Performer Reacts to NCT U 'Universe (Let's Play Ball)' Dance Practice | ANALYSIS | Jeff Avenue
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I am an actor and content creator with Hollywood credits including roles on Lucifer (Netflix), Starlight Christmas (Hallmark), JT Leroy (Universal Studios), etc. In this channel, I offer insight to Kpop performances using my 10+ years of training in dance, acting, singing and overall performance. In dance, my forte are contemporary and musicals and have done most of my performances in theatre. Although my channel is mostly known for dance analysis, I am currently inactive in the dance community.
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@roodamaxamud3103
2 жыл бұрын
Aespa dream come true reaction plz jeff
@eden_9819
2 жыл бұрын
Please react to skinz by onlyoneof 🙏
@sujathabehetha1238
2 жыл бұрын
Hey Jeff please watch jaemin make a wish fancam if you can😊
shotaro in this was incredible, i feel like you can pause at any moment of the video and watch him and his moves will be worth analyzing. a great team overall.
It's an intense unit, especially since majority are main/lead dancers. though it's so crazy, how many of us just get stolen by shotaro's little nuances and overall movements. shotaro is just crazy outstanding in this art called dancing!
I don't remember where they revealed it but I vividly remember Jeno saying that when they learned the choreo, all of them thought it would be basketball based and then they were surprised when the MV was staged around baseball. So you where right!
jaemin really suits hip hop!! i think it’s cause he has this natural swag
@angelmoldez3512
2 жыл бұрын
i agreee. jaemin has a natural swag, whether it is a dance or in rapping. he definitely shines in songs that requires some ~swag~ such as nct u's birthday party and nct dream's beginning rap for we go up
@xinyitoh6339
2 жыл бұрын
@@angelmoldez3512 yes!! we go up jaemin is my fav 🤩
@chiahueychoo4106
2 жыл бұрын
@@xinyitoh6339 it's we go up jaemin who got me into NCT universe 😍😍😍
This proves the reason why shotaro's fancam always go viral every time he performs. His moves are eyecatching and interesting.
shotaro seriously killed it on this one i think he got to shine more here !!
Mark Shotaro and Jaemin ate that up
Shotaro really hit the details very hard, he's a top notch 👌
I togally agree with you on Jaemin. My bias is Haechan and so I almost always pay attention to him & everyone just fades out but I watched the dance practice again just to see Jaemin. I think he really worked his center time well in Universe! He really stood out to me. In my opinion, this is the best performance from him so far. It’s such a pity that Universe came out so late in the year and they only went to music shows once. Also, SHOTARO WAS AMAZING. I was honestly shocked at how good this unit was cause it seemed so random (😅) but their stage at Inkigayo was great. I saw someone tweet about how Shotaro probably made this unit dance better and somehow I agree 😂 Shotaro, you’re a star! I hope he gets his own unit soon 🥲
Haechan's head things in this choreo is the best thing that happened in 2021
you would never think jaemin has back problems with the way he dances, he's such an amazing performer !! also can we talk about shotaro ?? he literally eats this choreo UP
@fatimamalik5523
2 жыл бұрын
He has back problems really??
@vesperlinder8030
2 жыл бұрын
@@fatimamalik5523 yes in 2016 he have an herniated disk problem and he took the whole 2017 to heal his back. he returned in 2018 for a member to step on his back for black on black video (sm don't give f about idol health problem).
@aiiinaa1344
2 жыл бұрын
And I think I saw him massaging his back during the Dance Practice Behind the Scene video and I'm afraid if his old pain is coming back...
@vesperlinder8030
2 жыл бұрын
@@aiiinaa1344 herniated disk dont heal completely plus his back it’s constantly stimulated when he dance 😞
@aiiinaa1344
2 жыл бұрын
@@vesperlinder8030 yeah I know right poor our jaemin 😢
Yes, it's true. Haechan does have a habit of leading with his elbow when doing hand/arm movements and it is a very Haechan kind of style that really suits him. Haechan has really been going off lately this year, with NCT 127, DREAM and now NCT U, his dancing has improved soo much and not only that but he's getting a lot more lines and more center time now than back when NCT first debuted. I'm soo glad that you take notice of Haechan's movements and how it's different from the other members but at the same time breaking it down for us and telling us why it suits him and how amazing Haechan is as a dancer, very much appreciated Jeff, thank you!!😊😊😊
Shotaro's move literally unreal like CGI
Shotaro devoured that body shake part 14:09
i loved the most jaemin's swag and dance moves, didn't felt forced at all. shotaro and jungwoo 🔥 nct 💚
watching haechannie's clean movements make me extremely satisfied~
I totally agree with you! I'm a dancer too and Shotaro's moves are for me clean! He for sure is so talented! I always enjoy watching him 🦦
Jungwoo and Shotaro being praised, I smiled.
