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Post by Woo Seojin on Jul 26, 2020 11:39:32 GMT -8
Seojin grinned at Elena when they finished that run through and said, "Much better!"
She pulled up the tablet again and said, "This next bit of the dance is one of the really iconic parts. And it actually works really well for a two person cover because they are alternating who is up and who is down. I'd probably each pick one of the girl in the red on top and black on bottom and the one with black on top and red on bottom, and follow what they're doing since they're kind of centered for this part."
She played the next short clip, from about the 50 second mark through the 58 second mark and said, "The hand details are really important in this part, and having us get the swapping between up and down timing just right. Do you have a preference between the one with the red top and the one with the black top for whose dance to follow?"
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Post by Elena Moon on Jul 26, 2020 15:30:46 GMT -8
Elena came forward again to watch the video, leaning on Seojin but no longer clinging. "You can be center, I'll do the other one," she stood up straight and practiced the hand movements.
"Let's try the chorus, I'm ready," she practiced the transition from what they learned to this new section, "yes, I'm ready."
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Idol (leader and main dancer of J.B.N.).
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Post by Woo Seojin on Jul 26, 2020 15:47:08 GMT -8
Seojin looked thoughtful for a second and said, "If you think that you're up for a few phrases all together, the whole chorus mostly consists of all of them doing the same thing. We could try the bit starting from the 50 second mark and go all the way through the end of the chorus at the 1 minute 22 second mark. It's more to hold in your head at once, but it's catchy and is probably good to practice all as one go."
She scooted the time back and let it play all the way through the chorus this time, tapping out the time on the edge of the tablet as the song went. She commented, "There's some moves where the working on the sharpness is going to be very important in the third phrase of the chorus with the legs."
She glanced over at Elena and asked, "Want to try?"
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Post by Elena Moon on Jul 26, 2020 15:55:09 GMT -8
"Yeah, let's try the the whole thing. Names to faces and people facts, that's the kind of stuff my brain doesn't hold onto. Dancing should be fine," Elena said, watching the chorus.
She watched and followed along with the dance moves in time, trying to make sure to pay close attention to the sharpness Seojin had mentioned.
She clapped a few times, psyching herself up, "let try from the beginning!"
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Idol (leader and main dancer of J.B.N.).
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Post by Woo Seojin on Jul 26, 2020 16:07:23 GMT -8
Seojin smiled and set the music up to start from the beginning. She was enjoying putting this together with Elena a lot, for all the middle awkwardness. She was pretty sure that no matter what, they were going to be able to be good friends, and that was what she wanted to focus on right now, that and the dancing.
She hurried into her dance position and as they went, she focused checking the sharpness of Elena's moves, especially in the the areas with kicks or hip isolations that were a style very different from what Elena was used to. She was glad that it was obvious that Elena learned fast.
When they got to the end of the chorus, she went over to pause the music and asked, "How did that feel? You looked pretty good. There's some details that we should work on once we're practicing it all the way through, but it's easier to polish once you know all the parts."
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Post by Elena Moon on Jul 26, 2020 16:17:51 GMT -8
"It felt good, but if there's anything that'll be annoying to fix later, please let me know now," Elena said, doing the hop kick step again.
"I'm good with instructions with dancing first but once I do it a couple times, my body starts to kind of remember that way of doing it, so if you see anything off, please let me know so I can fix it before I get used to it." She knew she was weird, but it was how she worked.
She stifled a yawn, not really knowing how long she'd been up at this point. She could see the clock on the wall said 2pm, which made it siesta right now, maybe that's why she wanted a nap. She stretched a few times and went back to the tablet, "what's next?"
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Post by Woo Seojin on Jul 26, 2020 16:42:55 GMT -8
Seojin nodded and said, "Focus on sticking the end of the movement on the side kicks into down and back up movement so that they have pop at the end instead of all flowing one into the next. Each part should look distinct. All the pieces are in the right place, but you want to speed up the beginning of each movement a little bit and hold the end point for just a little bit."
She could tell that Elena was starting to get tired, and if she seemed to droop more, Seojin would probably suggest that they take a break, but she also knew that it could be a challenge adjusting to a new timezone before daily routines got established.
She pulled up the tablet again and said, "The next bit is one of the areas where you're going to have to focus on those strong sharp movements and hip isolations where the core stays still. We're going to go with the part from 1 minute 22 seconds to 1 minute 40 seconds. Focus on Ryujin, um, the one with black long sleeved shirt for this part. She hits the hits in this style really well, and it's really clear. They're all pretty much doing the same thing through this, except a few bits of accent work and some formation changes that aren't going to work with just two people, so we're going to focus on the main part of the choreo."
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Post by Elena Moon on Jul 26, 2020 16:56:24 GMT -8
Elena crouched down and watched the clip, rewinding it after it finished. She rewound it two more times before loosely doing the moves along with it.
"Yeah, I think I can try that," she stood up and stretched again. She practiced the kicking and steps, trying for the right style and feel with it. She changed how sharp she was hitting some of the moves and could see the difference.
"Ready," she said.
