Is there much couples dancing in K-pop?

[koganbot]

Posted this over on the Jukebox, where I underrated "Trouble Maker":

It took me a while to get HyunA as a dancer. What I first thought was sloppy now strikes me as having a nice flow. She's no BoA or Min (and here) when it comes to footwork or arm-and-shoulder coordination, but she's getting more at ease.

In "Trouble Maker"'s final two performances (Trouble Maker have wrapped up this round of promotions), HyunA was about 50 degrees warmer than JS.*

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I don't know if there's much couples dancing in K-pop, there being so few co-ed acts. I'll have to ask my K-pop cohort. I know there's interaction with backup dancers, and in the singer-rapper one-offs, but I doubt there's much Astaire-Rogers lovey-dovey.

*Mat and Sabina's chemistry discussion is here and here, if you missed it.

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[just-keep-on.livejournal.com]

At the expense of revealing that I'm totally out of the loop: Why is Hyunseung called "JS"?

There's something about Hyuna that turns me off - I haven't yet figured out what it is and it doesn't feel right to talk about her until I do. Hyunseung, though, I rather like, mostly because of his dancing (his lines~).

AG's already mentioned most of the co-ed couple performances between groups. I've been trying to remember if there were any on-stage co-ed performances in the early days, but I honestly can't remember. (Granted, I was limited to Music Bank back then.) Among co-ed groups, there was only one group who interaction with each other in the choreo, but I can't remember the name of the group now. They didn't last very long and I think their song was something like "Paparazzi" - I remember the opening of the performance started with a catwalk moment, with lots of "cameras" flashing and there was some well-placed hands and such.

[ETA] Aha! I knew Secret had worked with some of the boy groups during Shy Boy performances. They kept referencing other groups' choreo during the bridge, but actually had MBLAQ, Infinite and Teen Top (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhT65scD3I0) perform with them too :D

[arbitrary-greay.livejournal.com]

Damn, I knew I missed something. I even complained last year about how the boys were out-hamming the girls, who were just flouncing around. 4minute and MBLAQ doing Hairspray

Oh, and there was this SYTYD-style special that paired idols to do a dance together, but for the most part, they didn't actually dance with each other so much as coordinate next to each other.

[just-keep-on.livejournal.com]

SYTYD-style special
Really? I don't remember this o_o!

[arbitrary-greay.livejournal.com]

It was Star Couple Battle. Big waste of Gahee and Lee Joon. Chansung and Sulli did the Glee Umbrella/SITR mashup.