美国国家公共电台 NPR Video: K-Pop Dance Routines Are A Workout For Body And Brain

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Korean pop, or K-pop as it's known, has been huge - all the rage for a long time. It's a dance style, and it takes some serious training. NPR's Elise Hu and Code Switch's Kat Chow found out the hard way.

ELISE HU, BYLINE¹: If you're not familiar, K-pop is a style of music that typically features techno beats and intensely choreographed² music videos. In Seoul, you can go to specialized³ dance studios that teach the signature, synchronized⁴ routines.

We thought we were going to take a beginner's class, but that's not happening.

KAT CHOW, BYLINE: Nope. Apparently⁵ it's pretty advanced, which is going to be interesting.

HU: In the manufacturing of this music, each song is assigned a certain dance concept, like playful or sporty or innocent.

What, if anything, is the concept that we're going after today? Instructor⁶ Kim Ga-yeon.

KIM GA-YEON: (Speaking Korean).

CHOW: "It's a really manly⁷ dance. It's really wild."

HU: Let's do this.

KIM: And five, six, seven, eight.

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)

HU: There's a lot of...

CHOW: There was a lot of, like...

HU: ...There's a lot of, like, hip⁸.

CHOW: ...Hip

HU: (Laughter) We are making fools of ourselves, but actual K-pop training regimens are not funny. Trainees⁹ practice dance routines up to 12 hours a day.

Kat, what do you think?

CHOW: I would definitely give that a thumbs down.

HU: Kat Chow sums up our experience.

CHOW: Because, like, it's not even that I - like, I can't do it physically¹⁰ but mentally too. I just can't. I can't keep up.

HU: K-pop stars are born out of a lot of training, but at least some natural ability is required. Elise Hu, NPR News, Seoul.

MARTIN: You can see Elise giving it her all at K-pop dance class along with all her other adventures at npr.org/elisetries.