[ ♪ "Leave The Door Open" plays ♪ ]
♪ Sit back, sit back, sit back ♪
♪ Whatchu doing? ♪
♪ Where you at? ♪
♪ Oh you got plans? ♪
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Hey sexy people,
welcome back to STEEZY's YouTube channel!
In today's episode of "3 Choreographers 1 Song,"
we invited dancers:
Craig Chadwick,
Monique Watson,
and Kai Cameron.
These three are bringing you some smooth, sensual, and soulful vibes,
dancing their pieces to "Leave The Door Open" by Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak
AKA Silk Sonic.
Let's get into it.
CHOREOGRAPHER #1: CRAIG CHADWICK
CRAIG: What's up guys? My name is Craig.
Craig is the name, dance is the game.
Been dancing for about 13 years now.
Worked alongside Snoop Dogg,
E-40 for the 49ers halftime show,
co-choreographed for BTS Official and NCT 127.
And I currently direct and am the founder of
The Pack Dance, based out of Vallejo, California.
My typical style of dance is pretty open and big.
I love experimenting also,
I like trying to go slower on some parts.
The majority is hitting really tough.
The process was HARD.
Some inspirations that guided my movement was Brian Puspos.
I love the way how fluid he is
and I kind of wanted to replicate
that same feeling for the song
and how he does with all of these old, slow R&B tracks.
KAI: Already fun!
MONIQUE: Okay, period.
HIIIH!
[laughs]
I do like.
Uh huh..
Hey!
[Kai laughs]
He's having too much fun and I'm having fun too.
He's having so much fun!
Oh my God.
Woooh!!
Yes~!
That was too much fun!
Oh my God.
I loved it.
This is dumb how good he is.
MONIQUE: Honestly? Okay that first like-
bar
of him just kind of like- hitting the
"du-du-du-dun-du-dun–"
That was GREAT.
I was like,
"Let's go,"
you know?
We're doing this, let's do this.
MICHAEL SCOTT: Oh my GOD!
Okay, it's happening!
DWIGHT: What's the procedure everyone? What's the procedure?
MICHAEL SCOTT: STAY F**KING CALM!
KAI: He has- just this knack
of making people happy when he dances.
And he did that, but like times a billion.
MONIQUE: He was in that MUSIC,
especially in the beginning.
I heard those beats and I was like, "Nah, I'm not gonna touch that."
[laughs]
KAI: Towards the end of the song,
the vocals are getting more and more passionate.
He was still kind of like, staying smooth,
which I thought it was a cool juxtaposition
because- you know, it's like,
getting more s–
soul?
Sultry?
Soul-in–
Soul-infesting–??
I don't know, I dunno.
MONIQUE: I feel he is just like-
one of those people that like- you hear them talk and it's like, you're gonna laugh.
And that piece DEFINITELY connected that.
KAI: The– HAAA!
The- the filets??
How did he–? H- what??
[laughs]
MONIQUE: "If you're hungry,"
[laughs] "girl–" like that!
I love a MOMENT,
like I'm going remember that.
You know what I mean?
Forever.
CHOREOGRAPHER #2: MONIQUE WATSON
Hi, my name is Monique Watson.
I'm from the DMV area,
former Artistic Director of Culture Shock DC.
I've also been in LA
dancing for Serayah,
FKA twigs,
and- more!
My typical style of dance is
a mix between something really raw but also a very feminine approach
and a very feminine touch.
Inspiration that really guides my movement is
a mix between like old school bop,
old school grooves, Hip Hop movements
but also like Vogue,
Whacking,
very femme-based dances
that kind of transition between-
like these cute pictures,
like accentuating my fingers and my hands.
Just being a woman, I like to-
make that known.
I think one of my favorite moments is probably
me sliding down to my knees,
and that's mostly because I DON'T usually do floor work.
That's probably like my favorite most
unconventional,
"non-Mo" thing that I did,
but it- it turned out cute!
KAI: Oh my– she's ALREADY performing!
OHHH..
CRAIG: Woo!
Ayeee!
[Kai yelps]
[laughs]
Okay, that presentation...
[singing along] ♪ Waiting~ ♪
Did she hit those hi hats??
[laughs] Ayee!
Okay.
[laughs] Let's go,
let's GO...
