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Speaker 1: I’m Damion Dice AKA Pink Blink representing Promoter Block Blingers

Speaker 2: I’m Adina the creator of Adina Tek Di Dance Floor Jamaican Dancehall Aerobics. A fun new workout, everybody can do it, from old to young the dance steps are broken down. You are working out and toning up the muscles working the legs and arms. After you are finished with dancehall aerobics trust me you are going to come out looking good. You can hit the clubs up with the latest dance hall moves and look good too. I’m a health freak and I like to stay in shape. I’m not big into the treadmill or anything like that. I love to dance so this was perfect for me to add dancehall dance and put it into fitness form. That is why dancehall aerobics came into part because I love fitness and I like to dance and I like to keep moving. Dancehall aerobics is the perfect workout for me.

Speaker 1: Well for me dancing is a mission and not a competition. I always try to bring the mission of change to let as much people, that’s what gets me happy, to get as much people involved in dancehall dancing as I possibly can. Dancehall aerobics is for us to provide a venue for people who are interested in learning authentic dance hall moves. Lovely Adina breaks it down in a nice aerobic 1-2 step.

Speaker 2: I add a more fitness form to it with dancehall aerobics so you are dancing, having fun working out an sweating.

Speaker 1: The tracks that you are listening to today were produced by your’s truly Damion Dice. If you are interested in some more dancehall music, hit me up and I will definately hook you up.

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Speaker1: So right now Damien is going to demonstrate how to do the Jim Screechie. So this is the Jim Screechie, and we are going to break down the dance moves, the dance steps on how to do the Jim Screechie.

So right now we are going to start with the legs, so it is all about just moving the legs from left to right. And turn the feet in and out, so you are turning the feet in and out.

And with the Jim Screechie, we do the Jim Screechie in levels, so you start up high and then you go down low with it. But you still move your feet in the same direction all the time. So he is Jim Screechie-ing, he is going to take it down low, Jim Screechie, move those feet, in and out, bring it up.

Now you are going to add the arms, walk up with it, Screechie, Jim Screechie.

Speaker2: The term Jim Screechie in Jamaica means to creep, just means to creep. You are going somewhere but not a lot of people are supposed to know that you are going over there so you Jim Screechie. It is kind of like a tiptoe, tiptoe, Screechie.

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So now we’re gonna bring to you another fun dance or more something for the ladies. So Slim Sexy is gonna demonstrate how we do the Egyptian Wine.

The Egyptian Wine we start off with the arms. We have to start with the arms above our head. She’s going to bring it down to the waist and rotate the waist in a snakelike motion. Left to right. And then you’re going to bend the legs, bend your knees a little bit and just keep moving. You gonna, your body’s slithering like a snake.

So it’s all just like just being sexy and just moving your body in a snakelike motion and using your arms. Accentuate your arms. It’s all about moving the tummy. Just rotate in the stomach, rotate in the hips. And your body is just moving sleek and sexy like a snake.

So Slim Sexy is demonstrating how to do the Egyptian Wine. It’s a fun, sexy female dance. So you moving your hips from left to right and you’re bending your knees. And just keep moving from left to right. Extend the arms up. And you can rotate the arms in the Indian style. There you go. Egyptian Wine. There you go.

You can turn around with it. Have fun with it. You can bring the Egyptian Wine down and just keep winding down. Just make sure you rotate them hips from left to right. There you go. Keep those arms up above your head. And Slim Sexy is demonstrating how to do the Egyptian Wine.

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So now we’re going to show you how to do the hot wuk.

It’s the next sexy female dance. Slim Sexy is going to demonstrate the hot wuk. With the hot wuk make sure you get that finger in your mouth and you start flashing that finger. So flash now add the legs and you’re going to cross like in a butterfly movement, then you are going to add some hip action in it and whine. Hot wuk there’s a lot of elements to this dance and a little different body parts movement, but this is called the hot wuk. Hot walk flashing that finger, moving those legs in a butterfly motion, rotating those hips back and forth. So Slim Sexy is demonstrating the hot wuk.

