Dennis, who also went viral in February last year with a routine set to Beyonce songs, revealed that her latest masterclass was primarily inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement. She has named the routine 'The Culture'.<\/p>\n
"The whole thing, literally everything, is black culture," Dennis told The Lily<\/a>.<\/p>\n "I wanted it to be a celebration of everything (black people) can do, everything we can overcome.<\/p>\n "Every single song is a major black artist, musician, from different time periods. They had a huge impact on black culture, which has also had a huge impact on me. So I'm just literally celebrating what they've done and having the time of my life."<\/p>\n She also told reporters after the routine that her father had inspired one of the stepping sequences.<\/p>\n "I wanted to give a tribute to my father. He was in fraternities, and stepping is really big," Dennis said.<\/p>\n "This routine definitely reflects everything that I am today as a woman.<\/p>\n "And of course I had to incorporate a lot of parts of my culture. I wanted to have a dance party because that's my personality and of course I had to shout out LA because we out here, UCLA."<\/p>\n The routine made a massive impact. Dennis was left "speechless" by a shoutout from former First Lady Obama.<\/p>\n "Now that's what I call fierce! You're a star, @DennisNia!" Obama wrote.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/DennisNia\/status\/1354137204650512386?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n Elliott also lauded Dennis' routine.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/MissyElliott\/status\/1353434461548015617?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n Olympic champion Simone Biles, who won four gold medals for the USA at Rio 2016, wrote on Twitter: "Okay @DennisNia do the damn thing girl. This was so fun to watch! Keep killing it!"<\/p>\n Former UCLA star and famed US gymnast Katelyn Ohashi also weighed in.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/katelyn_ohashi\/status\/1353128181197271040?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n Dennis first represented the USA at age 15 but is yet to feature at the Olympics.<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n