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The Double Dutch Summer Classic at Lincoln Center

From 1974 to 1984, yearly double Dutch championships held on the Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center offered young people college scholarships, national fame, and the attention of the city. 30 years after it began, the double Dutch summer classic national competition returned.

Released on 08/02/2017

Transcript

(girls chant)

(hip-hop music)

I've been jumping for four years now.

I've been jumping for seven years.

Three years.

I've been jumping for four, four years.

Two.

[Announcer] Our Jamming Jumpers from Brooklyn, New York.

(crowd cheers)

[Announcer] Keep pushing and pushing,

when anything is worked for, and that's the good thing

that we wanna keep when you're young.

(whistle blows)

(hip-hop music)

[Woman] This is rhythm, how you get into the rope,

so you stand there and you move back and forth

and you move your arms and you move your hands

and then you know the rhythm of the turners,

you know the rhythm of your ability to get in there

and then you jump.

(girls squeal)

(group laughs)