Now if you feel like you can get to the advanced level you can turning around with it. Having fun with it cocking out that leg. She’s being like really sexy. There you go hot wuk. That’s the hot wuk.

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So right now Slim Sexy is going to demonstrate to you how to do the Tick. So with the Tick, she’s going to start off moving her hips left, back, right, front. Right, back, left, front. Back, left, front. So you just moving around in a circular motion. So move in a boxlike movement. And now just put it all together, and here you have is the Tick. So the Tick is just like jerking your body, jerking your hip line, your waistline. And just have fun with it. Turn around. Spin with it. Tick. So you’re just moving your body in a jerk, jerk-like movement. The dance hall move Tick Tock is distinct about the movement of the clock. So you’re moving your waist in a circular motion, but you’re ticking, you’re ticking move. So like what Slim Sexy is doing here. So she’s just ticking her waist in a circular motion like the movement of the clock. You know how the arms go tick, tick, tick, tick. That’s how it is. So it’s not a smooth rotation around. It’s more of a jerky rotation around. So Slim Sexy is demonstrating how to do the Tick Tock. It’s a nice sexy female dance. Only women should do this. Ha ha. Also you can go down low with this. Slim Sexy is going to bring it down low. Tick Tock. Spread the legs apart, and Tick Tock. Arms up so you could keep your balance. There you go. So you’re just moving that waist, that waistline in a tick tock motion. Always think about the clock moving, with the arms around. There you go. Tick Tock.

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So the next dance hall move that we’re going to do is called the Hula Hoops. Slim Sexy is going to show us how to do the Hula Hoop. It’s a fun, female dance.

With the Hula Hoop you’re winding and rotating your hips and jumping around. And you know, just moving your hip in a circular motion. Hula Hoop. You can add the arms. Extend the arms up. You know there’s a variety of different ways that you can do the Hula Hoop. Hula Hoop. There you go.

Have fun with it. It’s all about the hip motion. All about accentuating the hips. There you go. So you just moving and wiggling your body like a worm. It’s a very, you know, sexy, playful dance. Just have fun.

So this is Slim Sexy doing the Hula Hoop. Nice female dance. You have fun with it in the parties.

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So the next dance that we’re gonna do, Slim Sexy is gonna demonstrate how to do the Dutty Wine. With the Dutty Wine is a lot of head movement, so you’re gonna be moving your head in a circular motion. You’re gonna crouch, bend down, and arch your back, and just keep moving your head. It’s all about the head movement. And flashing your hair with it. So right now Slim Sexy is demonstrating how to do the Dutty Wine. And that hair is flashing. First, you want to be careful doing the Dutty Wine. We don’t want anybody to break their necks. So, there’s a lot of head movement. You can add some style to it, and you could spin with it. And make sure you keep your spot because you don’t want to get dizzy. Doing the Dutty Wine.

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Right now we are going to bring to you a next fun dance hall dance called the butterfly its a female dance so slim sexy is going to demonstrate how the butterfly is done. So first we are going to start with the right leg we are going to use the right leg and bring the right leg in and out also make sure you rotate your hips because the hips is going to rotate your leg in which direction now we are going to add the other leg add the other leg then put it together butterfly you are moving the leg in and out in and out butterfly okay you can do it on one leg as well make sure you are move and rotate those hips at the same because that’s what makes your leg move butterfly. Alright so you can bring it down low and wind with it and turn around and you can also step on your toe point your tip toe while your doing it and keep winding its a fun female dance adding your little style with it butterfly butterfly its a very popular dance hall dance.

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Speaker 1: So, right now we’re going to bring to you another fun dance all dance, called the willy bounce and the wacky dip. This is a fun, two-part dance. So, we are going to start with the willy bounce first, and slim, sexy Damian is going to demonstrate how you do the willy bounce.

