Performer Reacts to Lay '飞天 Flying Apsaras' Visualizer + Dance Practice | ANALYSIS | Jeff Avenue 

When I saw the Lit mv and Flying Asparas Visualizer, I realized how minimal SM spends on their artists.

I feel like the thing that sets Lay apart and makes him so special is that you can really just tell how much he loves dance and how he's so curious about different styles and techniques because he is constantly learning more and more and it's so evident in every new project he does. He really is our pride and joy as exols.

Don't get me wrong, I love Lay in EXO, but he definitely has more room to express his creativity as a solo artist. In EXO Lay is a great performer, great dancer, great singer. But solo, he is a great producer, choreographer, director, song writer on top of all those.

yixing is one of the best dancers of this generation, he can deadass do anything

Damn Jeff even recognizes Chinese dance and as a traditional Chinese dancer, even more respect for this guy 👌🏼👏🏼

"I can't believe we get to watch this for free!" was the best and most accurate statement! Watching Jeff fanboy and freak out at this stunning dance practice and song, is super fun!

The one who choreographed this was actually Huang Xiao, he’s one of the team members of Lay’s team on Street Dance of China Season 4 (you should watch it btw), he was also on his team on S3. And the dancers are from Hello Dance Crew. The fact that Lay has done so many different dance styles just blows my mind bcs he is always outstanding, that just shows his work ethic and passion for dance and I admire him so much for that, he is definitely one of the best if not best dancers in kpop/cpop.

I just did quick research here. Apsara (English translation: nymph, fairy, celestial nymph, and celestial maiden) is well-known in the Khmer (Cambodia) culture but deeply rooted in ancient Indian mythology. It is a type of female spirit of the clouds and waters in Hindu and Buddhist culture. The Apsara figure is in the sculpture, dance, literature, and painting of many South Asian and Southeast Asian cultures. Apsara portrays as youthful and elegant (that depicts the elegant movement with the choreography), and superb in the art of dancing. It makes sense why Lay chose Apsara for Asian reference ((he have been referencing a lot of Chinese historical figures in the song like Luban (god of carpentry), Wanhu (who became the first "astronaut" in space, but got exploded and died), Kuafu (a giant deity who wished to capture the Sun but failed to do so), and Chang'e (moon goddess who steals an elixir of immortality from her husband because she wants to live longer)). Maybe he chose Apsara not only because he has this burning passion for dancing, but he wants to fly high "who are the ones who hold up the sun." Only the king can hold/stand up the Sun. Remember in Lay's Lit, he did say "I am the king" "I have the crown, I got the power you know it." This is another lowkey diss track towards haters. He referenced these gods and they all mean similar things. Lu Ban (the god of carpentry) has this common idiom: 班门弄斧 bān mén nòng fǔ - literally, “to brandish your axe at Lu Ban’s door." This is used to describe people who unwittingly boast their small achievements in front of those who've set the bar. It's like haters think they are the better dancer and saying that Lay is sucked at dancing or something for example. Wan Hu, who is being too ambitious of wanting to get close to the star, so he built this "rocket" chair for him to fly up to space, but ended up losing his life. Haters are like that, they are getting too greedy and selfish by dragging him down to prevent him from reaching the top and they thought that they can be on top over Lay, but ended up getting annihilated because haters gonna get their ass sued. Instead of building this failed rocket chair to fly up high, Lay uses dancing to "fly." Apsara dance is not easy to replicate or to dance to. It takes rigorous training that usually starts before the age of 10 and lasts for up to 15 years. This requires lots of strength forming in the legs to perform highly complex body movements as well as enough flexibility in the hands to bend their wrists and fingers in every direction with ease (like you don't have joints). Just like the ethereal spirits, they represent, Apsara dancers move very slowly, yet gracefully, resembling heavenly goddesses floating amongst the clouds. So basically, his dancing is like flying. The more he continues to dance, the higher he flies up to reach the Sun.

Lay's type of dancing makes you watch it over and over again because you fall in love on every moves he did. Anyway, love your reaction and how you actually explain about the moves! it's great to know something about it.

