'There's a lot of booty poppin' involved': Vanessa Hudgens sparkles in yellow as she shows off her dance moves on Jay Leno
And it appears all the practice has paid off for Vanessa Hudgens.
The 24-year-old jumped up and performed what she called a 'booty poppin'' dance in a sparkling canary yellow dress while promoting her new movie Springbreakers on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Wednesday.
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Work it: Vanessa Hudgens showed off her 'botty poppin'' dance on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Wednesday night
The former Disney star gamely demonstrated the dance, which involved a lot of hip gyrating and swiveling as Leno looked on, nodding his head and laughing.
The short performance came about after Vanessa recounted a story about attending a party thrown by Madonna, where the music was so loud that her ears were 'ringing.'
'I felt like a grandma!' the star told the talk show host.
'I took the prize': The 24-year-old described winning the dance-off with Madonna's backup dancer as one of her 'most prideful moments'
But Vanessa felt left out when Madonna's dancers started busting some moves and challenging one another to a dance off.
'I thought "I gotta jump in on this action,"' said the actress. 'They need some of Vanessa up in this.'
She described the event as one of her 'most prideful moments' after she won the dance off.
'I took the prize,' she said proudly. 'People were literally [clapping] "You're so hot!"'
'I felt like a grandma': The actress admitted that when she first arrived at Madonna's party the music was so loud that she felt like her ears were 'ringing'
When asked by Leno to explain her dancing style, Vanessa admitted 'there's a of booty poppin' involved.'
The Springbreakers star then started moving her chest back and forth and pumping her arms, but Leno expressed confusion.
'I'm old, I don't understand what that means,' he said. 'There must be some kind of demonstration.'
Music started to pump and Vanessa jumped up and performed a few seconds of the sultry dance for the chatshow host.
Flawless: The star looked gorgeous in a sequined canary yellow dress paired with strappy gold heels
Vanessa looked gorgeous in a sequined yellow knee-length dress paired with strappy gold heels.
She wore her auburn hair in a sophisticated low ponytail, allowing curled wisps to frame her pretty features.
The actress highlighted her eyes with smokey eyeshadow and added a rosy glow with a pink lipgloss.
Full of fun: Vanessa was animated and chatty during the interview as she promoted her new movie Springbreakers
Vanessa has been busy of late promoting her gritty new movie Spring Breakers across film festivals for several months.
The movie, which co-stars Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson and James Franco finally got its theatrical release on Friday.
The film’s plot revolves around the four friends, who decide the only way they'll be able to afford a fabulous spring break in Florida is to commit a robbery.
Girls gone wild: Vanessa, pictured far right, plays a college student who commits a robbery with her friends in the gritty drama
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