{"id":267528,"date":"2026-10-16T06:21:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T13:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/?p=267528"},"modified":"2026-10-16T06:21:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T13:21:06","slug":"how-to-make-ai-dance-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/how-to-make-ai-dance-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make AI dance videos from a photo or prompt"},"content":{"rendered":"

To make AI dance videos, upload a portrait photo and a reference dance clip to a motion control model, and the person in the photo performs the moves from the clip.<\/strong> The other routes skip the clip entirely. Describe the dance in a prompt, and a video model like Seedance 2.5<\/a> animates it from a single photo or from text alone.<\/p>\n

Motion control suits a routine you already know, because the moves come from a real dance video. A prompt suits ideas nobody has filmed, like a golden retriever doing a happy shuffle. Below: every way to make AI dance video clips, step by step, then five prompts to copy, tips, and ideas to try.<\/p>\n

How to make AI dance videos<\/span><\/h2>\n

There are five ways to make an AI dance video in the AI video generator<\/a> or AI Playground<\/a>. The photo ways also run in Image to video<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Way<\/th>\nWhat you upload<\/th>\nModel<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Motion control<\/strong><\/td>\nA full-body photo and a dance clip<\/td>\nKling Motion Control 2.6<\/a> or V3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Photo and prompt<\/strong><\/td>\nOne photo and a description<\/td>\nSeedance 2.5, Wan 2.7<\/a>, Kling 3.0<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Text prompt<\/strong><\/td>\nA description only<\/td>\nSeedance 2.5, Wan 2.7, Kling 3.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Start and end frames<\/strong><\/td>\nA photo of the first pose and one of the final pose<\/td>\nSeedance 2.5, Wan 2.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reference images<\/strong><\/td>\nSeveral images of one dancer<\/td>\nKling 3.0, Wan 2.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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  1. Pick your way.<\/strong> Copy a real dance with motion control, or describe one in a prompt.<\/li>\n
  2. Upload your files.<\/strong> Add your photo, plus the dance clip or final-pose photo your way needs.<\/li>\n
  3. Write the prompt.<\/strong> Describe the move and the camera, in 9:16 for Reels, TikTok and Shorts. Skip this for motion control.<\/li>\n
  4. Generate and download.<\/strong> Test in low-cost 480p drafts with Seedance 2.5, then render the best take in 1080p.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    AI dance prompts<\/span><\/h2>\n

    A strong AI dance prompt reads like a mini shot list. Build each one from five parts:<\/p>\n

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    • Subject:<\/strong> who is dancing and what they wear.<\/li>\n
    • The move:<\/strong> one short sequence of steps, not a whole routine.<\/li>\n
    • Rhythm:<\/strong> slow and fluid or sharp and punchy.<\/li>\n
    • Camera:<\/strong> where it sits and how it moves.<\/li>\n
    • Framing and light:<\/strong> vertical 9:16, full body, a clear light source.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Copy any of these five, then swap in your own subject.<\/p>\n

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      Hip-hop routine in a living room<\/h3>\n\n
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      A young woman in an oversized hoodie performs a short hip-hop routine in a sunlit living room: two bouncy step-touches, a shoulder pop on the beat, then a quick spin that ends facing the camera. Upbeat rhythm, crisp hits. Static camera at chest height, full body in frame, vertical 9:16, warm window light.<\/p>\n\n