Exactly what I was thinking: “can’t believe we are watching this free” Mr Lay is s black hole that feeds on passion and diligence of every other planet he swallows.

Some people may say that traditional dances are easy but let me tell you that its the hardest to learn. Lay just proved that he really is a versatile artist/dancer. He never fears doing something different.

Lay always make me feel so proud about him. I've been following "Street Dancer China " series . I'm pretty sure Lay loves that because he get to interact with world dance legends. He always ask and learn from them and vise versa. When he did that waacking I was so happy to see that. He never stop learning ❤️

My mouth was literally hung open throughout the entire dance practice video. Every move is so freaking perfect, done with such precision. Yixing is just out of the world!

What in the Kung Fu, right?! In his Chromosome Trainee Project Promotion, he said that the lowest standard for an idol is Lay Zhang and his only requirement is to defeat him. Y'all this is Lay Zhang, how are people supposed to beat him if he keeps getting better and better every day! I'm not complaining though. LOL.

When this come out, i thinking of you. Lay slayed as always. BALANCE. KING OF CHINA IS BACK

This man will be the death to me. He's just too much to handle. Also, I was searching and "apsaras or apsara" is a type of female spirit of the clouds and waters in Hindu and Buddhist culture. They may also be depicted as dancers or musicians. They are referred to as feitian (飞天) in Chinese. I LOVE the fact that his backup dancers are females like apsaras surrounding him. And the fluidity and airy movements complement the theme of clouds and water spirits. It's a piece of art. He's so creative and talented with everything he does. If I learnt something about him is the fact he thinks about every single movement and what he wants to portray. Every detail and every movement has a meaning.

Hello Dance are simply masters when it comes to choreography! Huang Xiao, Gaigai and Algger with his awesome waacking really created a master piece!

The fact that u could identify many poses from the actual feitian mural in the dance is so impressive

If I have a performance I really want to see it is Ten covering the dances of Lay (I mean I can just imagine Ten doing this choreo) but if I can be a little more greedy then proceed on wishing for a performance of Ten and Lay together and I will be manifesting this until it happens!

I'm so happy that Lay met Huang Xiao and GalGal at Street Dance Of China Hello Dance studio just did another masterpiece, again. And it's so cool to see Lay appreciating their work and making art with them together

I just adore how Yixing continues to evolve and mix classical Asian styles with various elements of street dance/modern music. So beautiful and powerful x

Yixing is amazing! He is in Street Dance of China's currently airing season 4 as a team captain and, my god, he is absolutely insane there. He's been performing full-on Locking routines and freestyle battles on par with recognised street dancers with years of experience! You can really see his improvement and how influenced he is by the presence of so many different genres, like Waacking and Popping, in the show. He really puts his soul into dance and it's really inspiring to see. Thank you so much for reacting!!

Can we just take a moment to credit CAPTAIN ZHANG YIXING LAY FCKING ZHANG, HELLO DANCE CREW, AND HUANG XIAO FOR CHOREOGRAPHING YET ANOTHER ART. Lay's works will always render me speechless. I'm glad that you like the choreos Jeff ♥️. You can see a lot of mix genres for this dance practice bc Lay is the ambassador of Street Dance in China he has always loved incorporating street dancing to Chinese culture esp in songs. As for the choreography, the choreographer is a jazz/contemporary dancer that's why probably you can see a lot of em in the dance. I recommend you to check out STREET DANCE OF CHINA I think you will like the routines there or check out Huang Xiao he's really a good dancer. He's been choreographing and with Lay for quite sometime now. OMAYGASH THANK YOU JEFF FOR REACTING TO THIS ACK SAME LAY'S REALLY MAH FAVE THESE DAYS

lay upholds very high standards for himself in every aspect of his career, so it's understandable where he's coming from when he mentioned that he didn't want to release the full music video (in a positive way!) and i think it shows what kind of a person lay is, he works so hard and to put out only his best work for us. i think fans should respect his decision in doing so!

