +8

    Elvis wiggles hips
    Everyone: 🤤🤤🤤

  • @jacobedecruz5350
    @jacobedecruz5350 2 роки тому +5

    I CAN SEE HOW HARD IT IS FOR the guy to learn. Even the instructor has difficulties sometimes. Only Elvis can do ELvis' things

  • @bravesoul5743
    @bravesoul5743 5 років тому +8

    Just by watching Elvis move and perform its so hard to emulate 😁

  • @yromemtnatsisrep
    @yromemtnatsisrep 5 років тому +13

    I can't tell you how much I laughed when I clicked this friday

    • @kurtjenkins
      @kurtjenkins  5 років тому

      Woah! Haha. That’s amazing! Hoped the video helped. Looks like you really stepped up. I’m sure you gained mucho points in the MDQ world. 🤙

  • @grahamfenn9060
    @grahamfenn9060 5 років тому +17

    1:31 sounds like he’s describing ultra instinct

    • @kurtjenkins
      @kurtjenkins  5 років тому

      Ultra Instinct?! Never heard that term before. Great band name. Thanks for watching🤙🤙🤙

    • @CoolVictor2002
      @CoolVictor2002 3 роки тому

      @@kurtjenkins ha its from dragon ball super, goku gets a new power to make him faster and stronger

  • @jacobedecruz5350
    @jacobedecruz5350 2 роки тому +1

    Elvis was way ahead of his time, even for today, he would be way ahead of his time. That is why he is THE PRINCE OF ANOTHER PLANET

  • @lennonscat
    @lennonscat 5 років тому +26

    When do you start to dance like elvis?

    • @kurtjenkins
      @kurtjenkins  5 років тому +3

      I began learning in 2013. It’s been difficult, but fun. Thanks for watching!

    • @sstlibertas6440
      @sstlibertas6440 5 років тому

      SKYWAY SPIRIT When in the video?

    • @vilintjay
      @vilintjay 4 роки тому

      Lol, I fast forwarded until they were dancing. I never hit play cause they never started

    • @kurtjenkins
      @kurtjenkins  4 роки тому +1

      Kinda around the 6 minute mark. TBH, I never expected this video to get so many views. I just wanted to document the coaching session I had with a new cast member, which means the video itself is rather anti-climatic. Still, thanks for watching.

    • @kurtjenkins
      @kurtjenkins  4 роки тому +2

      PLUS, the video is titled “move,” not “dance” haha. We were focusing on how to get the essence of his body language.

  • @tabithasuniverse1999
    @tabithasuniverse1999 4 роки тому +13

    The other dude is confused

    • @kurtjenkins
      @kurtjenkins  4 роки тому +2

      He was brand new at the time. Now he’s got the chops and is working consistently! 🤙

  • @winnievanorden1
    @winnievanorden1 4 роки тому +10

    It's not something you can learn or copy. Elvis had a gift no one else has had.

  • @maryduarte3248
    @maryduarte3248 2 роки тому +1

    Hi my son is a elvis fan and he has been moving like him for years before UA-cam was made also he taught him self by watching elvis from 50s on tv his favorite film is jail House rock

  • @JDarylG
    @JDarylG 4 роки тому +2

    Elvis was a natural!! You can't teach that!! I'm pretty sure he never took any lessons. The man was just blessed with natural talent!!

    • @japanesefacist2460
      @japanesefacist2460 3 роки тому +1

      But he did look at black people's dances and invented his own

  • @TimBogan777
    @TimBogan777 Рік тому

    Every muscle movement in his body was in perfect natural motion to the music. Until you learn to let yourself go and FLOW with the music you'll never get it!

    • @kurtjenkins
      @kurtjenkins  6 місяців тому

      That's why Elvis was so special. He wasn't thinking about what he was doing.

  • @joema5515
    @joema5515 3 роки тому +2

    This breakdown is appreciated the way Elvis dances is underrated and you captured it good

  • @austinwelford7807
    @austinwelford7807 4 роки тому +2

    I can’t wait to dance like Elvis Presley

  • @JosephCaruselle
    @JosephCaruselle Рік тому

    Bro you nailed it. Im doing a theater show that has an elvis impersonation and this has helped more than any other video. Hats off to you dude, you really got the character down

  • @borg386
    @borg386 2 роки тому +2

    Where do you even start to look for someone to teach this one on one?
    You did great!

