The popularity of lyrical dance is growing rapidly, and many dancers are choosing this genre to showcase their talent. Be it a college fest performance, or an audition to a big talent show, choosing the right song is of utmost importance. In this article, Melodyful compiles a list of the 100 best songs for lyrical dance routines.
Popular Lyrical Dancers
Suzi Taylor, Tracie Stanfield, Brian Friedman, Mia Michaels, Blake McGrath, Rodney Diverlus, and Dan Karaty.
Lyrical dance got its name from the word “lyrical”; which means to have a poetic quality that expresses one’s deepest emotions. The dance, which was inspired by ballet, jazz, and contemporary, is a fusion of all three dance techniques. The dance form is very passionate and expressive, and often portrays various emotions such as happiness, sadness, anger, love, and hatred.
The performance is usually choreographed in a way that it tells a story through every movement that is made. The lyrics of the song act as a driving force for the various movements being performed. Although it is very similar to contemporary, it is not necessary that the choreography in a lyrical dance will always be graceful. However, it will always be expressive in nature.
BEST LYRICAL DANCE SONGS
| How – Regina Spektor Lay Me Down – Sam Smith Meet Me By The Water – Rachael Yamagata Miracle – Sara Groves The Special Two – Missy Higgins Candlelight – Imogen Heap Come Home – One Republic Heartless – The Fray A Lack of Color – Death Cab for Cutie Make-Up Smeared Eyes – Automatic Loveletter Where I Stood – Missy Higgins Breathe Me – Sia Colorblind – Counting Crows Corner of Your Heart – Ingrid Michaelson Fool – Marie Digby Barton Hollow – The Civil Wars Come Round Soon – Sara Barellies The Chain – Ingrid Michaelson Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down – Alicia Keys Tell Her You Love Her (Acoustic) – Echosmith Anything But the Truth – Jack Johnson At This Moment – Michael Buble Sweet Child O’ Mine – Jasmine Thompson Tee Shirt – Birdy Red Roses – AJ Rafael Where Do I Start – Nancy Falkow Where The Wild Roses Grow – Kylie Minogue Appreciated – Rixton Beautiful – Kylie Minogue & Enrique Iglesias All The Pretty Girls – Kaleo Collide – Howie Day The Scientist – Coldplay To Build A Home – The Cinematic Orchestra Last Dance – Sarah McLachlan Home Sweet Home – Carrie Underwood Secrets – One Republic Aha! – Imogen Heap Yellow – Vitamin String Quartet Your Ex-Lover’s Dead – Stars Mad World – Gary Jules The Cider House Rules Theme – Cider House Rules Soundtrack Big Jet Plane – Angus & Julia Stone Blood From A Stone – Ron Pope Beautiful – India Arie Fortune (Acoustic) – William Fitzsimmons From Eden – Hozier Hurricane Heart – Marc Broussard Yellow – Molly Jewell All of Me – John Legend Armies Of Your Heart – Elizaveta Bloom – The Paper Kites Every Moment – Joy Williams I Want Crazy – Alex G If You Say So – Lea Michele River God – Nichole Nordeman Skipping Stone – Alexz Johnson Stereo Love – Kait Weston The Fire – Kina Grannis Tied Knots – The Album Leaf Warrior – Demi Lovato You Are My Winter – Dillon Empire – Shakira Everyone’s Got Something – Perrin Lamb Everything Will Be Okay – Joshua Powell & The Great Train Robbery I Do – Susie Suh Let It Go – James Bay My Mind Is A Stranger Without You – A.R. Rahman, Solange Merdinian One More Step – Lindsay McCaul Angels In The Room – Delta Goodrem Beautiful – Carly Rae Jepsen & Justin Bieber Broken – Rachel Taylor Broken Ones – Jacquie Lee Burn Bright – Natalie Grant Calm Under The Waves – Maria Mena Clown – Emilie Sandé Forever Love – Robin Thicke Freight Train – Sara Jackson What Love Is This – Kari Jobe Compass – Zella Day Stay – Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko To Make You Feel My Love – Glee Wrecking Ball – Miley Cyrus See You Again – Carrie Underwood All Of Me – John Legend Let It Go – Idina Menzel Madness – Muse Demons – Imagine Dragons Superhuman – Hobbie Stuart (Cover) Bad Romance – Vitamin String Quartet Sober – Kelly Clarkson All We Are – Matt Nathanson A Beautiful Mess – Jason Mraz Dream – Priscilla Ahn Keep Breathing – Ingrid Michaelson Free Fallin’ – John Mayer Say – John Mayer Say Something – A Great Big World Ok, It’s Alright With Me – Eric Hutchinson Don’t You Remember – Adele Battlefield – Lea Michele |
As mentioned above, the lyrics of the song being performed play a very important role. So, make sure you choose the one which you can best portray, so that you can put forth the best show for your audience.
