- [Narrator] On this episode of "The Infinite Art Hunt."

- Freddie, I really can't dance.

I don't know what I'm gonna do.

- Ty, you'll be fine.

Everyone has to start somewhere.

You're just at the very beginning.

What do you have to lose?

- My dignity.

I just know I'll be really bad at it so why should I even bother.

- Something like dance, it's really about bringing your own personality and style to it.

So that's what's good about dance and I would assure them that dance is really about having a relationship with yourself and how you exist in the world and in your environment and responding to your environment.

Those loose legs are looking, ooo!

(everyone exclaiming) (upbeat music) - [Narrator] Lead support for this program has been provided by the William Penn Foundation with additional support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Sidewater Family Foundation, the Thomas Locke Charitable Fund and viewers like you.

(kids cheering) - Hey art buds, Freddie here and welcome to another episode of "The Infinite Art Hunt."

This summer I'm trying to learn everything I can about art and I've already met so many cool artists.

It's been a blast!

But today has to be one of my favorite days because it's the whenever we feel like it in summer dance-off.

It's a dance competition where all of the studios in my building compete to see who has the best dance moves.

Grandma Tilly has been the reigning champ for two years in a row.

So, in honor of this competition, I am going to a hip hop dance studio called Move Makers.

Cue the music.

(upbeat music continues) - [Group] It's "The Infinite Art Hunt!"

- [Speaker] Hey guys, over here, oh, yeah, yeah!

♪ We're on another adventure with Freddie ♪ ♪ Looking for art and making friends ♪ ♪ Checking in with Grandma Tilly ♪ ♪ The adventure never ends ♪ We're going to go to real places, find magic and wonder ♪ ♪ And try new things and see what we can discover ♪ ♪ There's art everywhere and I really want to explore it ♪ ♪ It's in the food that we eat, in the trees in the forest ♪ ♪ It's "The Infinite Art Hunt" This is amazing, I see art everywhere!

♪ It's "The Infinite Art Hunt" - Hey Ty!

I just wanted to let you know that I am super excited for the whenever we feel like it in summer dance off tonight.

- I know, I just heard you see it at like 40 seconds ago.

- Sorry, I'm just really excited!

Everybody's dancing, everybody's happy, there's music, people cheering and- - [Together] Custom-catered taco-flavored house-favored gourmet artisan hot dogs.

- Yes, yes, I know and you eat so many every year until you get a stomach ache.

- It's totally worth it.

But are you okay?

You don't seem really excited.

- Have you forgotten the tradition for the whenever we feel like an in summer dance off?

- My tradition is to drink a cup of ginger ale for every two hot dogs.

What?

It helps with stomach aches.

- The tradition is that last year's winning studio has to start the dance off to get the party started and the studio head is usually the first one to dance.

But since Grandma Tilly isn't here, the studio head is now me.

- Lucky!

- No, not lucky.

Dropping your phone and catching it right before it falls down a flight of stairs is lucky.

Getting an A on a math test you didn't even study for is lucky.

Finding something that you haven't seen for a while and then finding it exactly when you need it is lucky.

I don't think that being first on the dance floor is lucky.

- But, Ty, I thought you loved all things art.

Doesn't that include dance?

- I like dance, just not when I'm the dancer.

The event is tonight.

What am I gonna do?

- Cheer up Ty.

I'll make sure to grab you one of the crunchiest, most delicious taco dogs to, you know, boost your dance energy.

(device buzzing) - Thanks, Dan!

Hey, hey, to my favorite grand babies.

- Hi, Grandma Tilly.

- Hey, Grandma Tilly.

- I hope you're both excited for the whenever we feel like it's summer dance off.

I know you're heading to Move Makers.

You'll have to chat with my friend Vince.

We're on the same extreme white water rafting team.

(upbeat music) (water splashing) Have fun and see if you can use what you learned today and use it on the dance floor tonight.

Ty, hold it down for your old grandma's a first act tonight and Freddie, take it easy on those custom-catered taco-flavored house-favored gourmet artisan hotdogs.

Save me some.

(chuckling) I gotta go, but I'm two points away from a triple double.

- What is it with everyone in dancing today?

- Ty, this is perfect.

I can learn all about dance for my art mission and you can learn some cool dance moves for tonight.

- I don't know.

Freddie, I really can't dance.

I don't know what I'm gonna do.

- Ty, you'll be fine.

Everyone has to start somewhere.

You're just at the very beginning.

What do you have to lose?

- My dignity.

I just know I'll be really bad at it so why should I even bother?

- Vince is a professional.

He'll know exactly what to do.

- Okay, okay, but first give me a ginger ale.

