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How to Do the MC Hammer Dance. MC Hammer did the Hammer Dance in back the early '90s, but
the dance lives on. Follow these steps to learn Hammer's moves. You will need Music
Comfortable clothes and hammer pants (optional). Step 1. Play lively dance music to get in
the mood for Hammer dancing. To feel the spirit of the dance, put on baggy, genie-like pants,
also known as Hammer pants. Step 2. Take a wide stance and wait for a good place in the
music to start moving. Step 3. Bend your knees so you are in a squat with your knees pointed
out. Step 4. Shuffle quickly to the right and then quickly back to the left. Repeat
as often as you want. Step 5. Stretch your arms out or hold them at your sides, alternately
raising and lowering either shoulder as you move from side to side. Step 6. Jump and cross
your feet quickly in the front and then in back to give the dance more visual interest
Step 7. Integrate other late '80s and early '90s dance moves and tear it up at the club.
Did you know MC Hammer was given the name "Hammer" by members of the Oakland A's baseball
team, for whom he worked as a batboy. They thought he looked like baseball great "Hammerin"
Hank Aaron.