  • @lesliedavid-kg8pc
    @lesliedavid-kg8pc Рік тому

    That's once in a blue moon types as far as Elvis. The need for Elvis is overwhelming..now and then.

    • @kurtjenkins
      @kurtjenkins  6 місяців тому

      A once a century mix of talent, work ethic, and timing.

  • @whatsuplasvegas
    @whatsuplasvegas 8 місяців тому

    The "Adjuster" on a mic stand is called the "Clutch"

    • @kurtjenkins
      @kurtjenkins  6 місяців тому

      didn't know that. Thanks 🫡

  • @81720M
    @81720M 4 роки тому +4

    My school is doing Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in the spring and I hope to play the Pharaoh (who is an Elvis type character). Thank you so much for making this video, it really helped!

    • @kurtjenkins
      @kurtjenkins  4 роки тому

      Haha, I love that show! I really hope you land the part; LMK. Break a leg!

    • @kingstonmrse4154
      @kingstonmrse4154 4 роки тому +1

      Nick Skonberg I got casted for pharaoh and I’m freaking out lol. Good luck to you!👍👍

    • @kurtjenkins
      @kurtjenkins  4 роки тому

      KingstonMRSE Holy Moly! Congrats and break a leg!

    • @thebrutusmars
      @thebrutusmars 3 роки тому

      I’m Pharaoh in a local production & I have no clue how to move like Elvis still. I don’t jive (plus Pharaoh’s Song is a deal slower than most of the songs you think of when you think of Elvis)

  • @vincentvillafrancaandassoc5123

    Thank you! I have to do blue suede shoe in a month this really helped.

    • @kurtjenkins
      @kurtjenkins  6 місяців тому

      Hope you had a great performance!

  • @roc1kypr
    @roc1kypr 5 років тому +3

    Great video! Great teachings and suggestions. Will keep in mind!

  • @terridalessandro3412
    @terridalessandro3412 2 роки тому

    i love this - Elvis would have loved this too

  • @USMC_BABE38
    @USMC_BABE38 11 місяців тому

    I'm Erin Presley , i'm gonna do an ELvis cosplay for halloween this year i can do elvis some what

  • @DasGamefuhrer
    @DasGamefuhrer 5 років тому +7

    Thanks for this video, Really wish there were more videos like yours on how to do the fundamentals of a certain dance style. Helped me out since I'm trying how to properly do Elvis's rubber legs.

    • @lorenasantos9483
      @lorenasantos9483 2 роки тому +1

      Elvis Presley no again iganei o bobo na casca do ovo

  • @corzenv
    @corzenv 4 роки тому +1

    It seems hard but kinda fun

  • @owenz1945
    @owenz1945 5 років тому +2

    I can actually dance very much like Elvis and I'm proud of it. I can't sing though 😂

    • @senortaco5049
      @senortaco5049 5 років тому +2

      I feel like i sing like elvis but it could be just me

  • @jeniimparato8151
    @jeniimparato8151 4 роки тому +2

    This is funny, but is hard to do the same as Elvis, we have all tried, if is not natural is not you! Just listen to Music and that opens your other senses. Be your self!

  • @blobfish4999
    @blobfish4999 3 роки тому

    Nobody:
    Grown ups in the 30s: this is not good for the children to see

    • @nenabunena
      @nenabunena Рік тому

      30s? Elvis was born in 1935 and he was dancing like this in the 50s

  • @elitereaper916
    @elitereaper916 4 роки тому +1

    So act like a drunk blowing up the mic
    On LSD

  • @Rvddish
    @Rvddish 3 роки тому

    learned nothing but i laughed a lot

  • @PanPaw66
    @PanPaw66 Рік тому

    Plot twist: you just need music…

  • @maryduarte3248
    @maryduarte3248 2 роки тому

    thanks for sharing

  • @CaptainJadenAR
    @CaptainJadenAR 4 роки тому +1

    Nice one.

  • @ericdon4573
    @ericdon4573 6 років тому +41

    You guys definitely don't move like Elvis.... sorry about it

    • @kurtjenkins
      @kurtjenkins  6 років тому +21

      No one moves like Elvis, but we try.

    • @warrenseiboth3466
      @warrenseiboth3466 5 років тому +4

      They actually dance better than Elvis at this moment

    • @kurtjenkins
      @kurtjenkins  5 років тому +2

      Technically true!

