In the Internet age, dance evolves ... | The LXD

翻译人员: Jenny Yang 校对人员: L Y

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I'm Jon M. Chu. And I'm not a dancer,

我是Jon M. Chu。我不是一个舞蹈家

I'm not a choreographer -- I'm actually a filmmaker, a storyteller.

我也不是舞编，我其实是一个拍电影的，一个讲故事的

I directed a movie two years ago

两年前我执导了一部电影

called "Step Up 2: The Streets."

叫做“走向街头”

Anybody? Anybody? Yeah!

你们谁看过吗？看过吗？啊，好

During that movie I got to meet a ton of hip-hop dancers --

在拍摄这部电影的过程中我认识了一大批街头嘻哈舞蹈家

amazing, the best in the world --

世界上最神奇，最棒的

and they brought me into a society, the sort of underground

他们把我带到了另一个社会，有点像地下社会

street culture that blew my mind.

街头文化让我大吃一惊

I mean, this is literally human beings

我意识到这是一群活生生的的人

with super-human strength and abilities.

他们有着超常的韧性和本领

They could fly in the air. They could bend their elbow all the way back.

他们可以在空中飞。他们可以把他们的手臂倒弯过来

They could spin on their heads for 80 times in a row.

他们能头顶在地上连续转80多圈

I'd never seen anything like that.

这是我以前从来没有见识过的

When I was growing up, my heroes were people like

还没长大的时候，我的英雄是

Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Michael Jackson.

Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Michael Jackson.

I grew up in a musical family.

我成长在音乐之家

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And those guys, those were like, ultimate heroes.

而这些家伙，他们就是终级英雄

Being a shy, little, skinny Asian kid growing up in the Silicon Valley

作为一个在硅谷长大的瘦小腼腆的亚洲孩子

with low self-esteem, those guys made me believe in something bigger.

有点自卑，这些家伙让我相信可以成就更大的事情

Those guys made me want to, like, "I'm going to do that

这些家伙让我觉得，好像“我今天

moonwalk at that bar mitzvah tonight for that girl."

晚上要为女孩子们在成人仪式上跳月球漫步。”

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And it seems like those dance heroes have disappeared,

看上去这些舞蹈英雄好像已经消失了

sort of relegated to the background of pop stars and music videos.

他们常常被当成流行明星和音乐录像的背景

But after seeing what I've seen,

但是当我亲眼目睹后

the truth is, they have not disappeared at all.

发现实际上，他们一点儿也没有消失

They're here, getting better and better every day.

他们就在这里，并且每一天都变得越来越好

And dance has progressed.

舞蹈也有了新进展

It is insane what dance is right now.

现在的舞蹈真是令人不可思议

Dance has never had a better friend than technology.

没有什么比科技更能推动舞蹈的发展

Online videos and social networking ...

在线录像，社交网络

dancers have created a whole global laboratory online

舞蹈家们为舞蹈创造了一个全球的在线实验室

for dance, where kids in Japan are taking moves

日本的孩子们从YouTube的

from a YouTube video created in Detroit,

一段在底特律制作的录像上学会新的舞蹈动作

building on it within days and releasing a new video,

然后在那个基础上添加新的动作，然后发布一段新的录像

while teenagers in California are taking the Japanese video and remixing it

而加州的青少年则将日本的录像融合进了Philly特色

with a Philly flair to create a whole new dance style in itself.

形成一种全新的舞蹈风格

And this is happening every day.

这每天都在发生

And from these bedrooms and living rooms and garages,

从卧室到客厅到车库

with cheap webcams,

用廉价的摄像机

lies the world's great dancers of tomorrow.

培养了明天世界上最伟大的舞蹈家

Our Fred Astaires, our Gene Kellys

我们的Fred Astaires，我们的 Gene Kellys

our Michael Jacksons are right at our fingertips,

我们的Michael Jacksons就在我们的身边

and may not have that opportunity, except for us.