I love Mark and Shotaro too , them together are really great .
Haechan is also famous for his graceful dance here in korea.😊
Haechan also took jazz dancing and contemporary!💚 he’s really amazing. Also jaemin has been catching my eyes this comeback too! Thought I was the only one 😭😭
Mark really matches the hip hop style
i think whenever shotaro dances it’s honestly hard to pay attention to other members, you can really see the difference being a professional dancer makes
shotaro absolutely nailed this choreo, he has the best execution in my eyes! he is really different from a typical kpop dancer he has something about him, idk what it is but surely I'm into it
i feel like jaemin improve a lot. i mean he's great, but this era is just so perfect for him. he shines!! despite his back is not in a good condition, he slayed. he totally own the choreo especially the intro, his part. so proud😭💖
My gosh finally somebody talked about Shotaro’s hip thrust at 10:25!!! I LOVE THAT DETAIL SO MUCH and it was such a outstanding move that makes my eyes keep falling on Shotaro the whole time. He never misses a single detail and really is specific in his movement. Thank you for pointing that out. That hip thrust must be highly appreciated! 😭
I just cant wait for Taro to freaking debut in his own unit along w Sungchan!!!!!!!!!!!
I love this choreo also this as the first cb of SHOTARO it made me very happy all the attention and compliments he received
I don’t know anything about dancing but Shotaro dances like a choreographer 😩 He’s a different breed.
At 10:10 you’re pointing out how Shotaro started with the hip first (bottom up). I’d like to point out how Mark leads that move with his shoulders (his specialty, come on). He kinda shakes (?) it at the end, following the beats, left to right (if that’s make sense), while other members don’t rly give the same nuances as they do it bottom up like Shotaro minus the hip. Love both styles!
Shotaro climbing up Jeff’s bias list at this point .
i do love mark shotaro’s part
Shotaro was born to dance. God blessed him with so much talent. He is living his dream life now. He started dreaming K Pop when he saw an NCT127 concert in Japan and now ~ I mean he could have joined a Japanese group but the world should see his talent. Yes, you’re right this group is 🔥 I also love the choreography of Universe. The transitions that leads to the formations are so good. I don’t know which member said they only practiced the choreography to do the MV for 3 days. Maybe they just did the parts that are needed in the MV?? Then they suddenly decided to shift from baseball to basketball in the real dance??? Okay, I am just guessing.
Like seriously Mark dance is just too good and too flawless.
honestly putting shotaro as centre for the last choreo is a good decision. he just did amazing and make the choreography looks powerful
Yes Haechan used to learn ballet when he was little
Mark was wearing his own designed hoodie to remind us how deep his relationship with egg is
I am not very familiar with NCT name wise. I only know a few by name but I always get drawn to Shotaro's dancing. Him and Ten may pull me into stanning NCT. I have been resisting it because I am bad with names. I looooooooove Shotaro's dancing. I love the hip theme of the dance and the song.
can we talk about yangyang like he really stole my attention he's also precise in his movements especially with jaemin in the intro 😭❤️
no u right shoraro ate this choreo and left no crumbs, he’s just born to be on that stage.
I am not at all surprised that Shotaro stands out in this choreo. Not only is it a jam packed choreo in his style, there is no mistaking someone who has been dancing (and professionally) since they were 5 years old. It's unmistakable. :D And he got into SM because they saw an amazing dancer who also had potential to develop the all-round skills of a kpop performer. So he will just grow and grow in his vocal abilities as well over the next few years because you know he is a hard worker. It must be so fun to be a choreographer who can just give these boys a choreo and know they will totally deliver on it, they are all such skilled performers.
Thanks for your analysis. Shotaro’s dance is incredible and so smooth!
Thank you for complimenting Jaemin and pointing out the differences in how he executed the moves ; ; As you said, he was in the center in a short amount of time but it definitely worthed.
Xiaojun's movement is so smooth. He such an underrated ace, like he got everything, he's handsome, he dances amazing, he has godly vocal. Fun fact: he is Make a wish (also Resonance) choreographer favorite student
@sk8ergalx
2 жыл бұрын
Hi may i know where is this mentioned?:)
@elizabethlanger6743
2 жыл бұрын
@@sk8ergalx kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZaR9qNOzgMfdos4.html The choreographer talks about Xiaojun a couple times. I think the comment above from his comments around the 10.00 mark. He mentions that he's worked with all of NCT at some point (excluding sung taro?), but now mostly works with WayV. I think WayV has a special place in his heart, particularly Ten and Xiaojun as students that enjoy making their own choreography.
