[upbeat music] - My name is Dufftin Garcia and I'm a teaching artist and choreographer for National Dance Institute.

And this is my son!

- Hi, my name is Roman.

- Many years ago, I did a show about science, so I thought I'd teach you a dance that is influenced by something my son is learning in school now, which is the three states of matter.

And they are?

- Solid, liquid, and gas.

- Solid, liquid, and gas.

Here's a trivia question for you.

What substance can you find in all three states of matter?

- Water!

- Water, in liquid form it would be?

- [Roman] Water!

- In solid form it would be?

- Ice.

- And in gas form it would be?

- Vapor and steam!

- All right, let's get to it.

I hope you're nice and warm, let's get ready to dance.

Okay, so before we get started, let's give a shout out to our very own associate music director playing music for us today, Yakia Ben Hur.

[dramatic piano music] All right, let's get to it.

First we start with Solid.

We're gonna start with our feet together, your feet are gonna go out, your arms are gonna go out.

One, two, and then you're gonna come back.

One, two, just like that, ready?

Five, six, seven, we go.

One, two, one two, five, six, seven.

Again, go one, two, one, two.

One more time like that it goes, out and in, good.

And for five, six, seven, eight, we're just gonna clap and march [claps] five, six, seven, eight, ready?

Just like that it goes.

[claps] Five, six, seven, eight.

One more time, just like that go, [claps] five, six, seven, eight.

So now let's put that together.

Go out, come in, then march and clap at the same time, ready?

[claps] Five, six, seven, we go out, and in, and clap, clap, clap.

Just like that one more time, go!

Out and in, and [claps] clap, clap, clap, clap.

Yes, okay, moving on.

So we're here, we just finished.

Clap, clap, clap, clap, march, and you're gonna stay low.

Your arms are gonna go back to here and you're gonna march around in a circle.

A-one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

With your hands pumping, just like that, ready?

Five, six, seven, let's go, around two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Got that?

One more time.

Five, six, seven, we go, around two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Now let's put that together.

We're gonna go out, come in, clap six, seven, eight, and then march around for eight counts, ready?

Five, a six, a five, six, seven, we go, out and in and [claps] march five, six, seven, eight.

And march two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Okay, so the next state of matter is the Liquid form.

Yes, so we're going to really move fluidly with our arms, our legs are gonna open out and we're gonna go one, two, three, four.

Ready, steady, just like that.

Go, one, two, three, four, make it fluid.

One more time, go one, two, three, four.

Five, six, seven, eight, you're gonna swim straightforward.

You're gonna go swim and swim, ready?

Five, six, try to go, and swim, and swim.

One more turn like that and ready go.

Go, swim and swim.

Now we put it together, it goes like this.

One, two, three, four, swim and swim.

Ready?

Do it with me, a five, six, seven, go.

One, two, three, four, and swim, and swim.

And one more time with me.

Here we go, six, seven, eight.

Go one, two, three, four, swim, and swim.

Yes?

Okay, so let's bookmark for the swim and now we're going to put our hands together like this.

Like it's a fish and we're gonna go straight forward and then back.

You're gonna go forward for four counts.

One, two, three, four.

And then back up, five, six, seven, eight.

Let's try that.

Five, six, seven, fish!

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

One more time, just the fish.

Five, six, seven, you go.

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

Okay, so let's put that together.

Now, the Liquid form, so we're gonna have flow.

One, two, three, four.

Swim, five, six, seven, eight.

Fish, one, two, three, four.

Back up, five, six, seven, eight.

Ready?

Let's try it.

Five, a six, a five, six, seven, eight, we have.

One, two, three, four.

Swim and swim, then fish two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Okay, good.

So now we ready to try Solid and the Liquid back to back, starting with the Solid here.

Bop, bop, bop, walk around [speaking gibberish].

Liquid, swim and swim.

Then you do the fish forward, then you do the fish back.

Are we ready?

Let's try it, five, a six, a five, six, seven.

We have Solid.

[claps] And march two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

And Liquid, two, three, four.

Swim and swim.

And fish two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Okay, so remember doing this, if you wanna go back and try it again, do it as many times as you need to do it so you can make sure we put that together correctly.

