AVA: My feet hurt.
[both laugh]
SODA: Don't you talk to me about "your feet hurt!"
AVA: My feet hurt!
SODA: Cause you know when you're 50 and you've birthed five kids
I'd like to see YOU do this fast fast fast again and again!
CLAY: Hi everyone! It's Clay,
and welcome back to another episode of THIS vs. THAT!
In this video,
we'll be taking a look at what it's like to learn a dance routine
as- an older dancer,
versus- as a younger dancer.
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AVA: Hi, my name is Ava Chavarria,
aka "Popcorn,"
and I've danced with Get Down District
and The LAB,
and I'm currently dancing with Culture Shock, LA.
I'm 14 years old,
and I've been dancing for eight years now.
SODA: Hi, my name is Soda Persi,
I am 49 years old,
I have been dancing for 46 years!
[Soda laughing] AVA: We're a movie combo,
so I hope this dance was like a movie to you. SODA: Yeah!
I have NOT had a dance class,
since she was 4 years old.. [Ava laughs]
DEVIN: So, the class you guys are gonna be taking today
is a class by Mykell Wilson
called "Save Room For Us."
Mykell's very-
he's very bouncy- very big dancer
so it'll be a good time..
AVA: Ayee.
oOoo!
SODA: Very fast.
[both laugh]
SODA: Just imagine you dancing with your mom!
How you feel dancing with your mom?
Soda and Popcorn!
Here we go! AVA: Yeah we're Soda and Popcorn!
SODA: Ready to go to the movies!
He is moving so fast!
And old brain cannot move that fast!
SODA: As you get older- y'know,
you definitely have a lot more things on your mind.
I mean, y'know-
the- older, slow brain
and- and then once the brain gets it?
Then it has to make sure that the body gets it.
Then you got the older, slow body..
'Cause you know when you're 50 and you've birthed five kids
I'd like to see YOU do this fast fast fast again and again!
AVA: What I really do is I watch the choreographer first,
and then I go off to the side
and practice doing it my way.
I add my own sauce into it.
SODA: As a younger dancer,
you watch it, you get it,
you do it- y'know, there's not a lot of like-
you don't- you don't sit there and overanalyze.
'Cause I'd watch a video and I'd do it right away as a kid!
Literally have to turn my brain off,
so that I could kind of just get into the fun and the-
emotion- part of the dance.
AVA: Do you wanna speed it up a bit?
SODA: You just- you go!
I just- I'm doing my thing!
Disc is full!
Disc space is full!
AVA: Storage full?
SODA: Storage full!
SODA: As I've gotten older,
you WANT to go and take these classes, but-
it can be intimidating!
Y'know? For older people..
First of all, you don't wanna look bad in front of the younger dancers.
You sit there and you overanalyze,
and that's what I'm saying, it's like-
the brain gets- slowed down
by all of that.
AVA: I get a lot more opportunities
maybe- than Soda may have had when she was younger..
I have STEEZY Studio I could learn choreography off from,
I could take classes..
SODA: When I was younger,
you had ballet studios,
they taught jazz-tap,
and it was pretty basic..
so something like-
like this STEEZY class
is cool because-
we can watch it- y'know,
in our house, right? AVA: Yeah.
SODA: I can-
repeat it.
I can slow it down if I need to. AVA: Yeah.
For older dancers, I think like- that would be great!
AVA: Okay, we'll go slower..
SODA: I like this! This is a NICE speed.. AVA: It's a good tempo, right?
SODA: OH yeah! Mama likes it!
[ ♪ song playing in 0.71x speed ♪ ]
AVA: For me, what I liked about Soda's-
moving- [Soda laughs]
was that, even if she messed up,
she made it look like she didn't mess up.
She really just had fun with the piece,
which I thought was awesome to do
because- I'm over here trying to get it all down
when she wasn't worried at all.
If you make a mistake, OWN IT..
and it's not a mistake if you're smiling.
Did he say saucy or salsa?
AVA: Saucy.
SODA: My sauce is a lil' lumpy..
but it can still sauce!
I really liked watching Ava do the dance
because it was really cool to watch how she could pick it up-
real quick.
It was inspirational!
AVA: Thank you~! SODA: So inspirational!
[Ava laughs]
AVA: One thing I would tell my older self
is, if you really love dance,
keep dancing
because it is always there for you
and it has always been your passion since day one,
and you're really great at it,
so.. SODA: Yeah you are!
AVA: You make people smile while you do it!
SODA: You make me smile!
[both laugh]
SODA: If there was something I could tell my younger self..
have fun!
Remember WHY you're doing it!
You're doing it because you love it!
You have to enjoy it,
keep it fun and keep the passion going.
You can NEVER start at the wrong time.
You start when YOU think it's right.
Who cares if you're too old..
and who cares if you're too young??
You go out there and you show your moves!
SODA: Dance is something that's inside of you forever.
It starts when you're young,
and- young can be..
2.. 3.. 17-
but once it-
it gets in- IN you,
it's a passion that just stays with you for the rest of your life.
AVA: Did it!
SODA: Oo!
You ready Popcorn?
AVA: You ready Soda?
SODA: I'm ready!
AVA: Let's do this!
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