- Ay! Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, ka, ka.
- (FBE) Think you can recreate this one?
- I can try. (chuckles) ♪ (hip-hop music) ♪
♪ (industrial intro) ♪
- (FBE) Today, we have a bunch of professional dancers in
for this episode. - Me! (laughs)
- (FBE) So, what kind of dancing do you do?
- I do hip-hop. - I mainly focus on hip-hop dancing.
- Well, I do a bit of everything, but I would say my specialty
is jazz funk. - I have trained in everything
pretty much, but I find myself mostly dancing commercial dance
and then contemporary. - (FBE) Today, you're gonna be
reacting to some of the biggest dance challenges and trends
on the app TikTok. - Ooh. I just got TikTok last week,
and I'm loving it. - Some of these little kids I'll see,
and they're just doing it so fast. And I'm like, "I literally do this
for a living, and I don't know how you're doing that that quickly."
(chuckles) - (FBE) Well, since you guys got
all the moves, we're actually gonna have you recreate
some of the dances yourself. - Of course you are. (laughs)
I'm excited, but I feel like I'm also probably gonna
embarrass myself. - (FBE) First up, we have
a dance trend that we recently did with our YouTubers,
and it's called The Git Up, which uses the song of the same name.
- Okay. - ♪ This next part's
my favorite part ♪ - Oh, wait. I've seen this!
- ♪ Go on and do the two-step ♪ - Oh!
- ♪ It's time to shine ♪ ♪ Go on and do the two-step ♪
- I love this song, 'cause I love country,
so this is my favorite. - ♪ The two step,
then cowboy boogie ♪ ♪ Grab a sweetheart
and spin out with 'em ♪ - I love him! I wanna be his friend.
- Hey! That was good, though. (claps) Props to him
for traveling the entire time. - That was pretty easy.
You know, I can giddy on up and everything. I like that one.
- Boom, skiddy-di-di-di. And then what he did, sha-ah-ah.
I saw that. That was pretty dope.
- ♪ This next part's my favorite part ♪
- Oh my god. That was dope! - Do it again!
- Yeah, I don't know if I could do that walk.
That looks pretty advanced. - ♪ ...do the two step
then cowboy boogie ♪ - Ayyy! Okay, I love this one.
- Get it, get it. - ♪ Spin out with 'em ♪
- This is dope. - ♪ And get into it ♪
- Yeah, she's good. - Okay. Amazing.
I wanna do that. That's so good. - She was having a little
more fun with it. You know, she had the little,
like, ah. I like when people do their dancing,
they add their own style to it. - ♪ This next part's my... ♪
- Oh, we got two bros. Two bros in the house.
- ♪ Go on and do the two-step... ♪
- That looks fun. - I love it.
- Yeah, I love it. - They got formation changes.
They did a circle. Okay. - Ay! Tick, tick, tick, tick,
tick, tick, tick, ka, ka. That's dope.
- That's so good. And it's actual choreo too,
so it's not just one move the whole time.
- It's short, simple, fun, catchy. It's everything you could ask for
in a dance trend. As a professional dancer, I approve.
- (FBE) Let's have you recreate this. - Okay! (chuckles)
- ♪ This next part's my favorite part ♪
♪ 'Cause it's time to shine ♪ ♪ Go on and do the two-step,
then cowboy boogie ♪ ♪ Grab a sweetheart
and spin out with 'em ♪ ♪ This next part's
my favorite part ♪ ♪ 'Cause it's time to shine ♪
♪ Go on and do the two-step then cowboy boogie ♪
♪ Grab a sweetheart and spin out with 'em ♪
♪ Do the hoedown and get into it ♪
♪ Go on and do the two-step, then cowboy boogie ♪
♪ Grab a sweetheart and spin out with 'em ♪
♪ Do the hoedown and get into it ♪
♪ Two step then cowboy boogie ♪ ♪ Grab a sweetheart
and spin out with 'em ♪ ♪ Do the hoedown
and get into it ♪
- (FBE) Next, we have a popular TikTok dance
from earlier this year, which seems to take
its inspiration from different Fortnite moves
and goes by the name "Cradle's Challenge."
- I've never heard of that one. - She lost me at Fortnite.
(laughs) - Yeah, she lost me at Fortnite.
- ♪ It's hard to breathe ♪ ♪ But that's all right ♪
- What?! - Ay! What?
- Ooh, kicks. - Okay.
Wow. Okay. That was a lot. - All right. That was dope, actually.
That was a Fortnite dance?! - ♪ It's hard to breathe ♪
♪ But this all right ♪ - Oh, they're doing it on steps.
- Kick, kick, kick. Yes! - Heyyy.
- You gotta be flexible for this one. - I like the one in red.
He was into it. He said,
"Yeah!" - That one was cool,
how the two switched. - He almost fell back.
And they incorporated an intro, nice location,
stairography, doing the most. - I like the footwork to it.
Boom, boom, pssh, smooth. And then they did a little churn.
