JAJA: I'm actually carrying a baby now.
TAM: I look more pregnant than she does, what the hell?
PHILLIP: First of all, it's not fair
cause it's two on one.
Right?
We got- we got her AND her baby versus us,
so that's- that's unfair.
JESSIE: Welcome back everybody!
It's your girl, Jessie,
and I'm SO excited to present to you
today's episode of 3 Choreographers 1 Song.
We have guests from THE legendary,
one and only,
ABDC-winning,
brain-BANGING crew,
IaMmE.
We invited dancers
Tam Rapp,
Phillip Chbeeb
and Jaja Vankova.
The three will be performing to "Lo Vas A Olvidar" by Billie Eilish and ROSALÍA.
Let's get into it!
CHOREOGRAPHER #1: TAM RAPP
What's up!
Uh- I'm Tam Rapp.
I'm on crews, uh-
8Flavahz,
and IaMmE when I did ABDC.
I've also worked with artists like
Ciara,
LMFAO,
uh- Daddy Yankee,
Robin Thicke,
and uh- more!
Umm, you know...
I was just kinda freestylin' it.
And then just through that, y'know-
stuff came up and it got a little emotional, which is good-
you know, need some of that release,
haven't done THAT in a second.
I think this process was actually a little bit more difficult than I was expecting
because I haven't–
had to MAKE choreo in literally like a year 'cause–
2020..!
And I usually get to go out and trick every once in a while-
uh- but I haven't been really able to do that safely.
So I just tried some of it in my uh- house and I–
hit- not only a table
but also a trashcan trying to do some of it and-
I thought it was hilarious, woke up my roommate,
it was great.
PHILLIP: I already know.
Probably did, like, eight flips in like 10 seconds.
She's about to go off,
I already know.
JAJA: Eeeee..
Hoo!
Already crazy.
Eeeeee...
Mmm!
Yeuh.
Shhhhhh...
Ayyeeeee.
Yah, yah..
Whoohoohoo!
Ahhh!
So cool.
Shew!
Eeeee-
Yeah..
Nice!
Yup!
Makes sense.
JAJA: I– just admire Tam so much
because she is..
such a powerful and incredibly strong woman.
You're already-
expecting some crazy FLIPS.
PHILLIP: That last little-
trick at the end is a-
is a perfect period at the end-
which is actually hard to do,
'cause the song doesn't really have an ending,
so, she kind of placed that in a really good..
spot, where it felt like a true ending.
She had like a nice little-
cherry on top which was-
which was great.
JAJA: She decided to-
put together this really fast movement when there is
not a lot going on in the song,
and that was actually really cool to see because I–
myself wasn't thinking that way.
PHILLIP: There's a trust- in herself.
She didn't practice any of those tricks beforehand.
She's always been one of those people that was like,
"Eh, we'll find out when we get there."
And it's funny 'cause it always works,
but that is her personality to have never practiced it,
and just be like, "I'm going to throw those things."
She never tried it!
She didn't try it 'til she got here.
[chuckles]
CHOREOGRAPHER #2: PHILLIP CHBEEB
PHILLIP: Hi! My name is Phillip Chbeeb.
I danced for So You Think You Can Dance,
America's Best Dance Crew.
I'm a member of IaMmE Crew,
and uh- I currently direct and choreograph for a number
of film and television programs!
What I–
have grown to love doing, more recently, is partner work and group things.
A lot of the- the story of the piece itself
really relies in me reacquainting myself with my own body
and uh, telling the story of a-
a 32-year-old man returning to-
um, the physicality of his 20-year-old self.
Because it was this particular song,
it felt like it needed a little bit more-
fluidity on the ground,
so I found myself-
moving almost more..
uh- inspired by Contemporary movement.
So I felt my spirit just ASKING to roll around on the ground, basically.
Umm- so that's what I did!
KANG: Okay, shall we watch Phillip's?
TAM: No.
I'm just kidding! [laughing]
Ooh starting on the floor..
JAJA: Ayyeeee..
Hoo!
Oh...
Already classic Phillip.
Ayyeeee! So dope.
Shhhhhhhhhh.
Woooo!
Ayyeeeee!
