JESSIE: What's up everybody!
It's your girl, Jessie,
and today on STEEZY's YouTube channel,
we have ANOTHER episode of 3 Choreographers 1 Song.
Today's guests are..
Devin Pornel,
Trevor Takemoto,
and Jason Lin!
These three gentlemen will be performing their pieces to F&MU by Kehlani!
Alright! Let's dive into it.
Choreographer #1: Devin Pornel
DEVIN: What's good everybody! Uh-
my name is Devin Pornel!
Uh..
I've danced on Ill Habits and
Choreo Cookies..
and currently I do not dance with anybody,
I'm just trying to do my own thing!
I really wanted to, like-
make it known that there were a lot of hard-hitting beats in there.
I guess I wanted to go in and out of the music
but then also adding those occasional, like-
hits– I feel like that kinda describes.. uh
my style like– in the moment too.
Something that..
I always constantly challenge myself, uh-
in RECENTLY especially,
is being a little bit more.. like
fluid in my movements
since something that I know that I'm really comfortable with is
y'know, fast..
hard-hitting–
My favorite moment was..
in the beginning.
I.. think I like, switched
maybe like two or three times within like-
the lyrics and in the–
in her flow.
I felt cool doing it so.. [laughs]
I was like..
I was like–
"Ayee this is pretty tight!"
JASON: Ugh!
TREVOR: Ayee!
JASON: That's the juice!
JASON: Whoof!
TREVOR: Whoa..
JASON: That footwork..
TREVOR: Heeyyy!
JASON: Aye!
Flow man..
TREVOR: Ugh he gets it!
[laughs]
Devin always looks so cool when he dances too, like-
it's the steeze of like-
of his clothing and everything it like-
totally adds to like, his whole..
performance.
JASON: His flow is all through his legs- y'know I mean
his footwork,
turns, just–
shapes.
I like to call it the gas pedal..
where like-
you have that flow..
and he's in it and he's juicing it out,
but at any second.. just–
throttle on the gas pedal and then
all of the sudden he's just going.
TREVOR: You can feel the power in like-
some of his STEPS and everything that he's doing and
it's super dope.
Yeah..
I'm a fan..
I'm a fan for sure.
He's cute..
..what?
JASON: Favorite moment in the piece..
FOR sure..
"Put it on me." BAH, BAH.
He's winding up for it
in a way that I wouldn't wind up for a hit of my own..
but, the POWER's there,
the execution's there,
it's beautiful..
TREVOR: Devin's super good at like-
staying in the groove and
whatever that pocket is and like..
letting it build to something else and
and it- it doesn't leave THIS.. [demonstrates]
Even if the groove is different, it still stays in the same pocket
and the same vibe and that's super good.
Choreographer #2: Trevor Takemoto
TREVOR: What's up guys!
My name is Trevor Takemoto
and you may have seen me in some Young Lions videos,
Brian Puspos's videos here on STEEZY..
Just kinda doing my own thing right now, and uh..
Yeah!
For this piece, uh-
because it is a female artist,
sometimes, lyrically I can't relate exactly like-
word-for-word y'know? So–
when that happens I usually try to tap into
the confidence that she has in
saying these things..
I'm not very picture-based in what I do
so, a lot of it is just understanding like-
the natural groove and rhythm of the song
and then I try to piece it all together from there..
When it gets to the slow part, like-
that's like- my jam for sure..
I just think of it like, I'm squeezing out a towel–
so like, when her voice is there, like-
I'm trying to squeeze EVERY last little part of it out of there and like-
even if you're not a dancer I want it to be able to connect to you.
JASON: Let's go Trevor!
DEVIN: Ayee!
Shhhh..!
Wooo!
JASON: I love his musicality!
It's so selective!
DEVIN: There it is.. WOO!
AYEE!
JASON: Ugh!
DEVIN: Woohoho!
[laughs]
Nice!
DEVIN: Shii..
