Jakub Jakoubek & Cameo McHenry "The Sound of Silence" - The After Party TAP 2022 

Same here!!

OMY.

They literally had to kill time before the next couple while everyone recomposed themselves. It was unreal.

Yes, I can believe it. Watching it on the computer caught me unawares. I wasn't expecting the emotional journey 💓

@@mostguitarswins Love this

I agreed, the energy in the room was out of this world. They deserved every bit of that standing ovation.

Thank you for sharing your personal experience, it adds a richness to watching the video.

So random drawing of partners?

Thank you. I’ve been wanting to ask if this was improv but was too nervous of looking unknowing

I wondered about that. I figured it had to be a prepared routine, but 30 minutes to create such ART!

@@mostguitarswinsThey found out their partner and picked the song 30 minutes before. They didn’t create choreography in that time.

@@mostguitarswins yeah just to clarify, it's entirely improvisational in the moment. They knew the partner and the song, which isn't the case for most JnJ-style contests. Of course, listen through the song a few times and it's natural to start thinking about what you could do when, but nothing is pre-planned with their partner.

There is one more amazing dance from Jakub and Stacy Kay in Chicago Classics 2018.Very smooth and so synchronized.

They didn’t even pick it, if you can believe that. It was randomly chosen by the DJ and the dance completely improvised! 🤯

It is not a choreography, its improvised.

@@DutchKoffie Yes, I knew someone was going to bust my ovaries for that statement. You are technically correct of course. As a genre, this is improvisation and to create in this manner, each person has to be hyper focused in the moment. And, if NOT phoning it in and if truly connecting with their partner, and if incredibly talented and dedicated, they create magic. That is why I love this particular event in WCS. Having said that, if you pay attention, you will notice that bits from every practice, every practiced routine and every dance done between “common partners”, find their way into the Jack n Jill improvisational dances. I could give you MANY examples of that but it’s self-evident. Emeline and Jakub developed this style together and much of the moves used in this routine are based on their jointly created choreography and their ongoing improvisational style. I am not taking anything away from how incredible this pairing was or how brilliantly they performed together, simply noting the contribution of J’Em to the style and content of this performance. I could have said all that but instead I used the “c” word. I’m surprised it took so long for someone to call me out on it!

@@toniruthrivers9234 who is J'Em? Aren't the partners randomly selected as well? If thats the case, basically the gist of what you are saying is that all the pros are practicing with each other enough that when they are called to dance together, they already have tricks up their proverbial sleeves?

@@anthonydambrosio7170 Sorry you see it that way. The fact- that practice is required for improvisation- and that each person brings everything that have learned, every move, every heart wrenching pain, every joy, every doubt, every triumph, every failure and every hope, from their talent and efforts, into an improvised dance, does NOT take away from the magic they create. It is, quite simply, where art comes from- a culmination of all we are and all that we can be, in that moment.

@@toniruthrivers9234 Oh no I don't think it takes away from it at all. I am just trying to understand your comment. If I got the gist of what you were implying wrong, let me know.

They are both high level professionals in a style called "West Coast Swing" (sometimes referred to as modern swing) which is where their insane connectivity really comes from, but they both have extensive backgrounds in other styles of dance as well. Specifically, Cameo has deep background in ballet and other solo styles while Jakub has trained in ballroom and other couples dances.

@Irma Amri if you look for West Coast Swing dance videos , the J and J ones , they dont know who their partner will be or what song they will be dancing to and just improv .

Apples to oranges. Completely different styles.

@@linnonebunch4957 still dancing pal