It took him 2 months to audition those dancers. The choreographer is Mihawkback (famous choreographer in Korea). I love the choreography. Kai makes it look sophisticated and classy. Also his height and body line makes the choreo even more beautiful.
you are the first person that mentioned the differences between Taemin and Kai which is gratifying to hear. No one wants to hear that they are copying from another artist. They are best friends and used to practice together on their own time while they were trainees. Its understandable that they would have acquired ‘mannerisms’ from each other. He also asked advice from Baekhyun and Taemin, both his seniors in the agency and his bandmates in SuperM while preparing for his mini-album. But each of them are unique. They have different personalities, temperaments, preferences and dance backgrounds which is reflected in their style of dancing.
This was interesting. I don't know if you've watched the Film : Kai video on exo's youtube channel? If not I'd be interested in your feedback. Re. posture I think a lot of it is because his spine is a disaster zone tbh (multiple herniated discs), but it's also a power stance from having to be the center of EXO. He's been a significant part in them being known as an incredible live performance group and as center and main dancer he's carried a lot of that burden and the grounded stance is almost as if he's ready for a fight. It would be cool to see your thoughts on some of his other stuff. He has a dance practice for his song Spoiler (more hip hop) on the shimworld youtube channel, and a performance rehearsal of I See You/I C U, which is more contemporary on the same channel (he also performed it at MAMA 2017 if you'd rather see a performance). I think both are interesting for comparison. I'm not sure if you're also aware of SuperM, but if not they're a SM Entertainment supergroup with Kai and Baekhyun (from EXO), Taemin, and Taeyong, Mark, Ten and Lucas from NCT. Kai is their main dancer. As part of their promo build up to their debut last year they produced a dance performance video that has Ten, Taemin and Kai do a dance segment in their chosen styles. You'll already have guessed this if you watched the Film I mentioned at the top, but Kai is always heavily involved in performance directing and choreographing his stuff and you can clearly see the difference in what he produces in the SuperM video. He's been dancing for 20 years now and has been working with Mihawk (the choreographer for Mmmh, EXO's Love Shot etc) for about 13 of those. This is long I'm sorry! I have a lot of thoughts about Kai and dance haha :(
It's so satisfying to see him and his team so synchronised righttt 😭😭😭 thankss for the reaction. Fyi, the meaning of his name 'kai' as in Chinese characters means open. I guess the opening of the dance is a symbolic of his name hihi
This dance may look easy to some because Kai makes it look so effortless but after watching all of those dance covers of Mmmh i realized is even harder than i thought, only a handful can perform the moves smoothly, majority look really akwards doing it. Kai and his team are so talented
Great reaction. Loved all your analysis. It looks like this will make a great concert stage. I love how the backup dancers were integrated into the choreography and the performance as a whole. Like the performance wouldn’t be the same without them, they weren’t just there to fill up space on the stage. I think that must be very rewarding and gratifying for the dancers because it means they’re indispensable to the performance. And I think it makes the whole performance more dynamic and interesting for the audience. You could watch that performance multiple times and see new things each time. Also I heard that Kai held auditions for the backup dancers. I think him and his team had such a solid concept and knew what they wanted to do and so they were able to prepare well and get the best dancers for this project. Not sure if you’ve watched Film: Kai yet, but in that video teaser the backup dancers are also really awesome. The whole thing is incredible so I definitely recommend watching it if you haven’t. Someone commented on another reaction that one of things that’s great about Kai is that he’s the type of performer that gives everyone on the project a chance to shine from stylist, makeup artist, to producers, choreographers, and editors. And I totally agree. I’m not a dancer or work in the arts but I work in a collaborative field we’re you can’t do work by yourself, so I know it’s so exciting and gratifying to work with someone who gives the opportunity for everyone on the project to shine. Not every performer can because it means they’d have to be very well rounded in many things. And last thank you for this reaction. I really like how you talked about the dancing, the technical side of it and your perspective as a dancer. Please react to more Kai, and the group he’s a member of, Exo. I also recommend reacting to his group mate Lay ( Zhang Yixing) who is also really great at dancing, especially in his solo song called Honey which has an MV and a dance practice. There’s so much talent and incredible work in Kpop and cpop, it’s really awesome 💛
Thanks for the comment! And I definitely agree, props to Kai’s team. It takes a village to raise a child, and there’s a lot that goes into not only Kai’s MV, but also within their lore and story with EXO. Film: Kai was great!
