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I'm Clay!
And I'm Jessie!
And due to popular demand, here's another episode of 3 Choreographers 1 Song.
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CLAY: Now back to the video!
You may know S-Rank as the hard-hitting dance crew from LA
that won the Upper Team Division of World of Dance Season 2..
JESSIE: Or.. as the first U.S. crew to win the adult division at HHI 2017 (Hip-Hop International).
We hit up a few of our friends from S-Rank for this episode of 3 Choreographers 1 Song:
Kat Dizon,
Teej Medallo
and Mikey DellaVella.
The song we're using is "Usually" by Danileigh.
Let's get into it!
Choreographer #1: Kat Dizon
Hi, my name is Kathleen Dizon
and I dance on S-Rank, Chapkis, and Gen Z!
Eyy.. lit.
My general thought-process when I was choreographing was..
I was listening to her voice a lot,
and when she would sing, she was kind of like lazy,
kind of.. conceited..
girly.. a little bit ratchet
so that's what I was going for.
I tried to use some ratchet moves,
and, just the aura when I would do my facials
is a little bit conceited or just like..
you know..
sassy.
I think some of my favorite moments were the really
lazy attitude parts
so I– I think like this move
I felt like it.. represented the song kind of well..
TEEJ: Aw she's going IN already!
aaaAAAHHH! [laughing]
MIKEY: YEEEEEW!
Yo she is NASTY bro!
She KNOWS her body!
This girl should be famous-famous.
EW those side-eye facials!
OKAY "CRAVIN'!"
She just gets it man..
Yaw yaw, ee-ee-ee.
YA!
EWWWWW KAT!
It just makes sense.
D'OHHH MY GODDDD!
Oh my Go– [laughs]
Okay..!
Yo she's SAUCY man,
I think Kat's like one of the, like..
the SAUCIEST girls like, in the game right now..
I think sauce is Kat–!
I'm just kidding [laughs]
I think sauce is just like..
throwing in that extra layer of
ATTITUDE that kind of brings the piece to life.
She KNOWS she's that girl!
She always has like those..
chicken legs– she always kind of crosses her legs in together..
[laughs hysterically]
She just loves dance so much and you can tell man..
I didn't expect..
footwork off the writ..
y'know? Like..
I didn't expect it to by like "chill, chill, ehh"
"tic-tic-tic-tic"
and I was like "Ohh bet!"
Cause normally people wanna like, start up top and like..
hit those basses super heavy
but she attacked.. hi-hats first.
When she GROOVES
and like, she's just so lazy with her arms
[demonstrates] she's very like this–
It just looks so dope man.
The way Kat grooves is insane.
MIKEY: She's very..
floaty..
She's very big..
It's just.. the steeze and her swag.
TEEJ: I think for Kat she just likes to walk around like
"Mmm I'm Kat blah-blah-blah"
but when she dances she dances like THAT??
PERIOD KAT.
[mimics Kat's chicken legs]
PERIOOOODDDD.
Good job Kat, that was dope!
Choreographer #2: Teej Medallo
Yo what's up guys! My name is Teej Medallo
I'm currently on S-Rank, GRV, and I'm director of Global Mayhem.
When I first heard this song, um..
it initially just gave me that
natural like, raw-energy vibe.
The process for me was..
was smooth because these are the type of songs that I really like to vibe with.
It was kinda easy..
NOT easy– ohmyGod that's so bad to say..
[nervously] AHHhhh..!
It was definitely a smooth process!
[laughs hysterically]
I definitely really like to incorporate like a lot of femme choreo's
and really show that masculine..
and fuse the femme together.
KAT: Let's go Teej!
MIKEY: Ay ay ay ay..
Whaaat??
Ahhh okay okay!!
Ewwwww!
This boy clean man..
but like, he fluid at the same time..
"Clearly!"
Ughhhh..!
Wouldn't be TJ without some thrusts..
WEEWWWWWW.
Oo!
You nasty boy..!
