Post by teamprd on Oct 17, 2015 18:40:20 GMT
The next section opens on archive footage from a live performance. On stage, dressed in pink and blue outfits, are June and May, singing and dancing to a crowd of people waving glowsticks and cellphones in the air. The footage is focused on the well-choreographed moves from the idols themselves. As the feed continues to pull back, Junko is standing in front of the monitor, perfectly emulating the moves from the video while still wearing her military outfit.
“Being an idol means your life changes dramatically. People assume that it’s easy, that idols are like actors in America who get a lot of money for the least amount of work. But no one really understands the difficulties, and I don’t just mean having to live according to the rules of societal expectations. I mean THIS,”
Junko points to the concert footage.
“Have you ever had to choreograph a dance number? It takes hours of work before even starting to practice. Now try doing that for every single song you make or perform. Idols sing, but more importantly, idols have to inspire all different emotions from the way they dance. I challenge anyone, not just Candi, to master a PRD dance routine in the same time span we have to master them.”
“What Candi does is, as I understand, a different kind of dance. The kind of dance that salarymen like to watch before going home late at night. We do not judge but in this case we have to let it be known that that kind of dancing will serve only to please the old man in the announcing chair.”
“Candi, sweetie, we are friends and while you can dance how you want to dance I think you need to be fully aware of just what kind of moves you are up against.”
As if to demonstrate, a pop song is piped through the speakers and the music video plays on the monitor behind her. In it, the dancers take a formation and turn a military step into a clever, cute, dance, to which Junko does the moves flawlessly: Marching in step, kicking legs up on beat, high stepping like in a march.
“This time the dance off is one on one and though you have experience on dancing by yourself and in front of an audience, this is no red light club and this is Tokyo. It will become a battle of skills. Of choreography against eros. Of idol against hostess. Of kawaii against sexy. And Candi, there is no one as kawaii in the ring or on the dance floor than JunKO!”
“But after we dance again, we can take you to Harajuku, there are so many stores you will love! But until then, LET US DANCE!”
And dance they shall, without a care for who’s watching. At the end of the day, dance is always what it comes down to with these two.
“Being an idol means your life changes dramatically. People assume that it’s easy, that idols are like actors in America who get a lot of money for the least amount of work. But no one really understands the difficulties, and I don’t just mean having to live according to the rules of societal expectations. I mean THIS,”
Junko points to the concert footage.
“Have you ever had to choreograph a dance number? It takes hours of work before even starting to practice. Now try doing that for every single song you make or perform. Idols sing, but more importantly, idols have to inspire all different emotions from the way they dance. I challenge anyone, not just Candi, to master a PRD dance routine in the same time span we have to master them.”
“What Candi does is, as I understand, a different kind of dance. The kind of dance that salarymen like to watch before going home late at night. We do not judge but in this case we have to let it be known that that kind of dancing will serve only to please the old man in the announcing chair.”
“Candi, sweetie, we are friends and while you can dance how you want to dance I think you need to be fully aware of just what kind of moves you are up against.”
As if to demonstrate, a pop song is piped through the speakers and the music video plays on the monitor behind her. In it, the dancers take a formation and turn a military step into a clever, cute, dance, to which Junko does the moves flawlessly: Marching in step, kicking legs up on beat, high stepping like in a march.
“This time the dance off is one on one and though you have experience on dancing by yourself and in front of an audience, this is no red light club and this is Tokyo. It will become a battle of skills. Of choreography against eros. Of idol against hostess. Of kawaii against sexy. And Candi, there is no one as kawaii in the ring or on the dance floor than JunKO!”
“But after we dance again, we can take you to Harajuku, there are so many stores you will love! But until then, LET US DANCE!”
And dance they shall, without a care for who’s watching. At the end of the day, dance is always what it comes down to with these two.
