Choreographer Reacts to CDK 'Somebody That I Used to Know' 

I'm not a dancer or choreographer, but I've watched the video at least half a dozen times. Sends chills down your spine during the performance, it's so slick. One of the best things I've seen on YT.

i'm not really into contemporary dance, but this piece has become my obsession over the last week.

Been wachting the CDK video at least once a day every day since I first stumbled across it.

I agree! This is the most incredible all around costumes, choreography, film production, all of it, phenomenal!

There is also a great performance of this group with this song on stage without cuts (at some dance contest) - and it is incredible as well - the way they do almost exactly the same stuff but very ingeniously in one take. They are fantastic through and through! (The video is named "CDK | Showcase | World of Dance Eindhoven 2024".)

I have watched this video over 50 times and I am obsessed with it. I am not a dancer but appreciate dance and not at all a choreographer. This dance is mesmerizing to me. I cannot stop watching it.

The comment, it just feels good. Is the perfect comment for this. So many things especially in dance where you see it and you want to see it again and again cannot be explained. It just feels good. Completely agree! I loved your commentary

This performance stimulates my brain through my eyes in the same way that Beethoven stimulates my brain through my ears.

The surreal changes in pacing add dimensions to the lyrics. They carried out the dark tone while wearing color and full lighting. I always liked the song, but now I'm obsessed.

when i saw this routine, 2 things came to mind. Thriller and the 5 movement from The OA

I actually wore one of those outfits’ twin to a high school presentation in the 70’s. Great review and you nailed the clothing.

I've been watching this every day for a week, and it is just so amazing. Yes, there are lots of '70s vibe in the costuming, and the colours and variety of things going on is splendid.

I like reaction videos where both the person really reacts, and also can express the reaction in words. Not everybody can do both. Subscribed!

I love how it satirizes work attire.

You should see the live version

The choreography, dance performances, art direction, costumes, setting and editing are all fantastic. Very well done! Every time I watch it I notice something new. Incredibly talented group from, I believe, Holland.

I wondered when the reaction videos would start. Great the see the first one, that I know of, be done so capably. Thanks!

I am not a a big fan of dance (probably because I have to left feet) but this performance has touched me and to this point I have watched it at least a dozen times. The dancer in the opening scene is very good and I like all of the cast.

Glad I found this reaction vid. Know nothing about dance... but I'm a musician and have played for dancers, so I know great stuff when I see it and really wanted to get a sense of what a choreographer is seeing here. It's a sublime piece of work.

I wanted more too, so I watched it over and over.

It looks a lot like Wes Anderson films look.

I know nothing about dance, but something seemed so familiar to me when I watched this. I went to CDK's website and found that Sergio Reis choreographed BTS' Black Swan.

Absolutely Amazing and Beautiful Art. Every DANCER killed this performance. I'm grateful for a Spiritual experience. 🤗❤️😊

Maybe it's the lighting and how open the stage is that made you think of The Shining. There were a lot of scenes in The Shining of big open spaces that would zoom in on characters with those "moments of stillness for you to catch your breath".

Just stumbled across your account on my feed! You’re very fun to watch, thanks for making my day :))

I'm love dance though I'm not a professional. And so much of what you said was like so on point in the critique. The girl In velvet...also how they took time to slow it down amongst the energy all around. How thier was balance between sincrinized dance and fluid expression. They left room for the audience to soak it all in with so much going on. A big thing in there movement with the song that was so important and thats" now your just somebody that I use to know. " so many of thier expressions reminded me of a clock. Tick tock tick tock ....when they pulled thier rounded arms out....back and forth....it reminded me of a Grand father clock or those balls in a line psychiatrist use to get thier patients into a trance.The point is...Time passes......and now they are just someone you pass on the street though you recognize each other. I've never been so amazed by a group of dancers.

Whimsical movement with surgical precision !!!

CDK is a Hip-Hop group and they are very well known in the Hip-Hop community and award winners. However, I'm not surprised that you didn't know who they were, because I believe the majority of dancers stick with our own communities. For instance, I used to assist in teaching social ballroom in my local community under studio owners that taught from 1935 (way before I was born) to 2005 when the last family member retired. I run the FB group for that and thought there are hundreds of students that came from that studio, it's still very local, so the FB group is private. However, what I'm more currently involved in with dance is West Coast Swing (WCS), which is world wide, and although I'm not a pro, I did become well known in the community for a newsletter I used to write that went from being read locally to my having subscribers from all over the world solely from word-of-mouth recommendations, so that's the community I'm a part of and know about. As for this particular piece from this group, they call it Hip-Hop, but to me, it felt like a fusion of contemporary, hip-hop, and jazz. I agree about the surprises. I was mesmerized watching it and was impressed with the precision, unison, camera work, and editing. My only criticisms would be that 1. they cut the end of the video a moment or two too soon, so the song didn't finish, which I found dissatisfying, and 2. they didn't complete the reason for the umbrella, which they did do when they preformed this piece live at the World Of Dance competition (which there is also a video of on YT and I suggest you watch that one as well). You ought to check out West Coast Swing for a possible reaction video. I suggest you start with watching a YT video titled "WOTP PRO SHOW 10 Years Anniversary 2022 West Coast Swing." I'm not suggesting you react to that particular video, because it's a little over 18 minutes long, but that will give you an idea of how versatile WCS is as a dance. If you do decided to watch it, look for the long comment I typed up and click the see more, because I compiled the names of all the dancers, the country where each dancer is from (several couples are from 2 different countries, and in a couple of instances married to each other), the name of the song that each couple is dancing to, and the time in the video where each couple has their solo. (There is 1 couple that does not do West Coast Swing (WCS).)

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You: small screen, them: big screen

What kind of dance they performed? Please answer🥺

I don't like performance dance. And this performance blew me away. That took talent and huge dedication. So much work and so much going on at the same time. You can't possibly see everything in one watching.

Also, there is a version of this at a dance festival: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4sXCTnk0yfs.htmlsi=rc0HnBziLLww2y4F

full live performance choreography is here : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4sXCTnk0yfs.html

nice react, but don't forget everytime you pause to rewind 5 seconds, as you missed parts of the song.

Really, needs to stop the ooh aah sounds, just stop the sound effects please..... She liked the guy carrying the girl over his shoulder but didn't notice the girl being pulled back from the line up, which was even more significant!

The pausing misses actual shifts, even one of my favorites in the whole piece.

She is missing the story of the song and how the dancers are telling it

Instead of your silly comments and reactions, how about playing the video, and then commentating!

Why did you cut out so much of the video? Why do you make such weird noises?

LMAO, when you just grunt and groan we know nothing...and you're a choreographer?

You have added nothing. I can say "mmmm. Nice. Whoo whoo, cool" myself. What exactly are you contributing here?!

The room ambience where you record is atrocious, your voice is to LOUD