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Kick off your day with the vibrant energy of New Orleans! Join Jazz and the incredible Twerk Nola as they lead you through "Reclaimed with Essence," an exhilarating dance cardio workout that celebrates culture and community. Get ready to move your body with high-impact dance routines set to infectious beats.

This session is all about embracing the spirit of New Orleans through dynamic movement and wellness. Feel the rhythm and let loose as you follow along with empowering choreography designed to get your heart pumping and your spirit soaring. It's more than just a workout; it's a cultural experience.

Prepare to sweat, smile, and connect with a community that loves to dance. Whether you're a seasoned dancer or new to the scene, this class promises a fun and invigorating way to start your day. Let the music move you and discover the joy of movement.

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00:04we are starting day two the only way New Orleans knows how with a twerk this is
00:10reclaimed with essence a high-impact dance cardio workout to get this whole
00:15room moving with sounds by New Orleans own Twerk Nola on your feet essence let's
00:24go oh good morning good morning good morning good morning my name is jazz we
00:35got Gabby and Amari and we have Twerk Nola New Orleans finest we celebrate New
00:40Orleans culture through dance wellness and community and right now we're about
00:45to do a part of your shakedown so I would like for you to stand up warm up with
00:50us and then we're going to have a dance
00:54DJ
01:02turn it up
01:18speed it up
01:30speed it up and now we're going to go up and down here we go and a up and a
01:39down speed it up and a up down
01:45just on the head here we go right on one two three four five six
01:50switch it up
01:53now give me some shoes feet shoulder rolls here we go and come on y'all move that body
02:00speed it up high here come on come on with them knees
02:05alternate shoulder and shoulder and back
02:11speed it up hey
02:13now we're going to do a slow body roll here we go and a one two three four
02:19yeah come on and a one and a two
02:25switch it here we go and four times nice
02:31let's go and a one and a back and a back and a front and a back so you want
02:39to arch and contract
02:40uh-huh speed it up
02:45repeat that let's go again and a front and a back and a front here we go
02:55back to the shoulder here we go and a one and two and three and four speed it up bounce
03:02with it come
03:03on come on come on i see you alternate and a one and a two and a three and four
03:12speed it up
03:15now we're going to just walk
03:17come on come on
03:20hey
03:23one
03:24now dip
03:26again walk
03:28hey
03:30make it up
03:31come on
03:33dip
03:34dip
03:36get into the hip
03:37dip
03:41speed it up let's go rock a boat
03:43hey hey hey
03:46again here we go
03:48dip
03:52speed it up
03:53get all of that
03:55hey hey
03:56now let's do a hip roll
03:57and around
04:02there you go
04:05let's repeat that
04:06let's go here we go and a
04:08push it back
04:12that's right
04:15now we gonna walk again
04:17come on
04:18walk
04:19keep my little brown foot the chest
04:21hey
04:22back it up
04:26Turn that front, let's go again.
04:30Now whatever chisels, fickle.
04:33Back it up.
04:35Are we just gonna...
04:37Alright, that's it. Lock the book.
04:41Alright, DJ.
04:43I hope y'all are warm.
04:45I'm gonna pass it over to Miss Gabby.
04:48DJ, you can switch that.
04:55Alright, alright, alright, DJ.
05:02Alright.
05:04We have dancers in the front.
05:06You can follow along.
05:08We're gonna teach you
05:09a little cardio shakedown movement, okay?
05:14So, we have four arms starting up.
05:18Then we're going to go
05:21to the head.
05:22And then we're going to go
05:24to the knees.
05:26And then we're gonna go
05:27to the floor.
05:29Alright.
05:30So again, we start up the head.
05:33We go back
05:35to the knees.
05:37And then to the floor.
05:39So the movement
05:40for your body is a bounce.
05:44That's what we got.
05:45A bounce.
05:46Just like this.
05:47So our arms start up.
05:50It's one.
05:50Drop it down.
05:52Two.
05:52And to the knee.
05:54And to the floor.
05:55And we have a little snake up.
05:58Snake up.
06:00And then we have a little clap.
06:02And then we shake around.
06:04Drop, drop, drop, drop, drop, drop, drop, drop.
06:07Okay?
06:07Let's do that again.
06:09From the top.
06:09We start.
06:11Five.
06:11Six.
06:12Seven.
06:13And we gotta up.
06:14To the head.
06:16To the knees.
06:17And the floor.
06:19Then we gotta scoop.
06:20And clap the cheeks and around.
06:23Just like that.
06:25Okay?
06:26So then we got a little punch down.
06:28We're gonna step down with the left.
06:29Down.
06:30Down.
06:31And then we're gonna turn to the side.
06:33Side.
06:34Side.
06:35Okay?
06:36So again.
