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  Dancing in the Street: Choreography in Kpop
  2012/05/11, Source,
  * This post is written by Crystal Anderson, one of the Korea Blog's Worldwide Korea Bloggers. Dance is a huge part of mainstream Kpop, and while many recognize the dances popularized by the groups and artists, few know the people behind them: the choreographers. Not only do choreographers impact Kpop through their routines, they also have an impact on fans as well. The choreography that accompanies many Kpop songs instantly catches the eye. It is one of the first things people notice and associate with Kpop. In a retrospective of Kpop choreography, Jordan Close and Mai Nguyen note the complexity of the dance routine created by Rino Nakasone and Shim Jae Won for SHINee's "Lucifer":  "As a whole, the dance includes an impressive amount of detail in movement, level changes and formation changes. In particular, the 'handcuff dance' made it big in Korea".  =djJb5iSL0Do= Nakasone and Shim demonstrate some of the complex moves here in a dance workshop:,...More

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  Big Bang Makes Hearts Throb, Heads Explode in Seoul
  2012/03/12, Source,
  Big Bang just kicked off their Big Bang Alive world Tour last weekend with three sold-out concerts in Seoul in front of more than 30,000 fans. As this is a Korea-focused technology and design blog we dispatched our secret K-pop loving staffer to the Olympic Park Gymnastics Stadium in southern Seoul to check out the show,...More

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  Big Bang not so 'Alive'
  2012/03/05, Source,
  Visibly ill band disappoints despite int'l backing, new records Even before the concert, all five members of Big Bang reeked of fatigue. The press conference preceding the evening show Friday was meant to celebrate the 25-city 16-nation world tour they were about to embark on, but instead, G-Dragon, T.O.P (Choi Seung-hyeon)., Taeyang, Daesung and Seungri were demure, even aloof. They sneezed and coughed sporadically,...More

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  Seung Ri comes wrapped in chains
  2012/02/16, Source,
  Chest bared and wrapped in chains, Big Bang member Seung Ri joined his bandmates in revealing a new look for the band's upcoming album "Alive". The photo of Seung Ri was released yesterday on the band's blog, which has been showcasing images of each band member in succession in advance of the new album release on Feb. 29,...More