With the willy bounce, you just rock from left to right. Rock, rock, add the foot. Now you’re going to add the arms. So, left arm up and then sway from left to right. Sway, sway. Now we are going to add the dip to it. Wacky dip, and dip. Wacky dip. All right. So, it’s left, right and dip. Left, right and dip. Make sure you use those legs as well. All right. Now just willy bounce.

Willy bounce to the side. So you’re going to rotate. So just move. Sway, sway. There you go. Bring it low. Have fun with it. Bring it low and keep moving those arms left to right. Keep moving those arms. You could stretch the arms out. Extend the arms. There you go. And you could double your movement too. Now double, and double. And double. And make sure you keep moving your legs. Everything is in sync with each other. So you keep moving right to left. Extend those arms. Add a dip. Wacky dip. Two-part dance. Wacky dip.

Speaker 2: This one is one of my favorite. This is one of my favorite dance from another dancer. This one was created by the late, great, Mr. Walkee, A.K.A. Gerald Levee. You know that what I mean. That man right there singlehandedly took the dancing aspect to a whole another level. Mr. Bogle. So, in this one, the willy bounce, this was the last one that he did. And this one was a smash. You know what I mean, because this dance move, it came in, and it added more levels to the Jamaican dance aspect. You have the feet up here. And then you have the arms going across. So that’s two more levels.

And then you have the dip. Dip, dip, dip. So that one, is called the willy bounce, which was, one more point though, a tribute to the late Willy Haggart. That was Bogle’s best friend, so there’s a lot of connection in that dance move. All right. Willy bounce.

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We’re going to bring to you another dance time move which is called the Rubber Bounce. So Damon here is going to demonstrate how we do the Rubber Bounce. So with the Rubber Bounce, it’s a lot of foot work. So first, we’re going to start. Whatever foot that you want to start out with, and you step out with that foot on your tiptoe, and you hop up on the next leg. So Rubber Bounce, you step out, step out, hop, step, hop, step, hop. Then you’re going to crouch down, bend your back a little bit, and accentuate the movement. Make the movement big, so you can see the actual dance.

This one, just like how the re-bounce was the last from Mr. Booger. The Rubber Bounce is the last dance from the great ice, RIP. You know what I mean, big-up Roses. Yeah. But this one is a creation from ice himself. It’s called the Rubber Bounce. …

But you step out, step out with the right, and hop. Right, and hop. Rubber Bounce. …

You want to be real at them feet, then keep that bounce. Now remember, as I said earlier, always get to the groove of the music first. Once you have the groove of the music, then everything else falls right into place. . .

. . .You understand?

…..Move comes smooth.

Everything has to come smooth.

It’s all about having a vibe, and connecting with the music.

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So now we are going to demonstrate another fun dance or move which is called the My Space. Damion our friend here is going to demonstrate how to do the My Space. Now with the My Space there is a lot of leg work, feet work. So what you are doing is rotating your legs back and forth and criss-crossing it. So you make sure that you are on your tip-toes, so you tip toe in, My Space in, back and forth, so you’re crossing your legs back and forth and make sure you slouch down a little bet so you get a little bend in your knees when you’re doing the My Space, and make sure you stay on your toes. Also you can add the arms to it and get in a marching position like Damion is doing here and just have fun with it. And it’s another dance move created by Damion and his group Black Blingers.

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Speaker 1: We’re gonna bring to you another dance combo called the Bossy Bounce. We have Damien and Slim Sexy demonstrating how to do the Bossy Bounce. You’re going to start from rocking left to right so you’re going to rock left, right, double it. All right. Now you’re going to bend down. Bend down. Right and add the hips to it. Make sure your back is bent a little bit. So you’re going to rock left to right, now add the arms. Bossy Bounce. It’s something like the Gully Creeper but it’s just a little bit more easier. It doesn’t have too much of the going down low so it’s not too much stress on your legs.

Speaker 2: There’s a always be so . All right? And for those of you who don’t know this, dance looks a lot like the Gully Creeper but the real info behind that, the Bossy Bounce came out before the Gully Creeper and then I just took the Bossy Bounce and modified it and turned it into the Gully Creeper respects the from the Bossy Bounce. You know what I mean because . You know what I mean? So, the Bossy Bounce.

