How Shen Yun Dancer Choreograph Dances | 3 Musketeers

Do you have like a secret formula for how you make dances? Yeah. That's really good. Today, it's all about this guy right here. We finally finished rehearsals. Sam was doing some amazing stuff. I didn't think he was able to do it. I'm impressed by Sam. You doubted me. He didn't think I would do it. Trust Sam Hu. I'm a reliable guy. Eric, Eric, sit. Really? You can go that high? I'm super scared. Woah! Keep on pressing me. Anyways, today, it's all about this guy right here. This guy. Jisung. So Jisung, let's go out and eat, and then you tell us about how you choreograph dances. Yeah, eat. Let's eat. Okay, let's go. We just finished rehearsals. Let's go out and relax a little bit, eat something. Alright, so right now, we are going to meet Will. As I promised last episode, Jisung is going to reveal his secrets to making dances. Right, Jisung? Yes. What are you doing over there? Will. What is that? I got a new mod for my car. Alright, Jisung, Rusong, we're gonna go eat. We'll leave Sam here, let's go. Okay. We're not gonna tell him where we're eating either. Let's ditch him. Cut it, cut it. Ditch Sam. Let's go eat. What are we eating? You want McDonald's? Okay, McDonald's. McDonald's it is, let's go. Hey Jisung, we're going to McDonald's. You're fine with McDonald's, right? He's fine with McDonald's. Definitely not sponsored, but you know, sponsors if you like McDonald's. I'll be anxious. I think Yishan will be safe, yeah. Yishan is pretty good, so... Alright, we're at the restaurant. You might have noticed that Jisung has been missing from some of our previous videos or previous episodes. It's just one night today, which I think is better. That's because he's been very, very busy with choreographing dances. Before you can eat, Jisung, tell us why you started choreographing dances and then you can touch your food. I read some stories, like ancient history. The moral values kind of touched me and I really liked it. And I was like, I really want to share this because we're the dancers. As you know, the dance doesn't have language barriers. So I was like, okay, you know how there was a lot of festivals. Why don't I just make something and then share this with the people? And afterwards, people's reaction was pretty good. Before, I was really worried. And then the teacher kind of encouraged me, gave me kind of confidence. So you had a humble beginning making dances for festivals. And now you have the chance to make dances for Shen Yun. Ooh, okay. Now you can finally eat after telling us that, okay? Go eat some food right now. I know you're starving. Wait, I remember you said like, I don't like Korean food last video. He doesn't like to eat Korean food that much? No, I mean, I do like it, but maybe I don't like kimchi too much. I mean, I still do. You don't like kimchi, the main part of Korean food? You don't like spicy stuff? You don't like instant noodles? And you say you like Korean food. If it was between Chinese food and Korean food, what would you choose? Oh, I'm not gonna answer this, man. Too controversial. Just eat, just eat. Yeah. I'm so full right now. All right, Sam ate all the food and he's very satisfied. But Jisung, I have a question. Do you have like a secret formula for how you make dances? Yeah, of course. You do? Yeah. You've never told me. You've never asked me? Seems like you two are very sleepy, so I gotta talk about it tomorrow. I'm kind of sleepy too. Okay, fine, let's go. The rest of you, just tell me now. Yeah, right. Can't wait till tomorrow. Guys, where are you going? I was busy, so I couldn't hang out with Sam and Jisung. But you know what? It's the perfect chance for Jisung to practice his vlogging. Oh, no, it's already started, but I'm sorry, my head is empty. What should I say? Stop laughing at me! Ah! I hate this vlogging. Cut! What is the food that you must eat if you come to Korea? Oh, in Korea, actually, there's a lot, a lot of Korean chicken restaurants. It's like more than McDonald's in the world. Are you sure? Yeah. Okay, I challenge this. Let's do some research about this. I saw the article. Oh, really? Yes. All right, Jisung, thank you for that very long and interesting Korean food thing. You're welcome. I'm hungry. Let's hurry up. Oh, I think a boat is here. Our first episode. Okay, so guys, we are here right now at K-Pot. It is a Korean barbecue and hot pot fusion. The reason I chose this restaurant today is because it's kind of like you, fusion. Korean-Chinese fusion. What? You