How to do the clap dance


Stop! Dance! Clap! | Asolo Repertory Theatre

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Wake up your brain and get your body moving. This challenging game will make you think, move, and laugh. 

Two amazing actors from our 19/20 season join us to take on the challenge of Stop! Dance! Clap! Tina and Cora can Stop, Dance, and Clap, but can they do them in reverse/ opposite? 

Designed for All Ages! (instructions and adaptations below)

Instructions

  1. You can play this game with the video and have Sara tell you what to do  OR choose one person to be the facilitator.
  2. If you are in-person playing together, have everyone move to find a spot of their own.

  3. In the first round, The Facilitator will call out has 4 action commands:

  •              Stop (Everyone freezes the way they are).

  •              Dance ( Everyone does their silliest dance moves).

  •              Clap (Everyone claps their hands and continues dancing).

  •              Jump ( Everyone does a little jump then goes back to dancing).

  1. The Facilitator will call out the action commands in various different combinations while the other players will try their best to follow along.

  2. Round 2: Time to switch it up!!! Now everytime the Facilitator gives a command everyone should do the opposite  So:

  6. Play as many rounds as you like. Add some new action commands and let us know what you discovered!

 

Talk it out!

  • What was easy/hard about each round?
  • Why do you think actors might need to use this type of game?
  • What were you thinking about/ feeling during the opposite round?

WHO CAN PLAY THIS GAME?

Anyone! Cora is 7 and she was better at this game than the grownups.  So, adults, time to take on this challenge and be a little silly with your young people.

OTHER WAYS TO PLAY THIS GAME

DIGITAL

  • How can you use you camera to add to the fun?
  • What dance moves look cool when you move close or far away from the camera lens?
  • How can you do a jump in and out of frame? 

ANALOG

  • Try adding music to make it into a Freeze Dance! Having music makes the Opposite round even more difficult!

TAKE IT FURTHER!

Create: Make up your own Action Commands and let us know what they are by emailing [email protected] or tagging in a video of you playing on social media! 

WHY PLAY THIS GAME (LEARNING CONNECTIONS)

This game highlights the skills of:  listening, ensemble building, concentration, and physical control.  

Use these variations to make school work fun:

Reading/Writing/Social Studies: Turn active vocabulary words into action commands.  

Science/Math: Change up the action commands to be centered around terms in geography or biology. 

Shout out to Tina Stafford and Cora for joining us!! Both of them were seen on our stage in MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS as Helen Hubbard and Daisy Armstrong. Cora also played Gretl in THE SOUND OF MUSIC and Tina played Celeste in INTO THE BREECHES. 

If you want to follow more of Tina's work, find her HERE!

Soulja Boy ‘She Make It Clap’ Music Video Ft. TikTok: WATCH

Soulja Boy ‘She Make It Clap’ Music Video Ft. TikTok: WATCH

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Congratulations to Gen Z, who get to experience the craze of a viral dance, like, every week, thanks to TikTok. Back in my day, we had Soulja Boy’s “Crank That” and we were grateful! Nowadays they have … okay, also Soulja Boy, with his comeback single “She Make It Clap.” The vibe-y track went viral after the extremely online rapper, now 30 years old, freestyled it on Twitch. On TikTok, @theofficialant_ and @e.hoops gave it a dance challenge, like a Soulja Boy song rightfully deserves. The dance features in the video, which takes place at a mansion party. Soulja Boy earned Gen Z’s approval on his Twitch channel, where he’s added pro gamer to his skill set. If you’re old enough to remember having Soulja Boy on your MySpace page, contact your local teen before attempting any TikTok challenges, and watch the music video for “She Make It Clap” above.

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Russian dance clapperboard movements

Today, dear friends, we have the final Russian dance lesson. And we will finish with male movements with crackers. Dance moves in Russian dance are often combined with handclaps and crackers. Let's take a look at them.

Triple Flapper with Stomp

The flapper in this movement consists of a slipping blow with the palm of the right hand on the palm of the left hand, a short blow with the right hand on the right leg just above the knee, and a short blow with the palm of the left hand on the left leg just above the knee; simultaneously with the last blow with the left hand, the right foot is pressed.