I can feel a stomachache coming on.

(soda can rattling) (hand squeaking) (Ty's stomach growling) (Ty burping) (Freddie laughing) (upbeat music) - All right guys, let's go.

Five, six, seven, eight.

Come on.

Yep.

Yep.

Smooth transition.

Let's go.

Let's go, Alana.

- Let's go!

- Let's go!

- Let's go, Alana!

- Woo!

Let's go.

Let's go.

Let's go, Icy.

- Let's go, Isis.

- Ooo, smooth.

Let's go, let's go, let's go.

Nice, Icy.

Leander in the house.

Oh!

Let's go.

Let's go.

Nice brother.

Nice!

Heel, toe, heel, toe, heel, toe, heel, toe.

Let's go, Sophia.

Smooth.

Nice, nice.

Why don't you pop a little bit.

Pop a little bit.

Ah, ah, nice.

Hey, hey.

Nice, nice, nice, nice.

Another round, another round.

Let's go.

Let's go, Alana.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

You guys are looking a little rusty.

The summer has not been good to you.

Let's go, let's go.

Ooo!

Come on, Leaner.

(upbeat music continues) I still listen to music better than you guys.

Oh!

(upbeat music continues) Oh man!

(laughing) I'm gonna try to be good like Isis.

(upbeat music continues) Let 'em know that they can dance at Ritenhouse.

Rittenhouse got dance moves, Rittenhouse got dance moves.

Rittenhouse got dance moves.

Ew.

Let's do a little bit of vocab trivia.

What's this?

What's this?

Those loose legs are looking, ooo!

(group exclaiming) Hey!

Hey, you must be Grandma Tilly's grandchildren, Ty and Freddy.

It's nice to meet you guys.

Grandma Tilly, she's a wild one.

You know, one time after a full day of extreme white water rafting, she still had the energy to drop a triple double on me, you know, in a pickup game of basketball?

- Wow.

- Where does she get all the energy from?

- You know, I've been wondering the same question.

- Oh man.

- Oh!

And speaking of questions, would you mind if I ask you a few?

It's for a segment I do in my vlog.

- Ask away.

I'm all yours.

- It's time for too many questions with Freddie.

- And Ty.

(upbeat music) - What is your job?

- I am a dance teacher sometimes, but mostly I am an administrator these days.

- What do you do all day?

- I send emails.

- What do you like about your job?

- I like providing an opportunity for people to have access to the rich culture of hip hop.

I like the opportunity to give people a platform where they can grow themselves and make community.

All these things are fun.

- Did you dance when you were a kid?

- Yeah, I started dancing when I was around 11 or 12.

- What's the most embarrassing thing you experienced in seventh grade?

- Seventh grade?

Hmm.

Seventh grade was all triumph for me, so we will just leave it at that.

- Awesome.

Do you put your left shoe on first or your right shoe on first?

- I don't put my shoes on.

- They just appear?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

- What influenced you to become a dancer?

- Felt good.

- Felt good?

- It felt good, you know?

- Why do people dance?

- To feel good and to communicate and to make community.

- What's your favorite thing about dancing?

- My favorite thing about dancing is the ability to take command over the moment, to be present.

- Can you catch this wave?

- Wow!

- Wait, bring it back, bring it back.

- Oh, bring it back, bring it back, bring it back, bring it back.

- Whoa!

Huh!

- Let's see if I can do this Oh, nice.

See, I didn't use my arms.

- That was good.

- That was good.

- Good job guys.

- We're improvising here.

- What influenced you to become a dancer?

- Felt good, good feelings, good vibes.

- If a fish could say one English word, what do you think it would be?

- Bubbles.

- [Freddie] Cool!

- If you could grant a superpower to a person of your choice, who would it be?

- My mom.

- If someone you really care about was scared to dance, how would you convince them to try?

- Something like dance, it's really about bring your own personality and style to it so that's what's good about dance.

And I would assure them that dance is really about having a relationship with yourself and how you exist in the world and in your environment and responding to your environment.

- Was there ever a time when you had trouble with dance?

- Yeah, in my opinion, I feel like it's been a little bit of trouble since the beginning.

There was one particular instance recently where I had probably the most trouble and that was when I got injured training.

No one's great at something the first time that they try it and the cool thing about dance is that you bring your own personality and style to it so that makes it a little bit more accessible and you know what, how about this?

I have this really wonderful group of dance students that I teach and I think that they could show you guys some moves, maybe get you ready for that whenever you feel like in summer dance off.

- Wait, how do you know about that?

- Ah, how do I know about it?

One, everyone knows about it.

