American Singer Britney Spears Dancing Through Time

Singer, songwriter, actress. Born on December 2, 1981, in Kentwood, Louisiana. For more than a decade, Britney Spears has been one of the most successful—and sometimes controversial—solo acts in popular music. For a time, however, she was better known for her personal struggles. Spears launched her latest comeback in 2008, releasing a new album and setting out on a world tour.

Britney Spears’ Femme Fatale tour kicks off tonight in Sacremento, Calif. MTV News has been following Britney since the beginning but we’re so excited for one of this summer’s most anticipated tours, we’ve decided to look back at some of Britney’s hottest dance hits and help you relive some of Britney’s most memorable routines. Britney doesn’t just do the jazz square, she takes it to the next level.......continue

Watching the “Baby One More Time” video stirs nostalgia inside us and her choreographed dance moves remain vivid in our memories. Britney even shows off her acrobatic skills around 2:19, doing a round-off back handspring. The video is one of many that showcases Britney in front of a pyramid formation of synchronized back-up dancers (around 2:41). One of the main purposes of a pyramid formation is to focus the audience’s attention on the dancer in the center, which gives Britney the chance to shine. It also gives the back-up dancers the opportunity to improvise for a few counts and then everyone can join back together at a specific count without looking sloppy.

“Baby One More Time”


Britney’s music video for “Oops! I Did it Again,” which premiered in 2000, was out of this world. Britney, dressed in a shiny red latex catsuit, shook her hips, swung her arms and flipped through the air planet Mars. The heart-pumping choreography for the line “I played with your heart” around 1:32 goes down as the one of the most repeated Britney moves to date. She repeats the chorus choreography twice in the video, but Britney gets away with it because her moves are full-out and sharp. At the end of the video, Britney takes a few steps forward out of formation to proclaim “I’m not that innocent.”

“Oops! I Did it Again,”