MARI: Like when I watch HIM-
do the dance I feel like he's on like-
2.0!
And I feel like I'm running on Firmware like- 1.7– CLAY: Firmware-!
[laughs]
JESSIE: What's up everybody, it's your girl Jessie!
CLAY: And Clay, and welcome back to STEEZY's YouTube channel!
In this series, we invite YOUR favorite YouTubers
and challenge them to take a STEEZY Studio class with us!
JESSIE: Our guest for this episode is..
Mari Takahashi!
MARI: Thanks for having me guys!
[laughs]
JESSIE: Hi Mari! MARI: Super stoked to be here!
I'm Mari Takahashi!
CLAY: And what do you do Mari?
MARI: Uhh- I'm a gamer,
I'm a livestreamer,
I'm a host,
got a show on Quibi right now called Speedrun,
and before all of that,
I was a professional ballerina!
CLAY: Dang, so most of your dance experience comes from BEING a ballerina..
MARI: Exactly!
Yes, it's my roots and–
pretty much as far as I- reached.
Contemporary dance is probably the most- you know,
OUT there dancing that I've done,
but mostly, it's always constrained in ballet.
JESSIE: So are you ready to let loose a little bit?
Get a little GROOVY?
MARI: Ohhh man.. it's a–
Ye- YES!
Yes, but-
I am scared as well, so..
JESSIE: Well you have us, you have STEEZY Studio..
So the class we'll be taking today is-
a piece by our instructor, J Blaze-
and he also MADE the song-
it's to the song called "Was Dat."
JESSIE: Super super fun piece! MARI: Awesome!
Awesome!
CLAY: You ready to get into it?
MARI: Yes..!
Yes I am!
JESSIE: Let's DO it! [Mari laughs]
CLAY: Let's do it y'all!
MARI: Sooo CLEAN-!
Oh my God..
JESSIE: So easy for him!
[Mari blows strawberry]
Oh cool..
MARI: This is what-
fake it til you make it looks like..
[Jessie laughs]
[J BLAZE: Ha! You wanna clap your hands together and duck your head down.]
[J BLAZE: Duck!]
[J BLAZE: Grab the neck, click-click, wassup!]
[J BLAZE: Give it up for yourselves!]
[Give it up for yourselves!]
[You know what I'm sayin'?]
[Have fu–]
MARI: I don't deserve those applause..!
[Jessie & Clay laugh]
MARI: I like how he goes,
"This is all personality."
I'm like, "I don't know what my personality is"
"when I dance like this!" JESSIE: You're cool!
You're cool Mari! [Mari gasps]
[J BLAZE: I'm tryna bring that fun- personality back to dance, yeah?]
MARI: "Personality!"
He keeps talking about FUN personality!
CLAY: "Stop telling me personality!"
MARI: "I don't know who I am!"
[J BLAZE: Character, yes? All personality.]
[J BLAZE: Feel like you in a party!]
JESSIE: Do you ever do that at a party?
"Hey Clay!"
"Hey Mari!"
MARI: "Oh hey [inaudible]!" JESSIE: "You want a drink?"
MARI: "Yeah let's do it!"
"Wanna go over here??"
"Let's go!"
CLAY: "Let's go to the bar!"
MARI: Hooo THAT'S fast!
HOO it's so FRICKING fast!!
JESSIE: Slow it down a little.
MARI: Ohh right, yeah..
I like it here!
I'm just gonna stay here for a while..
This is uh..
This is the rest of the dance.
CLAY: Cool, so we finished Section 1
of J Blaze's piece-
how are you feeling so far?
MARI: You know, I have to say..
it's SO difficult,
but I'm actually surprised at myself too..
I'm still pretty, uh-
scared of the whole situation,
but I'm also like "you know what," like-
like a part of me's like,
"good job Mari!" like, "you're figuring it out!"
I appreciate being able to go back and forth,
I appreciate being able to see the mirror way,
and like, being in the class way-
the backwards way, like-
ohhh that shift is like-
game changer!
I feel.. 60% cool..
but at the same time I'm like,
"aww am I gonna look like my dad?" like-
you know- like my dad when he's like?
CLAY: No I don't know what your dad like when he's like that.. MARI: Grooving..
JESSIE: If he looked really cool, then yeah.. [Clay laughs]
MARI: I feel 60% cool. CLAY: Oh!
JESSIE: That's good- well we're 50% through the piece,
so you're already like AHEAD of the curve
you know what I mean?
MARI: Ooooyooooooolf.. JESSIE: According to my calculations..
MARI: We're at 50%..??
[Jessie laughs]
JESSIE: Well I think you're killing it,
you are hitting EVERY single beat-
it's SO clear that you have the blueprint of movement and following music-
with us repeating it I'm starting to see you get more comfortable
so.. MARI: Ahhh thank you-
thanks for your support~! CLAY: Most definitely!
