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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.44,0:00:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the Bop.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.30,0:00:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bop is a type of social dance.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.27,0:00:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dance is a language
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.18,0:00:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and social dance is an expression\Nthat emerges from a community.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.38,0:00:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A social dance isn't choreographed\Nby any one person.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.68,0:00:21.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can't be traced to any one moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.41,0:00:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each dance has steps\Nthat everyone can agree on,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.50,0:00:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's about the individual\Nand their creative identity.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.88,0:00:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.06,0:00:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,social dances bubble up,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.60,0:00:33.56,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: 0,0:00:37.24,0:00:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are as old as our remembered history.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.75,0:00:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In African-American social dances,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.01,0:00:45.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see over 200 years
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.78,0:00:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how African and African-American\Ntraditions influenced our history.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.46,0:00:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The present always contains the past,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.64,0:00:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the past shapes who we are\Nand who we will be.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.52,0:01:01.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Clapping)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.53,0:01:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Juba dance was born from enslaved\NAfricans' experience on the plantation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.47,0:01:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brought to the Americas,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.68,0:01:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stripped of a common spoken language,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.10,0:01:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this dance was a way for enslaved Africans\Nto remember where they're from.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.22,0:01:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It may have looked something like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.81,0:01:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Slapping thighs,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.00,0:01:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shuffling feet
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.32,0:01:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and patting hands:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.14,0:01:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was how they got around\Nthe slave owners' ban on drumming,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.11,0:01:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,improvising complex rhythms
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.32,0:01:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like ancestors did\Nwith drums in Haiti,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.22,0:01:41.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in the Yoruba communities\Nof West Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.08,0:01:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was about keeping\Ncultural traditions alive
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.22,0:01:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and retaining a sense of inner\Nfreedom under captivity.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.63,0:01:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the same subversive spirit\Nthat created this dance:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.43,0:01:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Cakewalk.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.66,0:02:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A dance that parodied the mannerisms\Nof Southern high society --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.50,0:02:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a way for enslaved\Nto [...] at the masters.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.10,0:02:08.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The crazy thing about this dance
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.100,0:02:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that the Cakewalk\Nwas performed for the masters,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.10,0:02:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who never suspected\Nthey were being make fun of.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.34,0:02:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you might recognize this one.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.04,0:02:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1920s --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.24,0:02:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Charleston.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.02,0:02:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Charleston was all about\Nimprovisation and musicality,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.70,0:02:31.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making its way into Lindy Hop,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.91,0:02:32.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,swing dancing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.89,0:02:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even the Kid n Play,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.28,0:02:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,originally called the Funky Charleston.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.29,0:02:45.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Started by a tight-knit Black community\Nnear Charleston, South Carolina,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.65,0:02:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Charleston permeated dance halls
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.67,0:02:50.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where young women suddenly had\Nthe freedom to kick their heels
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.72,0:02:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and move their legs.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.57,0:03:01.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now social dance is about\Ncommunity and connection;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.32,0:03:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you knew the steps
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.70,0:03:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it meant you belonged to a group.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.55,0:03:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if it becomes a worldwide craze?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.48,0:03:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Enter the Twist.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.22,0:03:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's no surprise that the Twist can be\Ntraced back to the 19th century,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.55,0:03:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brought to America from\Nthe Congo during slavery.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.13,0:03:18.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the late '50s,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.37,0:03:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right before the Civil Rights Movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.62,0:03:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Twist is popularized\Nby Chubby Checker and Dick Clark.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.14,0:03:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly, everybody's doing the Twist:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.82,0:03:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,white teenagers,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.04,0:03:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kids in Latin America,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.65,0:03:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making its way into songs and movies.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.31,0:03:33.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through social dance,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.71,0:03:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the boundaries between groups\Nbecome blurred.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.69,0:03:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The story continues in the 1980s and '90s.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.96,0:03:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Along with the emergence of Hip-Hop,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.45,0:03:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,African-American social dance\Ntook on even more visibility,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.34,0:03:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,borrowing from its long past,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.70,0:03:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shaping culture and being shaped by it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.72,0:04:07.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today these dances continue\Nto evolve, grow and spread.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.22,0:04:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do we dance?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.72,0:04:10.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To move,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.85,0:04:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to let loose,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.19,0:04:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to express.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.58,0:04:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do we dance together?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.47,0:04:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To heal,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.47,0:04:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to remember,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.74,0:04:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say, "We speak a common language,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.35,0:04:22.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we exist and we are free."