Dance in Film · 2019
Motivation (2019)
Sean Bankhead's choreography turns Normani's breakout solo video into a compact survey of early-2000s Black pop-video movement, joining street-jazz precision, partner work, tumbling, and the basketball bounce that sparked the #MotivationChallenge.
Motivation is a 2019 dance film centred on ballroom and social dance. For dancers, it's a chance to see the style performed on screen — the phrasing, partnering, and musicality that the same dances carry onto a real floor.
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Where to watch: Full 3:58 official video on Normani's VEVO YouTube channel and current U.S. Apple Music video listing; verified 2026-08-09. Availability may change.
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Basketball pirouette and twerk trick
Danced by Normani · Choreography Sean Bankhead
The basketball rebounding from Normani's knee through a turn before she twerks it away.
The viral trick fuses a pirouette, knee control, and a second-bounce twerk into a movement phrase inseparable from the video's choreography.
The full film is on YouTube; the link opens at this sequence. No edition-specific timestamp was inferred. NormaniVEVO's official 3:58 full video (YouTube ID FKXSh14svlQ) remained indexed, but its playback page could not be directly reopened during this run; clip_url and deep_link_url are therefore blank.
Chain-link fence twerking
Danced by Normani · Choreography Sean Bankhead
Normani twerking against the chain-link fence before the video's acrobatic movement escalates.
The fence phrase turns a compact twerk vocabulary into high-impact commercial choreography while keeping Normani's precision at the center.
The full film is on YouTube; the link opens at this sequence. No edition-specific timestamp was inferred. NormaniVEVO's official 3:58 full video (YouTube ID FKXSh14svlQ) remained indexed, but its playback page could not be directly reopened during this run; clip_url and deep_link_url are therefore blank.
Rain split sequence
Danced by Normani · Choreography Sean Bankhead
Normani hitting the concrete split in the rain without interrupting the video's relentless momentum.
The rain passage makes floor contact and a full split part of the video's continuous athletic pop-dance showcase.
The full film is on YouTube; the link opens at this sequence. No edition-specific timestamp was inferred. NormaniVEVO's official 3:58 full video (YouTube ID FKXSh14svlQ) remained indexed, but its playback page could not be directly reopened during this run; clip_url and deep_link_url are therefore blank.
Street duet with Christian Owens
Danced by Normani; Christian Owens · Choreography Sean Bankhead
Normani and Christian Owens trading attitude in the street before the choreography opens into a lift.
The extended cat-and-mouse duet shifts from raw street-facing attack into a clean partnered lift, displaying contrasting commercial textures in one passage.
The full film is on YouTube; the link opens at this sequence. No edition-specific timestamp was inferred. NormaniVEVO's official 3:58 full video (YouTube ID FKXSh14svlQ) remained indexed, but its playback page could not be directly reopened during this run; clip_url and deep_link_url are therefore blank.
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