    • @phoeberowlinson6206
      @phoeberowlinson6206 5 років тому

      @@warrenseiboth3466 you can't dance better than Elvis

    • @warrenseiboth3466
      @warrenseiboth3466 5 років тому +3

      @@phoeberowlinson6206 ha ha elvis is sucking up daisys im alive so I can dance better because im alive lol

  • @thomasfraser9072
    @thomasfraser9072 4 роки тому

    I wonder if one can actually make a living out of this; because it sure seems like work yo me. 😂

  • @observer7765
    @observer7765 Рік тому

    Elvis, of course, well done, but we all know who actually came up with these movements. (I'm talking about Forrest)

  • @Dami3n.805
    @Dami3n.805 5 років тому

    Coo

  • @coisalinda2424
    @coisalinda2424 5 років тому

    Nice 👍🏽 should be an

  • @bobs5596
    @bobs5596 5 років тому

    not a bounce so much as a vibration. check out andy kaufman impersonations too.

  • @simban00
    @simban00 5 років тому +2

    You guys are ok but teacher you forgot to tell student the key to moving like ELVIS. If I get 15 thumbs up you wiil get the key.

    • @kurtjenkins
      @kurtjenkins  5 років тому +2

      Haha. How about this? 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍!

    • @simban00
      @simban00 5 років тому +2

      @@kurtjenkins curl the lip then everything falls in place. That should have been the first lesson. Music might help too.

    • @kurtjenkins
      @kurtjenkins  5 років тому

      Of course! He was brand new to the show, so we needed to deal only in fundamentals of his body movement. We worked with music during actual rehearsals 🤙

    • @bobs5596
      @bobs5596 5 років тому

      gotta have loose fitting trousers and keep you legs stiffer like you are coming..

  • @blobfish4999
    @blobfish4999 4 роки тому

    My mom thinks she is the reincarnation of Elvis cause he overdosed a month away from my mom’s birth

    • @rimadaschakraborty8411
      @rimadaschakraborty8411 3 роки тому

      Lol. There are thousands of who were born after Elvis death of 1 month

  • @anthonyrenaud5783
    @anthonyrenaud5783 2 роки тому +1

    lol....you're buddy looks so stiff and constipated when he's trying.

    • @kurtjenkins
      @kurtjenkins  6 місяців тому

      Give him a break. It was his first time playing the role.

  • @Great618
    @Great618 5 років тому +1

    Ha..ha..ha

  • @perladleon5258
    @perladleon5258 2 роки тому

    🙄

  • @feynman4766
    @feynman4766 6 років тому

    Nice dance moves!

  • @banditdarval9401
    @banditdarval9401 5 років тому +2

    This is ridiculous. You don't even do his best move- when he sqats down with one leg out. Check out the suspicious minds live video.

    • @kurtjenkins
      @kurtjenkins  5 років тому +3

      This is video is specifically addressing the movement of Elvis early in his career (‘50s). I’d love for you to post a video of your own and show me how I can improve.

    • @banditdarval9401
      @banditdarval9401 5 років тому

      I'm sure your buddy has already told you how you can "improve" several times in the bedroom. This is still ridiculous.

    • @kurtjenkins
      @kurtjenkins  5 років тому

      I’m always looking to improve. Thanks for the constructive criticism 🤙

  • @richardwhite1343
    @richardwhite1343 2 роки тому

    You ain't remotely moving like Elvis

  • @jasminnemcdonald94A
    @jasminnemcdonald94A 9 місяців тому

    Copy cat!

  • @richardwhite1343
    @richardwhite1343 2 роки тому

    Sure crap is this

  • @kebirbenkaccem726
    @kebirbenkaccem726 2 роки тому

    Hey dude ,you two guys are in the twilight zone, you dressed all wrong if you want to demonstrates Elvis moves... did you ever see Elvis dressed in short and sloppy t-shirts? Wear jeans and white T-shirt and show your moves if you can....

  • @yapyapyapyapyap5901
    @yapyapyapyapyap5901 4 роки тому +1

    First step to move like Elvis is to not look like some first grader. You failed so far.

  • @orlandokings4844
    @orlandokings4844 3 роки тому

    Safe to say a woman has never entered that appartment..🤔

  • @janiereyes5150
    @janiereyes5150 5 років тому +1

    How to movie like elvis does not make sense 👎😒😒😒

    • @kurtjenkins
      @kurtjenkins  5 років тому +1

      Sorry to hear that. What would’ve made the information clearer?

  • @perladleon5258
    @perladleon5258 2 роки тому

    🙄