Volume 1 2009 Chapter 97: Determination
As the only group of people in the company who do not generate profits, trainees generally have little sense of existence.
Debut artists are very busy and have no time to deal with them. The managers of the company have their own things to do every day and will not have any contact with them. The ones I see most are the managers who manage the trainees and the teachers who come to teach.
Now these trembling little unknown people actually have the opportunity to watch the concert of the pillar of the company's girl group, and it's a business trip! It's simply a pie in the sky.
You can imagine how excited Jiang Seul-ki is.
The girl was wearing her very personal "bear-like" smile and dancing happily, she was almost using dance steps to express her happy mood.
"If you know it, don't spread it."
Seeing this trainee "senior" who is younger than her completely excited, Bae Joo Hyun helplessly reminded him: "The director will notify you when the time comes, so practice hard now!"
Dance practice is a process of training muscle memory. In the course, students learn dance-related theoretical knowledge and basic movements, and then form muscle memory through a large number of repetitive practices, and finally develop their own style.
Of course, with Joohyun's current strength, it's too early to talk about style. Currently, she is mostly practicing dance steps and basic movements, as well as breathing exercises for coordination.
Korean idols all have to sing and dance at the same time. SM's stage style is particularly gorgeous, and the dance moves are large, varied, and powerful, which requires idols to have very high basic skills. What Bae Joo-hyun is practicing the most now is how to keep her breath stable during the intense dance moves, which is a necessary basic training for idol singers.
As a trainee who has been practicing for two years, Jiang Seulgi has mastered these basic trainings easily, and is more than qualified to be Bae Joo-hyun's teacher. In addition to taking classes with the teacher, Bae Joo-hyun has also been practicing basic skills with Jiang Seulgi during their dance practice.
The practice room has smooth wooden floors, bright lights, and is filled with the sound of sneakers rubbing against the floor and the sound of clapping.
The room was warm, and both wore loose short-sleeved T-shirts and cotton sweatpants, and tied their hair into high ponytails for easy management. Dancing practice can easily cause a lot of sweating, so it is necessary to wear breathable and sweat-wicking clothes.
Facing the floor-length mirror in front of her, Bae Joo-hyun carefully observed the differences between her and Seul-gi's movements, to see what needed to be improved, and made adjustments in terms of the range, angle, strength and coordination of the movements.
The biggest feature of SM's dance is its good control. Every movement has requirements for strength, amplitude, and even angle. This feature makes SM idols' group dance very impactful, with uniform movements and full of momentum. The visual effect on the scene is extremely spectacular.
At the same time, this dance style requires relatively high basic skills from the dancers, and the dancers need a lot of practice to ensure the accuracy and standardization of the movements.
Soon, their clothes were soaked with sweat, which was a common scene in countless practice rooms. It was common to see people sweating profusely, with messy hair, and even gasping for breath and falling to the ground due to exhaustion.
In addition to practicing the dance itself, dance practice is also a challenge to an artist's physical limits.
Because after every artist debuts, the company will arrange a large number of intensive schedules for the artist in order to recover costs as quickly as possible.
Working from dawn to dusk, with no time to go home and sleep, and having to catch up on sleep in the car is the norm for popular artists. Among these intensive schedules, commercial performances are the fastest and most common activities to make money. They are held at various universities, companies, shopping malls, and gatherings. They just sing a few songs and leave after singing. The time is short and the income is high, so companies are very willing to accept such schedules.
As for the crude stage, inferior sound system, and complex outdoor weather conditions, they are not considered. No matter what problems arise, spring, summer, autumn, winter, wind or rain, as long as the event is not cancelled, the artist's performance cannot stop!
Therefore, artists often perform on stage in poor conditions without enough rest and on an empty stomach. They can still play recordings for singing, but there is no way around it for dancing. No matter how lazy they are, it is difficult to get away with it in dancing.
Whether the dance is good or not, and whether it is serious or not, can be seen at a glance by the audience, not to mention the organizers who are paying for the event.
Therefore, in idol artists’ performances, dancing cannot be compromised. During practice, the highest demands are placed on dancing, and they are required to be able to complete all dance moves normally even when their physical strength is at its limit.
That's why Bae Joo-hyun puts so much effort into practicing dance. Her goal is to be able to make her body react naturally without having to think about it.
She may not be able to become an excellent dancer, but she must not be a drag on the team with her dancing ability. Yi Haoyan has reminded her many times of the importance of dance in the basic qualities of Korean idols. She has also felt the importance that other trainees and company managers attach to dance in her daily practice and assessments. Both reality and reason have made her attach great importance to dance to an extremely high level.
However, she only started to receive systematic dance training at the age of 18. The initial courses were very difficult for Zhuxuan. Not only was her technique inferior to others, but she also found it difficult to accept the fact that she was not as physically strong as these little girls.
Soo Hyun also secretly wiped away tears behind the scenes, and some rumors that she only had a pretty face but no real talent were also circulated among the trainees.
Just as Haoyan said, these trainees are both companions and opponents. As someone who was recruited almost entirely based on his looks, it is inevitable that he will be excluded.
"If you are not envied by others, you are mediocre!" Zhu Xuan still remembers the serious look in Yi Haoyan's eyes when he said this to her. "Sister, just do your own thing well. I agree with SM's concept. Except for natural beauty and figure, nothing can't be taught. It is not difficult to dance and sing to the level of a group debut. You just need to practice. Those who are doing better than you now just got here before you. It's just a matter of time before you catch up with them."
With this belief, Joo Hyun worked hard to improve her dancing skills, and finally received praise from her teacher in the monthly assessment three months after joining the company. Since then, the rumors about her lack of skills have disappeared, and she has been replaced by respectful eyes.
From then on, Bae Joo-hyun believed Yi Hao-yeon's words without a doubt.
He said that he can make his debut, so he will definitely make his debut!
If you don’t succeed, it must be because you haven’t tried hard enough!
Although she has a gentle and docile appearance and a soft and modest personality, Bae Joo-hyun is also a girl with a strong desire to win and can be cruel to herself.
Sweat flowed down the cheeks to the chin, dripping onto the floor, like a small stream flowing stubbornly among the rocks.
It comes from a sincere heart.
Water dripping wears away a stone.