06:38We punch.
06:39Down.
06:39Down.
06:40Up.
06:42Up.
06:42Just like that.
06:43Okay?
06:44Let's add that from the top.
06:46Five.
06:47Six.
06:48Seven.
06:49Eight.
06:49It's up.
06:50To the head.
06:51To the knees.
06:53To the floor.
06:54And you gotta walk.
06:56Two.
06:56Three.
06:56Clap the cheeks and around.
06:58Punch it down.
06:59Here you go.
07:00And a down.
07:01And a side.
07:03Yeah?
07:05Just like that.
07:06No?
07:07Let's do that again.
07:07Let's do it again.
07:09We got nothing but time.
07:11Let's do it again.
07:14All right.
07:14Again from the top.
07:16Five.
07:16Six.
07:17Seven.
07:18Eight.
07:18Your arms up.
07:19And you gotta head.
07:21To the knees.
07:22And the floor.
07:23And you gotta roll.
07:25Up.
07:26Clap the cheeks and around.
07:28Yep.
07:28It's a lift.
07:29Punch it down.
07:31Turn around.
07:32Yeah?
07:32So we're here.
07:33Our arms are gonna go up.
07:35Up.
07:36And then we're gonna go out.
07:39So it's a little back.
07:40Okay?
07:41So it swings.
07:42Up.
07:42And back.
07:44And then we're gonna lean back and give it a little toot to the front.
07:47Toot.
07:48Toot.
07:48Yeah?
07:49So it's gonna be your right leg.
07:51You're gonna follow them.
07:53Follow these two up here.
07:55It's gonna be your right leg.
07:56So if you just point down.
07:58Left.
07:59Right.
08:00Up.
08:01Up.
08:01It's up.
08:03Out.
08:04And hit.
08:05Hit.
08:06Yes.
08:07Let's do that all from the top.
08:10Here we go.
08:12Five.
08:13Six.
08:14Five.
08:15Six.
08:16Seven.
08:17And bounce up.
08:18To the head.
08:19To the knees.
08:20Drop it down.
08:21To the floor.
08:22Snake it up.
08:23It's one.
08:23Tap.
08:24Clap the cheeks and around.
08:27Yep.
08:27It's a left.
08:28Drop it down.
08:29Turn to the side.
08:30Arms up.
08:31Up.
08:32And back.
08:32It's tap.
08:34Tap.
08:34Mm-hmm.
08:36Mm-hmm.
08:37Ooh.
08:38Ooh.
08:39That looks nice.
08:41That looks so nice.
08:42Mm-hmm.
08:43Mm-hmm.
08:44Wanna try that with a little music?
08:47No.
08:48Ooh.
08:49Oh, yeah.
08:50They say they wanna try it with a little music, DJ.
08:52Back and back up.
08:57Yeah.
08:57It's early in the morning.
08:59It's time to get up.
09:00Wake up.
09:01Back it up.
09:02Wake it up.
09:03Clap it up.
09:05Here we go.
09:07It's five.
09:08Arms up.
09:09Bounce.
09:10To the head.
09:11To the knees.
09:13To the lounge.
09:14And stick it up.
09:16Clap.
09:17And around.
09:18Yes.
09:19It's a lap.
09:20Drop.
09:21To the side.
09:22And it up.
09:23Yeah.
09:25Ooh.
09:26Yeah.
09:28We here.
09:29All right, DJ.
09:36Okay, so we like halfway down.
09:40We halfway down.
09:41We halfway down.
09:42We halfway down.
09:43So after you do this little hip.
09:46Then it throws out.
09:48Out.
09:48We're gonna take it around.
09:50Big circle around.
09:52And then you're gonna mix it in the middle.
09:54Roll.
09:54Roll.
09:55Okay.
09:56So it's a big circle around.
09:58Big circle.
10:00And then you have a roll.
10:01Roll.
10:02All right.
10:04Then we're gonna take four steps back.
10:06Back it up.
10:08Back it up.
10:09Back it up.
10:10Back it up.
10:10Back it up.
10:11Woo.
10:12Okay.
10:12So bring our arms here.
10:14We bring them up.
10:15Up.
10:16And the out.
10:17And the knee.
10:18And the knee.
10:19Big circle.
10:21Mix it in the middle.
10:23Back it up.
10:24Drop.
10:25Drop.
10:26Drop.
10:27Drop.
10:28Okay.
10:30And let's add that from the top.
10:32Five.
10:33Six.
10:34Seven.
10:35And your arms up.
10:36To the head.
10:37To the knees.
10:39And you got the floor.
10:40Snake it up.
10:42Roll the legs.
10:43Clap the cheeks.
10:44Stand around.
10:45Yep.
10:46It's a left.
10:47Drop.
