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

譯者: Jenny Yang 審譯者: Adrienne Lin

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

我叫朱浩偉，我不是舞者

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

我也不是舞編， 我其實是一個拍電影的、講故事的

I directed a movie two years ago

兩年前我執導了一部電影

called "Step Up 2: The Streets."

舞力全開

Anybody? Anybody? Yeah!

你們誰看過嗎？很好！

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

拍電影的過程中，我認識了一大批嘻哈舞者

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

他們把我帶到了另一個社會， 有點像地下社會

street culture that blew my mind.

街舞文化讓我大吃一驚

I mean, this is literally human beings

我意識到這是一群活生生的的人

with super-human strength and abilities.

他們有著超常的韌性和能耐

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

他們可以在空中飛，可以把他們的手臂倒彎過來

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

他們能頭頂著地上轉80多次

I'd never seen anything like that.

是我以前從來沒有見識過的

When I was growing up, my heroes were people like

我長大的時候，我的偶像是

Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Michael Jackson.

Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Michael Jackson.

I grew up in a musical family.

我長在音樂之家

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And those guys, those were like, ultimate heroes.

而這些傢伙，他們就是終級英雄

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

作爲一個在硅谷長大的瘦小的亞洲孩子

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

有點自卑，這些傢伙讓我相信，我們也可以成就大事

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

這些傢伙讓我想要

moonwalk at that bar mitzvah tonight for that girl."

在成人儀式上爲女孩子們跳月球漫步

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And it seems like those dance heroes have disappeared,

這些舞蹈英雄好像會消失一樣

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

他們常常被當成明星、MV的背景

But after seeing what I've seen,

但是當我親眼目睹後

the truth is, they have not disappeared at all.

覺得他們一點也沒有消失

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

他們在這裡， 變得越來越好

And dance has progressed.

舞蹈也有了新進展

It is insane what dance is right now.

今天的舞蹈真是令人不可思議的

Dance has never had a better friend than technology.

舞蹈沒有比科技更好的朋友了

Online videos and social networking ...

線上影片，社交網路

dancers have created a whole global laboratory online

舞者們創造了一個全球舞蹈的線上研究室

for dance, where kids in Japan are taking moves

日本的孩子們從YouTube上

from a YouTube video created in Detroit,

一段在底特律影片上學會新的舞蹈動作

building on it within days and releasing a new video,

然後在那基礎上添加新動作，再發佈一段新影片

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

而加州的青少年則將日本的影片融合Philly特色

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

形成一種全新的舞蹈風格

And this is happening every day.

這每天都在發生

And from these bedrooms and living rooms and garages,

從臥室到客廳到車庫

with cheap webcams,

用便宜的視訊

lies the world's great dancers of tomorrow.

培養了明日世界偉大的舞者

Our Fred Astaires, our Gene Kellys

我們的Fred Astaires, 我們的 Gene Kellys

our Michael Jacksons are right at our fingertips,

我們的Michael Jacksons就在我們的指尖

and may not have that opportunity, except for us.

除了我們之外，他們也許沒有這個機會

So, we created the LXD,

所以我們建立了The LXD

sort of a -- the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers,

意思是：卓越舞團

a justice league of dancers that believe

由一群相信舞蹈可以改變世界

that dance can have a transformative effect on the world.

的優秀舞者組成

A living, breathing comic book series,

他們創造著活生生的動畫系列

but unlike Spiderman and Iron Man,

唯一跟蜘蛛人、鋼鐵人不同的是

these guys can actually do it.

這些傢伙可以真的辦到

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

我們今天帶來了一些表演，讓我向你們介紹

some of our heroes right now.

我們中的幾位英雄

We got Madd Chadd,

向各位介紹Madd Chadd

Lil' C, Kid David and J Smooth.

Lil' C, Kid David, 以及 J Smooth

Please be excited, have fun, yell, scream.

大家嗨起來、大叫吧

Ladies and gentlemen: The LXD.

各位先生女士，The LXD

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

Madd Chadd: 當人們第一次看見我

I get a lot of different reactions actually.

每個人的反應都很不一樣

Sometimes you would think that maybe kids would enjoy it,

有時候你想，孩子們會喜歡這東西

but sometimes they get a little freaked out.

但有時候他們倒是嚇倒了

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

我不知道， 我覺得挺逗的

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當我跳舞，我想讓大家質疑我的動作是否真實－Madd Chadd

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

J Smooth: 當我表演的時候， 我邊跳邊自由創作

I actually visually kind of picture

我事實上在想象一些圖片

lines, and moving them.

線條， 然後移動它們

I think of like, Transformers,

我想到變形金剛

like how panels open and then they fold,

像它們那樣打開折疊模塊

they fold in, and then you close that panel.

它們折疊起來， 然後你關起那一塊

And then another thing opens,

然後另一塊打開

you close that.

然後你關起來

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重點是細節，我的每一動作都有目的－J Smooth

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

Kid David: 老實說，當我跳舞的時候

I don't really know what's going on

很多時候，我真的不知道

when I'm dancing.

到底發生什麼事

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

因爲那一刻，音樂和我成為一體

It's not really a conscious decision,

不是種有意識的決定

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

“我接下來做這個、然後做那個”

It's kind of like this other level

很像在另一個層面

where you can't make choices anymore,

你不再做選擇

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

你的身體對著不同聲音和音樂做出反應

I got my name just because I was so young.

我有這綽號，是因爲我很小的時候

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

就開始學舞了，年紀比我一起跳舞的夥伴小很多

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

所以他們都叫我小孩大衛，因爲我就是個小孩

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重點不是結果，而是過程－Kid David

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

Lil C: 我告訴他們，做個球

and then you just use that ball of energy.

然後你就用球帶來的力量

And instead of throwing it out, people would think

你把它扔出去， 人們會覺得

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

那是個Krump舞步，

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

這不是一個krump舞步， 你要把球扔出去

you throw it out, and you hold it.

扔出去之後握住

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

然後你讓它出去， 而當你看見它的尾巴

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

你抓住它的尾巴，然後把它拉回來

And you just got this piece of energy

你就把握了這股力量

and you just, you're manipulating it.

然後控制著它

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

創造了一股力量，然後馴服它

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我想展現的是重量、能量、空間、與時間的平衡－Lil C

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