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omonatheydidWe all know that KPop idols are hot hot hot property in Japan right now. So many Korean idols are crossing over to make their Japanese debuts faster than you can say 'Konnichiwa'!
And what better way to prove KPop's rising popularity in Japan than a massive KPop dance festival? The Shibuya O-Group recently held the "Dream On!" KPop Cover Dance Fes' 2011, which featured different Japanese crews doing some epic covers of KPop choreography.
And their special guest is somebody you're very familiar with: none other than RINO NAKASONE, internationally-known dancer, and the famed SME choreographer (the lady behind the dances for 'Hoot', 'Love Like Oxygen', 'Nu Abo', among many others)!
And what better way to prove KPop's rising popularity in Japan than a massive KPop dance festival? The Shibuya O-Group recently held the "Dream On!" KPop Cover Dance Fes' 2011, which featured different Japanese crews doing some epic covers of KPop choreography.
And their special guest is somebody you're very familiar with: none other than RINO NAKASONE, internationally-known dancer, and the famed SME choreographer (the lady behind the dances for 'Hoot', 'Love Like Oxygen', 'Nu Abo', among many others)!
Read on for the official media coverage of the event via Fangirl Diaries.
2NE1
SNSD / Girls' Generation
Big Bang
SHINee
BEAST / B2ST
Brown Eyed Girls
f(x)
Kara
Orange Caramel
*For those of you looking for Rino Nakasone photos, as official press, we still have to get permission before posting her photos. A little hint though: the photo of the girls and guys dancing to Genie -- is Rino's dance crew from the States!
*FGD was only allowed to take phtos, for videos, scroll down to the comments section!
Show Highlights
The whole show was jam-packed with jaw-dropping action, but Nana recounts the highlights of the festival below:
[ SNSD Fever in Tokyo! ]
- SNSD obviously had the most popular choreographies - the teams mainly did Hoot, Genie and Oh! (perhaps because they were all choreographed by Rino?), but there were also performances of Run Devil Run, Into the New World and Show!Show!Show!.
[ Kid dance groups stealing the spotlight ]
- Other personal favorites was the 2NE1 group that did Clap Your Hands in military style outfits - Doc Martens boots, black cargo pants, and grey camouflage hoodies, everyone sporting the same braided hairstyle! They had one of the most high energy performances, and it was incredible to see a group of kids (I don't think any of them were over fifteen) dance with an intensity that could give 2NE1 a run for their money!
[ The fabulous & sweet Rino Nakasone: The perfect epitome of Japan+KPop ]
- Of course, the absolute highlight of the evening was seeing none other than the fabulous Rino Nakasone -- member of Beat Freakz, GEMINIZ and the Harajuku Girls, and of course the choreographer to all your favorite SM idols -- perform some of her most famous choreographies.
Rino also sat down with the MCs for a talk in Japanese, telling her story of how she went from memorizing Michael Jackson dances in Okinawa, to working with Janet Jackson in the States. She has a wonderfully bubbly and sweet personality - though she herself insists she not cute. Rino also brought a crew of nine dancers, both boys and girls, with her from the States, who performed Genie, Oh and Hoot, in perfect sync!
For more information + more amaaaaaazing photos, visit the original source.
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Date: 2011-01-07 07:11 pm (UTC)btw, even blackjacks know 2NE1 as a whole are weak dancers so it's not really hard to out-dance them tbh. xD
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Date: 2011-01-07 07:11 pm (UTC)Love Rino sfm.
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Date: 2011-01-07 07:13 pm (UTC)Totes laughed out loud when I saw that too! BETTER LEGS THAN MINE I BELIEVE
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Date: 2011-01-07 07:17 pm (UTC)There should be videos of those performances!
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Date: 2011-01-07 07:22 pm (UTC)and omg, the crew who danced genie looks epic!
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Date: 2011-01-07 11:11 pm (UTC)there's some video - but nothing of official of rino dancing that i know of yet.
her agent was quite strict about what we were allowed to photograph/film, though i know other people were filming ^^
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Date: 2011-01-07 07:57 pm (UTC)Also, the photos look amazing but I'll wait until videos come up.
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Date: 2011-01-08 02:20 am (UTC)Rino > PCD
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Date: 2011-01-07 08:19 pm (UTC)STOP THE HATE AND MASTURBATE.
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Date: 2011-01-07 09:15 pm (UTC)i'm loving these photos -- wish there were vids too!!
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Date: 2011-01-07 09:30 pm (UTC)Hoot/Into the New World:
Run Devil Run:
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Can't You See/Abracadabra/Clap Your Hands:
A~ing/Magic Girl:
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Date: 2011-01-07 11:54 pm (UTC)and it's not just japan, the bboy scene in korea is intense and outclasses america's bboys to a huge extent
i feel like other than cl and maybe minzy on a nice day (though i just don't like her dancing) are good enough to be called dancers.
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Date: 2011-01-08 12:29 am (UTC)(it's my first time really writing anything so, concrit please ^^)
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