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Post by Woo Seojin on Jul 26, 2020 17:23:39 GMT -8
It was interesting watching Elena feel out the music. She was clearly getting the hang of the harder hits as she went, and Seojin nodded her approval as Elena went to set herself up. She said, "That was looking pretty close. As we're doing it to the music, focus on getting those hits right on the beat."
She started the music again from the top, since it seemed like Elena liked working through the transition between the parts as she added new parts on. This was one of the parts that fell really strongly into Seojin's preferred styles, so she felt natural with the footwork and hits and style of isolations being used.
She watched to make sure that nothing was tripping Elena up carefully though because she knew that this stretch was one of the farthest from what Elena was comfortable with.
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Post by Elena Moon on Jul 26, 2020 17:33:04 GMT -8
Elena focused her attention where Seojin was pointing it. She made sure to listen to the music and try to land the moves right on beat.
"I think I'm starting to get the hang of this," she said as they finished through that time. She stifled another yawn. "Sorry, I think the flight might be catching up with me."
"What time is dinner supposed to be? I might need a siesta before then," she said, covering up another yawn.
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Idol (leader and main dancer of J.B.N.).
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Post by Woo Seojin on Jul 26, 2020 20:49:08 GMT -8
Seojin smiled at her and said, "Your dancing is looking good. I think that you are getting the hang of translating the moves to a new style pretty well so far."
She nodded when Elena said that she was getting tired and said, "Dinner is going to be at seven. If you need to rest for a while before then there's plenty of time. I can walk you back to the dorm so that you can get some rest, and you can have first go at the shower there. I might just come back and use the ones at the training rooms after I dance for a little longer."
She'd been using the shower in the dorm a bit more regularly since she'd graduated instead of just accepting that the simplest thing was to use the showers near the training rooms, but one shower was not really enough between six people, three of whom would be spending most of their time at company.
She asked, "Do you want me to come check on you and wake you up at some point?"
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Post by Elena Moon on Jul 27, 2020 9:41:06 GMT -8
"Thanks, it's because I had a great teacher," Elena said, stifling another yawn. She trudged over to where she'd left her mini jacket and picked it up before returning to Seojin and wrapping an arm around her waist. Being sleepy had made her forget her earlier hesitation to get close to Seojin again.
"Yes, could you bring me back to the dorm? I should shower, I'm all sweaty," she said, rubbing her eyes. "And yes, I'd appreciate the wake up call. I think I just need to sleep for an hour or two."
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Post by Woo Seojin on Jul 27, 2020 15:31:55 GMT -8
Seojin gave Elena a fond little smile. It was much less overwhelming to have Elena cuddle up to her now that she knew what was going on and she had a time frame in which she knew she would be able to think about it. She said, "Alright, let's go. I'll get you back to the dorms, and I'll check in on you in about two hours to make sure that you wake back up and can get started on getting used to the new time zone."
She left her water bottle where it was, figuring that she would come back to the dance studio to keep practicing afterwards. She figured she would also send a quick text to the rest of the members giving them a heads up about Elena so they weren't as surprised as she had been, and telling them to meet her at the dance studio when they got back from school or wherever Shieon-unnie was today, that way if they got back while Elena was still napping they wouldn't have waking her up be the way that they met.
When they made it to the dorm, she asked, "Is there anything that you need before I head back to the dance studio? There's towels on the shelves in the bathroom, and any plain white towels are the ones that the company supplied the dorm with, so anyone can use them, and there's a basket for used ones in there too. The body wash and shampoo and conditioner in the purple basket is mine, and if you don't have your own stuff here yet, feel free to use that. I can take you somewhere to get some sometime today or tomorrow."
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Post by Elena Moon on Jul 27, 2020 17:26:31 GMT -8
Elena followed Seojin into the dorm. "I actually don't even know what I packed," she said, looking at the purple basket she'd mentioned.
"I mean I packed my bag, but my mom probably unpacked and repacked it before I left, so I have whatever she left me," Elena laughed a little and headed towards her suitcase, a little sad. She'd been away from her mother before, but not this far and not for as long as it was going it be.
She opened the suitcase and found clothes and toiletries neatly folded away as well as a note from her mother telling her to "give 'em hell." Elena sniffled and smiled, she could hear her mother saying it.
She stood up and said, "I think I'm all set, thanks unnie, I'll see you in a few hours." She immediately took off her tank top and started to wriggle out of her pants, leaving herself in her bra and underwear before bending down to grab her toiletries from the suitcase.
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Idol (leader and main dancer of J.B.N.).
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Post by Woo Seojin on Jul 27, 2020 18:57:25 GMT -8
Seojin let out a choked, "See you later," and bolted for the door when Elena started to just undress in the room. It's not like none of them ever changed in the room around each other, though most people at least brought their stuff back to their bed. Seojin personally preferred to change in the restroom or sometimes in the walk in closet in the hall if things were busy in the dorm, but she knew that was mostly her just not wanting to change in front of people. But somehow, the very idea of it was a lot more strange when it was the girl who'd just spent the past few hours flirting with her.
She made it back to the dance studio pretty quickly, set an alarm for herself to go check on Elena once she'd cleaned herself up, and started working on polishing "Wannabe" for them to finish working on together later. She was almost startled when the alarm went off, but she stretched and showered in the showers by the practice studios before going to wake up her new groupmate.
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