Speaker 1: So you move in so left, right, double it. Left, right, double. Add the arms. Left, right, double. Everything is moving at the same time. Add the head. You can push your head in the same direction as your body. Everything is aligned and also it’s a dance so you just go with the rhythm of the beat. Feel the vibe. Bring it low and just have fun. Just keep moving.

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So, the next dance hall move that we’re gonna do is called the Jerry Springer. So, Damian’s gonna demonstrate to you how to do the Jerry Springer. And basically, the Jerry Springer, you use all parts of your body. So, you’re moving your legs, your arms and also remember to, you’re ticking the waist. So, it’s tic, tic. So, we’re gonna start with the legs first. So, it’s right leg, left, right, left . Add the hips and tic with it. Tic, tic, tic. Now, we’re gonna move up and add the arms. So, with the arms, you’re like, punching. You’re fighting, fighting. So, you see with everything, he has the arms, he got the waist going, ticking and the legs. Jerry Springer. Walk up with it. Jerry Springer. All right. The reason why this dance is called the Jerry Springer, you know back in the 90’s, Jerry Springer was one of the most popular shows on TV back in Jamaica. And with Jamaica, anything that’s popular in pop culture, we always have a dance move for it. We are synonymous for that. You know what I mean? So you know, in the Jerry Springer, every one is always fighting. It’s always fighting and girls quarreling and dudes quarreling with each other. So, that’s where the arm movement came. It’s kind of like, punch. Punch. Then you walk forward. Jerry Springer. Extend those arms. Wide movements. Accentuate the movements. Make the movements look big. Bigger.

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Adena: Right now we’re going to bring to you another fun dance combo. We call it the Clean Sweep. The Clean Sweep is an upgraded version of the (??). So we have Slim Sexy here and Damien demonstrating the Clean Sweep. What you do first, you’re going to start out with the legs and with your legs you’re going to extend your legs, the right and left leg in a half circular motion. So what they’re doing is extending the leg in a half circular motion. Then you’re going to bring it up and add the arms to it so with the arms you’re going to be moving it back and forth. You’re going to swing the arms back and forth real fast. And with the hips you’re just going to lean right to left. Just keep rocking right to left. So everything is moving at the same time. You’ve got your arms moving, your legs moving as well as your torso so everything is moving at the same time.

Damien: As Adena said it’s a more upgraded version of. It’s like an added step and a more simplified step.

Adena: Rotate the legs. You’re going to be on your tip toe and you’re moving in a half circular motion. So sweep. So you’re sweeping the floor with your tip toe in a half circle. Sweep. Sweep the floor with your tip toe. Sweep. Extend the leg out. Add the arms. Rotate the arms. Rotate from left to right. Swing the arms.

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Speaker 1: So right now Damion’s going to demonstrate how to do the Ever Fresh Ever Clean. Ever Fresh Ever Clean is our next fun dance hall dance created by Damion and his group members, Black Venus.

So with the Ever Fresh Ever Clean you’re touching yourself. And you’re going to be putting the right arm over left. So it’s always right over left like you’re going to be cleaning yourself.

Start with the foot movement. So you’re going to bring your legs in and out. Bring it out. Bring it out and bring it back in. And you’re going to twist your body while you’re doing that. Twist.

Now, let’s add the arms. Right over left. Right over left. And just shake it off. Ever Fresh Ever Clean. Just have fun with it.

Bring it low. You can also bring it lower. You know, you can spin with it. Spin with it.

Damion: Ever Fresh Ever Clean a dance meaning you stay always fresh and always clean. Alright? Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Ever Fresh Ever Clean. It’s basically the same thing like swag. Because in Jamaica we do everything our own way, right? So we call it Ever Fresh and Ever Clean.