That little tongue-and-cheek–
boy you a freak!
I'm so proud of that boy, man.
Since like–since S-Rank did the show,
he just started blowin' up– he started teaching everywhere
and you just see his name everywhere– I'm like
"Yo, TJ let's.. let's get down we're doing an S-Rank video"
and he like "Can't bro."
"Overseas."
I was like:
DAAA–OKAY.
[snaps] I love the sass.
What the heck..?
All the moments? C'mon..
I think that his piece..
again, was a different approach than mine but..
it was just a fricken Teej piece.
It was– [body gyration]
It was grimey.
I love it.
My initial reaction is like..
he like a SEX ICON.
You see the intro he's like walkin' out..
[licks lips like TJ]
I was like "Aw boy you–"
"you NASTAY!"
I think my favorite moment was when he did this like..
around thing..
I don't– I can't–
[smacks lips]
–in the chair, I can't do it
but he freakin' killed that!
I think for me man, it's like..
It's his texture choices
cause he's not forcing anything so like..
moments that seem a little bit more chill
and when the basses get heavier HE gets heavier.
Alright TJ..
Good job, love you. [air kiss]
Yeah mine is a little more like, floppy
and his is more *boom*
[clicks]
Like he's just so..
He's so powerful with that, I just appreciate it so much.
Teej..
You just go off all the time..
C'mon..
I hate you..
Choreographer #3: Mikey DellaVella
What's going on y'all! Mikey DellaVella here.
I am a member of S-Rank.
You guys may have seen my work on a couple k-pop groups
like ATEEZ and GOT7.
So uh, when I was choreographing this piece–
in most of my pieces uh..
I generally like to create
and blueprint out the.. musicality first.
A lot of people don't know this about me, but I went to college
and have a bachelor's of science degree in audio engineering.
I spent a lot of time really like
dissecting music and instrumentation and..
really understanding what the song has to offer as a whole
and not just like.. what's on the surface.
I initially..
used to train– uh, Krump when I was a kid–
when I first started dancing.
"You ain't makin' no hits" section when I was just doing like Krump jabs
and then bangin' the chest on some gorilla stuff..
Honestly, like when it comes to the Tina twerk..
I didn't really know how else to attack the first 8-count..
Whenever I feel like lightening the mood in a situation..
Tina twerk the go-to..
KAT: Let's go Mikey..
TEEJ: He's so extra!
[laughs]
Did he smile?!
Oh my–
Is this his choreo??
[laughs]
Ughh!
Yeuh!
Eewwww!
Come ON Mikey..!
[inaudible]
Ewww!!
Hey!
I like that hat.
Hey!
C'mon..
Eww!
Okaay! [inaudible]
Deng..
Ahhhhhh..!
C'moonnnn..!
Alright Mikey..!
[laughs hysterically]
This..
this clown.. c'mon..
Mikey is very..
SHARP..
He shows a lot of character with his music
y'know so he likes to talk with his hands a lot..
Honestly, I think it's so crazy how..
much of a different approach he took it..
Feel like it's easy to just like be girly
but for him he like, did a more playful vibe..
Even like his like.. choreographed smile..
I would never think to do it that way..
For my personal experience it's that I feel like when it comes to these type of songs
I don't think Mikey choreographs to these type of songs..?
A little bit– I think he's more on like the..
like the RAW hip-hop.
For him to dabble in this type of piece and to really showcase like a..
a fun side was my favorite part.
My favorite moment I feel like was the..
I don't know why, but it really stuck with me–
the way that he was–
something about posting–
something like that
I was like..
"That was really smart–!"
I didn't even catch that part of–
in the song..
And I also really liked his Tina moment..
Y'know what I'm sayin'..?
Mikey's cute.
I mean not like that but..
maybe like that.
[wink?]
[laughs hysterically]
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[playing patty-cake]
CLAY: Lightly..
JESSIE: [laughs]
JESSIE: Textures practice..!
[suddenly] CLAY: AH-AH-AH
YAH-YAH–!