How to do the Mi Chico dance: the moves, step by step

The short version

The Mi Chico dance is a crew groove, not a counted routine with a name for every step. Everyone bounces on soft knees to the beat, and on top of that bounce the crew drops in a few moves: a side groove with an arm swing, chest-level hand moves and shoulder rolls, a low squat bounce, arms up by the head, and both hands behind the head near the end. Before any of it comes the opening everyone copies: the phone lying on the ground, the crew leaning over it, peace signs and a hand over the lens.

Below, each part in the order it happens, then how to learn it quickly and how to film it with friends. Rather skip the learning? The Mi Chico page makes the whole video from one selfie, with you in the middle.

Part 1: the phone on the ground (0 to 5 seconds)

1. Lay the phone face-up on the ground, recording, so it looks straight up at the sky.
2. Everyone leans in over it, one after another, until your heads form a tight ring above the lens.
3. Grin down at it and throw peace signs for a couple of seconds.
4. One person, the lead, picks the phone up or leans right into it for a quick selfie close-up.
5. A hand sweeps across the lens, and the shot opens on the crew standing in a row.

In the original the phone is picked up and passed off during that hand sweep, so the camera keeps rolling into the dance. Filming it yourselves, it’s easier to stop after the hand and film the dance as a second clip: the hand over the lens hides the cut.

Part 2: the base bounce

• Feet a little wider than your shoulders, toes slightly out.
• Knees bent and loose. Drop down a little on every beat and come back up, like you’re sitting on a stool that isn’t there.
• Arms hang relaxed, shoulders down, chin slightly up.
• Keep it going the whole time. Every other move is done on top of this bounce, never instead of it.

If you only learn one thing, learn this. A crew that bounces together already looks like the trend, even before anyone does a move.

Part 3: the moves on top

1. Side groove: sink your weight into one bent knee, as in a side lunge, and swing the other arm low across your body. Push back up and do the other side. It reads best done wide and slow, a beat each way.
2. Chest rolls: bring your elbows out and your hands in front of your chest, as if framing it, and roll your shoulders forward one at a time on the beat.
3. Hands at the chest: keep your hands close to your chest and turn or flick them on the beat while you bounce, small and sharp.
4. Low groove: sink into a wide, low squat, hands near your knees, and keep the bounce going down there for a few beats before you come back up.
5. Arms up: lift both arms up by your head for a beat or two, then drop back into the bounce.
6. Hands behind the head: about 14 seconds into the clip, lace both hands behind your head, elbows wide, and keep grooving to the end.

The original crew moves together but not like a drilled routine: one dancer is a beat early, another goes lower. That looseness is part of the look, so don’t over-rehearse it.

How to learn it fast

• Watch a Mi Chico video slowed down: on TikTok, press and hold the video and pick a slower playback speed.
• The dancers face you, so their right is your left. Learn it facing a mirror, or just copy it like a mirror image; nobody will notice.
• Start with the bounce for a whole play of the clip, then add the hands-behind-the-head finish, because it’s the moment people wait for. The middle moves come last.
• Film one practice take and watch it back. Bigger is almost always better: deeper knees, wider arms.

Doing it with your crew

• Stand in a row, shoulder to shoulder with a little room between you, and put the lead in the middle.
• Prop the phone up vertically at about waist height, a few steps back, so everyone is in frame from head to toe.
• Mark everyone’s spot on the ground so nobody drifts out of frame during the low groove.
• Pick open, flat ground with sky behind you: a rooftop car park only where filming is allowed, away from cars and from the edge.
• Dusk makes it look like the original: blue sky, the lamps just on.

Then add the Mi Chico sound when you post. The song guide covers who sings it and how to add it on each app.

No crew, or no time to learn it?

On the Mi Chico page you add one selfie and get the whole 15-second video: the phone on the ground, your close-up and palm over the lens, then you dancing the routine in the middle of a crew of three on a rooftop at dusk. The two dancers beside you are made-up people, so nobody else has to show up.

Which selfie to use: the photo guide. The whole process, screen by screen: how to make the Mi Chico AI video.

One Standard video uses 65 credits. The smallest pack that makes one is $9.90 for 90 credits (1 video), a one-time buy whose credits never expire, and plans start at $19.90 a month for 270 credits. If a video fails, its credits come back.

Want to understand the trend first? Read what the Mi Chico trend is, or the free ways to do it.

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Preguntas

Is the Mi Chico dance hard?

No. Almost all of it sits on one easy bounce with soft knees. The moves on top come and go, so if you lose one, you just keep bouncing until the next.

How long is the Mi Chico dance?

The clip that started the trend runs about 17 seconds: roughly 5 seconds of the phone-on-the-ground opening, then about 12 seconds of dancing. Most remakes, ours included, keep it to 15.

Who started the Mi Chico dance?

It spread from a TikTok of five friends dancing to the song on the top of a parking garage at dusk, in the autumn of 2026. Tap the sound on any Mi Chico video to find the early posts. The song’s official video, shot in Paris, features the dancers Les Twins.

Can I do it alone?

Yes. The moves work solo; the crew in a row is what makes it look like the trend. If you want the crew without asking anyone, the AI version on the Mi Chico page puts two made-up dancers beside you.

What do people wear for it?

Loose streetwear: baggy jeans or cargos, hoodies, puffers and trainers. Wide trousers make the bounce and the low groove look bigger.