don't actually like Korean stuff that much. I do. You can't even eat spicy stuff. The legit reason that I don't eat spicy though. Because you're weak. Whoa, whoa, whoa. But actually, when I was small, my heart was especially weak. If I eat spicy stuff, my veins start popping. Actually, it's pretty dangerous. All Korean food is spicy almost. Yeah, so like, I kind of can eat it now because I started like meditating and then actually my health improves. And then later on, even I eat spicy stuff, it's okay. Oh, and actually the meditating leads to the secret of choreography. Are you gonna tell me now then? No, we eat first. Okay, fine. Let's eat for now. I agree with that. Okay, what am I saying? I don't know, I'm so full. Hurry. Yo, this is my first time eating the barbecue with the hot pot. Yeah. It's too good. I don't know why I've never done this before, but it's just really full though. You know the best thing about today though? Will is not here. Wow, you're like, whoever is not there, you're just like the attack that person, huh? Not really, I don't feel bad at all. She's like, it's so good you're not here. When I'm around Will, I'm a little- Nervous, right? Yeah, I'm afraid like anything I do wrong, he's gonna tell me off. Can you just get over it? When I make a video, I need like something that motivates me, like something that inspires me a lot. What do you have for dance? I usually try to like look for the stories and morals from the like ancient legends or like history or folk tales because it has been passed down for thousands of years. That is because a lot of people loved it. That's why it has been passed down. There's a lot of stories in Chinese history or history in general. What makes you want to use this story? Either about the gratitude to the divine or anything with a very strong moral value, such as like filial piety or like friendships or like loyalty and those kinds of like heroes kind of inspire me a lot. And when I read the story, I feel like, oh wow, I want to be like that too. And then I think it can be inspired by anything. Sometimes even a one sentence that someone said, for example, the beauty within that one day you did. My wonder is young, I'm pretty. My mom one day told me that like, you can't just look at the people outside, you know, you have to look what they have inside. So I was like, oh wow, I want to like remind myself that when I look at other people, I have to look their inside too. I just wanted to share this. That's why I decided to make that dance. That was a good dance, by the way. I like the main actor a lot. What's his name again? Jeffrey Zahn. Shampoo, shampoo. Cut. Right now we're heading to Jisung's favorite place, H Mart, where he can get all the Korean snacks he wants. All of it. Because the only Korean thing he likes is snacks. I like a lot of Korean stuff, stop. You're still going to have to convince me that you're Korean, okay? I have a challenge for you. You have to sing while dancing in Korean. If you do it, I'll accept you into our Korean family. Oh, what the? So Jisung, what were you saying about how today is the best day ever because Will isn't here? Oh, I didn't say that, you said it. So we have no problems today. And I think the reason is because Will is not here. Oh my, GPS just stopped working. Why, why, why, why, what happened? I'm sorry, I said the wrong thing. Will, I'm sorry! Connecting, please wait. I'm just kidding, Will, I like you. Oh, it's working. Oh my goodness, it actually started working. Hey, it started working again! What the? Okay, Will, I love you, you're my best friend. I don't know how you're controlling this. Were you recording me singing? You guys don't want to see me sing. It's too bad, ain't no one who's helping stay. Hey! It's just so sad. Okay, next time we're going to come back with the singing challenge. No, no, no, no singing challenge. People are going to unsubscribe after they hear me sing. I'm serious. I'm very surprised too. That I can sing? No, no, no, you dare to sing. Wow, that's how bad I am. Okay, we're here. Right now we're in Jisung's natural habitat, H Mart. Hopefully we can find him in the Korean snack section. We are in the, oh, he's here. We're looking for you. Now tell us, what is your favorite Korean snack? This is good, the swing chips and stuff. Couple years ago in Korea, it was really hard to buy it or something like that. Sam just went into Daiso, waiting for Sam. I loved this when I was small. This is called like hair bun cookie. It looks like, you know, in