[drops mic]
I dropped- I'm so sorry I dropped this..
KANG: It's okay...
KAI: You- you made me drop
the- the mic!
I couldn't- I couldn't handle it.
That wa- that was great.
CRAIG: Uh- my initial reaction was AMAZING.
I love the presentation.
I mean, just her whole like, presence when doing the piece was just-
it was THERE.
KAI: I was just so surprised that, right when the video started,
I was still getting performance, like- right off the bat.
And it just makes me think,
"Were you performing before the camera's rolling? Like–"
CRAIG: She stayed true to her personality
and her style and she applied it to the song.
I mean, the moment when she went down
on the ground and then she was doing the side-
side- and also when the bases hit, I'm talking to
♪ I'm talking kissin' ♪
BUH.
♪ Cuddlin' ♪
DAH.
That part was fire~!
KAI: The ta-ta– I don't know what you did,
but those- those pictures.
I think I screamed..
Did I like, YELP during that part?
I think I did.
[yelps]
[laughs]
Right when the first move and the cameras started rolling,
the ♪ Oooooooh ♪
in that– [clears throat]
don't- don't put–
Can you overlay Anderson .Paak's vocals instead?
[Anderson .Paak] ♪ Oooooooh ♪
She hit that vocal and-
it kind of set the pace for the rest of the piece.
CRAIG: She just executed the whole song..
perfectly.
CHOREOGRAPHER #3: KAI CAMERON
KAI: Hi, what's going on?
I'm Kai Cameron.
I have danced for
GRaVy Babies,
Miniotics,
and I'm currently dancing for V Mo.
My typical style of dance is
very influenced by animation,
isolation,
some Popping.
When I was choreographing this piece-
it's the complete OPPOSITE of what I usually do,
I usually do like, dubstep and everything like that.
[dubstep music]
It was a little bit challenging just because it's not the style of song
that I usually choose.
I heard this song and I was just like,
[ ♪ "Leave the Door Open" plays ♪ ]
What am I gonna DO??
I tried to emulate the angles and everything
but still having those pockets of smooth energy.
Something that inspired the movement was-
if you go on Spotify,
that loop that they have when you choose the song,
you can see Anderson .Paak like, just kind of like-
playing on the drums.
Just that VISUAL
helped me choreograph on what I wanted it to be-
like more FUN-
This is a dope song and I know it!
That little a- small, two-second clip
was probably the biggest inspiration for me.
CRAIG: I love the nails man.
Ayee, bruh!
Let's go!
MONIQUE: Yes isos~!
[laughs]
Oh word play, let's go!
Okay, boy!
Interesting~!
Oh my God...
Let's go Kai, okay!
Hit that!
OHHHOOHOOOO!
MONIQUE: Yesss, floor work!
Kai, bruh!
No way dude!
[laughs]
CRAIG: My initial reaction was fire,
blown away,
amazing,
great job.
MONIQUE: Just impressed by how quickly and swiftly
he was able to move and still be so clear,
like–
go from zero to 100 and kind of like smooth it out.
CRAIG: He was just doing tuts and angles and like–
creative–
angles and stuff?
It just is like-
it just looks so natural.
MONIQUE: Between those isos and like, that quick movement
to then chill, that was-
that was really dope.
CRAIG: There's so many good moments to this piece-
my favorite might have to be when he started–
started getting into the tutting and then he hit the pop.
Boom...
boom–
like that was pretty much Kai right there dancing.
That makes sense..
That make sense?
"That's Kai right there dancing."
That IS Kai right there dancing.
MONIQUE: Definitely the floor work.
It had so much power and like-
risk.
CRAIG: I can't even do that s**t.
He was just like-
That s**t was f**kin' fire bruh–!
Like DAMN bruh, you can really do that–??
But anywho,
those were my favorite moments.
JESSIE: Shout out to these incredible movers
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MONIQUE: The end!
This was so cool!
[Kai burps]
KAI: Oh my god, I'm so–
I finished a red bull just now.
CRAIG: Take your time.
[Kang talking to Craig]
JESSIE: ♪ You got me dancin' ♪
♪ romancin' ♪
♪ with the east wing and the west wing, ♪
♪ with this mansion. ♪
♪ What's happen– ♪