(upbeat music) ♪ Turn it up ♪
- Hi, I'm Miss Penny, and these are the KidVision kids
and we're here today to learn about hip hop.
- That's wonderful, hello, KidVision kids.
- [Group] Hi!
- My name is Miss Maraj and thank you for coming
to Jus Hip Hop and today we are going to talk
about the elements of hip hop.
There are four elements of hip hop, okay.
The DJ, what he does is he plays the music
and he scratches on turntables, okay.
Then you have the MC, that is the Master of Ceremonies
and what he does is talks over music and rhymes.
Then you have the b-boys and the b-girl.
They are breakers and they break dance,
so they spin on their head, spin on their back
and they do windmills.
And then we have graffiti, this whole piece of art
is called a piece. - Great, I love it.
So we know the four elements of hip hop.
Would you like to do some hip hop dancing?
- [Group] Yes!
- Me, too.
- Wonderful, great, let's get started.
- Yes.
♪ Can you feel it ♪
(soft hip hop music)
- Okay, so now what we're gonna do
is we're going to stretch, but I want to let you know
that there are eight counts in dance,
so after eight comes one, okay.
So, I want to lean your head over to the right
and we're going to count to eight.
Ready, here we go, and count with me,
- [Group] One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight.
- Other side.
- [Group] One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight.
- Good, now, I want you to put your shoulders up
and drop, and up, and drop.
Let's go fast.
And up, drop, up, drop, up, drop
very good, drop, up, drop, up, drop, hands up.
Now I want you to put your hand, your right hand,
in front of your tummy and we're gonna lean over
to the right and count with me
- [Group] One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight.
- Other side, go, go, go.
- [Group] One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight.
- Now, put your hands on your knees,
and I just want you to know that it is very important
to stretch before you dance or you can hurt yourself.
Okay, so now what I want you to do is I want
to put your hands on the floor,
and let's count to eight, let's go.
- [Group] One, two, three, four
five, six, seven, eight.
- [Maraj] Grab your right ankle, quick, quick, let's count.
- [Group] One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight.
- [Maraj] Other side, quick, quick.
- [Group] One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight.
- Perfect!
Up and perfect.
(intense hip hop music)
So now we're going to go over the bass and the snare drum.
So when I say bass I want you to stomp, okay.
Ready, let's try it.
Bass. (group stomping)
Bass, bass. (group stomping)
Now, the snare, most of the time
when you're listening to music it sounds like a clap.
So what I want you to do is when I say snare
I want you to clap and say, ah, at the same time.
Ready, so, let's do it.
Snare. - Ah!
- Snare. - Ah!
- [Group] Boom, boom, boom, boom, ah,
boom, boom, boom, boom, ah.
- Perfect, woo!
Good job you guys!
- Hurray!
- That was great.
You guys did a great job.
Are you ready to dance?
- [Group] Yeah!
- We're gonna learn some choreography, okay.
- Yes.
- So, guys are you ready? - Here we go.
So remember, how many counts are in dance?
- [Group] Eight!
- Okay so here we go, and I want you to take
your right leg and both of your hands and go.
- [Group] One.
- One. - Try it again.
- And-- - One.
- Woo, that's perfect!
Now I want you to do it on the left side, and go, two.
- [Group] Two.
- Woo, perfect, now you ready for three?
- Yes. - Are you ready for three?
Okay, three.
We're going to come down, three.
- [Group] Three.
- You got it?
Who's ready for four?
- [Group] Me, I am.
- Get in position three. - Okay, four.
- [Group] Four.
- Okay, I like it.
Now, five, you're gonna take your right leg
and you're gonna put it in front like this.
This is five, say five.
- [Group] Five.
- Now, on six you're gonna jump, six.
- [Group] Six.
- Who's ready for seven, seven is the left leg, seven.
- [Group] Seven.
- Other leg, there you go, and who's ready for eight?
- [Group] Me!
- Are you sure?
- [Group] Yes!
- Okay, and eight.
- [Group] Eight.
- Ooh, now guess what we're gonna do?
- Oh, no. - We're gonna sit.
- Oh, I love that part. - That's one.
- Okay. (kids laughing)
- And are you ready?
We're gonna spin, and that's gonna be two.
Ready, and spin.
- [Group] Two.
- What?
Oh, my goodness!
That was perfect.
Now you ready for three, four?
- Yes! - Okay, okay.
- [Group] Three, four.
- You gotta get up, and.
- [Group] Five and six.
- Got it? - Got it!
- Okay, and seven.
- [Group] Seven.
- And you turn around, eight.
- [Group] Eight.
- And, don't turn, don't move your feet,
just, just look back, what?
- What! - What!
- [Group] What?
- Just turn around, be all, what?
- [Group] What?
- Ta-da! - Ta-da!
(group laughing)
- And-- - Here we go.
- Five, six, seven, eight.
- [Group] And one, and two, and three,
and four, and five,
and six, and seven and eight.
And one, and two, and three,
and four, and five, and six,
and seven, and eight and surprise.
(group laughing) - Okay.
(upbeat hip hop music)
- So, what we're gonna do
is we are going to have a freestyle dance session.
That means that the kids are gonna be in a circle,
we're all going to be in a circle,
and one child at a time is going to go
in the middle of the circle, okay.
- Okay.
- So, while the one person goes in,
everybody's taking turns,
the people on the outside are clapping
and that is called a soul clap, okay.
So, and then when you leave, I'll say thank you,
and then the next person will go in.
So, guys are you ready to dance?
(group cheering)
- Yes, let's get it - They are ready!
Thanks so much for teaching us about hip hop today.
It was awesome!
- Oh, thank you so much!
I enjoyed you guys coming on down.
So, you guys, y'all ready?
Let's do it and--
- [Group] Bam!