Both hands of the performer are raised “in front of him” at chest level, the right is slightly higher than the left. The elbows are bent and pointing down, the hands are turned palms to one another, fingers forward.

Starting position of the legs: 6th position. Musical size: 2/4.

( zatakt i ) The right hand, descending, slips its palm over the palm of the left hand. The right leg rises forward, bent at the knee, the instep is not extended. On the second sixteenth, a blow with the palm of the right hand on the right leg just above the knee.
( times ) The right leg with a blow falls on the entire foot. Left hand at the same time. He strikes his left leg just above the knee with his palm. The body is tilted forward, and turned towards the right leg.
( and ) Pause or repetition of the movement on the “back beat”,
( two ) Pause or repetition of the movement on the count of “one”.

The clapperboard is performed strongly, clearly, cheerfully, at a fast pace. The knees may be bent. Usually the movement is repeated several times in a row.

Flapper on the top of the boot of the extended leg

The movement combines: stomping with one foot, clapping hands “in front of you”, hitting the floor with the other leg extended forward, and clapping with the palm of the front on the top of the boot of the outstretched leg.

Starting position of the legs: 6th position. Musical size: 2/4.

( times ) Stomp the whole foot of the left leg on the floor, the knee is free, the toe is directed forward.
( and ) Clap hands in front of you.
( two ) The right leg rises forward and slightly to the right, extended at the knee, and from above strikes the floor with the whole foot without bending the knee. The left leg, remaining on the entire foot, is slightly bent at the knee. The weight of the body is on the left bliss, the body is tilted forward. The right hand is raised above the right leg, the hand is directed, palm down, the left hand is laid to the left at the level of the left shoulder, the hand is directed palm down, the elbows are free. The head is turned to the right hand.
( and ) The right hand in front and from above abruptly or with a stroke of the palm strikes the top of the boot of the right leg, the elbow is free. The body leans forward, left, the hand rises slightly higher.

The movement is repeated on the other leg. Strikes are performed strongly, clearly, accurately. The pace is slow or fast.

Flapper on the leg raised back

The performer makes a stomp with one leg, while simultaneously raising the other leg back, bent at the knee, then strikes the top of the raised leg with his palm.

Starting position of the legs: 6th position. Musical size: 2/4.

( times ) The left leg with a blow falls on the entire foot. The right leg rises from the knee back to the right, bending at the knee, the rise is free.
( and ) The right hand, slipping, strikes the top of the boot of the right leg with the palm from the side and moves back, free at the elbow. The left arm is raised to the left just above the shoulder, free at the elbow. The body is slightly tilted to the right side, the head is turned to the right leg.
( times ) The right leg with a blow falls on the entire foot, stretching out at the knee. Left
( two ) the leg, bending at the knee, rises from the knee back to the left. The body is straightened. The arms are open to the sides.
( and ) Hit with the left hand on the top of the boot of the left leg, as if “one-and”. The body leans to the left side, the head turns to the left leg. This movement can be combined with turns by stepping from one foot to the other, with jumps, combined with the previous flapper, etc.

Turn with clappers

The performer makes a turn on the spot by three steps, after each step raising one or the other leg from the knee back and hitting the top of the boot with one or the other hand.

Starting position of the legs: 6th position. The turn is to the left. Musical size: 2/4.

The movement takes two measures.
1st measure

( time ) The performer steps on the spot with a blow to the entire foot of the left foot, directing the foot with the toe to the left and turning sharply a quarter of a circle with the right shoulder towards the viewer. The right leg rises from the knee back.
( and ) The right hand, slipping from above, strikes the top of the boot with the palm of the hand, as in the previous movement.
( two ) The performer, stepping onto the right leg with a blow to the entire foot, turns half a circle to the left, with his left shoulder towards the viewer. The left leg is raised from the knee back.
( and ) The left hand, slipping from above, strikes the top of the boot with the palm of the hand, as in the previous movement.