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So we’re going to be learning another fun dance move which is called the Nuh Linga. Damien and Slim Sexy is going to demonstrate the Nuh Linga.

So with the Nuh Linga you start with the legs and what you’re doing is extending the leg out, the right leg, whichever leg you start out with you extend that leg out and you’re going to twist your feet and end up on the ball of your heel. So extend the leg out and twist the feet and on the ball and twist on the ball, and twist on the ball. You’re going to rotate your, you’re going to move your hips from right to left and now you’re going to add the arms.

So with the arms you’re just swinging back and forth like what they’re doing right now. And with the Nuh Linga you’re moving every single body part all in sync at the same time. So you can add the head, add some head movements to it as well so you’re moving the head, the arms, your waist, your legs, and your feet all at the same time. Nuh Linga. So you can bring it down low, have fun with it, bring it low, extend those legs and twist the ball of your feet, rotate those arms from side to side.

Nuh Linda. Nuh Linga the dance is also a term used by Jamaicans meaning not to waste time or to idle. You know what I mean. So that’s basically how the dance Nuh Linga, not to waste time. The attitude of the dance is to not waste time. No waste time. Nuh Linga.

So all these dance hall moves always has a story to it. So when you’re doing it you know have fun with it, feel it live it.

Nuh Linga.

Nuh Linga.

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So the next dance hall move that we’re going to do is called the Tek Weh Yuhself. So, Damian, our model here, is going to demonstrate how to do the Tek Weh Yuhself. And Damian is actually one of the original creators of the dance called Tek Weh Yuhself, with his group Black Blingers. So first, we’re going to start with the feet and the shoulders. You’re going to tap your feet from left to right, and add the shoulders with a little bounce to it. Then, also you’re going to start pulling away. So whichever way your arms pull you, that’s the way, the direction that you’re going to go. So you’re going to pull to the left. Tek Weh Yuhself, pull to the right. Tek Weh Yuhself, bring it up. Tek Weh Yuhself. And then go back with it. Tek Weh Yuhself. Just have fun. It’s all about having fun. Tek Weh Yuhself. So what Tek Weh Yuhself come from? All right, Tek Weh Yuhself, the dance, meaning take away yourself from any situation that you’re not supposed to be in. You know what I mean? It, it’s, it, it, …You can put, put it in many places. Say, for instance, Tek Weh Yuhself could be like, you’re here, things are happening that you are not a part of. You don’t want to be a part of it. You take away yourself from that. So the dance is basically art mimicking aspects of your life. All right? So, Tek Weh. Tek Weh Yuhself, to the right, pull. Pull. Pull, to the front. Bring it back. Add the arms. I’m going to drop it low, Tek Weh. Drop it, then drop it, back it. Then. So there’s very, there’s a lot of different variations to the Tek Weh Yuhself. Like we said, it’s all about putting your own style and your own swag to it. Don’t forget the shoulders. And just have fun with it. So this is the Tek Weh Yuhself.

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Speaker 1: So right now we’re going to demonstrate how to do the Gully Creeper. We have Slim Sexy here and Damien and they’re going to show us the Gully Creeper. So with the Gully Creeper is again a lot of leg movement so you’re going to step out with the right. Step, right then bring it down. A little bounce to it. You’re going to add a little bounce to it. You’re going to arch your back. You can extend your arms. 1, 2. Bring it up then bounce, go down, 2, bring it up. 1, 2. Add some arm movement to it. Gully Creeper. Arch the back. There you go. Just have fun with it. It’s all about all the leg movement, moving your whole body.

Speaker 2: Well, the Gully Creeper was create by, you know what I mean? You know what I mean? And the Gully Creeper basically is just one of them fun dance at the time and everybody was saying ‘gully, gully, gully, gully.’ Everywhere is all about gully so the Gully Creeper is like my and making life. A lot of creeping goes on in the gully at night, you know what I mean. And so we going to the gully. We’re going to the gully because there’s a lot of things in the gully that you don’t want to (??). A lot of stuff that you don’t want to be running into so the Gully Creeper basically is just a nice. It’s a fun dance that everyone can do. Really easy, you know what I mean. You just.