I don't think I've ever seen Jeff so satisfied by a dance performance while reacting. MASTER LAY! 😊

Just thought this may be interesting to you if you are wondering what is Flying Apsaras. It refers to a cultural heritage (also an UNESCO site) in China - the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang. These caves were built with Buddhist temples with sculptures, paintings and architecture that started from AD 366 and more arts were kept building into it in all centuries that followed in the whole Chinese history, so it’s regarded as a gallery of the historical evolution of culture, garment and art in China. The Flying Apsaras is one of the key themes from the paintings preserved in these caves, and in China there is a specific dance genre called ´flying apsaras’ transforming the movements and body gestures from these paintings into the real dancing (a lot of the hands movements in Lays dance must be inspired by that, especially @14:33,when he put one arm behind his head and join the other arm/head at the side-that was an iconic gesture from a flying apsaras painting when an apsara was playing a traditional Chinese instrument called Pipa but instead of holding the instrument at the front she was holding it behind her head) - and the Mogao Caves are in an oasis in the desert that’s why you see the whole set up is in the desert, dune, temples etc etc. And it’s a religious and culture crossroad on the Silk Road. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogao_Caves

Lay never stops learning. He likes to discover new things and he'll work hard for that. Really work hard for it.

This was a really good review! Thank you! It’s lovely to hear from a performer’s perspective. Lay has crazy standards and he’s a perfectionist too so I feel like we can always expect what he releases to be amazing. I still hope he will release the full mv someday.

Lay was very wise when he choosed this studio ‘Hello dnace’ and the choreographer is Huang xiao who is a choreographer in this studio and he’s a member in lay’s team in street dance of china. This shows how Lay is wise and have a good eye to artistic things.

The dancers are from Hello Dance. They took part choreographing with one of the crew’s leader, Huang Xiao (also known as Ziv), as the main choreographer. Huang Xiao danced in the mv but not the studio version. They worked on quite a few dances together on Street Dance of China S3 as part of Lay’s team. Hello Dance has won a few crew dance competitions in the past that are pretty cool too.

yixing really dropped my favorite song AND my favorite choreography from him all at once goddamn!! the part where you were incoherently squeaking was me the whole time lmao

Thank you for saying so, i love his adiptation of modern with new chinese. I love traditioonal chinese isnetruments, its so great hearing them in modern music ! Oh how i adore lay

Thank you for this. Everything you said and felt 💜 This fusion that Lay had been pushing with all his passion has been so fun to watch. To add to the sweetness, Lay and Hello Dance's shen yun (chinese style bearing & body rhythm) has been spot on for this.

“I can’t believe I’m clapping and it’s not even over yet”. Jeff this was your BEST reaction to date. What a expressive and impressive explanation of Lay’s video. Fantastic!

I can't stop cryng because of your voice

Everything that Yixing does is pure ART! People should pay for Lay just sneezing or his cute laugh.

This is really one the best choreography ever. I can't stop watching it. Everything about this is so perfect and satisfying. Yixing is on another level. I'm so proud of him. After watching the dance practice I really wanted to see your reaction to this masterpiece. Thank you Jeff

Love your reaction! Lay is amazing! Love his moves, so clean and smooth and yet sharp and powerful

Lay's dance always majestic ❤ its feel so amazing 😍

Thanks for the reaction vid! I love how you commented about the way Yixing dances counters the contemporary dance vibe of the choreography. Yixing's primary style is MPOP, which is all about fusing chinese traditional elements with the younger, trendy cool vibe!

lay was so light on this choreo, i love it.

Thank for sharing! This shot mv and dancing practice are amazing! Love it! Lay is the king!

Guys lets stand up for jeff because of his words👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Say it louder maaaan❤️❤️❤️❤️

Lay is an artiest, he is so enthusiastic with his passion to music , dance, art director, producer and also his music story telling , unfortunately most of foreigner have not much knowledge about Chinese myth story, otherwise they will know more about the meaning of his music and lyric, however , his dance can fairly express his story, his work is an art piece , I hope he can serious think about doing a show in New York Broadway, I surely will fly there to see all of his work piece!

If you like Chinese style infused dances, you should definitely check out some of the performances on street dance of China 4, a show that has Lay as one of the captains.

