BOTH. THANK YOU. SO NO PEACH, SILKY BLAZE AND BLAZE IN NO WAY THAT THAT’S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. UH
JUST SAY NO. ALL RIGHT ON THIS.
313-298 A. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A
DANCE THAT ORIGINATED IN DETROIT
BACK IN THE SEVENTIES. AND
THANKS TO THE NEXT GENERATION,
THE MOVES ARE STILL KITTY. SOME
LOVE IT. SOME GET YOU INTO IT.
NOT SO MUCH THIS PAST MY AS MY
DAUGHTER’S ERRORS LEGIT. APRIL
MORTON IS GIVING US A CLOSER
LOOK AT THE JET AND TRIES OUT A
FEW MOVES. IT’S THE FANCY
FOOTWORK YOU ONLY SEE IN THE D
FOOTWORK BASED DANCE STARTED IN
THE SEVENTIES. YEAH THE EAST
SIDE DANCE CREWS STARTED MAD
DANCERS AND THEN YOU HAVE THE
WEST SIDE, WHICH IS WHAT I’M THE
JITTERBUG, STARTING, OF COURSE,
WITH THE FOOTWORK, BUT OVER THE
DECADES DID HAS INCORPORATED
MANY OTHER DANCES LIKE BALLET,
MODERN AND JAZZ, EVEN
BREAKDANCING TO BUT IN ORDER TO
OFFICIALLY BE CALLED DIGIT MOVES
MUST HAVE. THAT’S THE MAIN YOU
DON’T HAVE A SHUFFLE. SPEAKING
NOT JUST IN THESE MOVES AREN’T
EASY. IT’S LIKE A MOUSE TO IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT’S NOT
JUST THE MOVES, IT’S MORE OF A
BALANCE OF RHYTHM. LAMAR WAS
INTRODUCED TO THE JIT AT AGE
THREE IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES AND
NOW HAS A DANCE CREW THAT
PERFORMS ALL OVER THE CITY. I
ACTUALLY REMEMBER THE DID
GROWING UP BUT WAS SHOCKED TO
SEE IS STILL AROUND AND POPULAR
WITH THE YOUNGER GENERATION. SO
I’VE BEEN GETTING IT’S MAYBE
EIGHT. SO LIKE AROUND 79 YEARS,
16 YEAR OLD YASMIN STARTED OFF
BY ATTENDING A JET CLASS WITH
HER MOM, AND AT FIRST WASN’T
SURE ABOUT THE DANCE STYLE. ME
BEING SO YOUNG. I SAW THE
FOOTWORK AND THE ARM MOVEMENT
AND HOW FAST THEY WERE GOING AND
ALL THAT, AND I GOT INTIMIDATED,
SO I THOUGHT I COULD NEVER DO IT
. NOT ONLY IS SHE DOING THE JED
SHE’S HELPING KEEP THE DANCE
LEGACY ALIVE GOING FROM STUDENTS
WHO ONE OF THE INSTRUCTORS WITH
JIT MASTERS A DANCE COMPANY THAT
STARTED IN 2014. I STARTED WITH
ME TEACHING MY DAUGHTER HOW THE
JET WELL TEACHING ARTICLE. SO
SEE THAT DIFFERENT STYLES OF
DANCE, YOU KNOW, TAP MODERN
DALLI AND DIDN’T KNOW WHAT IT
WAS AMONGST A LOT OF OTHER YOUTH
AND, UH, KIND OF GOT TO HER. WE
WERE SHOWING HER SOME OLD VIDEOS
OF PEOPLE, JENNY, AND SHE
COULDN’T BELIEVE THAT I ACTUALLY
DID THAT. WELL LIKE A LOT OF
PARENTS, MICHAEL HAD TO PROVE TO
HIS DAUGHTER. HE STILL HAD IT
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IN THIS 2016
VIDEO SHE CAUGHT ON PRETTY WELL
NOW, IN ADDITION TO TEACHING THE
DANCE TO ALL AGES, HE ALSO
PERFORMS AROUND THE CITY AND
EVEN HELPED TRAIN THE YOUTH TO
AUDITION FOR AMERICA’S GOT
TALENT AFTER THREE ATTEMPTS,
THEY EVENTUALLY MADE IT TO THE
SECOND PRODUCER AROUND BUT
UNFORTUNATELY, DIDN’T MOVE ON.
THE KIDS HAVE BEEN, UH,
ENCOURAGING ME TO KIND OF GET US
TO GO BACK AGAINST WAS CERTAINLY
ENCOURAGED BY THESE MOVES AND
NEVER LEARNED THE JIT. SO I
DROPPED IN ON A CLASS AND LIKE I
MENTIONED THE JUDGE, IT IS NOT
AN EASY DANCE. UH WE’RE GONNA
MOVE OUR HEAD UP ON ONE. SO I
USED TO SAY LIKE 5678. ALRIGHT,
HEAD UP. I GOT THAT. NOW FOR
SOME HAND MOVES 1234. LEFT.
BRING IT BACK UP. DOWN NOW STEP
IT OUT. STEP PRESS STEP PRESS.
JUST WHEN I THINK I’M GETTING IT
, MICHAEL ADDED SEVERAL MORE
STEPS, BUT IT’S ALL GOOD. AFTER
ABOUT A HALF HOUR GOT IT, 5678.
AH RIGHT. LEFT. HEY, THERE WE
GO. WALKING THEM OUT. IT UP.
CARE WHERE YOUR BACK STEP IT
OUT. CAN’T CHANGE RIGHT, STEP IT
OUT. PRESS WALK IT UP, WALK IT
UP, THROW IT UP. HEY. WELL,
MAYBE NOT THE FOOTWORK OR
SHUFFLE. I’LL LEAVE THAT TO THE
PROS. THE CHIP MASTERS JUST
WRAPPED UP A NATIONAL COMMERCIAL
FOR A HUGE BRAND THAT WE CAN’T
REVEAL JUST YET, BUT IF YOU WANT
TO SEE THEM LIVE HERE IN THE D,
THEY’RE PERFORMING AT THE
HALFTIME SHOW DURING THE DETROIT
CRUISE GAME THIS SATURDAY, MARCH
18TH AT THE WAYNE STATE FIELD
HOUSE, AND THAT’S A GREAT THING
TO CRUISE GAME. YOU CAN PAY $25
AND SIT DANG NEAR COURTSIDE. ME
AND MY FRIENDS HAVE DONE IT. I
LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT TRYING
TO DO THE JIT. NO THAT’S TOO
MUCH WORK. I’M A BALL. I’M A
BALL. RUMOR STEPPER HUSTLE GUY,
BECAUSE I DON’T WANNA MISS MY
CLONE. LIKE SOON AS I START
SWEATING UP, SIT DOWN. I’M NOT
MAD AT THAT ONE BIT. YOU WANT TO
BE SMOOTH, LIKE WHEN MY WIFE AND
I WE GO BALLROOM. PEOPLE SAY,
MAN, Y’ALL DON’T EVEN SWEAT