‘The classes just keep growing’: how K-pop dancing is taking off in the UK

As the music genre's popularity rises, dance classes are springing up. The Guardian goes along to give it a try

When Xingxi Wang started running K-pop dance classes in Birmingham, she rented a small room in Chinatown. Within a few years, demand had grown so much that she was able to open her own studio where she now runs up to 10 classes a week.

Like many K-pop fans, Wang, 25, has been teaching herself dance routines at home since she was a teenager at school. Slick, synchronised choreography is a key component of K-pop, along with the fashionable outfits and synthesised music that define the genre.