2nd measure

( time ) Turning around to face the viewer, the performer strikes with the whole foot of the left leg, the toe is directed forward to the viewer. The right leg rises low forward-to the right, extended at the knee, the instep is not extended.
( and ) The right hand from above and to the right makes a slipping blow with the palm of the right leg above the knee and then, bending at the elbow, approaches the body.
( two ) The right leg, extended at the knee, from above with a blow falls on the entire foot forward-to the right. Heaviness of the body on the left leg. The body is slightly turned with the right shoulder forward, the head is turned to the right shoulder and slightly raised. The right hand, bent at the elbow, is in front of the performer, the left hand lies on the side of the waist.
( and ) Pause.

The movement is performed clearly, strongly and deftly, at a fast or slow pace.

Claps and clappers alternating with steps

The performer takes small steps forward, making a clap or clapper before each step.

Starting position of the legs: 6th position. Musical size: 2/4.

The movement takes two measures.

(zatakt i) Clap your hands in front of you. Hands are raised slightly forward, elbows are rounded.

1st measure

( times ) A small step forward with the right foot with a blow to the entire foot, the knee is bent and directed forward.
( and ) Clap hands behind you, elbows free.
( two ) A small step forward with the left foot with a blow to the whole foot, the knee is bent and directed forward.
( and ) Clap your hands in front of you, as if on the beat.

2nd measure
(one) Small step forward with the right foot, as for the count of “one” of the 1st measure,
( and ) The right hand strikes the palm from above on the right leg above the knee. On the second sixteenth, the left hand strikes the palm from above on the left leg above the knee.
( two ) A small step forward with the left foot, as if on the count of "two" of the 1st measure.
( and ) Clap in front of you with your hands, as if on a beat.

The movement continues from the 1st measure with the same foot, performed at a fast or slow pace, strongly, clearly, rhythmically. The body is always slightly tilted forward. Instead of steps forward, the performer can step over in place.

Flappers on the tops of boots with crossed legs

The performer makes small jumps on strongly bent and crossed legs, alternately putting forward either the right or the left leg. After each jump, crackers follow on the tops of the boots of one and the other leg. When moving, the body is strongly inclined forward towards the legs.

Starting position of the legs: 6th position. Time signature: 2/4

(on-beat and) The performer claps his hands in front of him, elbows are rounded.
( times ) The performer, jumping a little, falls on both legs, crossing them, placing the right foot in front on the entire foot, the left foot on the back on the toes. The knees of both legs are bent. The body is strongly inclined forward towards the legs,
( and ) The right hand strikes the top of the boot of the left leg with the palm of the hand. On the second sixteenth, the left hand strikes the top of the boot of the right foot with the palm of the hand. The body remains strongly tilted forward, the head is also tilted; the performer looks at the movements of the hands.
(two) The right hand strikes the top of the boot of the left foot with the palm a second time.
( and ) The performer claps his hands in front of him, as if on the beat, without raising his body.

On the “time” of the next measure, the performer, without raising the body, makes a jump and falls on both legs, crossing them and placing the left foot in front on the entire foot, the right foot on the back on the toes.

In this position, the performer repeats the crackers, as in the 1st measure, but starts the beats: with the left hand. In movement there should be clarity, agility, liveliness, strict rhythm. The pace can be fast or medium.

Jumps with crackers

The performer jumps from foot to foot, raising alternately one or the other leg, bent at the knee, and striking the top of the boot of the raised leg with his palm.

Starting position of the legs: 1st position. Musical size: 2/4.

(times) The performer, jumping a little, lowers himself on the entire foot of his left leg, bent at the knee. The right leg, bent at the knee, twists and rises high forward. The performer strikes with the palm of the left hand on the top of the boot of the right leg. The right hand is freely raised to the right.
( and ) Pause.
( two ) The performer jumps on the entire foot of the right leg, bent at the knee, eversionally and high lifting forward the left leg, bent at the knee, and striking with the palm of the right hand on the top of the boot of the left leg. Left hand freely raised to the left,
( and ) Pause.