That's crazy.
Woohoohoo!
Tight.
Whoa!
Woohoohoohooooo!
AyyeeeeeEEEEE..
Why am I here?
They're so tight.
Jeez Louise!
God DAMNN!
I quit.
See you later.
Bye guys...
KANG: Can we have our mic back?
- My initial reaction to that is just like, "What the f**k–?"
Like, nobody can do that.
It's SO.. Phillip.
If you watch somebody else do that you'd probably be like,
"Phillip choreographed that."
JAJA: Before I even seeing Phillip's choreography I already KNEW
that there's going to be some brain-banging.
You know? It was going to be some crazy stuff with the arms
and legs and threading-
and stuff on the floor-
I mean, I wasn't wrong, almost the whole choreography was on the floor, you know.
TAM: He's so creative.
And like, you can see that in EVERYTHING that he does.
Even like a normal conversation,
he's already, like, thinking about the psychology of it,
like doing all this stuff and like-
Everything for him makes sense in the movement.
It'll always have a reason
and connection into it.
JAJA: There was like this ground move, where he went super smooth
with his knees and he swished his arms.
So that- that was my favorite moment there.
TAM: I don't want to see my piece after that!
KANG: You sure?
Alright, well...
TAM: No I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do.
CHOREOGRAPHER #3: JAJA VANKOVA
JAJA: Hello everybody!
My name is Jaja.
I've choreographed for Justin Bieber.
You could also see me-
uh, dance with Selena Gomez or Taylor Swift
OR you could see me as a robot girl in Step-Up 5.
I'm ALSO a director of R.U.R. Alliance.
I just let go of the idea a- of just one style,
and I was mixing some
Krump movement with some animation
with some speed controls,
uh- with some body controls,
uhh, with just some-
steps and movement that were just expressing myself.
A really funny moment in uh-
choreographing and creating this piece was that
I'm actually carrying a baby now,
and I'm almost seven months pregnant!
I decided to do this ground floor move in the piece [laughing]
where I literally fold-
my legs- uh, above my head,
and I felt like I was literally doing this move just
out of my ego to prove that I can still do it [laughing]
in seven months pregnancy.
PHILLIP: Oooo, I'm nervous!
Why does it feel like I'm in a performance right now?
Ooooooo..
[blows strawberry]
She's so dope.
Let's go..
Eee..
[blows strawberry]
Woooo!
Ohhh what's up ground moves!
I see you!
HOOOO-
YO- that girl got a baby right now..
and she's rollin' around.
She's so sick.
She gonna keep going, huh?
I don't know.
OoOHHHH!
God damn-!
She's pregnant, like what?
I look more pregnant than she does.
That's s**t is dope as f**k!
Are you kidding me??
I think the part that surprised me is when she like,
did the floor thing because I know there's a–
BABY..?!
–in her, so when it was like that like,
oh my gosh, she was like right there–
"W'sup?"
PHILLIP: First of all, it's not fair 'cause it's two on one.
Right?
We got- we got her AND her baby versus us,
so that's- that's unfair.
Right- you don't even need to say anything more than that-
watch the dance,
recognize that she has a child in her,
and then know that she's about to have a baby and that she is like,
FULLY committed to anything that she does.
And I felt like that commitment shows in everything-
even from every jab that she throws,
you can just see that like,
she does it a hundred percent,
and I think that's where she really shines.
Honestly, I really loved the very beginning.
There was like a grace to it-
which is nice 'cause I know that Jaja can always-
do really incredible Krump movement.
Seeing her kind of start a little bit more flow-y
and then building to that intensity-
I don't know, something about that got me really hyped.
TAM: My favorite moment of Jaja's piece is where it started to get like,
more Krump.
That s**t always gets me so hyped.
Anytime she like, busts it out I'm always like,
[???]
Like, she always inspires-
LOTS of women,
and n- not even just women, everybody but-
her being that role model,
it's just really cool to see her like, just be so-
strong and you're just like, "Wow that is just–"
"That's just a superstar woman that I wanna be."
Damn.
JESSIE: HUGE shoutout to these dancers,
if you want to find them on social, their handles are right here.
And thank YOU so much for watching and supporting
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