Kyra Gaunt: How the jump rope got its rhythm

About this film

"Down down, baby, down down the roller coaster..." Hip-hop owes a lot of the queens of double dutch. Ethnomusicologist Kyra Gaunt takes us on a tour of the fascinating history of the jump rope.

Directors & creators

TED.com

Subjects

Tedtalks;TED;Talks;design;history;music;play;TED2017;2018

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