You can put that in almost any song and do the same choreography.
- (FBE) Think you can recreate this one?
- I can try. (laughs) - ♪ It's hard to breathe,
but that's all right ♪
- (FBE) Our next TikTok dance trend uses the song "Walk Man"
made by the YouTubers Cody Ko and Noel Miller with the dance
being called The Walk Man Dance Challenge.
- Walk Man Dance Challenge. Okay. - I think I've seen this.
- Never heard of this. I should really know
my dance trends, shouldn't I, huh? ♪ (hip-hop music) ♪
- Looked like a penguin at the beginning.
♪ Faded, chewing drugs like Pac-Man ♪
- I like this one. - ♪ ...drugs like Pac-Man ♪
♪ TMG on your Walkman ♪
- Ayyy! Hey, twist-o! - ♪ Take a walk ♪
♪ Take a walk ♪ - Oh, I like that!
- That was super fun. - I like that one. I'm not gonna lie.
There was actually more choreography, and it's harder to do it too.
- I like the beat. I mean, like, the beat.
The beat was just more like... ah. And I feel like you could do
a lot more. You have a lot more freedom with this one.
- ♪ We eating good ♪ - Ah! Look at them.
- Okay. Is that his mom up there doing it? Or his sister?
- ♪ TMG on your Walkman ♪ ♪ You ain't [bleep] with it ♪
♪ You can take a walk, man ♪ - Ayyy.
- ♪ You ain't [bleep] with it ♪ ♪ You can take a walk, man ♪
- He's really good. - ♪ Take a walk ♪
♪ Take a walk ♪ - That's dope. I like that.
- That girl in the back on the stairs? She's killing it.
- That's something I would do. Like, I see my brother
making a TikTok, and I'm like, "I'm gonna join in in the back."
- Oh! - Oh, go, girl!
- She's pregnant? (chuckles) YESSS! And she's stunning. Hey!
- She hit that whoa. (chuckles) - Yes! Come on! Come on, mom.
- ♪ Take a walk ♪ ♪ Take a walk ♪
- That was fresh. - That was good. Come on.
I don't think I could do that if I was pregnant.
- (FBE) Wanna try recreating this one? - Sure.
- ♪ We eating good ♪ ♪ I'm a fat man ♪
♪ Faded, chewing drugs like Pac-Man ♪ ♪ TMG on your Walkman ♪
♪ You ain't [bleep] with it ♪ ♪ You can take a walk, man ♪
♪ Take a walk ♪ ♪ We eating good ♪
♪ I'm a fat man ♪ ♪ Faded, chewing drugs like Pac-Man ♪
♪ TMG on your Walkman ♪ ♪ You ain't [bleep] with it ♪
♪ You can take a walk, man ♪ ♪ Take a walk ♪
♪ Take a walk ♪ ♪ Faded, chewing drugs like Pac-Man ♪
♪ TMG on your Walkman ♪ ♪ You ain't [bleep] with it ♪
♪ You can take a walk, man ♪ ♪ Take a walk ♪
♪ Take a walk ♪ ♪ ...good ♪
♪ I'm a fat man ♪ ♪ Faded, chewing drugs like Pac-Man ♪
♪ TMG on your Walkman ♪ ♪ You ain't [bleep] with it ♪
♪ You can take a walk, man ♪ ♪ Take a walk ♪
♪ Take a walk ♪ - (FBE) Lastly, we have
a TikTok dance which uses a remixed version of a song
from the game Super Mario Odyssey. And it gained a lot of attention
for people not being able to draw a star correctly.
- Oh, wait. I might know this one. - Oh! I know this one. Okay.
- ♪ I'll be your one-up girl ♪ ♪ So, let's all jump up super high ♪
♪ Higher than the sky ♪ ♪ There's no power-up like dancing ♪
- It's catchy. - ♪ You know that
you're my super star ♪ - Oh. I get it.
Like, down, side, side, down, up. - Star. Drawing a star.
- Yeah, I definitely know this one, 'cause when I was on tour,
my friend Kenzie was doing this one a lot.
- I don't know it, but all my friends do it.
I'm just like-- they're so full out.
I'm like, "Whoa." - ♪ I'll be your one-up... ♪
- Yes! - He's gonna hit the fan.
- ♪ Higher than the sky ♪ - This is my favorite one--
Oh! Oh my gosh. (laughs) - ♪ Jump up super high ♪
- I love the jump. (laughs) Oh! Oh my god.
- ♪ You know that you're my super star ♪
- Keep going. Just roll with it. - Aw, man. That was it?
Yo, if he came back and he did it and he ended it...
- I've done that before when I'm dancing
and I'm just in the kitchen and everything, I just boom!
And I'm just like... And the song is still going.
I'm like, "No." - That one's more of a silly one,
whereas some of the other ones were a little more-- not serious.
None of these were serious, but a little more about the dancing.
And this one, I feel like, was more just about having fun.
