Jakub Jakoubek & Emeline Rochefeuille - WCS Improv - STEP UP 2021

West Coast Swing/Fusion demo (Lead and Follow) by Jakub Jakoubek and Emeline Rochefeuille at STEP UP (Montpellier, November 2021)
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WEBSITE : www.jemwcs.com
Disclaimer: All rights go to the artist and the song producers. I do not own anything. No copyright infringement is intended. No commercial use, just sharing dance and art.

[@rumplestilskinsmum5094]

I don't think I can love and envy a pair of Dance Partners more than these two. I just love Eme and Jak.

[@kickieklof4988]

Your way you follow the music, not just the beat or the rythm, is sooo nice. It makes the dance very alive!!!!!!!

[@mostguitarswins]

Playful and spontaneous; they take their time and let the music carry them 👏👏👏👏

[@thaisfitzsimmons1305]

Oh man this is AMAZING! I CANNOT stop watching you two! I am addicted!!!!! I wanna learn the J'em dance!!!!

[@maryhjort7318]

So much fun watching these lovely people. 💕😍

[@alicemcduff3416]

Smooth, elegant, creative, weightless, surprising, funny... dance bliss ❣️

[@dorota3071]

Hipnotyczny kawałek, nie umiem przestać słuchać i patrzeć 😅

[@vitor.trivilin]

You guys don't get tired of being so freaking awesome? 😍

[@flamdango99]

Hypnotic, breathtakingly beautiful 🤗

[@cobaltskiie5660]

Her weight shifts are so perfect it’s like she’s floating

[@marcellamolinaro2879]

Che bello vedervi danzare! Si sente che vi muovete insieme nella musica con eleganza e naturalezza, per il piacere di farlo e non solo perché siete bravi e vi state esibendo davanti ad un pubblico. Ho sempre assistito ad esibizioni che, anche se perfette, non mi davano emozioni intense. La vostra sì. Grazie! Emeline, sei bellissima! Ed è bello che non metti in mostra il tuo corpo come la maggior parte delle ballerine di tutte le danze (ad eccezione di hip hop e freestyle). Il tuo stile è molto femminile ed elegante a tuo modo. Una scelta coraggiosa! Il fatto che non cerchi di attirare l'attenzione sulla tua bellezza, permette a chi guarda di vedere di più la bellezza dei movimenti, la creatività del vostro danzare insieme. Magico.

[@dukeman8931]

Oh, God! I'm so in loved with you Emiline!!!

[@lezleythurman1365]

Smokin' Hot!!!

[@user-wl9on2me2j]

Смоленск Вас любит !

[@lenal985]

I have to say that you both keep changing my favorite dancing routine!!! Wishing you and Jakub Happy Holidays and a Healthy, Happy and Peaceful 2022!! Thank you for making us your fans smile throughout the year!

[@wcsdancecovers]

You guys absolutely killed this one!

[@gamundilorenzo8864]

magnifique !

[@felixzadori]

Her expressivity ( and his too) is beyond great. The choice of moves for this particular music and the execution is spot on. It must have helped that the music is inspiring and fits her (their) style. They seem to have spent quite some time creating and perfecting every little detail. And the result is sublime.

[@ktinxx]

I wonder whether you realise that this was an improvisation... 🤔 A really brilliant one, to be sure, but the incredible attention to every little detail ist the result and benefit of having been dancing with each other for several years and being able to read each other exceptionally well.

[@felixzadori]

@@ktinxx I seriously doubt it's an improvisation. Just because the event has the word "improv" in it, does not necessarily mean it was all improvised on the spot. Strict meaning of improvisation in performing arts is: creating something new for the first time in front of an audience. This goes for music (which I'm more qualified to talk about) and I presume it goes for dance as well. I can tell you with certainty this: they both know that particular music very well (how many beats before every transition, before every interesting sound effect), and that it was not the first time they danced on it. Exactly what part of it was "improv" perhaps you can tell me, since you seem to be familiar with these dancing events.