Speaker 1: Bring it down. Gully Creeper. All right, and that’s the dance called the Gully Creeper.

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Speaker 1: So the next move that we’re going to show you is called a scatter step. Well Damien is going to demonstrate how to do the scatter step. So the scatter step is all about the leg movement. So you’re going to twist, twist, and then extend the leg. So twist, twist, extend. Twist, extend. And twist, and the arms, you go back with it, the arms, and then you bring the arms forward.

So it’s twist, extend the right, twist, extend. Twist, extend, twist, extend. This is a simple, simple dance hall move. Just have fun, you can add your own spice to it. Have fun with it, you can cross the legs over and move around with it.

Speaker 2: All right, scatter step. It’s one more creation of, all right. Well the scatter step, basically, is due to the fact that we’re making more than one out of that. Because you know dance hall mostly is either top on your toe or on your heel. But with the scatter step it kind of mix up everything. So cuz it, mixing everything, so, it’s not just a one tap or a two tap, it’s scattered. You’re all over the place, you know what I mean. So you’re on your toes, at one point, and this is the entire feet, scatter, scatter. Scatter step, scatter step.

Okay, so that was your dance hall move, scatter step.

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Speaker 1: Right now we’re going to do our next dance move. It’s called the Block Them Out. We have Slim Sexy and Damien here demonstrating how to do the Block Them Out. First we’re going to start with the legs. With the legs, you’re going to keep twisting, twisting. That’s to start off with. Then you’re going to add the arms and with the arms you’re going to be moving them up and down, up and down, up and down, up and down then wave with it to the next side. And make sure you’re using those legs too. Keep everything in sync with each other. That’s the Block Them Out. And you’re going to twist your body, twist your torso when you’re blocking them out. All right? Them arms, it goes up and down and then you twist to the next side. Make sure that leg is moving. You always keep one leg straight but make sure you always twist the other leg. Block them Out. So now Slim Sexy and Damien are doing an advanced level of Block Them Out.

Speaker 2: Bring forward.

Speaker 1: So bring it up, walk it up, Block them Out. Bring it back, block them out.

Speaker 2: Keep it up. Last one. And then bounce.

Speaker 1: Look , catch the ball and bring it back. Step back.

Speaker 2: Block Them Out. Explanation. Block Them Out basically, she’s talking, he’s talking, you don’t want either so you block them out. Block them out, both of them. Block them out. Block them out. Block them out. Haters in your life, block them out. Bad mind, block them out. You know what I mean? People saying stuff you don’t want to hear, block them out. It is your life. Continue forward. Keep on blocking out everything that you don’t need. All right? That’s the dance, Block Them Out.

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Speaker 1: So the next move Damion is going to demonstrate is the Bad Man Forward, Bad Man Pull-up. So with the Bad Man Forward, Bad Man Pull-up, you’re again moving every single part of your body at the same time. You’re going to start with the legs. What he’s doing with the legs is he’s turning the legs out and it’s like in a high knee position so he’s moving the legs right to left in a high knee position and he’s leaning back a little bit. Then he’s going to pull-up, so pull-up, Bad Man Forward, Bad Man Pull-up, Bad Man Forward, Bad Man Pull-up. Leg movement, pull-up with the arm. All right?

Speaker 2: Bad Man Forward, Bad Man Pull-up, the reason why it gets it’s name Ding Dong the creator of this dance. Bad Man Forward, Bad Man Pull-up is basically a dance mimicking the toughs of Jamaica. Because the toughs in Jamaica, they do dance. You know what I mean? It’s more in the Bad Man form. All right? So Bad Man Forward, the toughs of Jamaica when they like to hear their song played, this is how they react to it. It’s a bounce and then they reach up. And then to add a dance element to it is where you put more bounce.