CLAY: You have wonderful EXTENSIONS,
but what I do encourage you to do,
is- you know how breath is SO important when we're dancing?
When it comes to doing something involving this style,
it's easy to forget about the breath because of the intricacies,
so I encourage you to actually focus on using your breath to-
[exhales], DOON!
[inhales], WHOOM! [inhales]-
and that'll help you stay on beat and reach the points further,
faster and sharper..
MARI: Yeah I don't think I took a breath the entire time.. [Clay laughs]
JESSIE: You're like [gasp]
MARI: Once it starts I'm like, "five, six, seven-"
[big gasp]
[all laugh]
MARI: I'm definitely gonna work on that..
CLAY: You ready to get into it then?
MARI: Yes! CLAY: Section 2!
Let's do it!
[J BLAZE: Ah! Ha, ha..]
CLAY: Uewwww!
I felt that
MARI: Mhmm! CLAY: That was fire.
That part's COOL!
[claps] I don't know if I can do it..!
[Mari laughs]
[J BLAZE: Click, click, click, right, left- SLIDE]
MARI: Aueghh!
[J BLAZE: Tick, tick, tick, go, go, ho]
MARI: Tick tick tick!
[claps] Tick tick tick!
[J BLAZE: Tick tick!] MARI: More ticks!
Tick tick, tick- tick!
JC CHASEZ: Almost the whole routine was tic-tic-tic,
tic-tic-tic,
tic-tic-tic-tic-tic-tic-tic..
[J BLAZE: Pop then pop- you see that?]
[J BLAZE: Sorry..]
MARI: My body doesn't do that..
How dare you put more things on this..
Sorry I had a Jim Halbert moment there..
CLAY: [inaudible] touch the shoulder!
Legggg-BOOM!
Oooooo!
Felt that one..
CLAY: Oo!! MARI: That one felt cool~!
CLAY: Boom KA, boom KA, boom TAH!
CLAY: That was fire- it felt good huh?
[Clay & Mari laugh] CLAY: You feel cool!
MARI: It feels cool only cause you guys are next to me doing it!
It makes it super UNcool when I'm like,
[Clay & Jessie laugh]
MARI: I'm watching myself,
and myself is like,
"I don't know what to do?"
JESSIE: Alright Mari, we finished all two sections,
how are you feeling?
MARI: SWEATY..
I feel like my-
my brain's having a conversation with the other side and it's like,
"Can you believe you did it?"
and then the other side is like,
"Yeah dude! Can you believe you did it??"
CLAY: Well you look really cool doing it,
You really started LOGGING the piece in your brain,
when you felt like, "oh"
"there are points to hit."
Moves are not just transition and flow into each other,
but there IS a lot of in-between POINTS.
MARI: YES.
CLAY: And that's a very helpful thing, right? MARI: Yeah! Yeah yeah~
MARI: Especially when you see just HIM do it,
There's such clear SHAPES- CLAY: Mm!
MARI: And I'm like, "oh, I am not hittin' those shapes,"
I'm just kind of like going through it to get to the next place..
but, there's something about hitting-
that- instead of my thought-process being like,
"What's next, what's next, what's next?"
It's just hitting– JESSIE: "What's that, what's that, what's that?"
MARI: Yeah-! "What's that what's that what's that what's that-"
It has to work on "What's THIS?"
JESSIE: Mm.. MARI: "What's THIS~?"
Not just "what's that?"
Mmmm!
CLAY: Well, we have finished this
and now it's time to move into the actual-
choreography/performance section..
MARI: Yeeeeee! CLAY: Ready?
MARI: I'm stoked, yeah!
Let's do it! CLAY: Alright!
Let's do it~!
JESSIE: You did it!! MARI: OH my GOSH-
YOOOOO-
I can't believe it..
I feel so accomplished!
I watch it back and I'm like "who's THAT??"
CLAY: Mmm!
So what do you think your favorite feature was on the STEEZY platform?
MARI: Definitely the loop.
And just being able to repeat the movements over and over
helped me memorize it a lot better-
that it like, shows exactly WHAT section it is-
you don't have to say THIS section to this section,
it already knows, I love that.
CLAY: That's really awesome.
HeHEHHH!
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So Mari where can we find you on the social channels?
MARI: Yeah you can find me online @AtomicMari!
[laughs]
CLAY: Find the link here in my eyeball!
JESSIE: Noo!
[Clay laughs]
JESSIE: Thank you so much Mari for coming and dancing with us-
we had so much fun!
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CLAY: And don't forget to subscribe to Mari's channel as well~!
JESSIE: Wooo! MARI: Aww,
thanks for the plug~
CLAY: Yeahh! [Mari laughs]
CLAY: We'll see you guys in the next one!
Peace's.. MARI: Mm! Mm!