For me Kai is the best example of a fluid-power dancer. He does it so easily! Btw I thought the cut in the end was because of the teleportation thing? Cause in the the mv they also cut at the exact same parts. I doubt they’d post a mistake anyways.
Fun fact : there's now a mmmh challenge which I think has something to do with the thing you pointed out : internalized body roll. The point is to put a water bottle on top of your head and do as subtle as a body roll you can not to let it fall down.
@@DonKawaii1 Well here are him and one of his dancers doing it. ua-cam.com/video/xGuAW1ZyZIc/v-deo.html But even they themselves failed at the end. It is so funny.😂
EXO - Monster MV / Dance practice - Obsession MV / Dance practice - Electric Kiss MV / Dance practice/Japanese song/ - Growl MV / Dance practice - The eve dance practice /no MV/ - Love me right MV / dance practice Thank you 😊
thank you so much for reacting!! loved learning a lot as well as looking into this choreography with a much different perspective! will be tuning in to your future reactions for sure.
Thank you for the reaction. Glad you mentioned the differences between he's and Taemin's dancing. And yes, you're right Kai is dangerously beautiful lol
Thanks for your reaction to kai Seeing kai dance is really fascinating to me he does have dance training in ballet and jazz and he also learned hip hop after joining sm and its interesting to see him incorporate all those styles and make the choreography more him Maybe you could check out kai ICU awakening it's really impressive
Great breakdown and I like your description of Kai and Taemin dance styles. To me Taemin is more Michael Jacksonest if you know what I mean, where as Kai reminds me more of B Rain in his sexy animalistic approach with Ballet overtones in his more flowing movements. Both extremely great dancers with their own individual styles. They don't need to be the same to be the best in their own ways.
Thank u so much for this react and review, for a long time i was looking for a channel where a professional will react to the kpop performances, so thaks u so much. Also, it will be amazing that you react to Lay LIT video hahaha
*Kai* is the main dancer of *EXO* with *Lay & Sehun* plllz react to *EXO "The eve"* dance practice *EXO "Monster"* d.p *EXO-cbx "Blooming day"* d.p Merciiii
EXO members Solo Lay - LIT MV / dance practice - Honey MV / dance practice - Namanana MV / dance practice - Sheep MV / dance practice Kai - Film Kai - Tucson Beyond Drive /hyundai/ Sehun - On me MV Baekhyun - Candy MV / dance practice
![Dancer Reacts to Kai - Mmmh [Part 1 and 2 Only]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/zuogZmW8Aww/mqdefault.jpg)
i like the fact that he didn't try to look perfect and let us see his mistakes in this dance practice
I agree, I love the humaneness of it. Shows us how relatable and human he can be. =)
It took him 2 months to audition those dancers. The choreographer is Mihawkback (famous choreographer in Korea). I love the choreography. Kai makes it look sophisticated and classy. Also his height and body line makes the choreo even more beautiful.
Oh I like that, "dangerously beautiful".
So fits what Kai portrays EVERY time!!
you are the first person that mentioned the differences between Taemin and Kai which is gratifying to hear. No one wants to hear that they are copying from another artist. They are best friends and used to practice together on their own time while they were trainees. Its understandable that they would have acquired ‘mannerisms’ from each other. He also asked advice from Baekhyun and Taemin, both his seniors in the agency and his bandmates in SuperM while preparing for his mini-album. But each of them are unique. They have different personalities, temperaments, preferences and dance backgrounds which is reflected in their style of dancing.
