DCDA Rewind: Can You Find Cloud Nine with Choreography from AIN'T TOO PROUD?

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From Ain't Too Proud The Temptations musical Esther Antoine Good morning, how are you

Good morning, I'm well. Congratulations, this show's a giant hit. Teach me what you know. Alright

Let's get funky. We're gonna learn Cloud Nine. Cloud Nine? Cloud Nine

Great. So am I a temptation in this moment? Yes, right now you are in temptation

I'm a temptation! We are a temptation. Alright, so we're gonna start off by rolling your arms up on one

I already have a snake face, is that okay? That's fine. And then you want to bring it down with two

Now when you bring it down, tilt your head this way. Okay. So we have one, two, left, right, left, right, left

Left, right, left, right, left. And then right foot pops up. Right foot pops up and you do it to your knee. Passe. Yes

Hands forward. Stop. Stop Head head That how you do it That when the neck warm up came out She said that I had to go up my neck before this And now I know why Stomp

Stomp. Head. Head. Down. Left room up. Up. Up. Yes. Now we're going to do that again. The arms are going to be slightly different

Of course they are. Just a little. Just a little different. Alright, so then this time the right arm comes up. Only the right arm

Okay. Take us the same. One. One, two, left, right, left, right, left, down, head, head

Both hands. Both hands? Both hands up. Hop. Cool. So the first time, one hand

Second time from the down, two hands. All right. One hand flick

Oh, that's impressive. One hand flick. Three hands up. Are you grabbing your lapel

I have four. You have lapels. Perfect. Focus should be forward here. Forward

And look left. Four. So right on that. Yes. Oh, that's powerful. Yeah

Okay, good. Picture, picture, throw. So four, hit, hit, throw together. Bring your left to your right. Great

And that comes straight from. So we're kind of twisted to the front. Correct

So now, this is a little change, right? It's the hub of all dance

Yes, yes. Let's do it. Five, six, seven, eight, and two, three, and four. This time we're just going to kick and kick

So, one, and two, three, and four, kick, kick, and step. Now, how should I point my feet on the kick

It's relaxed. It relaxed Roll and punch Roll and punch punch punch and step I thought you never ask me Roll and punch Roll and punch Kick and punch and step

Woo! Yeah! You step on this step. It's not actually a step. It's a prep to turn, right

Okay. Just to turn over. Just a little pivot-y kind of guy

Then you're going to step back and clap. So there are four of those

So, one, two, three, four, step, step, step, step. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight

Step with a flick. Left, right, slide. Oh, yes. That's so tentative

Ball change. Ball change. Yes. Glitch. Up, three, four, five, six, prep, seven

Oh, so it's like a little habsy pirouette-y, touchy

And then coolness. Coolness. Oh, it feels so temptation-y. I feel good

So talk to me about the Ain't Too Proud journey has been a big journey

Well, we started off in Berkeley. Okay, yeah. Our premiere was in Berkeley

And day one of rehearsal, Sergio Trujillo, our choreographer, asked me if you'd be dance captain

He's awfully good. Yes. He asked you day one. Day one. You didn't know going in

I did not. All I knew was that I was going to be a swing. First day of rehearsal, Sergio came up to me and he said

Hey, I wanted to ask you if you wanted to be dance captain. Now I didn know if that was an actual question So I said Oh sure Whatever you want Right Is this an official interaction Like is this pen to paper How cool Were you on Cloud Nine

Game time. Name all five temptations in under five seconds. Go. David Ruffin, Otis Williams, Paul Williams, Eddie Hendricks. Ah

And. Sorry. Sorry. Shit, that absolutely counted. Unfortunately, you missed Harry, Ron, Hermione

I am up and away. This is Esther Antoine, dance captain for Ain't Too Proud

You're incredible. Go see Ain't Too Proud now. It's your turn. Assignment time

Film yourself doing the combo that you just learned from Esther. Post it on Instagram using hashtag DCDA at officialbroadwayworld

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Got it? All of them. Yeah, all of them. And we want you to feel good

Yes. Goodbye