[@ktinxx]

@@felixzadori It was an improvisation and not a choreographed piece of dance because if asked to dance to that exact same piece of music, they would not be able to reproduce the exact same piece of dance, however well they may know the music. It goes to show how incredibly in tune with the music and with each other they are that one might think all this was choreographed (i.e., repeatable). It was not.

[@ktinxx]

@@felixzadori Since you come from music (Jazz?), you must be familiar with scales. A jam session where musicians create something equally unrepeatable together often amazes non-musicians because they cannot believe that what they have listened to has never been played before (and never will be, for that matter). But this is due to the fact that (jazz) musicians have a giant pool of material to work with and choose and from. Same with dance. Over the years, J'Em have built an enormous vocabulary which they create from in every instance. Of course, certain phrases may appear (= scales), but how they enter or exit these and if they exercise them fully or just hint at them, is a spur of the moment decision. It's to my mind the highest level of skill in any performance art because it requires total awareness, listening ability, and formidable technique as well as humility: relaxing into the moment, trusting yourself, your partner, and the process, being in control - but giving up control.

[@felixzadori]

@@ktinxx Thank you for your thorough answer. I'm now inclined to believe you. The fact this particular performance was not meticulously rehearsed makes it even more remarkable. To me, we're in "magic" territory with a spontaneous live performance like that. My classical music background allows me to say that over-rehearsing music often kills the "life" , the "magic" in a concert, it becomes a mechanical rehearsed reading of sheet music. So then one wonders if artists that just allow themselves to "go with the flow" , just "get in the zone" and let things happen as you feel in that moment, if that isn't a much better approach to art. But then I imagine some "improv" performers produce a lot of crap art. Not these two dancers though!

[@lyndagibson9699]

Like melted butter set to music. Bravo!!!!

[@theprovincenews]

Emeline is soooo smooth, a true artist

[@hzghzg]

J'adore votre style ! Superbe ! MERCI !!!

[@danielchip1186]

I can't stop watching you and your dance partners! Amazing stuff

[@magorzatastaszczuk9460]

Co za lekkość!!! Bawicie się tym tańcem, super🙂❤️

[@user-ig2nb1op5c]

Божественно!

[@isabellakrau3679]

Great❤️so nice to see, they have so much fun ❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏👏

[@danoux0]

This is so smooth!!! WOWWW!!!

[@annaway7170]

Merveilleux !

[@Sdza12]

Juste excellent !!! Innovant. Ça fait du bien de voir une telle vidéo . Et super musique. Bravo à vous deux

[@JollyRoger0944]

You are absolutely amazing. Unique dancers.

[@talanaedwoods7850]

omg.....soooooo totally amazing!!!!! WOW WOW WOW

[@lennycottingham]

You are getting so in sync its looking like choreo BUT I know it's not I cant think of a higher compliment 🥰

[@daguefeu7]

On ne sait pas si c'est vous qui épousez la musique ou la musique qui vous épouse...c'est magnifique

[@lanhoang6502]

Outstanding!

[@3yevaV]

Love your dancing!!

[@carolynfigueroa7413]

So inspiring thank you!!

[@Alejandro388]

what in the World is this??? AMAZING!

[@ggfd4e6cccs21]

you are danxing so smoothly. Congrats

[@corneliajohn6501]

Wieder eine sehr schöne Performance, ich schaue euch so gerne an...😄

[@lulugallery3293]

Так легко)))) Емелин прекрасная муза!

[@rianhassan3149]

I love the way she moves.

[@alnaale6923]

Ошалеть как красиво) Воздушное скольжение

[@errolcolman9060]

I love your dance j'em

[@tybaldt]

Love this

[@georgemarin3488]

👍nr 1,♥️♥️♥️

😎🇧🇷 *_SHOWZAÇOOOO..._* _" Sincronia sem Pressa de terminar o passo ..."_ ❤ _AmÉmZAAÇooOOsSSs_

[@marktunleytackletv]

So cool, you must have been freezing ❄️😎❄️

[@cindyriehm7411]

Awesome!

