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  • Let's go live. Right here in the heart of Harlem. 2013. We got a

  • Harlem Shake Viral Craze, that's taken over.

  • [Now Shake to This]

  • This H-dub, Harlem World, No Bones. Original of the Harlem Shaker

  • Its is your boy D-Cole. a.k.a the 'Thank You Man' Thank You!

  • My name is Motion, From the 'Go Crazy Boys', Original Harlem Shakers.

  • Everybody knows me from dancing.

  • Hello my name is Violet. From Spanish Harlem.

  • My name is Jesse, other known as a.k.a. 'Smiley', my dance name. We created a

  • dance called the Harlem Shake.

  • The Harlem Shake craze was originated in the early 80's by a guy named Al B. Cisco,

  • who was a dancer up at the Rucker Park. Al B rest in peace, he passed away a

  • couple of years ago.

  • He was an old school dancer, we used to love the way he danced, and his style.

  • And so we incorporated our Harlem Shake style with his dance style.

  • This is something they would do in the streets, in parties, in jams, and it was

  • safe. You never heard of any beef, any problems.

  • Its been big for a lot of years now, and its back big you know, thanks to the guys

  • who were doing that stupid humping and all that crazy stuff.

  • And now it has millions and millions of views, and now everyone want to see,

  • where did the Harlem Shake came from?

  • You know what I mean. This Harlem Shake thing just went viral, all through

  • the internet. They representing wrong. Like in Harlem, when people dance, we

  • take it serious. Its from the soul, the essence.

  • It shows character, it shows energy, it shows happiness, it shows people

  • coming together.

  • So we out here, we really showing you how to do the Harlem Shake. The dance is

  • all about soul, its about your spirit, its about funky, get funky like soul train. Its

  • like a good movement, you got to be a good spirit. Its about being on beat.

  • Its not a dance, its a movement. I can dance, I can do a move and step on the

  • wall and fall asleep. Everything, its about character acting. I can fall on the floor,

  • I get up, I hold my back, he's the old man, know I'm the old man, I mean then I can do this,

  • I'm chicken fingers now.

  • Freedom of expression. Keeping rhythm to the beat. Staying on the beat. Staying

  • on the rhythm. And we call it the go crazy. Utilizing different things around you.

  • At the end of the day, its a collaboration of many. That will be able to express what

  • they felt in the center of a dance.

  • So every weekend, I had, I brought all the kids together, from every borough. Come

  • dance. You got a problem with somebody, you dance it out. You know what I'm

  • saying? You don't got to fight it out. You come to an event and you release that.

  • We want kids to be on a postive route. That's our mission right now. What we

  • doing. Trying to achieve that. So we trying to have a lot of kids come into

  • centers or we dancing in the park, wherever we dancing at, we trying to have

  • a good time, and have positive feedback.

  • We're just using whatever recognition we got, to be able to reach the youth, to

  • make them feel like they are apart of something bigger than themselves. So

  • they can feel like 'yo I am somebody'.

  • Its a feeling. The right song, the right vibe, the right attitude, or just the right

  • waking up feeling good...anybody can do the Harlem Shake, you don't have to be

  • from Harlem

  • [wik, wik, mic] Voice of Harlem coming to you live, Harlem. [wika, wika] Mister no Music.

  • You know how I do it!

  • [Harlem on the Rise, Westside] [Harlem on the Rise, Eastside] [Harlem on the Rise...]

Let's go live. Right here in the heart of Harlem. 2013. We got a

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