L.A. Kollaboration 9 [2.21.09] Vidz….and POTENTIAL OUTTING-NESS~

Hello everybodies~

Long time no see! Miss you all dearly in these times of economic turmoil (whatever happened to the 800 billion dollars…I don’t see it!).

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First line of business. L.A. Kollaboration took place a week ago today (Saturday, Feb. 21st) at the Shrine Auditorium (6300 seater, which was sold out!) in Cali. Judging from the line-up of performers (contestants and guest performers, which you can youtube at your own discretion for further videos), the show must have been off the hooks. Here’s a glimpse:

Competing performers:

• Jane Lui – award-winning songwriter and performer with her rich and soulful voice
• Paul Dateh – hip hop violinist
• David Choi – Warner Chappell songwriter and David Bowie award-winning songwriter and performer
• Kenichi Ebina – the only two-time Grand Champion of Showtime at the Apollo, actor and choreographer of the Jap. drama Manhattan Diaries
• Jazmin – the four sister pop-group finalists of MTV’s Top Pop Group and NBC’s America’s Got Talent
• Kina Grannis – Interscope Record’s singer and songwriter
• Lilybeth Evardome – Concerto protege of Andrew Robinson of the L.A. Philharmonic

Guest performers:

• Kaba Modern - MTV ABDC Season 1 3rd place (way more popular than 2nd placers)
• Fanny Pak - MTV ABDC Season 2 3rd place (…seems to be a pattern here…and no I am not biased)
• Team Millenia - opened the show (they closed with a dance to kpop stars Wondergirls – Tell Me. This is specifically for Matt XD)
• BoA (…and I don’t mean the snake!)

Judges:

• Moon Bloodgood – Actress of Terminator: Salvation, Eight Below, Street Fighter 4: Legend of Chun Li
• James Kyson Lee - Actor of Heroes
• James Ryu - Editor-in-Chief of KoreaAm Journal and Audrey magazine
• Welly Yang – director of Asian Excellence Awards
• Teddy Zee – Producer of The Pursuit of Happyness, Hitch

So without further ado, here are some videos I’ve scraped together (all fancam, so quality isn’t too great).

JAZMIN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diUOlG1Ht70&feature=channel_page

DAVID CHOI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrSexrA9sVc&feature=channel

TM ( segment)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F09297E0AY&feature=channel

FANNY PAK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSL3f_jtr9w&feature=channel

KABA MODERN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC5hz8dIv3w&feature=channel

BoA (two different angles)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANAJHjSi3-0&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aik11wXQ5Ok&feature=related

KENICHI EBINA (the winner of Kollaboration 9 and $3000. The video isn’t from Kollaboration, but he did a shorter version of the routine in this video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVzDhsCyI0M

AUDIENCE FREESTYLE BATTLE ($500 prize…now I’m wondering the situation – winner of the freestyle competition vs. Travis. hrmmm)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nizXwHmFB-o&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RkIzuyjtNM

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Alrighty, so I got to thinking it’s around time everyone’s getting hungry again. The Woori Village trip last quarter was epic, but since we didn’t get the freakishly awesome/cool reservation room, I’d like to suggest another trip, reservation room included (and possibly the karaoke next door for a fuller package!).  With reading week in about a week’s time, I think it’s time we paid Woori another visit. I don’t know what time is best for the majority, but seeing as DM is this coming Friday-Sunday…I’m thinking either Thursday or Friday dinner of reading week. If not, I’ll have to push it back to the first week of Spring quarter (wtfreak…it’s already spring??).  Ok, start replying!  =)

-MHannie

Finished Opening/Closing

Videos

Flossin Music

I Say Music

 

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Reeewind Final Choreo and step through

Hey Hey, so here is a video and step through of my piece! It looks different from the one shown a few weeks ago because I took out stuff at the beginning and added stuff at the end.

I apologize because A) the space I danced in was cramped B) I’m still not very good at it myself. C) I go off camera for one move in the step through. Sorry! The song is actually a cd quality version of the song now =D I’m teaching officially teaching it March 11th, this is so you can actually see it and see if you want to learn it. Chris and my pieces will be taught the same day, and you can do both, but you need to learn one sometime other than March 11th. Again, when we do it for real, it will be cleaner, sharper, more distinct, more energy etc.