ancient times, the Korean people had this kind of hair, right? It looks like that. It's time for Jisung challenge. Jisung, if you're actually Korean, you'll do a Korean dance right now outside Daiso. Okay, we're leaving then. No, you have to do it. Next, introducing Jisung Kim, the Korean dancer from Korea. Go, go, go, don't be embarrassed. You'll prove to me that you're Korean. Why do you want me to do the Korean dance? Why, why, why, why, and why, and why? This is so weird, you don't want to do it? Can you sing some Korean too? That'd be so awesome. Look at me, look at me, look at me As if you're looking at a flower, look at me Arirang, arirang, swish, swish Arari is here Arirang, it's going over the flower Arirang, arirang, swish, swish That's really good. Wait, you didn't tell me you could sing. Jisung, come here. You passed my Korean test. You're now officially a Korean dancer. Hey, you're Chinese, why don't you do some Chinese dance right now with a Chinese song? Let's go back, I think it's getting late. Alright, Jisung, you've been making dances for a few years now, and you must have some secret tips on how to make good dances. So tell us one thing. Having gratitude towards the gods. You're gonna be like, what? What are you talking about? But this is why. First, I personally believe that traditional art started from the people who wished to show their gratitude towards the gods. For example, you know, the Greek culture, there's a lot of sculpture, painting. They're all talking about the legends and gods. And East culture, such as in China, the poetry, it started from the people praising the gods. Because of that, if I want to do the traditional arts, then I should have the same mindset. And secondly, I can stay humble, which benefits me a lot. Because once you have gratitude towards the gods, then you figure out that all the talents or good ideas are given by the divine, and it's not from me. And actually, I personally think that the reason why the divine gives the humans the creativity is to make people to make good arts that can elevate people more. And that's why I started to choreograph. So I then try to make the dances with more values. That is the most important purpose of the arts. I'm sorry, I don't know. Jisung was trying to tell me a secret. He was speaking English, but he was struggling a little bit. So now he's going to speak in Chinese because it's a little bit easier for him. The Korean man has better Chinese than English. Because the arts are meant to elevate people's morality, I want to use choreography to do that. So the dances I choreographed, including the Big Dipper, are about the stories of people who were persecuted in China for practicing the Big Dipper. Those people were persecuted because they believed in the good people. I think the good people are the most traditional truth that humans should protect. People like Xinyang were persecuted, and my friend's parents also practiced the Big Dipper. And his parents were persecuted terribly. But when I heard that story, I thought I wanted to do something. Why can't I speak English like that? Why? I've been in the US for 10 years. My Chinese is better than English. Why? I'm sorry. Sam Poo. What's up? Come down, we're going to film the conclusion. Okay, wait a minute. So this is what happened. Sam Poo comes in. Hey, guys. You guys finished your secret already? He's a good actor, you know? Wait, what are you guys... You guys are filming without me? How come no one told me? We didn't think you'd be interested, Sam Poo. What are you guys talking about? Secret. Wait, you told him the secret? Sam, calm down. Shiseng, that was amazing. With your knowledge. Really? With your knowledge, I think I can make dances now. Okay, sure. One more thing is, if you want to watch some of his creations for festivals, you can actually watch that on shenyincreations.com, right? So they're all free. What are some of the dances you made? Just list like two right now. Fountain of Youth. Happy Tradition. So if you want to watch some of those exciting dances, shenyincreations.com, check it out. But also, you can come to watch Shenyin Show at the end of this year. Around mid-December, where our show is going to go live. So you can watch us in theatres, all of these Shenyin performances, okay? So hopefully, we'll see you at the theatre. And you know what? We'll see you all... next time. Wait, can you just tell me the secret now? I can't... Get right, you want to know. I've been waiting the whole video for this. Get right.