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Tutorial: How to Animate Dance Movements for Fluidity

by | Dec 19, 2025

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In this tutorial, Rant Senior 3D Animator Gleb Sitnichenko breaks down his tips for animating fluid dancing scenes. Watch the full video above.

Meet Gleb Sitnichenko

Gleb Sitnichenko has been a professional animator since 2017. He began his career at Live Animations, creating augmented reality games, and has since worked on diverse projects ranging from films like Mavka: The Forest Song and Gulliver Returns to cinematics for Raid Shadow Legends and AAA games yet to be released. He also contributed to popular casual games such as Gardenscapes, Township, and Homescapes. Gleb teaches Dynamic Action & Combat at Animation Mentor.

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