Reacting To Jackson Wang "100 Ways" [FULL]

For today's episode of "Professional Dancer Reacts" I react to Jackson Wang "100 Ways"" Rehearsal and Performance Video
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Jackson Wang "100 Ways"
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[@maisesanches5095]

You were talking about his stiffness and I was talking back to the screen saying "that's on purpose! you'll see!" until the very end lol

[@EmeroyB]

lol. exactly why each section of the video is important. each part answers a question i had in my head or corrects an assumption i had.

[@jennaeveliina313]

JACKSON has done a LOT of work with KINJAZ, its like they are his favorites. And I think the crew also likes him because they keep doing projects with him. JACKSON is By the way, Amazing dancer, truly underrated. You should do more of his solo stuff, and some of the clips from the Chinas Dance crew show where he was a "mentor". He is FIRE!

[@clfchan4838]

Just for your information, the dance practice is for the stage performance.

[@ppysam4803]

Do you know he was an Olympian Fencer when he was 17 and was number one in Asian Youth Championship. He quit his career as an athlete, went to South Korea and trained to be an idol, a member of the group GOT7. He worked so hard to be a great performer in every aspect.

[@thatpanda6055]

I really wanted him to know and react to street dance of China, lay, Jackson, yibo and Wallace participated and it was a legit dance competition with competition dancers, with dance battles and all of that

[@sonia4313]

Highly suggest you to watch him on the dance show « HOT BOOOD DANCE CREW » that he won it was incredible. He also participated in street dance China and also one a prize. His group mate from GOT7 also Won a dance show that’s called « hit the stage » with YUGYEOM which was hell dope too. I hope you’ll get to react to these and also Jackson Yugyeom with the group GOT7.

[@sonia4313]

The choreo at 5:41 was actually prepared for the show street dance crew

[@viv6594]

Ok but Jackson wang‘s dance practice to Titanic also choreographed by the kinjaz is just 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ROSE-pg1op]

Jackson said this is a Chinese Romeo and Juliet story, he was a worrier and the king fell in love with his love and had him killed so his guys rose him from the grave a 1000 years later so he can be with his love forever!

[@oiragad]

wtf bro im dyingGGG i remember memorizing the chorus choreo in 30 mins bc of how much i love I STILL DANCE TO IT

[@osnapitzcristal]

“LIKE CHICHARRÓN” 😭😭😭😭😂😂😂

[@hafsasaleemi7191]

I was saying, "You'll see," the whole time until you did, and not only that, you got the concept more or less right! He explained it as such in the Behind-the-Scenes video: "I'm like this warrior, I fell in love with this girl. Apparently the prince also fell in love with this girl. So then he had me killed and then I've been waiting for like a thousand years. And then, finally I get to meet her. It's basically like the Chinese Romeo and Juliet, I would say, I would describe it." And then he released "100 Ways Jackson Wang LOVES YOU," which is just him jamming around in an apartment to the song, to celebrate "100 Ways" breaking into the Top 30 of US pop radio.

[@clfchan4838]

Pls react Jackson Wang Dance performance on Street Dance of China 3 1) HALL OF FAME 2) ISIS 3) SICKO MODE

[@rosemma3615]