如果没有我们，他们也许没有这个机会

So, we created the LXD,

所以我们建立了LXD

sort of a -- the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers,

意思是：杰出舞蹈家组成的舞蹈团

a justice league of dancers that believe

它由一群相信舞蹈可以改变世界的

that dance can have a transformative effect on the world.

舞蹈家组成

A living, breathing comic book series,

他们创造着活生生的动画系列

but unlike Spiderman and Iron Man,

唯一跟蜘蛛侠和钢铁人不一样的地方是

these guys can actually do it.

这些家伙可以真的做到

And we're going to show you some today. So, let me introduce to you,

今天我们就在这里为你们展示一下。现在，让我向你们介绍

some of our heroes right now.

我们中的几位英雄

We got Madd Chadd,

我们的Madd Chadd

Lil' C, Kid David and J Smooth.

Lil'C，Kid David，以及J Smooth

Please be excited, have fun, yell, scream.

请大家兴奋起来，高兴起来，对，欢呼吧

Ladies and gentlemen: The LXD.

先生们，女士们，LXD

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(Video): Madd Chadd: When people first see me,

(录像)：Madd Chadd：当人们第一次看见我

I get a lot of different reactions actually.

事实上大家的反应很不一样

Sometimes you would think that maybe kids would enjoy it,

有的时候你想大概孩子们会喜欢这东西

but sometimes they get a little freaked out.

但是有的时候他们倒是被吓倒了

And, I don't know, I kind of get a kick out of that a little bit.

我不知道，我觉得这挺逗的

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J Smooth: When I'm in the zone -- I'm dancing and free styling it --

J Smooth：当我在场上的时候，我边跳边自由创造些动作

I actually visually kind of picture

我事实上在想象一些图片

lines, and moving them.

线条，然后移动它们

I think of like, Transformers,

我想到变形金刚

like how panels open and then they fold,

像它们那样打开折叠模块

they fold in, and then you close that panel.

它们折叠起来，然后你关起那一块

And then another thing opens,

然后另一块打开

you close that.

然后你关起来

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Kid David: It's kind of like, honestly a lot of times

Kid David：老实说，很多时候，好象

I don't really know what's going on

我真的不知道怎么回事

when I'm dancing.

当我跳舞的时候

Because at that point it's just really like, it's my body and the music.

因为那一刻音乐就是我身体的一部分

It's not really a conscious decision,

这不是一个有意识的决定

"I'm going to do this next, I'm going to do this."

“我下面做这个，做那个”

It's kind of like this other level

我们在另一个层面

where you can't make choices anymore,

你不再能够做出选择

and it's just your body reacting to certain sounds in the music.

你的身体只是对音乐中的不同声音做出反应

I got my name just because I was so young.

我得到这个名字只是因为我很年轻

I was young when I started. I was younger than a lot of the people I was dancing with.

我很小就开始跳街舞了。我比很多跟我一起跳的人都要小

So, it was always like, they called me Kid David, because I was the kid.

所以他们都叫我小孩大卫，因为我就是个小孩

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L'il C: I tell them to create a ball,

L'il c：我让他们去做个球

and then you just use that ball of energy.

然后你就用球带来的力量

And instead of throwing it out, people would think

不是把它扔出去，人们会觉得

that's a krump move, that's a krump move.

那是个Krump移动，那是Krump移动

That's not a krump move. You're going to throw it out,

这不是一个Krump移动。你将要把球扔出去

you throw it out, and you hold it.

你扔出去，你握住

And you let it go, and then right when you see the tail,

然后你让它出去，而当你看见它的后面

you grab it by the tail, then you bring it back in.

你抓住它的后面，然后你把它带回来

And you just got this piece of energy

你就把握了这股力量

and you just, you're manipulating it.

你只是控制它

You know, you create power, then you tame it.

你知道你创造了一种力量，然后驯服它

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