I personally think that Taemin's style is more Micheal Jackson esk where as Kai is more grounded in sexuality like B Rain.
@@alisonwebre1 yup, was thinking of Rain when I see Kai's dance style.
Exactly. I am so pissed at people implying he copied Taemin. I can understand if they used the term inspired not copy 🙄
@@alisonwebre1 Yes, definitely Rain!
This is probably the best explanation of his dance l’ve heard to date..❤️
Thank you I appreciate your comment! =)
Such a great breakdown of his performance, thank you.
This was interesting. I don't know if you've watched the Film : Kai video on exo's youtube channel? If not I'd be interested in your feedback. Re. posture I think a lot of it is because his spine is a disaster zone tbh (multiple herniated discs), but it's also a power stance from having to be the center of EXO. He's been a significant part in them being known as an incredible live performance group and as center and main dancer he's carried a lot of that burden and the grounded stance is almost as if he's ready for a fight.
It would be cool to see your thoughts on some of his other stuff. He has a dance practice for his song Spoiler (more hip hop) on the shimworld youtube channel, and a performance rehearsal of I See You/I C U, which is more contemporary on the same channel (he also performed it at MAMA 2017 if you'd rather see a performance). I think both are interesting for comparison.
I'm not sure if you're also aware of SuperM, but if not they're a SM Entertainment supergroup with Kai and Baekhyun (from EXO), Taemin, and Taeyong, Mark, Ten and Lucas from NCT. Kai is their main dancer. As part of their promo build up to their debut last year they produced a dance performance video that has Ten, Taemin and Kai do a dance segment in their chosen styles. You'll already have guessed this if you watched the Film I mentioned at the top, but Kai is always heavily involved in performance directing and choreographing his stuff and you can clearly see the difference in what he produces in the SuperM video. He's been dancing for 20 years now and has been working with Mihawk (the choreographer for Mmmh, EXO's Love Shot etc) for about 13 of those.
This is long I'm sorry! I have a lot of thoughts about Kai and dance haha :(
I'm so glad I found your channel dude. As a dancer, it's very welcoming to hear this kind of perspective. You got yourself a new subscriber, thank you
That's freaking awesome! I'm happy that you're taking some good out of these videos! =)
It's so satisfying to see him and his team so synchronised righttt 😭😭😭 thankss for the reaction. Fyi, the meaning of his name 'kai' as in Chinese characters means open. I guess the opening of the dance is a symbolic of his name hihi
This dance may look easy to some because Kai makes it look so effortless but after watching all of those dance covers of Mmmh i realized is even harder than i thought, only a handful can perform the moves smoothly, majority look really akwards doing it. Kai and his team are so talented
Great reaction. Loved all your analysis. It looks like this will make a great concert stage. I love how the backup dancers were integrated into the choreography and the performance as a whole. Like the performance wouldn’t be the same without them, they weren’t just there to fill up space on the stage. I think that must be very rewarding and gratifying for the dancers because it means they’re indispensable to the performance. And I think it makes the whole performance more dynamic and interesting for the audience. You could watch that performance multiple times and see new things each time.
Also I heard that Kai held auditions for the backup dancers. I think him and his team had such a solid concept and knew what they wanted to do and so they were able to prepare well and get the best dancers for this project. Not sure if you’ve watched Film: Kai yet, but in that video teaser the backup dancers are also really awesome. The whole thing is incredible so I definitely recommend watching it if you haven’t.
Someone commented on another reaction that one of things that’s great about Kai is that he’s the type of performer that gives everyone on the project a chance to shine from stylist, makeup artist, to producers, choreographers, and editors. And I totally agree. I’m not a dancer or work in the arts but I work in a collaborative field we’re you can’t do work by yourself, so I know it’s so exciting and gratifying to work with someone who gives the opportunity for everyone on the project to shine. Not every performer can because it means they’d have to be very well rounded in many things.
