[cheerful music plays]
[music ends]
-[whooshing] -[twinkling]
[boing]
[ding]
[theme song plays]
♪ It's Blippi's Job Show! ♪
♪ Lots of jobs to learn about ♪
♪ Come on, let's check 'em out! ♪
♪ Blippi's Job Show! ♪
-[song fades] -[laughter]
[upbeat music]
Hey! It's me, Blippi!
And I'm Meekah. Nice to see ya!
And today, Meekah and I are putting on
a dance show!
-Woo-hoo! -Yeah!
We're rehearsing right now, which means we're practicing.
Check it out.
-Woo-hoo! [laughs] -[upbeat music continues]
Whoa! Oh.
-Sorry, Meekah! I bumped into you. -[laughs]
Actually, I think I bumped into you.
I keep getting turned around!
[laughs] I think this show is looking a little more bumpy than it is dance-y.
[Blippi chuckles]
I wonder, how do we put on a dance show?
[gasps] I know!
Let's ask someone whose job it is to dance,
like… [gasps]
…a dancer!
-[laughs] Great idea, Meekah! -[chuckles]
Let's go to a dance studio! Woo-hoo!
Do you wanna learn how to be dancers with us?
Yeah! Come on!
Woo-hoo! [laughs]
Let's go in the…
[both] Blippimobile!
-[Blippi laughs] -[upbeat music playing]
-[both] ♪ Go, go, go, Blippimobile! ♪ -[laughter]
♪ Go, go, go, Blippimobile! ♪
♪ Click, click, put your seat belts on ♪
♪ Get ready for a ride We're gonna have some fun ♪
♪ In the Blippimobile ♪
♪ We'll drive away ♪
♪ Finding new adventures We'll laugh and play ♪
♪ Let's ride! ♪
♪ Go, go, go, Blippimobile! ♪
-♪ Let's ride! ♪ -♪ Go, go, go, Blippimobile! ♪
[Meekah] Look, a dance studio!
This is gonna be so much fun!
[both] Whoa!
[bright music playing]
[Blippi laughs]
-Whoa! We're at a dance studio! -[Meekah gasps]
-I can't wait to move and groove! [laughs] -Yeah!
[Blippi] Whoo! [laughs]
[cheerful music playing]
-[Meekah gasps] -Whoa! So cool!
Thanks! I wasn't expecting an audience yet.
I was just rehearsing.
Oh, hi. I'm Blippi! This is my best friend Meekah!
Nice to meet ya!
Hi, my name's Patty Bourré. Are you here for a dance class?
Oh, well, kind of.
We're putting on a dance show at our clubhouse,
so we wanna learn to be dancers like you!
Oh, I can help you with that!
But first, you need to change into some dance clothes!
-[Meekah gasps] -Yeah!
[both] ♪ Four, three, two, one! ♪
♪ Let's dress up and have some fun! ♪
-[Blippi] Woo-hoo! -Here's some comfy dance clothes for ya.
-Whoa, nice! -Awesome!
Time to get changed.
-[gasps] Wow! -Whoa! Check out these dance clothes!
-They're really comfortable. -Mm-hmm.
Dancers wear stretchy clothes so we can move our bodies
all different types of ways.
-Give it a try! -[chuckles] Okay, here we go!
Whoa.
Up, right, left, side to side!
-Ooh. Whoa! Whoa! -Yeah!
-[Meekah] Whoa! -These clothes move however I move!
-Whoo! [laughs] -Whoa! Yeah!
[whoosh]
Dancers always start the day with a warm-up.
A warm-up is a series of simple moves that gets us ready to dance.
This is how I like to warm up.
Oh. Whoa! Look!
-Big stretch! -[Meekah] Ooh.
-Yes! Stretching keeps our bodies healthy! -Ooh.
-Yeah! -Right lunge.
Oh, that looks fun!
And left lunge.
-Awesome! -I bet we could do that.
[laughter]
And a little ballet.
-Ballet! Woo-hoo! -Whoa!
-[Blippi laughs] -[Patty sighs]
But your warm-up could be anything that gets you moving.
Ooh, I know a really fun way to warm up!
-[gasps] -[upbeat music plays]
[both] ♪ Stop and giggle Do the Blippi Wiggle ♪
♪ From the side to the middle Do the Blippi Wiggle ♪
♪ Dance and wriggle Shake it just a little ♪
♪ Then stop! ♪
♪ Do the Blippi Wiggle! ♪
♪ You can do it to warm up ♪
♪ You can do it when you're home ♪
♪ You can do it with your friends ♪
♪ You can do it all alone ♪
♪ All you need is you ♪
♪ And a super cool beat ♪
[Blippi] ♪ So cool! ♪
[both] ♪ If you wanna do ♪
♪ The Blippi Wiggle with me! ♪
♪ Stop and giggle Do the Blippi Wiggle ♪
♪ From the side to the middle Do the Blippi Wiggle ♪
♪ Dance and wriggle Shake it just a little ♪
♪ Then stop! ♪
♪ Do the Blippi Wiggle! ♪
[whoosh]
Now it's time to start dancing!