This is the link to the download folder, this link also links to the song cut

Fuego!

Mike Song Advice and Choreography

Hey guys.  The following video is of Mike Song giving advice to his students on dancing and performing his choreography.
The advice he gives is pretty inspirational.  He’s definitely right that it’s not about what you were born with, but what you do with what you’re born with.  Hard work takes you much farther.

His choreo is pretty freaking ridiculous too.  Enjoy!

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Waving Video

Hi guys,

Here’s a really nice tutorial on arm waves and body waves (I actually learned most of my technique and tips from this guy). Practice hard!

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Zulu Nations Bboy Event!

Sup guys.  Zulu Nations is holding a Bboy event next Saturday on the 28th.  It’s gonna be hella awesome.

If anybody doesn’t know who Universal Zulu Nations is, their a coalition of some of the most solid bboys in the world.  Guys like Bboy Machine from the West Coast, Bboy Taisuke from Japan, bboy Born from Korea, and many other talented bboys around the world are part of this crew.  They’re especially known for their sick grasp of fundamentals and style.

So far, only Chris Nho and I are going down for sure.  Please respond if you are interested and want to come out on Saturday.

Here is the flyer for the event.

K-Cheung Reminiscing pt 3: Cele-what?

To my shame, I actually did not know what Celebrasia was. I totally did not go my freshman year and so I had no idea what it was or what it would be like. So my first Celebrasia with RFH was my first period. Oh and I had joined another nameless dance group with Kurt, but this one was a traditional Chinese one. The thought of learning choreography and participating in a show had never once crossed my mind when going to ReFresH in those days. Sophomore year was a very formative one for me. I did everything I could. I got really involved in AAIV and ReFresH. I did Panasia, DM, Project Pumpkin, volunteered weekly. I think of all the people I met that year, Matt, Val, Jon, Travis, Kurt, Dennis, Mike. There are key moments that I recall where I was touched by the people from ReFresH.

After I lost in Panasia (Yes, I lost, I didn’t even place in the top 3 haha), I was pretty upset at myself because I answered the question poorly, but I remember Val hung out with me and cheered me up. And then during DM, I have successive DM pix with Val that look very similar haha. That was also the start of the Kevin and Kurt super duo! I remember we made a whole puppet routine around like hour 15, practiced it for the next few sessions, and performed it sometime in the last 6 hours. There are more stories I’m sure and probably many that I’ve forgotten with all the people. To think, I’d have the privilege and joy to share the stage with you all multiple times. It’s something that I will always be grateful for.

We totally were super rushed that first Celebrasia. Everything I feel like got so crazy at that time haha. It was a big deal that Alex Carter and I met up in our free time to go over the routine haha. Did we even have other people besides Matt Choreograph that dance? It seemed so crazy and rushed, so new and exhilarating. We were stepping out into the unknown and no one knew what to expect. Heck we barely knew each other and even how to dance (looking back I say this, back then we thought we were hot stuff). There was something about that naivety. If today, we were to put on a performance of that caliber, we would be chewed out and put out on many levels, yet back then it brought us so much joy to just to do that. We looked up to Funktion back then, now they look really plain haha.

Celebrasia was the thing that took ReFresH to the next level in terms of publicity, vision, and dancing. Publicity because it got our name out there. People knew about us and thought we were cool. Vision because now we knew what we were capable of and we knew that it wouldn’t stop there. Dancing because it was the first thing we really did together. I’d say that the Friday sessions were done in each others’ company, but Celebrasia was something we did together, something meaningful that we all shared. I think things would have been very different had we not done this show or it had a different timing in the life of ReFresH.

Let me digress a bit and talk about passion for dance. Of course we couldn’t stay at that level. If you love something, you are not satisfied to let it dwindle and remain stagnant. You desire its growth and improvement. It’s impossible to go back to those days because we see so much more now, we know so much more. I’d never go back even if I had the choice though. Back then, I really disliked choreography and even up until my senior year, I disliked it. Something changed in probably this winter break and I feel like my eyes had been opened to something new, something fresh. The choreography hadn’t changed, but the way I looked at it had and now I enjoy it so much more. I think Celebrasia was something like that for a lot of people. It opened their eyes, gave them a vision of what ReFresH could become.

Cheung out
End part 3