Shotaro is the best dancer in NCT imo
Mark is spectacular dancing his movements are unique I love his style handsome boy
Of course it's hip-hop so Shotaro just delivers lol. It's his playground.
Shotaro makes everybody dance better.
Your face when you said "But I'm guessing it's like, any ball?" 🤣🤣🤣 I love Jaemin in this song, he is a dancer who can be pretty surprising, his swag is so playful and chill, and sometimes he catches you so suddenly with that aura. Also, the fact that they had to learn this choreo in 3 days, respect 👌
I really wish more people would talk about Doyoung and the fact that even though he is not considered one of the best dancers in NCT…he consistently improves every single year and he held his own incredibly well with this phenomenal dance line. I feel like people don’t talk about Doyoung’s dancing enough
@SeleneLedezma
2 жыл бұрын
YES! Like he debuted on T7S! that choreo is insane? And he did it with all the other incredible dancers!? He's constantly keeping up with them and improving himself and it shows!!
@Doyoungismyfave
2 жыл бұрын
@@SeleneLedezma exactly! He does not get enough credit for his dancing. He is much more fluid in his movements then sharp. Lunch and Lemonade were amazing choreography for him to showcase his style
@aysimanik
2 жыл бұрын
It's probably because his vocals kind off overshadows his dancing skills. He is a really good dancer and keeps up with every group/song/performance he is in but his vocals are insanely beautiful and strong, he is one of the best SM vocalists out there. We have so many members in nct and that's why most of the time members do not get a chance to show other sides of their talents. Most of them are aces, we have great rappers, great dancers and great vocalists. Doyoung is one of the best vocalists in nct and kpop too. I think that's why their managing team mostly focus on his vocals in performances and push him more on to the side of being a singer/vocalist. His dancing abilities are so good too but it gets overshadowed cause his singing abilities are much more stronger than his dancing abilities. What an amazing artist to stan... idk i just love him so much dhsjshj
@Doyoungismyfave
2 жыл бұрын
@@aysimanik ikr 😭 I just wish people would comment on his dancing as well because it is beautiful too
@aysimanik
2 жыл бұрын
@@Doyoungismyfave definitely!! his dancing skills deserve justice just as much as his vocals ❤️
i really can’t help but to watch Shotaro whenever he’s dancing, then i’ll have to play the video again cause i forgot to watch my children then he will snatch my attention again so then i replay the video again then she freaking gets my attention again, imagine how tired i am 😩 yes i love how Mark and Shotaro got a moment together, it’s so satisfying seeing them dance side by side. and Jaemin smashed his center position, like he really said i’m not getting any lines imma make y’all worship me. he’s different in this comeback. this is a great reminder to people who’s been discrediting him. he gets dance breaks and center for a reason!!!
Mark Lee SOPA Dance Deparment (Hiphop) Student no. 28
Let's going to say a fact: Shotaro is the best 4th generation dancer.
finally hahah i've been waiting for someone to point out the way taro moved his hips at the "high five" part of the chorus.. I just love the way taro execute his moves.
Thank you for appreciating Jungwoo's dance skill. 🥺 He improves a lot.
shotaro is amazing 👍
I can’t blame you for keep being distracted by Shotaro but overall this unit is indeed contain all of the aces 💫
I was crying… I barely see people commenting and appreciating Jaemin’s dance😭
This unit is STRONG strong 😍
I AGREE!!! jaemin showed his new side of him!! i didnt expect jaemin to be so good at hiphop style tbh
couldn't take my eyes off mark, think he's gonna become my bias
idk but mark, jungwoo, shotaro make good trio, i feel they give same energy
OMG JEFF I've been waiting for other reactors to comment on that hard hitting slow to fast movement jeno did during that last bit of his center part but they never did except for KoKo3op. It was worth waiting for your analysis to this T_T
@Koko3op
2 жыл бұрын
Hahaha yesssss! Love this ♥️
The fact, that they're learn the choreo just in 3 days. That's so amazing.
honestly i never thought the combination of this unit though, but it turns out this is the best unit for me!
I didn't really catch up on any updates about this comeback so I didn't know who're in this line-up until I watched the MV. When I saw the members, I was like, damn this is a very strong unit when it comes to dancing. We literally have Sho freakin Taro, Jeno Jaemin Yangyang Haechan Mark Xiaojun andJungwoo, who can literally be considered the lead dancers and let's not forget Doyoung. I find that Jaemin suits this concept more than MAW in terms of dancing.
