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  • Hey everybody, I'm LaShonna.

  • And I'm Victor Sho.

  • And today, we're going to learn the butterfly. The butterfly is an old-school reggae dance.

  • It's done primarily with the legs, so we're going to just focus on the legs today, and

  • then Victor and I are going to show you a partnered-version of the butterfly, the double-butterfly,

  • so to speak.

  • The double-butterfly.

  • So, we're going to start with our legs. You have to start with your knees bent, on your

  • tippy-toes, is the best way to start. Knees in, knees out, think of yourself doing the

  • Thighmaster exercise. Knees in, knees out, knees in, knees out. Now, how do we get to

  • the butterfly? We add our pelvis. When your knees come in, your pelvis pushes your knees

  • apart, and your pelvis goes back. Knees in, push the knees apart. Knees in, pelvis pushes

  • the knees apart, and push, and open, and push, and open. Now you can add your arms, for a

  • scooping motion, to add onto the butterfly.

  • So, let's do a single-leg, single-leg, double-leg butterfly. We're going to start with the right.

  • Right leg, left leg, now both go two times. Right leg again. Right leg, left leg, both

  • legs. Make sure you're pushing, push! Push! Both legs. One more time. Right, left, push.

  • Good. So now Victor and I are going to show you how you can partner up into a butterfly

  • with your friends. So I'm going to do a low butterfly, Victor's going to be high. We're

  • going to go single, single, double. Ready, Victor?

  • Yes.

  • 5, 6, 7, you have single, single, and double. One more time. Single, single, and double.

  • Awesome. And that is the butterfly.

Hey everybody, I'm LaShonna.

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