Hey! really liked your reaction! I'll try to explain the story as simply as I can (part 1 the myth that inspired the mv / part 2 analyse of the mv itself): PART 1 MYTH The MV is inspired by the Chinese myth of the Butterfly lovers. Zhu Yingtai comes from a rich family, she wants to study but she's a girl so she cannot because of their culture. She decides to dress like a boy and her father accepts to let her go to school. There she meets Liang Shanbo, they become best friends but she starts to fall in love with him. Sadly, after a few years, her father sends her a letter to ask her to come back to their family, she then reveals her identity to her teacher and ask them to give Liang a jade pendant as a betrothal gift. Liang accompagnes her during the 18 miles walk, she tries to let him know that she's a girl by giving hints but he doesn't seem to understand so she decides to act as a matchmaker between him and her "sister". Therefore when he visited her family, he discovered a pretty young lady and decided to ask Zhu's hand right away because of all the years they lost, they make a vow "till death do us apart". The thing is they get told that Zhu is promised to a rich man. Liang is heartbroken and dies from it. On the day of Zhu's marriage to Ma, strong winds prevent the wedding procession from escorting the bride beyond Liang's grave, which lies along the journey. Zhu leaves the procession to pay her respects at Liang's grave. She descends in bitter despair and begs for the grave to open up. Suddenly, the grave opens with a clap of thunder. Without further hesitation, Zhu throws herself into the grave to join Liang. Their spirits emerge in the form of a pair of butterflies and fly away together, never to be separated again. PART 2, the MV!: In the MV, Jackson is a military leader who's being brought back to life by his four loyal soldiers after they did a ritual because that is the promise they made (to always protect their leader and use their powers to bring him back). Jackson once brought back to life only has one goal, to find his lover's grave to bring her back to life. You see his loyal soldiers and him walking through broken trees due to their powerful energies. They make it to the grave which is located somewhere very pretty / luxurious, letting us know that she comes from as rich family (he came back from the forest in the middle of other tombstones). Jackson and his soldiers do the ritual again to bring her back to life but to do it and help Jackson the 4 loyal soldiers sacrifice themselves as it requires a lot of energy (that is why the 4 of them fall). Jackson has now enough energy and powers to bring his lover back to life, that is what he does. She comes back to life with really luxurious and expensive clothes, proving this time that she comes from a rich and honourable family whereas Jackson was covered in dirt. This is an hint as to why they weren't buried together (usually lovers are buried together), because they weren't married, she was with a man of her "kind" and he died alone (explaining the "There's a hundred ways to leave a lover (her husband that she doesn't actually love), I'm the only one that you need (he, that she's in love with despite him not being rich or successful like her family would want him to be). Once they're reunited, he holds her in his arms and proceeds to do the ritual one more time to bury them together as they're finally together and can rest peacefully instead of resurrecting her to live together because there's no actual proofs that they'd be able to live together, so they die together instead, in the arms of one another. I hope at least someone read this or I would've wrote if for nothing haha, hope it helped or whatever :D

[@danijones8314]

thank you for this!! super interesting

[@alexanderallin1743]

Thank you!

[@rosemma3615]

@@alexanderallin1743 ty for reading it 🥺🥺🥺🥺💖

[@rosemma3615]

@@danijones8314 tysm for taking the time to read 🥺🥺🥺

[@scar1143]

Jackson did Pretty Please choreo at the end😂

[@Alexandradominguezog]

"We're going to WAR!... With love!" That made my night 🤣

[@sonia4313]

What’s crazy is that he really could pass a KINJAZ it’s impressive that he manages to follow their pace since he started to dance really late

[@jennaeveliina313]

I dont know what you mean by LATE? If he started training 2011 he mustve danced even before that, that means he has definetly danced 10+years and since he is only 25 or 26, I wouldnt call that late..

[@KD-zj4ye]

@@jennaeveliina313 No, Jackson didn't have any dance training/background before joining JYPE in 2011, he just practised like crazy and improved in a very short time to get where he is right now. But he did win first place in the JYPE dance auditions - I guess he has dancing in his blood lol I agree with OP that he started dancing late because in 2011, he was 17 years old, while his group mates like Bambam (for example) have been dancing since they were very young, like 5 years old, and Bambam also trained at JYPE since he was around 10 years old.

[@stephanielemons2995]

Jackson said that the video was ancient "Romero and Juliet". They buried separately and he wanted to be with her. You should check out his other song and video connected to this one called "Pretty Please." That is if you haven't already. Add to the fact that at the end of the live preformance he added a dance move from his other song to this one to connect them more. He also does commentary at the end of "Pretty Please." You might want to have a look....

