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I'm Jon M. Chu. And I'm not a dancer, I'm not a choreographer -- I'm actually a filmmaker, a storyteller. I directed a movie two years ago called "Step Up 2: The Streets." Anybody? Anybody? Yeah! During that movie I got to meet a ton of hip-hop dancers -- amazing, the best in the world -- and they brought me into a society, the sort of underground street culture that blew my mind. I mean, this is literally human beings with super-human strength and abilities. They could fly in the air. They could bend their elbow all the way back. They could spin on their heads for 80 times in a row. I'd never seen anything like that.
Ja sam Jon M. Chu, i ja nisam plesač. Ja nisam koreograf, ja sam u stvari redatelj, pripovijedač. Režirao sam film prije dvije godine pod nazivom "Step Up 2: Ulice." Netko? Bilo tko? Odlično! Za vrijeme tog filma susreo sam tone hip-hop plesača -- nevjerojatno, najbolje na svijetu -- i oni su me uvukli u svijet, neku vrstu podzemne ulične kulture koja je bila nevjerojatna. Mislim to su doslovno ljudska bića sa super-ljudskom snagom i sposobnostima. Oni su mogli letjeti zrakom. Mogli su svinuti lakat skroz unazad. Mogli su se zavrtjeti na svojoj glavi po 80 puta zaredom. Nikada nisam vidio ništa slično.
When I was growing up, my heroes were people like Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Michael Jackson. I grew up in a musical family. (Laughter) And those guys, those were like, ultimate heroes. Being a shy, little, skinny Asian kid growing up in the Silicon Valley with low self-esteem, those guys made me believe in something bigger. Those guys made me want to, like, "I'm going to do that moonwalk at that bar mitzvah tonight for that girl."
Kada sam odrastao, moji heroji su bili ljudi poput Freda Astairea, Gene Kelly, Michaela Jacksona. Ja sam odrastao u muzičkoj obitelji. (Smijeh) A ti ljudi, to su bili ultimativni heroji. Bio sam sramežljivi mali Azijac koji odrasta u Silicijskoj dolini s malim samopouzdanjem, i ti ljudi su me natjerali vjerovati u nešto veće. Ti ljudi su me natjerali željeti, poput, "Napraviti ću taj mjesečev hod na bar mitzvah večeras za tu djevojku."
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And it seems like those dance heroes have disappeared, sort of relegated to the background of pop stars and music videos. But after seeing what I've seen, the truth is, they have not disappeared at all. They're here, getting better and better every day. And dance has progressed. It is insane what dance is right now. Dance has never had a better friend than technology.
I čini se kako su ti plesni heroji nestali, na neki način su degradirani u prošlost s pop zvijezdama i muzičkim videima. Ali nakon što sam vidio ono što sam vidio, istina je, oni nisu uopće nestali. Oni su ovdje, i postaju sve bolji svakim danom. I ples je napredovao. Ludo je gdje se ples nalazi danas. Ples nikada nije imao boljeg prijatelja od tehnologije.
Online videos and social networking ... dancers have created a whole global laboratory online for dance, where kids in Japan are taking moves from a YouTube video created in Detroit, building on it within days and releasing a new video, while teenagers in California are taking the Japanese video and remixing it with a Philly flair to create a whole new dance style in itself. And this is happening every day.
Online videi i društveno umrežavanje ... plesači su kreirali cijeli globalni laboratorij online za ples, gdje klinci u Japanu preuzimaju pokrete s YouTube videa koji su napravljeni u Detroitu, nadograđujući na to unutar nekoliko dana i izbacujući novi video, dok tinejdžeri u Kaliforniji preuzimaju japanski video i remiksiraju ga s doticajem Philadelphije kako bi kreirali cijeli novi plesni stil za sebe. I to se događa svaki dan.
And from these bedrooms and living rooms and garages, with cheap webcams, lies the world's great dancers of tomorrow. Our Fred Astaires, our Gene Kellys our Michael Jacksons are right at our fingertips, and may not have that opportunity, except for us.
I iz tih soba i dnevnih boravaka i garaža, s jeftinim web kamerama, dolaze najveći plesači sutrašnjice. Naši Fred Astairei, naše Gene Kelly naši Michael Jacksoni su navrh prsta, i možda neće imati tu priliku, osim za nas.