[laughs]
JASON: Oh he did a little extra credit huh?
[laughs]
DEVIN: DANG AND he did WAY more
come onnn!
[laughs]
JASON: I love his musicality- it's so selective and
he's so patient with it..
He KNOWS what he wants you to hear..
He's able to dictate a flow that's..
steady yet unpredictable.
DEVIN: Well first off, he did like way more choreography..
Come on, I thought we agreed on like that..
little–
[laughs]
In ways we are a bit similar,
just because of like-
I guess, maybe our background?
But, I think HE'S like-
WAY smooth.
His like, pathways..
and his flows- they always go so seamless together..
Sh**, that was crazy!
JASON: Towards the beginning,
he had.. a lot of moments of just
waiting something out..
and hitting it in a really weird
syncopation that you're not used to.
DEVIN: Honestly I think the chorus was my favorite part because
he did a lot of crazy, like-
turns.. not really like,
a spin, but like-
switching, like- direction..
whether that be OVER his shoulder–
cause those like, little switches.. are like-
super sick and like-
took my.. attention like-
right away.
And we're like really cool buddies and..
best buddies..
[laughs]
Nah but we– like, he's super dope!
Choreographer #3: Jason Lin
Hi! My name is Jason Lin..
I've danced on Miniotics and GRaVy Babies in the past..
I've graduated to GRV now
and you might've caught me in some Kinjaz videos..
So when I first heard this song,
I knew that Trevor and Devin were gonna just..
juice it and milk it out,
so I knew that I wanted to..
go REALLY far into the Iso realm.
I DID find myself..
second guessing,
because this isn't the type of music that I usually choreograph to..
I HEAVILY used a lot of fixed points..
For me, fixed points just create a very visual distinction..
um- for the isolation..
For example, if I just isolate and move my head,
that might not be as..
OBVIOUS as if I have my hand here that's FIXED..
and, you see that.
My absolute favorite moment in this piece
is when..
I move where I go- iso my head..
bring my body over..
and it says "put it on me"
so I bring my chest TO my hand..
and THEN I bring it down..
cause it's "ON me," you know?
and then I– give it a little hip..
uh, just a little attitude..
TREVOR: Ughh!
[laughs]
DEVIN: Woooo!
TREVOR: YEESH!
DEVIN: Woohoho!!
TREVOR: Whaaoohhh..
Ayyeee!
DEVIN: Tst–
TREVOR: WHOAAhoo!
DEVIN: Whoaa!
Woohoho!
DEVIN: Ayyee!
TREVOR: Whoo!
DEVIN: Ooohhh!
TREVOR: Yup..
Dude, there's so much like-
INFORMATION in that..
DEVIN: I think like, knowing Jason and like his-
super like, calculated..
and.. like- have all these iso's and..
I mean, that is like the COMPLETE opposite of like what I do..
TREVOR: I loved how animated he was..
Even just like simple things in focus like-
where you're looking at and stuff like that..
Jason is super good at
building up specific pictures and moments that can
go into the next other thing..
DEVIN: There were like, CRAZY moments in there where he was manipulating the song
in a way that I would do it with maybe my body and my legs..
and.. he was doing it, like-
with his, like- arms
and it- it's crazy– like I would never be able to..
think of that.
TREVOR: TWO favorite moments for sure,
it's when he um–
"I looove youuu–"
but he– instead of using her voice he does it on the first one
and then he uses the back–
that back like, synth sound–
that "whOoAww"
and he does the wave again and it goes into that..
Crazy, crazy– super crazy.
And then um..
Again, right before on those basses–
the buildup to the chorus, the–
DOON-DOON-DOON..
where he like STICKS it and then-
and then reverbs off of it..
super cool to see and stuff that I would've NEVER thought of.
Like NEVER, EVER thought of like-
it's not even comes close to my mind when I'm creating..
But it's cool to see the same song like that and like..
that's super dope.
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