[@jungtae0193]

Jakson Wang yesss

[@angelquizzah3499]

One thing about Jackson that I admired so much is his professionalism to the point that he will forget about his injury once he starts performing. You can watch his performance on hbdc ep 1 for that.

[@jungtae0193]

Aaaaaa. Yesssssssssssssss..... I've been waiting for this moment ... it will be epic ... I already want to see it

[@lal4mm]

Yesss I Looove 100 ways so much!!

[@joooooolea]

yesss jackson wangggg

[@ysacart7478]

I hope you react into Jackson Wang’s new release ‘BLOW’ - its gonna blow your mind tooo!!

[@KD-zj4ye]

Yep, the "stiffness" is because of the concept - regal/warrior concept - glad you watched the music video too to see that. The dance practice you watched was for the stage performance you watched at the end haha. Jackson is very hands-on with everything he does: he writes the treatment for his music videos and writes the lyrics, composes and arranges his music. He even edits his MVs sometimes, he produced, directed and wrote the script for his Pretty Please MV. All his MV concepts are sick!

[@shuq3912]

I've been waiting for 4 days I think

[@jacktube5247]

Thanks 😊for the reaction! Proud Jacky! 💚🐥👑

[@deniseannlange4519]

Jackson "stiffness" is not just his style; it is probably also due to having been a world class, literally, fencer. He was world ranked 11th at the 2010 Junior Olympics and 1st Asian Junior Junior Championship in 2011. He gave up a scholarship to Stanford and the Olympics to follow his dream of being a K-pop star. His Father was a Gold Medalist fencer at the Asian games, and also his mother was a acrobatic gymnast.

[@jacktube5247]

You need to check out Jacksons dance performance in Street dance of China , hot blood dance, and many more. He is a very good dancer! A all-rounder artist.

[@deniseannlange4519]

Jackson has done several performance videos with kinjaz in China (Jackson is from Hong Kong). Kinjaz has also many performances there also. China has alot of dance performance competitions and Kinjaz has even opened a studio there I think. I really enjoy their KZbin channel. Jackson does have his own unique style. He is a solo performer as a vocalist, and some of his work has dancing in it (Pretty Please). He is also a rapper with GOT7. They have some very sharp mv choreo (Hard Carry, Not By the Moon, You Calling My Name,)

[@deniseannlange4519]

CRASH and BURN is my favorite GOT7 dance one.

[@lilqa9001]

omg I was waiting for this

[@Bellafrankie]

You gotta watch Jackson's Performances in Street Dance of China season 3. Also he does lot of work with Kinjaz. They are like family.

[@MAj3sty915]

Have you seen street dance china? the season jackson is in is AMAZINGGGG~~shows a lot of the dance scene in asia too. i think its straight up your alley. do check it out! im not even a dancer and I LOVED it! I think you definitely would too! a reaction to some of their performances would be great!

[@reiou]

Please check out Jackson's dance performance on Street Dance of China 3~ his team's performances were also choreographed by KINJAZ/Sinostage. :) 1) HALL OF FAME 2) ISIS 3) SICKO MODE

[@EmeroyB]

those are likely to be patreon exclusives

[@reiou]

@@EmeroyB I understand, and will look into that! Thanks for responding~ also, thank you for making this video. It's awesome to watch other professionals analysing/reacting to Jackson's stuff. I hope you enjoy watching those other performances of his as much as us fans do. I don't know if you are aware but your video was making its way around on weibo (one of the largest social media platforms in China!) and that was how I found this. Thanks again for reacting to Jackson. 👍

[@WrWati]

Omg yasss!

[@AngelaSealana]

Emeroy, it felt like I was waiting a week for this 😅 since I missed the stream. Thanks so much for sharing this. Jackson Wang is a superstar. I think his professional fencing background affects his lack of fluidity in the spine / ability to be super stiff.

