[upbeat music] - Hi, I'm Jessie.

We're gonna learn a piece of choreography that I set in our in-school program.

This one was set during our theme rivers and this piece was inspired by the Nile River, which runs through northern and Eastern Africa.

Alright, this first step was inspired by papyrus, which was the very first thing that people wrote on that came from a southern of the Nile River, goes like this, One, two, three, four.

Like you're picking up plants and hanging it up to dry.

Let's do it together.

Pick it up and hang it up to dry.

Ready?

Steady.

Here we go.

Pick it up and pick it up.

Pick it up and 10 pick it up and 10 pick it up and 10 faster.

Six.

Ready?

Steady.

Here we go.

One, then two, then three, then four.

Beautiful.

Then you're going to trace the plants down.

One, two, three, four.

And then trace it up on the other side.

Five, six, seven, eight.

Looks like this.

I'll go first and then you follow.

Ready?

Steady.

Here I go, One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Ready?

Steady, now we go one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

One more time today.

Gotta, let's go.

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

Alright, let's put those two things together.

Pick the plant, hang it up to drive.

And then you trace it, five, six.

Ready?

Here we go.

One, two, three, four.

Then one, two, three, four.

Five, six, seven, eight.

All right, let's try it one more time.

Five, six.

Ready steady.

Here we go.

One, two, three, four.

one, six, seven, eight.

Great job.

Okay, now the next part is inspired by the birds of the Nile River.

Feed beautiful prey animal.

Yeah, so take your big wings and slap them down as you lunge forward.

And then slap them up as you lens back.

Try again.

Forward down, back up, forward down, and back up.

Now repeat this rhythm after me.

Slow, slow.

Quick, quick, quick, quick.

Ready, steady.

Here we go.

Slow, slow.

Quick, quick, quick, quick.

One more time like that.

We go slow, slow.

Quick, quick, quick, quick.

Watch this.

Jesse goes first.

Slow, slow.

Quick, quick, quick, quick.

Let's try it together.

Here's your body book Mark.

Five, six.

Here we go.

Slow, slow.

Quick, quick, quick, quick.

Yes.

Beautiful birds.

Now put your wings away and cross your back.

Foot in front of your front.

One unwind.

Keep your feet glued on the floor.

And then your bird is gonna take flight.

I go first.

Bird takes flight.

Ready and steady.

Here we go.

Bird takes flight.

Nice.

One more time.

Here we go.

Bird takes flight.

You have to release it at the top.

Good.

So we just went slow, slow.

Quick, quick, quick, quick.

Cross over.

Put your wings away.

Turn around.

Bird takes flight.

Bird takes flight.

I'm gonna go just to cross and turn around and then you repeat after me.

Ready?

Steady.

Here I go.

Turn around and turn.

Takes play together.

Ready?

Here we go.

Turn around and turn.

Takes what?

One more time together.

Five, six.

Here we go.

Turn bird beat, bird takes flight.

Yes.

Let's try the bird section all together.

Turn and find your body bookmark.

We just finished tracing our plant.

Slow.

Slow.

Ready?

Steady.

Here we go.

Slow, slow.

Quick, quick, quick, quick.

Turn around.

Turn takes five.

One more time like that friends.

Five, six.

Ready?

Steady.

Here we go.

Slow.

Quick, quick, quick.

Turn around.

Bird takes flight.

Alright, here we go.

Let's put the whole thing together.

We start with picking the plants and then we trace them.

Then we become birds.

We put our wings away, turn around and then fly away.

Here we go.

Five, six.

Pick the plants here we go.

That's one.

Step two, feather three.

Now trees down and up the third.

Turn around and fly above.

Alright, you did it.

Okay, let's do it one more time.

The whole thing all together.

Imagine you're in north or eastern Africa, you're seeing the beautiful birds of the Nile River.

You're picking plants to hang them to dry for papyrus, so you can draw and take notes.

Maybe you're drawing a picture of the bird.

One more time.

Let's do it.

Five, six.

Ready?

Steady.

Here we go.

One, two, three, four.

now change it, down and up, fly, turn around and fly away.

All right.

We did it.

That was so much fun.

Thanks so much for joining me for our Nile River Dance.

I'll see you next time.