Two, we all know that that's where you get those- - [Together] Custom-catered taco-flavored house-favored gourmet artisan hotdogs!

- This has been too many questions with Freddie.

- And Ty.

(upbeat music) (morning doves hooting) - Hi everybody, it's Freddie's best friend, Jose.

My mom says I have five minutes before she's done fixing the car, so I'm gonna get some people to show me their best dance moves.

Let's go.

What's your name?

- My name's James.

- Nice to meet you, James.

- Nice to meet you too, Jose.

Nice to meet you too.

- Would you like showing us your best dance move?

- My best dance move?

- Yeah.

- I can show you, not my best, but a little bit under my best.

- Okay.

- Okay.

When you're ready.

- Yeah, go.

- Now?

(upbeat electronic music) (upbeat electronic music continues) You ever seen the funky chicken?

- No.

Hi, I am Jose, what's your name?

- Jadon.

- Hi, Jadon.

Can you show us your best dance move.

- Let's go.

You first?

- You first.

(lively upbeat music) Can you tell us what you call it?

- It's called San Diego.

- Thank you.

I would like you to show me your best dance move.

- Hi, Jose.

- Hi.

- This is our best dance move.

(cheerful music) (car horn honking) - Oh, that's my mom.

She doesn't like to honk more than once.

This is Jose, signing off.

Back to you Freddie.

(paper crumbling) (group talking indistinctly) - Hey guys, how you doing?

Hey Ty and Freddie, these are my students.

We have Alana, Sophia, Isis and Leander.

Everyone, this is Ty and Freddie.

I figure you can help 'em out with learning some dance moves for a competition they have coming up.

- Yeah.

- Of course.

- Hey, it's nice to meet you guys.

- [Group] Hi!

- But if I'm being honest, I think I'm kind of nervous.

Okay, I'm really nervous.

I've never really danced before so I just know I'll be awful at it.

- That's okay.

No one's really good at something when they first try and when learning a new dance, we break it down step by step.

That helps us learn the moves we want to perform more clearly.

- Oh, that sounds surprisingly organized and I like the sound of that.

I think I'll give it a try.

- Nice!

And don't worry about messing up, if you do, just keep going and we can always try again.

I still mess up sometimes too.

- Okay, let's do it.

I don't have to be in the front if... - No, it's all right.

- So we're gonna learn a few moves and then put them into a little routine.

The first one we're learning is patty dukes.

So you're doing a solid bounce and your arms work together and then when your arms go up, your leg goes out.

So you do two on each side.

So, one, two, and then switch, four, five six, seven, eight.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

When we do it, we'll only do two of them.

So it'll just be one, two, three, four.

Everyone good with that?

- Yeah.

- Yep.

- You guys wanna try it?

- Yeah.

- Okay, let's see.

Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

That was great.

- Good job!

- Thanks.

- You wanna go?

- Okay.

- All right.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

All right, that was pretty good.

Just make sure your arms stay at your chest so you're not going up here and then your arms are kind of triggering your feet.

So when your legs go out, your arms go up.

- Goes down.

- Yep.

Two and switch.

Yeah, that's perfect.

You wanna try it again?

- Okay.

Okay.

- One, two, three, four, yeah and don't worry about it.

Try and be loose with it.

Don't stay stiff, your body's kind of connected.

Your arms are triggering your legs.

You can keep it smaller.

You can just bounce at your legs, not your whole body, you know?

A little bit of chest, a little bit of legs.

- There you go.

- Not forward.

Go down like this with your legs together.

Yeah, that's right.

Keep your arms closer together in the front.

- Okay.

- And then add a leg.

- Okay.

- Two and switch.

Leg out small, instead of a kick, it's like a press.

Yeah.

- Okay.

- And switch.

Yeah, yeah, that looks good.

- Okay.

- There you go.

- Okay.

- Yeah, that's it.

- Okay.

Okay.

- Yeah, you got it.

That was great.

- Cool.

- Good job.

- Ready for the next move?

All right, next move is gonna be, it's called the smurf.

Basically what you're doing, your arms are just going over your head.

You kind of like push them, one, two, so you're pushing it one, two.

While you're doing the move you're bouncing.

So it'd be one, two, switch.

One, two, switch.

One, two, switch.

One, two, you guys think you got that?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

You wanna show it?

Why don't you go first.

- One.

Yeah, go a little bit faster.

Right, one, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

Yeah, you got it.

Now let's see you.

Let's go.

- You got this Ty!

- Let's go on.

- One, oh, that's interesting.

So a little bit less of this and more like this, you're just going forward.

- Okay.

- Okay.

So not out, forward, yeah, bending your knees.

