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{SPEAKER name="Speaker 1"}

And periods like that - there were certain periods in the 1800s in places like New Orleans - you have periods where acrobatic dancing becomes a very important part of the vernacular tradition.

[00:31:05]

Now, in the GQ dancing of the disco queens and kings, there's quite an acrobatic element, which adds to the flash of the street dancing. Could you tell us a little bit about acrobatics and how that began to be incorporated into your repertoire?

[00:31:22]

{SPEAKER name="Speaker 2"}

Okay we created acrobatics in our group about - uh-- four years ago. My cousin - he went to James Rose elementary - and he had a acrobatic group there, and he joined it, and he got gooder and gooder. So we just put him in our group.

[00:31:43]

And he taught me how to do back handsprings and go right into dancing.

[00:31:51]

And there's one thing I'd like to show you all that's part of acrobatics, it's called the donkey kick. My brother Richie created that, and we gonna show y'all it.

[[dances]]

[00:32:06]

{SPEAKER name="Speaker 1"}

Give a hand for Richie, with the Donkey Kick! [[applause]]

[00:32:12]

{SPEAKER name="Speaker 2"}

And also, the flip that I was just telling you about, it's called the back handspring, straight into dancing, imma show y'all that. [[dances]]

[00:32:26]

{Richie??}

See, he never went over on his feet, he kept down on the floor, kept them the two dancing. [[applause]] So that's called back handspring dancing, instead of just saying back handspring alone, back handspring dancing. Cause he went from the handspring to the floor as he back into the same GQ style.

[00:32:43]

{SPEAKER name="Speaker 1"}

The acrobatics clearly are an integral part of the entire dances sequences. There's an aspect of acrobatic dancing which the disco queens and kings are quite well known for in Philadelphia--