-[laughs] Yes! -Yeah!
The first thing dancers do is move their bodies to the rhythm of music.
Rhythm is the beat of the music.
It can go really fast, like this.
[sings fast-paced rhythm]
-[laughter] -Or really slow, like…
[sings slow-paced rhythm]
-[laughter] -Whoa!
Ooh, what music are we going to dance to?
We've got a lot of options.
-Ooh. -[laughter]
I'll play some songs, and you can move however you want to.
Okay!
Do you wanna dance along with us?
-Yeah! -Great!
Follow along!
[Blippi laughs]
[classical waltz plays]
Whoa! This music sounds so flowy.
Ooh, it makes me wanna move like this!
[Blippi laughs]
[Meekah laughs]
Wow!
[Meekah laughs]
-It's so twirly-whirly! -Whoo! [laughs]
This is classical music, and it makes me wanna do ballet like this.
-Wow! So graceful! -Yeah!
[Meekah laughs]
[Blippi and Meekah] Whoa!
[Meekah laughs]
-[music ends] -[laughter]
Cool!
Up next…
-[Meekah] Ooh. -[Blippi laughs]
-Country music! -[Blippi] Yeah!
[upbeat country music plays]
I'll show you a line dance.
Heel, heel, toe, toe.
Pull together, and click!
[all] Heel, heel, toe, toe.
Pull together, and click!
Heel, heel, toe, toe.
Pull together, and click!
-[laughter] -Whoa!
Yeehaw! That was a hoot.
-[music ends] -Patty! What music's next?
Hustle on over here because it's time to boogie to this disco music.
[upbeat disco music plays]
-Ooh, ooh! -[laughter]
-[music ends] -Yeah!
-Whoa, that was so fun! -[laughter]
Lastly, we've got
hip-hop music!
Woo-hoo!
[upbeat hip-hop music plays]
Ooh, this music makes me wanna bounce!
Yeah! Whoa, it has a really cool rhythm!
-Yeah! -Whoa! It kind of goes like…
[imitating rhythm]
-[music ends] -[laughter]
Yeah!
Dancers express themselves using all types of music.
Which music do you want to use for your recital?
[Blippi] Hmm.
[Blippi whispers]
Oh! [whispers]
[both] Hip-hop!
Great choice!
[laughter]
-Let's go! -Come on!
Woo-hoo!
[whoosh]
All right, everybody.
The next thing dancers do is put their steps into a routine.
A routine is a combination of music and dance steps
that we plan ahead of time.
So a routine is how we'll know when to do each step!
Yep! Dancers use an eight-count to know when each step happens.
Let's practice counting to eight.
We'll clap together on each count.
[laughs] Will you clap and count along with us?
Awesome! Okay, ready?
Here we go!
[Blippi and Meekah] One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight!
-[laughter] -Good job!
Great work!
Now I'll teach you a few hip-hop steps that you can use for your routine.
[Blippi giggles]
Step, hop!
[Blippi and Meekah] Step, hop! Step, hop!
-[Meekah laughs] -Cool!
Step, turn, step, and clap!
-Step, turn, step, and clap! -[Blippi] Step, turn, step, and step!
Clap!
[laughs] I think I did one too many steps before the clap.
-[laughter] -You don't have to do the moves perfectly.
Dance is all about expressing yourself.
You're doing it right as long as you're moving to the music and having fun!
Okay, let me try that one more time.
-[upbeat music plays] -Step, turn, step, clap!
Oh!
-Yeah! -Yippee!
[both] Whoo!
Yeah, I did it!
Now let's try a move called kick ball change.
Kick ball change.
[Blippi and Meekah] Kick ball change. Kick ball change.
-This is fun! -♪ Kick ball change ♪
♪ I'ma kick ball change, yeah! ♪
-[laughter] -Yeah, you are!
And this is the funky chicken!
Whoa, I love that move!
Yeah, it's called the funky chicken
because you look like a chicken while you do it! [laughs]
-Try it with us. -Yeah!
[Blippi and Meekah] Funky chicken. Funky chicken.
Funky chicken. Funky chicken!
[laughs]
So which dance moves do we do first?
That's the best part.
-You get to decide! -[Meekah gasps]
Put the moves together in whatever order feels right to you.
-How fun! -Oh! Cool! [laughs]
Let's put this dance together!
We can express ourselves by picking the moves that work best for us.
-[Blippi] Mm-hmm. -[laughs]
-Hmm. How about this? -[Meekah] Mm-hmm.
Okay.
