How to make an AI dance video

How AI dance videos work

An AI dance video combines two inputs. The dance clip supplies the motion: every step, turn and arm movement, frame by frame, with the timing that matches the music. Your photo supplies the dancer: face, body, clothes and, with Kling's motion control, the background too. The model reads the movement in the clip and renders it as the person in your photo, so the result is a new video of you doing the dance rather than a face pasted onto someone else.

Because the motion is copied rather than invented, these videos follow the choreography far more closely than an ordinary image-to-video prompt such as 'she dances' ever could. The Kling model page explains the rest of what the model family does.

Step by step

The whole process takes a couple of taps:

• Open the AI dance video screen and pick a dance from the templates, or upload your own dance clip.
• Add a full-body photo of yourself, or of someone who has agreed to it.
• Choose the quality if you are offered a choice, then generate.
• Wait for the render. Longer dances take longer, and you can keep using the app meanwhile.
• Save the video and share it.

Choose the right photo

The photo is the part you control most, and it decides whether the dancer looks like you.

• Full body, head to feet. The model has to invent anything that is cut off, and invented legs are where dances go wrong.
• Standing upright and facing the camera, with arms relaxed and visible rather than crossed or hidden.
• Some space around you, so wide arm movements and jumps stay inside the frame.
• Even light and a sharp face. A small or shadowed face is harder to keep consistent while you move.
• Just you. One person per photo gives the cleanest result.
• Clothes and a background you are happy to see in the video, because both come from the photo.

Templates or your own dance clip

Templates are the quick option. Each one is a tested clip with clear, full-body movement and its music, so all you add is the photo. They cover viral dances and trending moves, and you can watch each one before you choose.

Your own clip lets you copy any dance you have filmed or have the right to use. Kling's motion control accepts clips from 3 to 30 seconds. For the best transfer, use a clip that is:

• One continuous shot, with no cuts or camera changes.
• A single dancer, visible from head to feet for the whole clip.
• Filmed with a steady camera in good light.
• Framed like your photo: a full-body clip for a full-body photo.

Fix common problems

Most problems trace back to the photo or the clip rather than the model. If a result looks wrong, change one input and try again:

• Arms or legs blur or bend oddly: use a sharper photo with your limbs clearly visible, and a clip where the dancer's arms do not cross the body too often.
• Hands or feet leave the frame: choose a photo with more space around you.
• The face drifts: use a brighter photo in which your face is larger and turned toward the camera.
• The movement jumps or stutters: check that your clip is one continuous shot, because cuts confuse the motion transfer.

Sharing your dance video

Dance videos are made for vertical feeds such as TikTok, Reels and Shorts. Post them as they are, or pair them with the trend's sound from the platform's own library. If you used your own clip, make sure you have the right to use the dance video and its music.

Only make dance videos of people who have said yes. A realistic video of someone dancing is still a video of them, even if they never moved. For other short, fun clips made from a single photo, try the AI video effects.