So, we created the LXD, sort of a -- the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers, a justice league of dancers that believe that dance can have a transformative effect on the world. A living, breathing comic book series, but unlike Spiderman and Iron Man, these guys can actually do it. And we're going to show you some today. So, let me introduce to you, some of our heroes right now. We got Madd Chadd, Lil' C, Kid David and J Smooth. Please be excited, have fun, yell, scream. Ladies and gentlemen: The LXD.
Tako smo kreirali LXD, na neki način -- Legiju izvanrednih plesača, pravednu ligu plesača koji vjeruju da ples može imati transformativnu ulogu na svijet. Strip serija uživo, ali za razliku od Spidermana i Iron Mana, ovi ljudi to stvarno rade. I pokazati ćemo vam neke od njih danas. Dozvolite da vam predstavim, neke od naših heroja sada. Imamo Madd Chadda, Lil' C, Kid Davida i J Smootha. Molim vas budite uzbuđeni, zabavljajte se, derite se, vrištite. Dame i gospodo, LXD.
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(Video): Madd Chadd: When people first see me, I get a lot of different reactions actually. Sometimes you would think that maybe kids would enjoy it, but sometimes they get a little freaked out. And, I don't know, I kind of get a kick out of that a little bit.
(Video): Madd Chadd: Kada su me ljudi prvi puta vidjeli dobio sam puno različitih reakcija ustvari. Ponekad mislite da će klinci u tome uživati, ali ponekad se pomalo preplaše. I ne znam, i ja pomalo bivam izbačen.
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J Smooth: When I'm in the zone -- I'm dancing and free styling it -- I actually visually kind of picture lines, and moving them. I think of like, Transformers, like how panels open and then they fold, they fold in, and then you close that panel. And then another thing opens, you close that.
J Smooth: Kada sam u zoni, plešem slobodnim stilom, na neki način vizualno snimam linije i krećem se po njima. Mislim na, Transformere, kako se paneli otvaraju i onda sklapaju, oni se sklope, a vi ih zatvorite. I onda se druga stvar otvori. Zatvorite to.
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Kid David: It's kind of like, honestly a lot of times I don't really know what's going on when I'm dancing. Because at that point it's just really like, it's my body and the music. It's not really a conscious decision, "I'm going to do this next, I'm going to do this." It's kind of like this other level where you can't make choices anymore, and it's just your body reacting to certain sounds in the music. I got my name just because I was so young. I was young when I started. I was younger than a lot of the people I was dancing with. So, it was always like, they called me Kid David, because I was the kid.
Kid David: Na neki način, iskreno puno puta ne znam što se događa kada plešem. Jer u tom trenutku postoje samo moje tijelo i muzika. To nije stvarno svjesna odluka, "Napraviti ću ovo, pa nakon toga ovo." To je na neki način na drugoj razini na kojoj ne možeš raditi izbor i tvoje tijelo reagira na određene zvukove u muzici. Dobio sam ime samo jer sam bio mlad. Bio sam mlad kada sam započeo, bio sam mlađi od većine ljudi s kojima sam počeo plesati. I tako su me uvijek zvali Kid (dijete) David, jer sam bio dijete.
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L'il C: I tell them to create a ball, and then you just use that ball of energy. And instead of throwing it out, people would think that's a krump move, that's a krump move. That's not a krump move. You're going to throw it out, you throw it out, and you hold it. And you let it go, and then right when you see the tail, you grab it by the tail, then you bring it back in. And you just got this piece of energy and you just, you're manipulating it. You know, you create power, then you tame it.
Lil'C: Kažem im da kreiraju loptu, i onda samo koristite tu loptu energije. I umjesto da je bacite vani, ljudi bi pomislili to je "krump" pokret, to je "krump" pokret. To nije "krump" pokret. Izbaciti ćete to van, izbacite van i zadržite to. I pustite da ide, i onda kada vidite rep zgrabite za rep, i dovučete nazad. I samo imate taj komad energije i s njime jednostavno, manipulirate. Znate, kreirate snagu, i onda je ukrotite.
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