10:48And arms to the middle.
10:50Up.
10:51And hit.
10:52Big roll.
10:54And snake.
10:55And back.
10:56Back.
10:57Back.
10:58Back.
10:59Okay.
10:59We got to add these people to this routine.
11:03We see y'all.
11:05We see y'all.
11:06Okay.
11:07So we just did a circle.
11:09And a roll.
11:10Roll.
11:11We step back.
11:13And then we have a little Josephine Johnny.
11:15Okay.
11:16So you're going to turn.
11:18Starting with your right leg.
11:20You're going to turn to the back.
11:23So yeah.
11:23You're going to face the camera.
11:25The seats.
11:26And then you're going to do a little line dance step.
11:29A little step cross.
11:30Cross.
11:31Step.
11:32Cross.
11:33Step.
11:34And then you're going to repeat that.
11:35A little Josephine Johnny turn around.
11:36Turn around.
11:38And then we have a light rock.
11:40It's going to go rock, rock, rock, rock.
11:44Woo!
11:45That was a lot.
11:46Let's go back.
11:47Let's go back.
11:49So we just did a big circle.
11:51Roll.
11:52And down.
11:54Back it up.
11:55Back.
11:57Josephine.
11:58Josephine.
11:59Step.
12:01Cross.
12:02Here we go.
12:04Josephine.
12:04It's a down.
12:06Yep.
12:07And rock, rock, rock, rock, rock.
12:11Woo!
12:12Oh, we almost down.
12:15We almost down.
12:16All right.
12:16Let's go do that all from the top.
12:19Here we go.
12:19Five.
12:20Six.
12:21Seven.
12:22Eight.
12:22Arms up.
12:23To the head.
12:25To the knees.
12:26To the floor.
12:27Snake it up.
12:29And rock.
12:30Back the teeth.
12:31Stand around.
12:32Drop the left arm.
12:34And you gotta go.
12:35It's a right.
12:36And we gotta up.
12:38And hit.
12:39Big.
12:40Roll around.
12:41Roll.
12:42Back it up.
12:44Josephine.
12:44Josephine.
12:45Here you go.
12:45And a drop.
12:47Cross it out.
12:48Cross.
12:49Step.
12:50Josephine.
12:51And a rock.
12:53To the right.
12:54Right.
12:55Left.
12:55Right.
12:56Left.
12:57Ooh!
13:00Y'all looking good.
13:01Now we like, we only got one quarter of the dance left.
13:06But we about to...
13:06You wanna try that with music?
13:08Yeah?
13:09Wanna try it?
13:10All right, DJ.
13:12They wanna try that much with the music again?
13:17Remember, it's the wake up.
13:20Back it up.
13:21Wake it up.
13:22All up.
13:25Here we go.
13:26Arms up.
13:28Head.
13:28To the knees.
13:30To the ground.
13:31And shake it up.
13:33And clap around.
13:36Drop the arms.
13:37To the side.
13:39Up.
13:40And hit.
13:42Around.
13:43Two circles.
13:44Back it up.
13:46Josephine.
13:47Turn around.
13:48Cross step.
13:51Josephine.
13:52Turn around.
13:53And rock.
13:54Right.
13:55Left.
13:56Right.
13:56Left.
13:57Left.
14:03Yeah, we here for it.
14:05It's real teeth.
14:07It's real teeth.
14:07That's what I'm saying.
14:08This is your audition, right?
14:09Yeah.
14:12This is it.
14:14Whoop.
14:15Somebody got scissors?
14:17We get caught up.
14:18We get caught up.
14:19All right.
14:20So, we just did our little rock.
14:22We only have two more steps.
14:24Two more steps.
14:25All right.
14:26So, we got a slight little bounce.
14:28Okay?
14:29If you're not from the city, we call this a titty bop.
14:32But you can shimmy your shoulders, whichever one works for you.
14:37But make them go in a circle.
14:39You got them.
14:39So, use them.
14:40Okay?
14:41So, we're going to bounce to the side.
14:42Rock.
14:43And we got a clap.
14:45Rock.
14:47And clap.
14:48And so, that's what we got.
14:50Two rocks.
14:51And then we got a little salsa step.
14:52Okay?
14:53Starting with the right.
14:55We have salsa.
14:57One, two, three.
14:58Salsa.
15:00One, two, three.
15:02And that's it.
15:04Woo.
15:05That's it.
15:06That's it.
15:07That's it.
15:07Yeah.
15:08That's it.
15:09So, we're going to back it up though.
15:11Okay?
15:11Let's go from that.
15:12We just went up.
15:13Up and out.
15:15Two hits.
15:17We roll it round.
15:18Two rolls middle.
15:19Back it up.
15:21Back.
15:22Josephine.