In this movement, crackers can be performed in a slightly different way: hitting the sole of the boot with the palm of your hand, not the shaft. In this case, the leg raised forward bends more at the knee and rises slightly higher. Strikes both on the shaft and on the sole of the boot can be performed not simultaneously with the jump, but after it, that is, at the expense of “one-and”, “two-and”.

The body and head are either straight or accompany the movements of the arms, leaning now to the right, then to the left side, towards the hand making the blow. The movement is performed easily, lively, at an average or fast pace.

"Key" with a clapperboard (from the dance "Sixers")

This movement combines jumps from one foot to the other, stomping, clapping on the foot, on the leg above the knee, on the shoulder and clapping.

Starting position of the legs: 6th position. Musical size: 2/4. The movement takes four measures.

1st measure

(times) Jumping a little, the performer descends on the entire foot of the left leg. The right leg, bent at the knee, rises back, across the left leg, the knee is directed to the right, the foot to the left.
(s) Strike with the left hand on the sole of the right foot.
(two) Jump to the entire foot of the right leg, knee slightly bent. The left leg, bent at the knee, rises back, across the right leg, the knee is directed to the left, the foot to the right.
(s) Strike with the right hand on the sole of the left foot.

2nd measure

(one) Jump to the entire foot of the left foot. The right leg, bent at the knee, rises forward, the lift is free.)
(i) A blow with the palm of the right hand on the right leg just above the knee, bringing the hand closer to the body after the blow.
(two) Strike with the whole foot of the right leg near the left leg in 6th position, knees free.
(s) Clap in front of you.

3rd measure

( times ) Strike with the palm of the left hand in front of the left shoulder.
( and ) Strike with the palm of the right hand in front of the right shoulder.
( two ) Hit with the palm of the left hand from the side on the thigh of the left leg.
( and ) Strike with the palm of the right hand from the side on the thigh of the right leg.

4th measure

( times ) The right leg, bent at the knee, rises back, across the left leg. Strike with the palm of the left hand on the sole of the right foot.
( and ) The right leg, straightening at the knee, rises forward. Strike with the palm of the right hand on the right leg just above the knee.
( two ) The right leg, extended at the knee, falls with a blow near the left leg in the 6th position. Hands open to the sides.
( and ) Pause.

This concludes my Russian folk dance lessons. And next, at your request, we will consider the Belarusian folk dance.

Best regards, Natalia Dovbysh
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Palmas Flamenco


Palmas is a rhythm section that is created by hand clapping and is used by all flamen players. Most often, vocalists and dancers "palm". In Spain, it is very common for an artist to perform in concert programs who does not sing, dance or even play the guitar, he only performs palmas. What is it for? Palmas gives the musical volume that is so necessary for chamber performances. It makes the performance more lively and colorful.

Palmas means rhythmic claps, which are of 2 types.

  1. Silent pops. (To make a dull clap, you need to take two palms, slightly bend them towards each other. During the clap, a “vacuum” is formed between the palms, which gives the clap a dull sound)

Here we can listen to what the sound of a dull pop should be.

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  1. "Ringing" pops. (In order to get a ringing clap, you need to take four fingers of your right hand (all but the thumb) and hit the palm of your left hand. But it’s not easy to hit to get a “slap”. We need a loud and surround sound. To do this, we need to find 4 fingers of the right hand "dimple" in the left palm. Hands should be as relaxed as possible, then we will get a sonorous sound.)

Here we can hear what the sound of a resonant clap should be.

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Important!!!

  • When we clap, the palms can be opened no more than 10-15 cm.
  • Hands should be relaxed, because when the hands are tense, the sound is wrong and the hands get tired quickly.
  • After each clap, the palms remain in the closed position, they open only on the next clap.
  • The alternation of sonorous and deaf claps directly depends on how gently or impulsively the guitarist plays or the vocalist sings. The softer the vocalist sings, the quieter the clapping should be, and vice versa. It is customary to clap on couplets (letra) with deaf claps, on fractions (escabiles), choruses (kaletia) with voiced ones.

Claps have one more division depending on the rhythmic count. The account is of 2 types: "tempo" and "contra" .

  1. Tiempo is the main score in music (for example, in waltz it is 3 beats: one, two, three.

    Learn more

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