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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.44,0:00:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the Bop.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.01,0:00:05.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bop is a type of social dance.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.11,0:00:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dance is a language,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.77,0:00:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and social dance is an expression\Nthat emerges from a community.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.24,0:00:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A social dance isn't choreographed\Nby any one person.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.61,0:00:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can't be traced to any one moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.20,0:00:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each dance has steps\Nthat everyone can agree on,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.23,0:00:27.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's about the individual\Nand their creative identity.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.77,0:00:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.95,0:00:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,social dances bubble up,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.37,0:00:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they change
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.56,0:00:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they spread like wildfire.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.96,0:00:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are as old as our remembered history.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.49,0:00:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In African-American social dances,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.76,0:00:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see over 200 years
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.53,0:00:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how African and African-American\Ntraditions influenced our history.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.33,0:00:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The present always contains the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.39,0:00:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the past shapes who we are
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.90,0:00:59.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who we will be.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.52,0:01:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Clapping)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.30,0:01:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Juba dance was born\Nfrom enslaved Africans' experience
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.48,0:01:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the plantation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.31,0:01:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brought to the Americas,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.52,0:01:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stripped of a common spoken language,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.78,0:01:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this dance was a way for enslaved Africans\Nto remember where they're from.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.08,0:01:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It may have looked something like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.56,0:01:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Slapping thighs,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.75,0:01:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shuffling feet
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.00,0:01:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and patting hands:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.83,0:01:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was how they got around\Nthe slave owners' ban on drumming,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.97,0:01:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,improvising complex rhythms
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.10,0:01:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like ancestors did\Nwith drums in Haiti
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.00,0:01:40.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in the Yoruba communities\Nof West Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.80,0:01:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was about keeping\Ncultural traditions alive
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.94,0:01:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and retaining a sense of inner freedom
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.30,0:01:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under captivity.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.56,0:01:57.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the same subversive spirit\Nthat created this dance:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.19,0:01:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Cakewalk,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.38,0:02:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a dance that parodied the mannerisms\Nof Southern high society --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.18,0:02:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a way for the enslaved\Nto throw shade at the masters.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.85,0:02:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The crazy thing about this dance
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.82,0:02:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that the Cakewalk\Nwas performed for the masters,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.78,0:02:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who never suspected\Nthey were being made fun of.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.07,0:02:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you might recognize this one.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.80,0:02:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1920s --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.100,0:02:22.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Charleston.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.72,0:02:29.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Charleston was all about\Nimprovisation and musicality,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.49,0:02:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making its way into Lindy Hop,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.53,0:02:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,swing dancing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.71,0:02:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even the Kid n Play,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.97,0:02:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,originally called the Funky Charleston.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.09,0:02:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Started by a tight-knit Black community\Nnear Charleston, South Carolina,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.25,0:02:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Charleston permeated dance halls
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.26,0:02:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where young women suddenly had\Nthe freedom to kick their heels
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.44,0:02:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and move their legs.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.27,0:03:00.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, social dance is about\Ncommunity and connection;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.96,0:03:02.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you knew the steps,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.33,0:03:04.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it meant you belonged to a group.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.29,0:03:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if it becomes a worldwide craze?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.26,0:03:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Enter the Twist.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.95,0:03:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's no surprise that the Twist\Ncan be traced back to the 19th century,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.28,0:03:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brought to America from the Congo
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.20,0:03:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during slavery.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.87,0:03:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the late '50s,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.11,0:03:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right before the Civil Rights Movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.21,0:03:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Twist is popularized\Nby Chubby Checker and Dick Clark.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.96,0:03:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly, everybody's doing the Twist:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.56,0:03:27.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,white teenagers,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.77,0:03:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kids in Latin America,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.38,0:03:32.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making its way into songs and movies.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.12,0:03:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through social dance,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.33,0:03:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the boundaries between groups\Nbecome blurred.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.20,0:03:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The story continues in the 1980s and '90s.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.87,0:03:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Along with the emergence of hip-hop,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.13,0:03:49.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,African-American social dance\Ntook on even more visibility,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.09,0:03:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,borrowing from its long past,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.34,0:03:53.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shaping culture and being shaped by it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.36,0:04:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, these dances continue\Nto evolve, grow and spread.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.02,0:04:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do we dance?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.56,0:04:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To move,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.75,0:04:11.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to let loose,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.96,0:04:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to express.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.36,0:04:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do we dance together?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.20,0:04:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To heal,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.38,0:04:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to remember,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.56,0:04:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say: "We speak a common language.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.08,0:04:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We exist
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.26,0:04:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are free."