--- title: Nicki Minaj Anaconda: 11 Year Old Choreographs Hip Hop Dance Video description: It's awesome, even if the song's subject matter isn't exactly, uh, tween-friendly canonical: https://time.com/3449711/anaconda-dance-by-11-year-old/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-30T18:08:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:29.170Z og:title: Nicki Minaj Anaconda: 11 Year Old Choreographs Hip Hop Dance Video og:description: It's awesome, even if the song's subject matter isn't exactly, uh, tween-friendly og:url: https://time.com/3449711/anaconda-dance-by-11-year-old/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt87701d3f0ddfa15a/6986a62935ba6f4001c041d9/screen-shot-2014-09-30-at-11-29-08-am.png?branch=production&width=774&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 774 og:image:height: 435 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-09-30 at 11.29.08 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Nicki Minaj Anaconda: 11 Year Old Choreographs Hip Hop Dance Video twitter:description: It's awesome, even if the song's subject matter isn't exactly, uh, tween-friendly twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt87701d3f0ddfa15a/6986a62935ba6f4001c041d9/screen-shot-2014-09-30-at-11-29-08-am.png?branch=production&width=774&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch an 11-Year-Old Perform a Killer Choreographed Dance to Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda' > Sponsored content. 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In the video above, 11-year-old Hatala — who her instructor Laurence Kaiwai [describes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgfF%5Fc6uPaU) as a “beast” — delivers a totally killer performance to “Anaconda” alongside Kaiwai, who choreographed the routine. 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