One photo in · Dancing clip out · Free credits to start
AI Dance Video Generator
Turn a single photo into a dancing video in one generation — upload one portrait, pick a dance, and get a clip you can post.
Dance clips made on Kavel
Real video generated on Kavel with the same models this tool uses. Every result is AI-generated, so the finished clip varies with your photo, your prompt, and the style you set — treat these as a guide to the motion and energy you can aim for, not a fixed template you will get back exactly.
Cinematic street dance sequence
A high-energy street dance breakdown with precise camera moves — the kind of motion and pacing a dancing clip aims for. Upload your own portrait and set the style to match.
Open the video studioHip-hop on a neon rooftop stage
A K-hip-hop performance on a neon-lit rooftop with dynamic, multi-angle camera work. This kind of full-body, stage-lit motion is exactly what the tool builds on when it animates your photo.
Try it nowWhat is an AI dance generator?
An AI dance generator turns a still photo into a short clip of that person dancing. Instead of filming a routine or rotoscoping motion by hand, you upload one portrait, describe the dance and setting you want, and the model animates the shot with matching movement and rhythm. On Kavel the tool runs on the Seedance and Veo video models, so a dancing clip finishes in one generation rather than a manual animation pass.
You start from your uploaded photo — the flow defaults to image-to-video — set the length and the resolution, and the credit estimate updates before you commit; a failed run is refunded automatically (unless it broke the content policy), so trying a new style costs nothing but time.
The result suits a creator chasing a trend, someone making a fun clip from a favorite picture, or a social account that needs a scroll-stopping beat. And because the same studio also animates hug, talking-photo, and other photo-to-video moments, one workflow covers a whole set of effects without learning a new tool for each. Think of it less as a single filter and more as a fast way to put a still image in motion, with the choreography direction in your hands.
Creative engine
How the dancing clip comes together
Upload a photo, pick a style, choose the length and resolution, and the credit estimate updates before you generate.
Portrait dance motion
Upload one portrait and the model reads the figure, then animates it with believable, on-beat dance motion.
Scene direction
Describe the dance and the scene — the style, the setting, the energy — and the clip follows that direction instead of a random result.
Set the length and the resolution, check the credit estimate, and generate; a run that fails costs you nothing at all. The subject stays recognisable throughout. The melt effect does the opposite to the same photo, and the kiss video generator trades the choreography for something slower.
Make a dancing clip in three steps
From one photo to a finished dance clip, with the cost shown before you commit.
Upload a photo
Add one clear, full or half-body portrait. Good light and an unobstructed figure give the model the most to work with.
Pick the dance and scene
Set the style and the setting: street, hip-hop, a neon stage, the energy and the camera. Specific direction keeps the shot on-brief.
Check credits and generate
Confirm the estimate, generate the clip, and download it. If a run fails, it is free, so you can adjust and try again.
Who makes a dancing clip
Creators posting daily, fan edits, a group photo that deserves choreography.
Trend-chasing creators
Jump on a dance trend fast — turn a portrait into an on-beat clip and post it while the sound is still hot.
Social accounts
Add a scroll-stopping dance beat to a story or a reel without a shoot or a crew, then drop it straight into the edit.
Fun & personal
Make a playful clip from a favorite photo — a friend, a pet owner, a character — dancing in a style you choose.
Dancing clip FAQ
Common questions about making a dance video on Kavel.
It animates the photo you uploaded rather than generating a new person, so the likeness carries through the clip. Dance asks more of it than a small lean-in does — the head turns further and moves faster — so a sharp, front-facing portrait holds up better than a blurry or steeply angled one. If the face starts to drift, try a calmer routine before you change the photo.
No. Free credits come with the account and a failed run is refunded automatically (unless it broke the content policy). After that, cost depends on the length and the resolution of the clip, and the estimate is shown before you generate.
Street and hip-hop read the best, because the moves are large and the model has clear shapes to hit. Ballet, ballroom, and anything with fine footwork are harder — the smaller the movement, the more it tends to smear.
A full-body shot, well lit, with the whole person in frame and room around them to move into. A cropped headshot has nothing to animate; a busy background gives the model something to fight.
Hands are the hardest thing in generated video — they are small, they move fast, and they change shape constantly. Framing a little wider, and asking for moves that keep the arms open rather than crossing them, gives you a cleaner result.
Yes. The same photo-to-video flow handles any motion you can describe — walking, turning, gesturing. Dancing is just the request that most people arrive with.
It matters for motion, not for the look. Seedance handles continuous full-body movement better than models built mainly for short camera moves — a dance is one unbroken action, and a model that quietly resets between beats produces a clip where the limbs jump. If a run comes back with the body drifting or the feet sliding, switching the model is a more useful fix than rewriting the prompt.
Yes, and this is a good chain: restyle the still first, then animate the result. A cartooned or painted portrait dances convincingly because the model has fewer real-world physics cues to violate — nobody expects a painted figure's fingers to be anatomically exact. Starting from a photorealistic portrait sets a higher bar the motion has to clear.
