This time, it's K-dance.
At 11 a.m. on the 24th, a production presentation for Mnet 'Stage Fighter (hereinafter referred to as Stepa)" was held at the Eliena Hotel in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. Master coaches such as CP Kwon Young-chan, PD Choi Jung-nam, MC Kang Daniel, and Kim Joo-won, Yoo Hoi-woong, Information Gyeong and Choi Soo-jin attended the site.
'Stepa' is a new level of dance survival that deals with a battle between male dancers in the genre of Korean dance and modern dance ballet that expresses a message through the body.
CP Kwon Young-chan said, `There are many great classical dancers active in the world in Korea, but the public does not seem to know that much. I want to introduce attractive dancers, increase their popularity, secure their personal fandom, and show K-class dancers around the world through 'Stepa'" he said.
Kang Daniel, who has hosted the series 'Swoopa' and 'Street Man Fighter', will be the MC again with the new dance IP of the crew, which has contributed to the popularization of Korean street dance, and has created a new K-culture icon.
Producer Choi Jung-nam said "Kang Daniel has a high understanding of the overall dance because he started dancing based on modern dance. If the Mnet dance series continues, he has a strong belief that he can continue as the owner.
Kang Daniel tried to be like a battle MC when he was doing a `street dance series. This time, it's a stage and there are dancers, so it's as simple and toned as possible from the breath, so it's changed as if I'm giving you a guide in a theater or a hall."
The masters and coaches are also strong. Kim Joo-won, who was recognized as the world's best prima ballerina after serving as the head dancer of the National Ballet, will be the master, and Matthew Rich, a former senior rehearsal director of the British Lambert Dance Company, which boasts a 100-year history, will be the rehearsal director.
Kim Ju-won said "The stage is a lonely place. It is a chapter that shows dancers fighting against themselves. Even if it seems to be a confrontation with each other, there are moments when each dancer goes beyond their own limits, so it came as a touch that was fierce and beyond interest. I also cried a few times at the scene."
Contemporary Korean dance founder Information-kyung and global choreographer Kim Jae-seung will serve as Korean dance coaches. Choi Soo-jin, who joined the New York Cedar Lake Ballet for the first time and occupied Dancing9, and Sung Chang-yong, the first Korean dancer of Elvin Ailee in New York, one of the three major contemporary dance companies in the United States, were selected as contemporary dance coaches. Han Sung-woo, the representative soloist of the world's best ballet company American Ballet Theater, and Yoo Hee-woong, a unique ballet choreographer, added strength as ballet coaches.
Choi Soo-jin "Please see the individual dancer's ability to create charms, stories, thoughts, and emotions through dance. Flow techniques, aerial techniques and changes will be shown,' the intelligence officer said. `There were many moments that made us cry. It will deliver hope of life to viewers through more wonderful success and failure. It will show the beauty, taste, and excitement felt by the heart and mind,' Yoo Hoi-woong said confidently, "'Stepa' will show the power, technique, rotation, and beautiful lines unique to ballet of male dancers.'
In 'Stepa', a total of 64 representative male dancers from Korea will participate in the fight to become the main characters in the class divided into three: first, second, and under. The first-class dancers who survive the class war will have the opportunity to join the global dance and perform on the world tour.
PD Choi Jung-nam "Bringed the class form of the dance company. Dancers are divided into main supporting group groups and fight class wars to take on the role they want. He explained that each time 'casting audition' will compete for the role.'
However, unlike Mnet's previous appearances of 'Soufa' and 'Smanpa', classical dance is a field that is slightly far from the public, so there have also been questions about whether it will be able to capture popularity.
Producer Choi Jung-nam said, `I was worried because the public felt that it was difficult to dance. In the first mission, the keyword of auditioning physical techniques allowed you to fall into the movement within the dance genre. I thought it would be easy to approach if I showed a technique that I could do with the basics. The dancers' movements will be the answer. The physical technique audition felt like watching a game of other sports players from the previous battle. The review may be harsh, but viewers will be able to see it without difficulty."
Kim Ju-won said "Performance, which is expressed as pure art performed on stage, puts a lot of effort into reaching the public. If you explain common sense and characteristics of dance without difficulty, like a comment, as if giving a guideline to the public, you will be able to see what you can feel differently, such as the rules of dance, coolness, and judgment. However, as there are some people who impress without explanation, it will not be as difficult as you think. The process of making an idol and the process of making a dancer are similar. It's strangely different, but there's a part where energy touches it. I also want to dance to idol songs."
The program will premiere at 10 p.m. that day.
Producer Choi said "In the program, there was a mission for dancers to express Park Chan-wook's work with their bodies, so the director appeared slightly. Please check it out on the air."
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