Letting Go
Everything from ballet class goes into this, with modern and jazz. Lengthen your lines and work on smooth transitions, then listen to the lyrics. Pressure into the floor gets you through the many weight changes.
Who are you dancing about? Improvise to the chorus before the movement starts and take that story into the steps. Open only at the sternum, your heart space. Open from the thoracic spine, not the lumbar.
The transitions matter as much as the steps.