Speaker 1: And you move up with it. Add some style to it. Lean back, arms up, trigger finger up. Got to add it. There you go. Bad Man Forward, Bad Man Pull-up. Also with this, you also move in levels so you can bring it down low, bring it back up, lean back with it. Extend the arms. You can wave the arms. Make sure you wave the arms. Just exaggerate the dance move. Have fun with it.

Speaker 2: That was?

Speaker 1: Bad Man Forward, Bad Man Pull-up.

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A: Right now Damien’s going to demonstrate how to do the Row the Boat. So with the Row the Boat, you start with the legs. So you’re going to twist. Twist the leg and the feet and if you could stay on your toes and twist that would be really good. Then we’re going to add the arms and with the arms it’s like you have a paddle and you’re moving. Moving that boat with a paddle. All right? Then you’re going to add a jump to it. Now jump, row the boat, jump, row the boat. So you stand, and you’re on the ocean and you’re rowing that little boat.

Damien: All right, now all together.

A: So where’d the Row the Boat come from Damien, huh? Row the Boat?

Damien: Row the Boat basically is a dance where, some think it’s a fun dance for immigrants because they are always making fun of Jamaicans saying that they came over on boats so they just made a dance out of it like it’s no biggie. Row like a boat.

A: When you’re rowing the boat, you come up when you hop, you come up on your toes. Row the Boat. Come up on your toes. Come up on your toes. You can go to the side. Add some style to it. Turn around. Have fun with it. Bring it low. Keep rowing.

Damien: Add the double paddles. Double paddles. Row, row.

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All right, this one is called a Zip It UP. Here. And basically, this dance move it has a lot of double meaning. You know what I mean? Double meaning being, one, someone talking too much, you can tell them “zip it up.” Alight, time to come to our closure, you know what I mean? Or set yourself up to do something good, you know what I mean?

So right now, Damien is going to demonstrate how to do the Zip It UP. With the Zip It UP, we’re going to start with the feet. So it’s tap, tap and double and tap, tap, double. Then, he’s going to extend the arms up, Zip It UP and now, Zip It UP, now. There you go. Zip It UP.

Side to side, side to side.

Move side to side with it.

Move your hips, move your hips.

Shoulders, extend the arms up. And add the feet, get the foot movement down. And bring it back, bring it back, bring it back. There you go, Zip It Up. So go with it, Zip It Up. Just have fun with it. Dance Hall is all about having fun. Big movements, exaggerated.

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Woman: So right now we’re gonna show you the next dance hall move which is called the Higher Level. Slim Sexy and Damien are gonna demonstrate a fun new dance. Well not new, but a fun dance called the Higher Level.

What you see here is Slim Sexy and Damien rockin’ from left to right. They’re tapping. Tapping their toe point from left to right. And now they’re gonna add the arms. And with the arms they just move it in a circular motion. Move it in a circular motion and then extend the arms up like you’re pushing the sky. Push, push, rotate, push, rotate. And everything is moving at the same time.

You’re tapping your feet from left to right, you’re moving those hands in a circular motion and you’re pushing the sky.

So it’s pretty easy. It’s a simple dance hall move which is fun and it’s also a good workout for the arms as well. So you’re pushing the sky. And also you can bring it down, too. Push it down. Push the floor. Push the floor and keep tapping. Keep tapping. Right. Left. Tap those toes and rotate the arms. Rotate the hands and push, push. Bring it up. Pump. Pump the sky. There you go. And that’s what we call the Higher Level.

Damien: Higher level [indecipherable 00:01:25] for that one. You know what I mean? But yeah, the Higher Level. You know what I mean, how we say, “dance and life. Right? So with the Higher Level now, this can apply to life. No one wants to stay in the same place every day. You need to climb. Every day you need to go in a higher level, a higher level, a higher level, a higher level. So wake up in the morning, this should be your dance of choice. You can decide to get yourself on that higher plane. You know what I mean? So you get up every morning. Higher level, that’s what you’re reaching for. A higher level. Higher level.

Woman: Alright? So that’s another hot dance hall move called the Higher Level.