15:23Here you go.
15:24To the front.
15:26Cross step.
15:27Cross step.
15:29And turn around.
15:31Rock with the right.
15:33It's right.
15:34Titty bop.
15:35To the side.
15:37Yep.
15:38And clap.
15:39Yep.
15:40And clap.
15:41Salsa step.
15:43And cha cha cha.
15:44Salsa.
15:45And cha cha cha.
15:48Let's do it all from the side.
15:51Because we here.
15:52We got to the end.
15:53We here.
15:54So, from the top.
15:55With no music.
15:56Because I know we getting ready to perform this.
16:01Got a new story theme.
16:03Here we go.
16:03All right.
16:04So, song with the arms up.
16:05Five.
16:06Six.
16:07Seven.
16:08Eight.
16:08Your arms up.
16:09To the head.
16:11To the knees.
16:12To the floor.
16:14Snake it up.
16:15It's right.
16:16Yep.
16:17Clap the cheeks.
16:18And around.
16:19Uh-huh.
16:20Drop it down.
16:21It's a drop.
16:22Arms to the side.
16:24It's up.
16:25And tap.
16:26Big roll.
16:27Two rolls in the middle.
16:29Back it up.
16:30Yep.
16:31That's it.
16:31Josephine.
16:32And around.
16:33Uh-huh.
16:34Cross it.
16:35Step.
16:35Cross.
16:36Step.
16:37Josephine.
16:38And around.
16:39Right.
16:39It's all right.
16:41Mm-hmm.
16:42City bop.
16:43Let's go.
16:43It's all right.
16:45And a clap.
16:47Let's go.
16:48And a clap.
16:49Cha-cha.
16:49Step.
16:52Cha-cha.
16:54Yeah.
16:57Oh, DJ, they ready for the full run-through?
17:02We got a new team.
17:05The girls are ready.
17:08They came to wake up.
17:09We getting up.
17:13Backing it up.
17:15Here we go.
17:15Arms up.
17:16Bounce.
17:17To the head.
17:18To the knees.
17:19To the floor.
17:21Backing it up.
17:23Touch the cheek.
17:24Stand around.
17:26Punch it down.
17:28Arms up.
17:30Leg.
17:31Roll.
17:33Two rolls in the middle.
17:34Back it up.
17:36Throw the beam.
17:38Pull it out.
17:40And clap.
17:41Do the beam.
17:43Rock it out.
17:46Diddy bop.
17:47And clap.
17:51Cha-cha step.
17:53Okay.
17:55Yay.
17:58Okay.
18:01All right.
18:04Oh, we got a little freestyle.
18:05Roll it out.
18:07Okay.
18:09Let's go.
18:10Oh, I thought she was about to roll it out for y'all.
18:13I got it.
18:15Or the next round.
18:17One more time.
18:18Or they say, DJ, they say hit it one more time.
18:21One more time.
18:22Let's go.
18:25And I need y'all to freestyle at the end.
18:31Everybody, y'all.
18:32Give us some energy.
18:33Let's go.
18:34Yay.
18:35Give us some energy.
18:37Come on.
18:37Y'all still tired?
18:38That's because y'all should have came to this class a little early.
18:41Here we go.
18:42Arms up.
18:44You can do this in your seat.
18:45Touch your knees.
18:47Oh, I like that orange dress.
18:49She came right in.
18:50Clapping.
18:52Punch it down.
18:53Uh-huh.
18:55Oh, yeah.
18:56Up.
18:57Sit it out, bro.
18:58Oh, yeah.
18:58Come on.
18:58Two rolls in the middle.
19:00Back it up.
19:02Double knee.
19:03Shake.
19:05Cross it out.
19:06Cross.
19:06Step.
19:07Shake.
19:12Diddy bop.
19:14Clap it out.
19:18Cha-cha.
19:21Ooh.
19:22What a freestyle.
19:23Get out.
19:35Okay.
19:36What y'all got?
19:38Let's go jazz.
19:40Let's go jazz.
19:42It's morning.
19:44We here.
19:45Ed Edson is up.
19:47Wake up.
19:49Hey.
19:49Hey.
19:50Hey.
19:50what you got oh we got pushups for breakfast let's go
19:58yay yay yay it's a mari
20:04let's go let's go to the ground
20:10yeah yeah yeah we're all trained dancers by the way
20:15trained trained dancers
20:34thank y'all so much
20:36all right thank you
20:39thank y'all
20:42come on
20:43come on
20:44come on
20:45come on
20:45come on
20:47get ready
20:47get ready
20:48get ready
20:50get ready
20:50get ready
20:51I say girl don't you do that
20:53I say girl don't you
20:55I say boy don't you
20:58I say boy don't you
21:00I say boy don't you
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