Remember, calm or loose.

- Loose.

- We're vibing.

This is hip hop, you gotta let it out, you know?

Not like a stick.

So now I'm just here.

Yeah, okay, faster.

One, two, three, four.

Yeah, you got it!

(group cheering) Let's see next move.

- All right, hi guys.

So the move we're doing is called a reebok.

So we're gonna move our arms side to side.

So like this and then we're gonna jump side to side with it.

So we're gonna go one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Okay, so make sure you're jumping side to side when you're going like this.

- There you go.

- That's how you do it.

- Hey!

- Let's go!

Hey!

- Yeah, that's good.

Good job.

Let's see you do it.

- Let's go.

- You go this, you got this.

- Hey!

- Hey!

- Almost.

- Yeah!

- Make sure you're not like twisting like this.

Make sure you're jumping side to side.

So like one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

- Yeah!

- Let's see you do it again.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Great job!

- Nice!

- That's was great.

- Okay, so the last move is called the walk.

Where you go, you swing your arms like this and you're gonna go one, two, and then up, three, four.

So you go one, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

Do you got it?

- I got it, yeah.

- Okay.

There you go.

Yeah!

- That's great.

- You got it.

- Thanks.

- Let's see.

- Okay.

- Hey!

Let's go.

Okay, so that could be like a variation of it, but for the original one, you have your arms swinging like this.

So you're gonna have them like this.

Yeah, there you go.

So you go down, up, yeah!

- And the legs goes that way?

- Yeah.

- Hey!

Hey!

- There you go!

- Good job!

- Okay!

- Yeah, now Sophia's gonna lead you through the whole thing.

- Yeah, so we're gonna put the moves together.

Patty duke, smurf, reebok and the walk.

All right, so four counts of each.

Five, six, seven, eight.

- [Group] One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

- [Sophia] Same goal, same goal, double, five, six, seven, eight.

There you go!

You guys feeling good?

- Yeah.

- You wanna show it?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

Let's go.

- Five, six, five, six, seven, eight.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

That was awesome!

- Good job!

- High five!

- Thanks!

- You wanna try?

- Yeah, yeah.

Okay.

Five, six, seven, eight.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven... That was great.

(group clapping) - Good job, Ty!

- That was great, that was great.

(upbeat music) (upbeat music continues) You ready, Ty?

The whenever we feel like it in summer dance off is about to begin.

- I'm still a little nervous, but thanks to move Makers Philly, I now have some new moves under my belt.

- You got this.

- And so what if I miss a few steps?

Everybody brings their own style to dance.

- Just like Vince said.

- It really takes the pressure off.

- And don't forget what's gonna be waiting for you when you come off stage.

- [Together] Custom-catered taco-flavored house-favored gourmet artisan hotdogs.

- Can't wait.

(hands whooshing) (knuckles popping) (camera clicking) (arms whistling) (hands slapping) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) Oops!

I almost forgot to sign off today.

Sorry guys.

I'm just really excited.

We headed to move Makers Philly, saw an awesome dance, met Vince and the crew and learned some really cool dance moves.

But the best part is that Ty is feeling super confident and ready to go.

We learned that you shouldn't be afraid to try something new just because you might be a little bad at it at first, and if you mess up, that's totally fine, you can just try again.

That being said, I can't wait to see what Ty will do for the opening act.

I'll make sure to get some pictures for Grandma Tilly and Uncle Mars.

(camera clicking) Well, that's all I have for tonight, people.

I'm Freddie, that's Schuykill (Schuykill gurgling) and I hope to see you on the dance floor.

(upbeat music) I'm coming custom-catered taco-flavored house-favored gourmet artisan hotdogs.

♪ It's "The Infinite Art Hunt" - [Speaker] Hey guys, over here!

Oh, yeah, yeah!

♪ We're on another adventure with Freddie ♪ ♪ Looking for art and making friends ♪ ♪ Checking in with Grandma Tilly ♪ ♪ The adventure never ends ♪ We're going to go to real places, find magic and wonder ♪ ♪ And try new things and see what we can discover ♪ ♪ There's art everywhere and I really want to explore it ♪ ♪ It's in the food that we eat, in the trees in the forest ♪ ♪ It's "The Infinite Art Hunt" This is amazing!

I see art everywhere!

♪ It's "The Infinite Art Hunt" - [Narrator] Lead support for this program has been provided by the William Penn Foundation with additional support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Side Water Family Foundation, the Thomas Locke Charitable Fund and viewers like you.

(kids cheering) (paper crumpling) - [Narrator] Continue the fun at home with art, projects, activities and printables.

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