- (FBE) Ready to try this one out? - Yes! I'm excited.
- ♪ I'll be your one-up girl ♪ ♪ So, let's all jump up super high ♪
♪ Higher than the sky ♪ ♪ There's no power-up like dancing ♪
♪ ...one-up girl ♪ ♪ So, let's all jump up super high ♪
♪ Higher than the sky ♪ ♪ There's no power-up like dancing ♪
♪ You know that you're my super star ♪ ♪ I'll be your one-up girl ♪
♪ So, let's all jump up super high ♪ ♪ Higher than the sky ♪
♪ There's no power-up like dancing ♪ ♪ You know that you're my super star ♪
- (FBE) So, how was it recreating some of those TikToks today?
- You know, this is not as easy as I thought it was gonna be,
but it was really fun. - I got a little sweaty!
It was more challenging than I thought, but I think,
yeah, I have to get on this TikTok train.
- That was really fun. I feel like I have a newfound
respect for people who come up with these challenges.
They are kinda hard to get perfectly. And I feel like the people especially
who come up with them and choreograph them,
that's really kind of impressive. - (FBE) So, with TikTok being
a popular app around the globe, dance trends can now be quickly
shared around the world, making them more viral
than ever before. So, as a dancer, how do you think
dance trends on social media in general have affected
the dance community? - I think it's made it--
I think it's been a great effect on the dance community.
I think it's made it become more well-known,
just the dance community in general and made it become its own
popular thing. - It's kind of almost brought them
together more. - Yeah.
- Just because it's like, "Oh, I know that dance."
"Oh, me too! Me too!" And you just start dancing together
even if it's with a complete stranger
or someone you've never even met before.
- Usually, people just think of dancers as the separate group,
but now everybody dances. So, I think it's actually really cool,
because now a bunch of people are just trying to dance
and have fun with it instead of making it
this stressful sport. - The professional dance world
and the dance community, we have to stay a part
of these trends. And we think it's cute.
Sometimes, we completely despise it. There will be so many
creative choreographers and creative artists and dancers
that will have such genius routines and genius movement,
but it doesn't get a lot of likes or doesn't get a lot of attention,
because it's not a "famous trend." - (FBE) With social media being
more prevalent than ever before, it seems that numbers and followers
are one of the most important aspects to succeed,
especially in entertainment. So, do you feel like social media
has changed the current dance industry, in which
you need to have a following to get booked?
- In some cases, yes. In other cases, no.
In some cases, yeah, they wanna know that you have
a good following so that you can promote a product.
- I would say more people are getting booked off their followers.
It's become more of a who do you know
versus actually having that person actually
still go out there and compete against somebody who may not
have as many followers but might be better.
- It's definitely changed. I've been in the industry
for about eight years now. And I was in it at a really,
really young age. And back then, there was always auditions. Always.
And nowadays, you don't even get auditions.
You just get direct calls (snaps) from the choreographers,
from the artist, from the company. They look at your Instagram.
That's your portfolio. - The new social media craze
has definitely impacted the importance of being popular.
You know, 15 years ago, it didn't really matter,
'cause no one was paying attention to your Skype friends or Myspace
or whatever it was a long time ago.
But for example, when I first moved here four years ago,
the first they asked me at an audition
was how many followers I had, and I had 400 at the time.
- If you are popular on social media and as a dancer and that helps you
book jobs, by all means. That's amazing.
I've encountered so many people who are working without the big industry
and stuff, and they like to work low-key.
And that's awesome. - (FBE) So finally,
after taking on these trends today, can you see yourself getting more
into TikTok in the future? - Yes. I definitely am ready.
I downloaded the app. We're ready to go.
- Yes. I'll be doing more TikToks in the future.
- I definitely can. I'm about to go home
and make some videos myself. - Yeah, maybe. Maybe I'll get
my little cousin to help me with it. (chuckles)
- Yes. If I can see more of these trend dances, of course!
(laughs) I didn't even know! - Yeah. I literally actually
downloaded TikTok last week, 'cause my friend was doing it.
And I was like, "Okay, I need to check this out."
So, I'm definitely more interested in it.
- Yeah! I mean, why not? I mean, we were on it a lot before,
and then we stopped, and then we got on it again.
But yeah, sure. I mean, super fun.
- I think I could. It's not such a serious place.
I feel like I'm almost like, "Oh, I don't want people
to see me and laugh." But I'm like, "It's literally
all about laughing." You know what I mean?
It's not so serious. So, I need to learn how
to stop taking things so seriously. So, I will probably be making
a few TikToks in the future.
- Thanks for watching Dancers React. Shoutout to Abigail Byrd.
- Do you use TikTok? Let us know in the comments.
- Thank you guys so much. Goodbye. - Hey, everyone! Lauren,
producer here at FBE. Hope you enjoyed this episode
of Dancers React. And thank you so much
to all of the dancers who came in to shoot this episode.
Make sure you go and support them by checking out their links
down in the description. Bye, everyone!