[@sharonapark8415]

It says premieres in 4 days. I can't wait that long ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

[@madelinerae61397]

Yay!! Very excited you are getting to Jackson's dancing!! Please react to ISIS performance!!! Its soooooo good

[@dandkyum]

omg yesssssss

[@shay4264]

Thanks for reacting to Jackson! Your analyses of the choreo and the performances were so thorough and I really enjoyed your attention to detail!! You should react to Jackson's performances on the show Street Dance of China, they were also choreographed by the Kinjaz ~ Captain Performance (the performance of dance break you watched!) : kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4fPhqasfbl-n7c Team Performance: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5jJeWppmMt4mcU Finale Performance: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2qwmZqFiLuijNU

[@agot7fan855]

You should check out jacksons titanic dance too. That was also with the kinjas

[@l1smm309]

If you like this I highly recommend checking out this performance he did on street dance of china. The dance starts at 1:17 kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5jJeWppmMt4mcU It’s a piece where he doesn’t have to sing, so it showpieces his full dance capabilities. I was honestly _super_ surprised he was that good. ☺️

[@clfchan4838]

Yes, please do 🙏

[@joycecaroline8639]

I know nothing about dance but I love seeing your analysis. Just wanted to comment something :)

[@milindawilson9175]

Yes, the dance practice you saw for Jackson's "100 Ways" was a practice for a performance Jackson did for a recent Chinese award show. What you saw wasn't choreography being created by Jackson, but he was explaining the dance to the backup dancers who were part of the performance. The Kinjaz worked with Jackson on his own, and after they all perfected it, Jackson took it back to his studio and taught it to the backup dancers. You should really check out the second half of that live performance, with the dance break section that he performed right after "100 Ways" kzbin.info/www/bejne/bna6nnWbecRnndU. Jackson has 100% control over all aspects of his solo work because he owns it all himself. It's all part of his company. The Kinjaz have done a lot of projects with Jackson and several of his recent projects are in collaboration with them. To hear the Kinjaz members explain what it was like on the set of "100 Ways" and the whole process working with Jackson, check out the Kinjaz KZbin channel and this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hH-2gKmdn8-LnZI. Fun fact: If you watch Jackson's MV for his song "Pretty Please," at the end of that MV you will see there is behind the scenes footage where Jackson talks about how "100 Ways" and "Pretty Please" are connected and he explains the storylines in both MVs in more detail.

[@FernandaSilva-wd4rn]

Here is the link from the performance with the dance break kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmm5oqilppWbhtU Ps: starts at 2:35 //// xoxo I love your videos

[@clfchan4838]

The dance practice is for the live performance not for the MV.

[@heraveneer7439]

HI could you please react to Last Piece by Got7? I really enjoyed your reactions and would love to see what you think about the individual styles and choreos that they have!

[@EmeroyB]

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[@alisonzhang4936]

Here’s the performance stage: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooq5c5aqrKlplZI&feature=share

[@tavii_]

If you want to check out any more of his dance performance/competition videos, this is one of my favorites kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3PUmaBsettgqrM

[@hildegarxx9868]

You need to watch titanic ft rich brian!

[@minibillu3332]

How about react to Pretty please, Titanic or GOT7 dance videos

[@HeloisaFR]

Before I didn't notice that his upper body looks stiff sometimes, interesting 🤔

[@kexuanlin5453]

Jackson spoiler the new song pretty pls in that time???!!!AW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@lisaapodaca8408]

Jackson debuted with Got7 in 2014!

[@jungtae0193]

You can react to BOYS MEETS EVIL From J-Hope please ....? ... Sorry for my English

[@akaye8576]

Please react to GOT7!!!!

[@heraveneer7439]

HI could you please react to Last Piece by Got7? I really enjoyed your reactions and would love to see what you think about the individual styles and choreos that they have!

[@EmeroyB]

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