Step, turn, step, clap!
And then, kick ball change!
-Ooh! And then, step, hop! -Hop!
[both] Yeah!
Awesome dancing!
Now, to make sure you do each move at the same time,
let's try doing them while counting to eight.
[gasps] Will you count to eight with us while we put our routine together?
-Yeah! Count along with us! -Thanks, friends.
Okay, here we go!
[both] One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight!
-[laughter] -That's a whole eight-count!
-We did it! -Hoo-hoo-hoo!
Whoa, that was so much fun. I love dancing!
I never wanna stop!
Whoa!
[rhythmic music plays]
[Blippi giggles]
♪ So many ways that you can dance ♪
♪ Move your feet or clap your hands ♪
♪ Nod your head, wiggle around ♪
♪ We're moving to the sound ♪
♪ Lots of steps that we can choose ♪
♪ To make up all our special moves ♪
♪ Now it's time to have some fun ♪
♪ Dancing here with everyone! ♪
[both] ♪ You can feel the music playing ♪
♪ From your head down to your feet ♪
♪ And when you hear it grooving Yeah, let's all move to the beat! ♪
♪ I love to dance ♪
♪ To express myself ♪
♪ I love to move ♪
♪ And shake, shake, shake ♪
♪ I love to dance ♪
♪ To express myself ♪
♪ I love to move ♪
♪ And shake, shake, shake Let's dance! ♪
[Meekah] ♪ You can move as yourself Or play pretend ♪
♪ You can dance when you're alone Or you can dance with friends ♪
♪ Whatever you do ♪
♪ Just be you ♪
♪ And everyone else will have fun too! ♪
[both] ♪ You can feel the music playing From your head down to your feet ♪
♪ And when you hear it grooving Yeah, let's all move to the beat! ♪
♪ I love to dance ♪
♪ To express myself ♪
♪ I love to move ♪
♪ And shake, shake, shake ♪
♪ I love to dance ♪
♪ To express myself ♪
♪ I love to move ♪
♪ And shake, shake, shake ♪
♪ Let's dance! ♪
♪ Yeah! ♪
♪ Go, Meekah! ♪
♪ Shake, shake, shake! ♪
♪ Let's dance! ♪
♪ Woo-hoo! ♪
[both] ♪ Shake, shake, shake! ♪
♪ Let's dance! ♪
[whoosh]
[bright music playing]
Oh. [laughs]
-Whoa! -[laughter]
Congratulations, you two. Your routine is looking great!
Oh, thanks. I feel like I could dance the day away.
I feel ready for our dance show!
Yeah, me too!
And it was so much fun learning a routine.
And now we know how to put on a dance show!
Blippi, you're right!
-We didn't bump into each other once. -Mm-mm.
I'm gonna put it in my sticker book so we don't forget.
[Blippi laughs]
This is my sticker book!
It's got all kinds of stickers in it to help things stick in my brain.
We can follow a routine to know the steps in our dance show!
Ooh, ooh, ooh!
-[Blippi] Fun! -[laughter]
You two did great today. You're almost ready for your show.
Or as dancers call it, a recital.
There's just one more thing you need.
-Huh? -[Blippi] Hmm.
-Ta-da! -[fanfare plays]
-Whoa! -Dance costumes!
-Wow!
-Yeah! -Ooh, these are awesome!
Check 'em out!
Whoa!
[laughter]
We wear costumes for our recitals so we can stand out on stage
and show off our dance moves!
Whoa, look! There's shirts, some pants, even a top hat!
They're so colorful and so sparkly!
Yeah!
Whoa, they're cool!
Oh, and thanks so much for teaching us so many cool dance moves, Patty!
And thanks for the costumes!
Anytime! You're going to be incredible dancers at your show today!
-See you later! Bye, Patty! Woo-hoo! -Bye, Patty!
-[laughter] -[whoosh]
[both] Whoo!
[Blippi laughs]
Welcome to Blippi and Meekah's dance recital!
[Meekah] Yeah!
High five!
[upbeat music playing]
-[music ends] -[cheering and applause]
[Blippi and Meekah laugh]
Bravo, Blippi!
Bravo, Meekah! Great recital!
-[laughs] -[upbeat music plays]
[both] ♪ We did it! We did it! We did a great job ♪
♪ We did a great job ♪
[Blippi] ♪ We expressed ourselves And it was great! ♪
[Meekah] ♪ We learned to dance Five, six, seven, eight! ♪
[both] ♪ We did it! We did it! We did a great job ♪
♪ We did a great job ♪
-[cheering and applause] -Yeah!
Whoa! You helped us so much!
I'm so glad we got to be
dancers together!
And don't forget to express yourself, just like a dancer!
Whoo! Well, we'll see you soon!
[both] Bye-bye!
Whoo!
[cheerful music plays]