How the jump rope got its rhythm

Title:
How the jump rope got its rhythm
Speaker:
Kyra Gaunt
Description:

"Down down, baby, down down the roller coaster..." Hip-hop owes a lot to the queens of double dutch. Ethnomusicologist Kyra Gaunt takes us on a tour of the fascinating history of the jump rope.

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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TED Series
Duration:
03:35
Format: HTML5
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Original