And last thank you for this reaction. I really like how you talked about the dancing, the technical side of it and your perspective as a dancer. Please react to more Kai, and the group he’s a member of, Exo. I also recommend reacting to his group mate Lay ( Zhang Yixing) who is also really great at dancing, especially in his solo song called Honey which has an MV and a dance practice. There’s so much talent and incredible work in Kpop and cpop, it’s really awesome 💛
Thanks for the comment! And I definitely agree, props to Kai’s team. It takes a village to raise a child, and there’s a lot that goes into not only Kai’s MV, but also within their lore and story with EXO. Film: Kai was great!
For me Kai is the best example of a fluid-power dancer. He does it so easily! Btw I thought the cut in the end was because of the teleportation thing? Cause in the the mv they also cut at the exact same parts. I doubt they’d post a mistake anyways.
Fun fact : there's now a mmmh challenge which I think has something to do with the thing you pointed out : internalized body roll. The point is to put a water bottle on top of your head and do as subtle as a body roll you can not to let it fall down.
Oh nice! That’s actually pretty awesome to see
@@DonKawaii1 Well here are him and one of his dancers doing it.
ua-cam.com/video/xGuAW1ZyZIc/v-deo.html
But even they themselves failed at the end. It is so funny.😂
Kai is king of dance
Thanks for lovely review 🙏🏻❤️❤️
EXO
- Monster MV / Dance practice
- Obsession MV / Dance practice
- Electric Kiss MV / Dance practice/Japanese song/
- Growl MV / Dance practice
- The eve dance practice /no MV/
- Love me right MV / dance practice
Thank you 😊
Thank you so much..I love kai💕
thank you so much for reacting!! loved learning a lot as well as looking into this choreography with a much different perspective! will be tuning in to your future reactions for sure.
i also recommend for you to check out film:kai which features snippets from his mini album that also has separate choreos! thank you! 💛
Thank you for the reaction. Glad you mentioned the differences between he's and Taemin's dancing. And yes, you're right Kai is dangerously beautiful lol
Thank you so much. I didn't even know tht the simple body rolls can be hard.. he's so good in making it looks easy. Thank you for your analysis..
Thanks for your reaction to kai
Seeing kai dance is really fascinating to me he does have dance training in ballet and jazz and he also learned hip hop after joining sm and its interesting to see him incorporate all those styles and make the choreography more him
Maybe you could check out kai ICU awakening it's really impressive
please react to EXO Lay new release
LAY'飞天（Flying Apsaras）Visualizer & dance practice
is very epic
love the analysis of the dance moves and your interpretation of the overall feel and vibes
Great breakdown and I like your description of Kai and Taemin dance styles. To me Taemin is more Michael Jacksonest if you know what I mean, where as Kai reminds me more of B Rain in his sexy animalistic approach with Ballet overtones in his more flowing movements. Both extremely great dancers with their own individual styles. They don't need to be the same to be the best in their own ways.
Thank u so much for this react and review, for a long time i was looking for a channel where a professional will react to the kpop performances, so thaks u so much. Also, it will be amazing that you react to Lay LIT video hahaha
*Kai* is the main dancer of *EXO* with *Lay & Sehun* plllz react to
*EXO "The eve"* dance practice
*EXO "Monster"* d.p
*EXO-cbx "Blooming day"* d.p
Merciiii
....and Kai is the king of body rolls. sigh...
EXO members Solo
Lay
- LIT MV / dance practice
- Honey MV / dance practice
- Namanana MV / dance practice
- Sheep MV / dance practice
Kai
- Film Kai
- Tucson Beyond Drive /hyundai/
Sehun
- On me MV
Baekhyun
- Candy MV / dance practice
4:29 i just noticed that it was an M formation lol.
Pls react to kai : film as well
Can u also check Confessions dance practice of kai.
THE KOREA'S NATION PICK,EXO THE VOCAL KINGS.
And i think taemin and kai styles are different..so i nvr compare them
SuperM
- Tiger inside MV / dance practice
- 100 MV / dance practice
- One dance practice
I've been waiting for your reaction.💛