The process of creating the song took months.
Putting together her powerful routine started like all other dances that Craft choreographs for the series.
Craft shares that she often sends moves back and forth with theP-Valleycreator.
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WhatP-Valleyviewers see is a mix of the hard work of the actors and their dance doubles.
Craft credits Evans, who she says does 85 percent of what we see in the scene.
“She was a Mercedes in hip-hop,” Crafts says of her skill as a dancer.
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Ultimately, the dance is a return to form for the Pynk’s resident powerhouse.
These women are right up there, man; the athleticism is incredible," he says.
The big flip builds on the drops that Mercedes is known for.
The flip requires stopping midway then leaping over J. Alphonse Nicholson who is taller than 6 feet.
Using the bridge of the song, the show-stopping move got its special moment.
Hall worked with Taylor to get the camera angle right so the audience sees Mercedes flip from underneath her.
Then the music dropped and she fell into the camera.
This beautiful brown body jumped over Lil Murda and boom cut to her in a split on the floor.
With this performance,P-Valleyhonored two of its many great characters as they began new journeys.
Mercedes is back in full force and is starting again with her own dance studio equipped with a pole.
