The author, a dance instructor, embraced the energy and culture of Hip Hop when she started dancing back in the late 1980s and early 90s. However when invited to teach Hip Hop dance for a newly revived dance minor in 2011, she had her concerns because her Hip Hop instruction in various settings previous to this invitation left her a bit disheartened. There seemed to be such a demand for the "wow" or the movement product, instead of the context, energy, and process that imbued the movement. As a result, she developed a pedagogy that encouraged a deeper look at Hip Hop called the circle pedagogy or circular approach for Hip Hop dance classes, workshops, and lecture presentations in academic and community spaces. The circular approach allows dancers to recognize and kinetically imagine the cultural history, energy, and wisdom in Hip Hop dance culture. It also helps recognize the messages and lessons contained in Hip Hop wisdom that invite them to better connect and support each other as a community in the quest to improve human relations. This article shares some ways that the circle pedagogy has been applied to her teaching experiences to help students expand their sense of community.