[@dianablanco5237]

Que maravilla todo. Música y baile

[@galynashchurova2247]

Дуже красиво!

[@pavelkajetan888]

Jakub Jakoubek - Czech from Czechia :-D

[@liloulilou4538]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@aniz40]

Top!!

[@ThiagoTamboril]

Afff maravilhosos

[@jennydeyful]

Von der Musik bekommt man allerdings Tinnitus ;) :D

[@okancan78]

💥

[@sylvieparenteau9804]

Superbe

[@davidmyres8465]

💕

[@successchem650]

💓💓💓💗😍

[@peterpeter1362]

super śledzę o d dawna poczynania..po prostu plymie...

[@pa128]

Very nice

[@luisnguyen5455]

Hi, thanks.

[@charlesparker6167]

B E A utiful

[@kamilsliz3371]

tento účes Emeline najlepšie sluší

[@krishnanooops1]

Emi. too good. you make my evening . love watching your videos. Can you please dance on a Bill Hailey song please.

[@neisham7478]

wow

[@user-gy9ct8ks8u]

Bravo

[@sahisaya]

I have to ask since I'm new to this: is Everything improvised? And do they get to hear the songs before?? It looks sooo smooth

[@michaelgoetze8531]

It's definitely improvised. Since this is a demo and not a competition, they probably do know what the song is going to be beforehand, or maybe one of them does and the other doesn't. But they won't have discussed how to dance to it.

[@sahisaya]

@@michaelgoetze8531 thanks for the reply!

[@r.r.r9746]

The beginning is not smooth, they are observing each other to see what move to do next

[@klausdultz2993]

Ich bin eher zufällig der Musik wegen bei den Beiden gelandet, my goodness, diese Bewegungen und die Bewegungsabläufe sind ja unglaublich gut, hat irgend jemand Ahnung, wer die Musik dazu gemacht hat?

[@aliiineB67]

👏👏💃🥰🙏

[@miguelfessard2319]

bonsoir chère emeline. Je vous trouve totalement captivante sur scene. Cela fait quelques vidéos que je vous ai découvert par hasard et j'en suis bouche bée

[@esteajakob4933]

Very good dancing Both of you two and awesome music ❤️ send title of it or link 😍

[@nadineklabunde9980]

I love watching you guys so much!! Wish I has a dance partner like that

[@g.b.3786]

🤗👍😚💕

[@justinewhite-hadley3138]

So wait This is NOT choreographed?!?!? I don't understand. I've seen a lot of these videos but this is perfection.

[@pennywebb867]

Amazing right?!?

[@ruthlauravaladeztorres2568]

.... DIOSES!!!!!!

[@user-ds1gk3tn9p]

와우 I envy you

[@smoke126857]

What's the name for this kind of dancing?

[@fernandomachadoferreira9473]

O want to Marry her 😘. She’s beatiful and há happy!

[@Diego17511]

Edward Snowden is a Saint. Do a Flossy Spin! And mambo #5. And macaroni

[@michaelgoetze8531]

Here's macaroni for you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHrEqIl5ocaAnas

[@rezagonzalezsantiago7390]

Psychologue :Vous ne pouvez pas aimer un partenaire, le partenaire :

[@dance4bliss]

What is this song?

[@user-ik4rj7vj6p]

ваши движения - признак того что человечество развивается ...

[@ratimor3093]

Вoth are cool, but they don't look too different styles together.

[@dorota3071]

Jestem uzależniona od tego co wyprawiacie na parkiecie.ech

[@marjanmoskov4679]

great dancing a booooring everything is the same

[@movementmystic5509]

Boring comment again, you need to get a vacation

[@borzon1]

красивый танец но жаль что двушкой танцует полупокер

[@dorotacychulska5899]

To nie jest taniec to jest obled boskie

[@alfonsguhra8395]

A dream in terms of dancing! Only the music is not my favorite. It's too slow and boring - there are much better titles. But again: I'm sure very few people can dance anywhere near as well!!!

[@serfon5serfon295]

очередной не танцор.тренируйся, не достоин