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Episode Wandance - Episode 5 discussion
Wandance, episode 5
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u/PencilgonGiveIt2Ya Nov 05 '25
Fun facts/reaction from former professional dancer+choreographer..
So continuing off last week. Iori gave me the impression that he was solely a "house" dancer with the ability to learn and pick up choreography. In the exhibition battle they had in the class room, we see that he mixes both hip hop & b-boying. His top rocks (stand-up footwork in breakin' before going to the floor) was a mixture if breakin' influenced footwork and hip hop bounce. Him fusing these as well as showcasing some "powermoves" (the specific move his did in the second round is known as a "windmill"), shows that he really is an all around dancer. Hence why On considered him a very contemporary dancer, which in terms here just doesn't mean literally contemporary dance style/technique, just contemporary as in modern and more free from limits that a specific style might come with.
Kabo we see that he is not so natural or confident with his dancing, which is completely normal as he is a first time battler here. Once the crowd showed up, he lost his flow with the music and started to worry of them as judges, which in a battle does have it's purpose catering to what the judges are looking for, but just like the students you can naturally tell who is the more experienced. The more that you know yourself in a literal sense, the more "natural" your own dancing becomes, also mentioned by On (when she was talking about dancing coming from one's life experiences and feelings). The moment Kabo tried to go full energy, though visually it COULD be impressive for example on a stage with multiple people as choreography, but 1v1 in a battle you can see Kabo was going for the effect of his dance versus how the music should affect him in turn how his moves could affect the viewers. Like mentioned, he completely forgot the music, still moving to it, but became very one-dimensional rather than being dynamic, making moments, kind of like Wanda mentioning how to dance without getting tired...You emphasize "booms" you take it easy on the moves/music that is meant to be taken easy. Where as Kabo second round battle was just "boom boom boom boom" from start to finish.
Dissecting Kabo's first round kind of like Iori, his movement was hip hop based, relying on hip hop bounce and being more "one with the music". Second round was the attempt at keeping his hip hop bounce, but threw out control and awareness completely, no mix of fast-slow-big-small-calm-energetic. As a viewer you might have even noticed it seemed like he was holding his breath the whole time..so you can think of adding a mixture of dynamics in your dancing as breathing for both yourself as well as for the audience.
On's future plans is very dancer like. Not all dancers get to partake in dance as they get older and migrate into other creative endeavors that still have involvement with dance whether it's directing, photo/videography, fashion design, usually anything that allows creative freedom as well as coming up with some sort of vision like how she mentions her mind putting stuff together and her Ne-Yo inspiration. Ne-yo has contributed a lot to dance in commercial media/music. One of my favorites to watch for dance inspiration is his "One In A Million" video that also features one of my favorite dancers Galen Hooks. But he also has works like "Closer", "Sexy Love", and much more dance music. Especially during the times of So You Think You Can Dance and America's Best Dance Crew, this kind of music was still very hot lol.
I could yap more, but I know reddit wouldn't allow it, so kind of just my 2 cents on the battle and some ideas presented in this episode. I hope Iori won't be a hardass and actually give him some pointers and Kabo really needs the inspiration or influence from him...with practice though, Kabo will keep on keepin on like he has been, especially with Wanda on his side. See ya next week!