Everyone has their preferences as to what they consider to be a good dancer.
And the criteria for what is considered a good dancer varies from person to person.
As a k-pop fan, one must ask what attributes are required of a good dancer and which attributes are ranked higher.
One possible attempt of finding an answer is to survey life-long professional dancers.
In a recent online poll, BTS' J-Hope, Blackpink's Lisa, and EXO's Kai were idols chosen to be the subjects of the question:
Who Is The Best dancer?
As a young child, J-Hope was a member of the dance group Neuron
and studied dance at Joy Dance Academy from the young age of 10, before joining Big Hit Entertainment.
Geumnam-ro street was where the academy was located, as you may already know,
he mentioned both Geumnam-ro and Neuron in "Chicken Noodle Soup."
The academy's CEO, stated that J-Hope is one of the best dancers who ever graduated from Joy Dance Academy.
CEO Park Daehong mentions that J-Hope was a hard-working student
who could dance in many different styles and only cared about music.
A 2017 Billboard article once named J-Hope as the Dancing King of BTS.
J-Hope is known to be a strict dance teacher to the other members.
Do you know who else is a strict teacher?
Lalisa Manoban was also a member of a dance group at a young age.
After starting to take dance classes at age four, she competed regularly in dance contests throughout her childhood
and joined the eleven-member dance crew We Zaa Cool alongside BamBam of Got7.
In September 2009, the group entered the competition LG Entertainment Million Dream Sanan World and won the "Special Team" Award.
Today, Lisa's personal YouTube channel has garnered over 4.4 million subscribers
and Lili Film #3 is rapidly approaching 50 million views.
Here's what rapper Jessie said about Lisa's dance:
I think she is one of the best I've ever seen.
There are so many different types of dancing, everyone has their own preferences
but the way she dances though, goddamn she's a good dancer.
Kim Jong-In, more widely known as Kai, began to train in ballet while in third grade and started jazz dance by the time he was 8.
After participating in the SM Youth Best Contest, he won and signed with the company in 2007.
Kai graduated from the School of Performing Arts Seoul in 2012.
Here's what Hee-chan of the group DKB had to say about Kai:
I choose Kai as a role model because he has the best facial expressions and dance skills in the world.
Also, he is well-educated and professional when it comes to dance.
Choreographer Choi Youngjun is a well-known K-pop choreographer
who has worked with many popular groups such as Twice and Seventeen.
Through an interview with Korean media called THE FACT in April 2020,
Choi Youngjun revealed who he thinks are the best dancers in the K-pop industry.
For male, he chose Kai and for female, it was Lisa.
He mentioned that Kai is such a good dancer
that he and many other choreographers have a hard time coming up with dances that he would appreciate.
And as for Lisa, he choreographed her stage Good Thing and praised her versatility
by saying that she could properly execute any genre of dance.
He also stated that Lisa is so mind-blowingly good, it's hard to explain with words.
But let's not leave J-Hope out of the conversation, because after all,
he did get a nod of approval from Michael Jackson's nephew Taj Jackson, for his tribute performance.
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