We Are Currently Skipping To...

At 3D we focus on Double Dutch Fusion. And yes, it is important to master basic single jump rope skills, but we emphasize 'fusion'-style Double Dutch skipping...for all sorts of reasons that are forthcoming in future postings.

What really contributes to our routines and practices is the music. In addition to over 25 years of choreography and education experience, we SURE ARE LUCKY to have a music producer in our crew. Their name is b.p. d'oiseaux and they make 'nu-skool' jazz and hip hop instrumentals.


You can check out a few tracks they have 'whipped up' for us in 07' at
http://www.musicv2.com/artist/b__p__d_oiseaux

More to come in 08' you'd better believe.

With new documentaries like Jump! and Doubletime, jump rope is experiencing a huge underground current at the moment. But what we at 3D will never forget are the musical roots for our sport. In the 1950's with the proliferation of radio and blues inspired rock & roll, the inner city youth of New York took to the streets and put the heat under their feet to tunes of the day. And there are too many to mention here. 3D will celebrate rhythm & blues' music rich past to provide an ongoing education of soulful music that compounds the rhythm of the street. This is where so much Double Dutch flavor comes from. 'Fusion' is really a reinterpretation of what jump rope has always been in the streets. Jump rope is becoming increasingly gymnastic and athletically 'extreme' but we aren't about to forget the 'soul' in the steps!

But even before music was allowed in competition, rope skipping teams exhumed the rhythm of the ropes in their style. So much so, that as good as teams have gotten in the recent decade, 1970's routines continue to inspire. Just regard the teams featured in the documentary of the 1979 Lincoln Center NYC Double Dutch competition , "Pick Up Your Feet" put out by the National Double Dutch League. Wow. Check it out for yourself by ordering a copy at: http://www.nationaldoubledutchleague.com/Store/products.htm

The viewing might inspire you to retool your entire idea of what is possible with jump rope skill.

Room 203 at the big 'C' in Berkeley is working on a routine. The music include a jump rope classic from Aretha Frankin's 70's classic titled,...

...well we'll just have to leave you wondering until performance time February 7th. That's when we'll unveil the fun at the African American Heritage celebration!

If you so happen to guess the song for our routine - go out and get it and start bouncing yourselves!

-Mr. D