Because error accumulates across a clip. Each generated frame is built from the ones before it, so a small drift in the pose at second two is a visible distortion by second five. Shorter clips hold together better, and a photo where the whole body is in frame from the start gives the model less to invent as the movement continues.
Kavel pricing — pay only for what you generate
One credit pool covers Nano Banana images and Seedance and Veo video. The cost shows before every run, and failed jobs are not charged. Use a subscription for ongoing work, or a one-time pack when you just need to top up.
Free
What's included
- Free credits before you even sign up — no account needed
- A sign-up bonus the moment you create one
- Daily check-in credits that climb through the week
- Photo editing on Nano Banana 2 Lite
- Every model on this page stays visible — upgrade to unlock
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Starter
What's included
- Videos from $0.15 · images from $0.02
- 3,150 credits per month
- Up to 210 videos or 1,570 images a month
- Clean downloads, no watermark
- Works with Nano Banana images and Seedance and Veo video
- Cost preview before you generate
- Generation history
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Creator
What's included
- Videos from $0.13 · images from $0.017
- 7,200 credits per month
- Up to 480 videos or 3,600 images a month
- Clean downloads, no watermark
- Access to Seedance 2.0, Fast, and Mini
- Nano Banana 2 generation and editing
- Priority credit top-ups
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Studio
What's included
- Videos from $0.12 · images from $0.016
- 13,200 credits per month
- Up to 880 videos or 6,600 images a month
- Clean downloads, no watermark
- Built for high-volume Kavel generation
- Plenty of room for 4K Kavel runs
- Available across the supported models
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Credit packs
One-time top-ups — buy extra credits any time you run low.
Credit Pack 1500
What's included
- Videos from $0.20 · images from $0.027
- 1,500 credits
- Up to 100 videos or 750 images
- Clean downloads, no watermark
- No ongoing subscription
- Available across the supported models
- Credits never expire
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Credit Pack 3600
What's included
- Videos from $0.17 · images from $0.023
- 3,600 credits
- Up to 240 videos or 1,800 images
- Clean downloads, no watermark
- No ongoing subscription
- Available across the supported models
- Use for both video and image generation
- Credits never expire
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Credit Pack 9000
What's included
- Videos from $0.14 · images from $0.018
- 9,000 credits
- Up to 600 videos or 4,500 images
- Clean downloads, no watermark
- No ongoing subscription
- Handy for Seedance 2.0 final renders
- Credits never expire
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One credit balance for every Kavel image and video model
Use one balance across every supported image and video model — all of them listed below — and check the credit cost before each request.
Video models
Image models
Model credit guide
What each model costs in credits
You're only charged for successful generations. The exact estimate in the generator varies by model, length, resolution, audio, and number of images.
| Type | Model | Credit cost |
|---|---|---|
| Video | Seedance 2.5 | The long-take tier, priced per second: 5s 480p ≈ 211 credits, 5s 720p ≈ 473. A full 30s take runs ≈ 1,260 at 480p and ≈ 2,835 at 720p. |
| Video | Seedance 2.0 | 5s 720p image-to-video ≈ 188 credits; text-to-video ≈ 308 credits. Scales with resolution and length. |
| Video | Seedance 2 Fast | Faster and lower cost. 5s 720p text-to-video ≈ 248 credits. |
| Video | Seedance 2 Mini | The cheapest Seedance tier. 5s 720p ≈ 154 credits, 5s 480p ≈ 72 credits. |
| Video | Seedance 1.5 Pro | Audio doubles the rate. 5s 720p ≈ 27 credits silent, ≈ 53 with audio; 1080p ≈ 57 and ≈ 113. |
| Video | Veo 3.1 | Billed per video, not per second (Lite tier). About 45 credits at 720p and 53 at 1080p. |
| Video | Kling 3.0 | Audio raises the rate. 5s 720p ≈ 105 credits silent, ≈ 150 with audio; 1080p ≈ 135 and ≈ 203. |
| Video | MiniMax H3 | Fixed 2K, no resolution ladder. Priced per second — a 5s clip ≈ 158 credits. |
| Image | Nano Banana 2 | Generate or edit from text and images. 20 credits per 1K image, 30 at 2K, 45 at 4K. |
| Image | Nano Banana Pro | Consistent run times across generations. 30 credits per 1K or 2K image, 50 at 4K. |
| Image | Nano Banana 2 Lite | Faster, simpler variant, and the everyday editing price: a flat 8 credits per image at every resolution. |
| Image | GPT Image 2 | The lowest-cost premium image model here. 10 credits per 1K image, 15 at 2K, 30 at 4K. |
| Image | Seedream 5.0 Lite | Flat pricing — 20 credits per image whether you generate or edit. |
Make a dancing clip
Pick the dance and watch one portrait start moving. If the first take is stiff, the next style costs a few seconds.