Let's try that one more time.

Solid and Liquid, ready?

Five, a six, a five, six, seven.

We have Solid!

[claps] And march around.

And Liquid, and swim and swim.

And fish, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Okay, so now we're gonna move onto the Gas.

The Gas, we're gonna have our legs going out like this and your arms are gonna swing as big as they possibly can going back.

So you're gonna go back and back, just like that.

Five, six, seven swinging back, swing it back.

Then, can you do four fast?

Back, back, back, back.

Ready steady, try like that.

Back, back, back, back, yes!

Now let's try two slow, four fast.

Five, six, seven, go.

Slow, slow, and fast, fast, fast, fast.

Yes, like that.

One more time, six, seven, eight.

Go slow, slow.

Go fast, fast, fast, fast.

Yes!

Okay, moving on from the Gas.

We just finished four fast arms going back.

Now you're gonna clap up high.

Choose any side you want.

We're going to do two claps to one side, [claps] one, two.

And two claps to the other side, [claps] one, two.

Then two claps down low, [claps] one, two.

And then only one in the middle, Ceucynth one!

Just like that.

Can you do [claps] two claps high, two claps high, [claps] two down low, one in the middle?

Let's try that.

Five, a six, a five, six.

Start up high.

[claps] Two, two, two, and one.

One more time just like that.

Five, six, seven, eight.

[claps] Go two, two, two, and one!

Okay, good.

Now let's put the Gas section together.

So we're gonna start with those arms swinging back.

Back and back, then four fast, back, back, back, back.

Then the claps, [claps] two up high, two to the other side, two down low, one in the middle.

Here we go.

Ready five, a six, a five, six, seven, we go.

Back, and back and fast, fast, fast, fast.

[claps] Clap and clap, and clap, and center.

Okay, let's try that again.

Yes, just the Gas part.

Slow, fast, then the claps.

When you're doing the claps you can look straight at your camera or you can look straight at your hands.

I'm looking at my hands.

Gives it some more energy.

Five, a six, ready?

Arms go back, they go, back, and back.

And fast, fast, fast, fast.

[claps] Clap, and clap, and low, and center.

Okay, so let's put those three sections together.

Solid, Liquid, then Gas.

Are you ready?

Starting here, we're gonna go slow with me.

You're gonna go out, then in, then we march, march, march, march.

Then we march round in the circle, five, six, seven.

Now Liquid.

One, two, three, four.

And swim, and swim.

Then go fish to the front and go fish to the back.

There we go, back with the Gas.

Back with the Gas, five, six, seven, eight.

Then [claps] clap up high, clap up high, clap down low, center.

Okay, I hope you got that.

Now let's try a little bit faster.

Here we go, five, a six, a five, six, seven, we go.

Out and in and, [claps] and march around and three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

And fluid, and swim and seven.

And forward two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Go back and back, and five, six, seven, eight then go [claps], center.

Alright, so so far that's six counts of eight that we had together.

Two counts of eight for each state of matter.

First was the Solid, then was the Liquid, then we had the Gas.

Now, we're gonna do is we're gonna take each state of matter and we're gonna just shorten it.

So first the Solid form, we're just gonna go one, two, three, four.

That's all we're gonna do.

Five, six, seven, go.

One, two, three, four Then we're gonna do the Liquid part, also four counts.

And we're gonna go one, two, three, four.

Ready, steady, just like that, one, two, three, four.

So let's put those two together, four and four.

Count each, five, six, seven, you go.

[claps] One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four.

And then the Gas, we're gonna go, [claps] one, two, three, four, five, six, seven.

Do that whole clapping section at the end, ready?

Five, six, the Gas part then go, [claps] one, two, three, four, five, six, seven.

And that's what we're gonna finish.

Let's try that.

Four counts of the Solid, four counts of the Liquid, and then finish it off with the clapping section of the Gas.

Five, a six, a five, six, seven.

We have [claps] one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four.

And [claps] clap up high, down low, finish.

Okay, so I think we're ready.

Let's try with music all the way through.

A five, six, seven, we go.

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