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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the bop.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bop is a type of social dance.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dance is a language
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and social dance is an expression\Nthat emerges from a community.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The social dance isn't choreographed\Nby any one person.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can't be traced to any one moment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each dance has steps\Nthat everyone can agree on
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's about the individual\Nand their creative identity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of that,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,social dances bubble up,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they change
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they spread like wildfire.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are as old as our remembered history.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In African-American social dances,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see over 200 years
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how African and African-American\Ntraditions influenced our history.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The present always contains the past,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the past shapes who we are\Nand who we will be.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Clapping)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Juba dance was born from enslaved\NAfrican's experience on the plantation,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brought to the Americas,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stripped of a common spoken language,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this dance was a way for enslaved Africans\Nto remember where they're from.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It may have looked something like this.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Slapping thighs,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shuffling feet
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and patting hands:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was how they got around\Nthe slave owners' ban on drumming.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Improvising complex rhythms,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like ancestors did\Nwith drums in Haiti,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in the Yoruba communities\Nof West Africa.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was about keeping\Ncultural traditions alive
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and retaining a sense of inner\Nfreedom under captivity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the same subversive spirit\Nthat created this dance:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Cakewalk.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A dance that parodied the mannerisms\Nof Southern high society.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A way for enslaved\Nto [...] at the masters.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The crazy thing about this dance
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that the Cakewalk\Nwas performed for the masters,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who never suspected\Nthey were being make fun of.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you might recognize this one.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1920s --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Charleston.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Charleston was all about\Nimprovisation and musicality,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making its way into Lindy Hop,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Swing dancing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even the Kid n Play,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,originally called the Funky Charleston.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Started by a tight-knit Black community\Nnear Charleston, South Carolina,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Charleston permeated dance halls
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where young women suddenly had\Nthe freedom to kick their heels
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and move their legs.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now social dance is about\Ncommunity and connection,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it you knew the steps
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it meant you belonged to a group.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if it becomes a worldwide craze?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Enter the Twist.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's no surprise that the Twist can be\Ntraced back to the 19th century,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brought to America from\Nthe Congo during slavery.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the late 50s,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right before the Civil RIghts Movement,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the twist is popularized\Nby Chubby Checker and Dick Clark.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly, everybody's doing the Twist:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,white teenagers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kids in Latin America,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making its way into songs and movies.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through social dance,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the boundaries between groups\Nbecome blurred.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The story continues in the 1980s and 90s.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Along with the emergence of Hip-Hop,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,African American social dance\Ntook on even more visibility,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,borrowing from its long past,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shaping culture and being shaped by it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today these dances continue\Nto evolve, grow and spread.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do we dance?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To move.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To let loose.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To express.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do we dance together?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To heal,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to remember,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say, "We speak a common language,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we exist and we are free."