(yelling)
(clapping and stomping)
- Step, steppin', step dance.
- Doesn't look like something I'd be very good at.
(bleep) That one up.
- I know it's a lot of (clapping).
This is the macarena.
We have five days to learn how to step dance
before we need to perform before thousands of people.
- (sobbing) I am a little overwhelmed.
(yelling)
- Let's go! (yelling)
(yelling)
- Stepping comes from African dances
from Beirut incorporated with tapping,
tap dancing, things like that.
It has a rich African tradition.
- Seeing let's say three white dudes.
- [Kagi] Yeah.
- [Eugene] And one Asian guy.
- Yeah.
- [Eugene] Stepping with you guys in unison.
- I think it's cool.
I think it says a lot in terms
of the way the culture's transcended.
- First thing about step is
you're gonna be doing rhythmics and claps and stomps.
You wanna make those stomps as loud as possible
to make sure we catch the audience attention.
(stomping)
- See, I could do this all day.
- There's no music, though.
- You are the music.
(yelling)
- Easy enough.
Makes sense.
- Boom, tap, tap, boom, tap, tap.
One more time.
(sobbing)
- Let's talk about this performance we're doing.
It's at the USC basketball.
- In the center.
- Season finale.
- Wait.
- No way.
- It's the season finale?
- What? - No it's not!
(laughing)
- How many people are going to be there?
- [Kagi] 10,000.
- 10,000?
People?
- Expected to be packed.
(yelling)
- The entire success of the movement
is totally based on how well everyone is doing together.
- So like all the things I'm bad at.
- Would us (bleep) up in any way tarnish your reputation?
(bleep) That one up.
- We have the utmost confidence in you guys.
- Well you just met us.
- Ow!
I hit my dick!
- I think my problem is
do I look super Asian doing that?
I am here serving some tea.
- Intellectually I get it but I'm not doing it.
- Is a lot of things to keep track in your head all at once.
(yelling)
- You're getting there.
- They're actually getting it.
- Slowly but surely but they're getting there.
- This isn't our first rodeo but we're not good at rodeos.
- The one thing that I really love about step is the spirit.
- When does the intense face come into play?
- Black Greek led organizations were started
in the early 1900's as fraternities and sororities
for minorities in communities not welcome to join
predominantly white fraternities at the time.
Not only did they create their own organizations
They created an entire identity within the organizations.
- Stepping is really just like a bonding experience.
- Greek life is not Greek life without stepping.
- So you're just like.
- Like you're throwing a temper tantrum.
- (bleep) you mom, I wanna cookie! (clap)
- [David] There you go.
There we go!
(laughter)
You got it!
- Once you have a group of people
in unison doing it that's something very powerful.
- I'm just one guy but together we're a team.
- Tap, one, two.
One more time.
That sounded beautiful.
- That was.
Wow.
That was good.
- One thing you should take from this experience
is community and when you step
you give off each other's energy.
- Are we your best three white
and one Asian students ever?
- Oh, most definitely.
- Yeah.
- (Ned) Alright!
- Yes.
- We did it!
- You're only going to remain ignorant
about a culture if you don't step out
of your box to learn about it.
- If we succeed we will.
- I thought you were about to say solve racism.
- I thought that.
(laughter)
- No, Ned.
(grunting and laughter)
- Ah!
- We did it!
- Pretty perfect!
- We're here.
It's the night of the show!
Whoa yeah.
- I think our biggest priority is making sure
that we make the fraternity proud tonight.
- We spent about eight hours now
practicing between Thursday and now.
- We only have one time to nail this
so it's do or die.
It is do or die.
- You only got one shot.
Do not miss your chance to drop?
- [Voiceover] Blow.
- Blow?
Who'd wanna blow?
This opportunity only comes once in a lifetime.
(cheering)
- [Voiceover] The Try Guys.
(audience talking)
- One, two.
One, two. (yelling)
(clapping and stomping)
(yelling)
(clapping and stomping)
(yelling)
(clapping and stomping)
(yelling)
(clapping and stomping)
(audience applause and cheering)
(upbeat music)
- I was actually really impressed with the Try Guys.
They came in with no knowledge.
Not even with the claps themselves
but about stepping, also.
And for them to come in and learn this in a week
and be able to perform in front of all those people
it was amazing.
They really gave 110%.
- The unity was there.
The vibe was there.
The spirit was there.
It was an amazing experience.
- These guys are not only involved in this great frat
but they're focused on education,
they're focused on community
and I really felt that working with them.
- Our main goal is to get into college and graduate,
serve the community, and bring down
and trying to uplift them.
- Bring them back.
We need to do another round.
- [Voiceover] We need to do another one.
(cheering)
- I'm a human biology major, pre-med.
- And I'm a business administration major
with emphasis on finance.
- We show our butts on the internet so.
(laughter)