Doyoung is really an ace, he got put in all 3 supreme groups through 3 NCT projects: Boss, Make a wish and Let's play ball and let's not forget the ultimate first NCT debut unit - NCT U The 7th sense unit
13:39 he's one of the best dancers of the group, you (and most of the fans) just never noticed him lol
if you think this is jaemin’s best dance, you should watch him in make a wish!!! jaemin was insane during that
@metime622
2 жыл бұрын
That's right, he's amazing
@vanshika2135
2 жыл бұрын
And boom! His control was insane there
@ahya0824
2 жыл бұрын
Yess, legendary jaemin in make a wish. I love wathcing his fancam in make a wish
@jwisung8863
2 жыл бұрын
He didn't click with me there, I don't know why but maybe the presence of Xiaojun and Shotaro just made me focus on them. This is the best I have seen him so intense and aaahh, he’s making me abandon Renjun lol. Edit: I changed my mind. I binged on all of Jaemin’s fancams and boy do I regret not appreciating him enough ahhhh. He’s so charismatic even with the dreamies. I’ve been focusing on Jisung, Jeno, and Renjun when he’s with the dreamies and on Shotaro, Xiaojun in the other units. He deserves the center position!
@hawa_
2 жыл бұрын
@@jwisung8863 jaemin’s fan cams are a blessing in maw era !! he wasn’t literally so good 😭😭
Their energy in this song, this choreo is too crazy
You know Jeff is enjoying the choreo when his voice starts getting higher 😅♥
ショウタロウのダンスは最高です。大好き!
I say this everywhere and have probably said it on your other videos, but Shotaro just amazes me. He’s like a skill/technique sponge. He came to the group with a lot of talent and an incredible skill set, and he has just absorbed everything new and different the trainers and choreographers give him and spit it back out with his own completely unique style. I cannot get enough of him. Cannot. And Haechan and Jaemin are my Dream biases, so of course I love the love.
Reina always killed the choreography! SM got a masterpiece as expected...
first of all, thank you for saying Haechan's name correct and not HEYchan 😭 second of all you speaking is so satisfying. and lastly, your explanation actually pin pointed out so many aspects to the dance for me thanks bestie ~
This was reinaʼs choreography too 😻
yas the comment section is full with shotaro
Yes this unit have so manny members with their own signature dance style
Although all of them are so damn amazing at dancing, i'm just so captivated by Jungwoo.♡
i too was surprised when i saw the dance practice, it was sooo powerful than i expected
Never disappointed with NCT's choreo
This is by far my favorite reaction for this dance practice and possibly my favorite reaction of yours as well Jeff. The way you praised the members every time they stood out and explained the way they move like with Haechan in using his elbow. I sometimes get annoyed with too much pausing but for some reason I never do with your videos, I'm just amazed and entertained the whole time. Thank you for making me love this choreo even more then I already did.
3:53 I mean there was a basketball hoop in the music video as well and the hand movement in the chorus kind of resembles swinging the baseball bat so I guess any ball game is aight
I honestly like how this unit dances like their rent is due. Love this unit so so much.
Yes, Mark style Dance Swag
When I first watch this I was also distracted by Taro..hope you react to Sf9's trauma
Jaemin dances effortlessly chic in his way with full of swag!!!! LIT 🔥
hii! i just wanted to say that i'm a dancer as well and i attend workshops wherein we cover kpop dances and whenever i do attend, beforehand i would watch your videos so i have a deeper understanding on the choreo, it helps me a lot:) can't wait to cover this dance next year & thank you for ur help 😁
I think they performed better at the sbs gayo more than MAMA. Even the dance breaks at sbs were better
@elfinneocity590
2 жыл бұрын
MAMA camera works is NO NO.
@sweet6008
2 жыл бұрын
It’s the camera that performed bad lmao
@tatendatombe1529
2 жыл бұрын
@@sweet6008 yeah that camera work did no justice but I also feel like the enjoyed the sbs performances more. Maybe its because they had gotten a bit of rest. Mark especially
The things is how amazing sm find all this boy 👦
Forget everyone...doyoung killed it😊💚
I need more marktaro actually
It's the JABBAWOCKEEZ reference for me! So much memories about their dances~
all of them are good dancers but shotaro is definitely another level
I don’t see many comments talking about yangyang but he personally stood out to me! I feel like he’s underrated as a dancer
Honestly i cant blame you for noticing shotaro so much cause honestly we got to see him only like once a year😁 Shotaro fix unit when?
Not only Mark has also have huge swag in him cause he is such a natural dancer
You can watch Jaemin’s Make A Wish fancam, you will see the best vibe of him. It literally legend 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Been waiting