Lay is definitely the best idol dancer for me. Honestly, his dance style can't even be categorized into "idol dancing" I think, because if Lay wasn't an idol he can easily be a professional dancer with how versatile and good he is. It was unfortunate that he wasn't able to show that when he was still active in the group but I'm glad he's freely trying out different dance styles now.

Can you react/analyse Huang Xiao from "Street dance of China", he's the choreographer for this dance. I really want your take on his preformances (really any of them but my fave is "shuang" with Qiao Zhi)

I love Lay's artistic style. The whole concept is so mesmerizing. It will be sad if they will not release the MV.

Huang Xiao did such an amazing job with the choreo!!! And I need more of Yixing and the Hello Dance Crew, I hope they will dance with him during the live performances

Love your reaction Jef !always on point and I have learned a lot about versatility , control etc..that 's why ur my fave reactor!! the way you are already clapping when the vid is not done yet.super love it.

“I cant believe were watching this for free.” My thoughts exactly!!!!

It's so clean and ancient, so cool Lay

Yasssss Thank you for the reaction🤩🤩🤩 yesss,,there is a little bit of waaking in the choreo ^^ The dance group with Lay is "HelloDance" btw 😊😊

Lay is really my favorite dancer, his dedication for dancing, he learn so much about dancing, never stops learning, and always thriving. I need more people in this world can recognize his work, his music, and his dancing. So proud that he is EXO, full of talent and so rare

Lay is on another level

i love him so much😭😭😭😭😭🥺🥺🥺 thank you for reaction❤️

Lay is an Incredible artist

I'm so glad SM make him debut as soloist because we got to see all this artistic side of him, just amazing!!!

Thank you for the genuine reaction

Precision+Balance+Formation = LAY

Have you watched Lay dance witch legendary GOGO brothers yet? You should see all his dance battles in sdc 3 and 4... They are epic

I love how jeff analize or his reaction to Lay seems he really understand Lay Dance moves,all those balancing,control,really not easy ,i Wish Lay can watch this Video.

The imagery is so beautiful. He always gives you the Lotus flower, represents his culture... and Balance.

We miss you so much Lay

I love how you 'described' the whole dance practice video. I am stunned and speechless and out of words when watching his video every single time. The only word i wanna describe him is Masterpiece!!!!

we didn't get an MV for flying apsaras because it didn't reached his STANDARDS. But watching the visualizer it is actually whole ass GREEK MYTHOLOGY MOVIE TRAILER. LAY ZHANG IS THE STANDAAARD!! can't wait for him to be with EXO already :(

It's such a shame we don't get a full music video (the visualizer already looks incredible). But that dance practice??? Bruh I LOVE the entire vibe of the song and dance only made it better

Happy 224k subscribers Jeff ❤️

You can definitely see the traditional Chinese dance movements in this video. Beautiful job.

Lay creates a genre. This choreography is so inspiring

He’s truly an ace

"I can't believe we're watching ghis for free. " at 5:00 is literally LITERALLY TRUTH HAHAHAHHA

I can't stop smiling because I see jeff excited about this and I feel it thank you so much.

Lay is amazing dancer😍😍

My favorite line, I don't know how's he human

Imagine this performance in Studio Choom OmG that would be soooo lit

I don't know if you know, but he has being a judge on a Chinese program called Street Dance China for the last 2 seasons, last season he hosted it with Jackson Wang, this year he is with 2 former Super Junior members and a Chinese Idol and actor called Wang Yibo. This year season has being amazing, due to the amazing dance quality gathered in the program, sooooo many different genres and styles, sooo many legends in the street dance community from many different parts of the world! You should watch it even if is just for fun. Is mind blowing all the talent there. I guess due to him being exposed to that type of environment and trying so many different styles there, he is just growing even more and being even more talented that what he already was!

Thank for the reaction! Lay’s dance is killing it!!

Lay amazing TT

You need to watch street dance china s3 and s4...I promise you will be blessed with so many incredible dances with different styles. You can see epic battles and gorgeous choreographies and fusion of different dances. Also you can see lay battle with veteran dancers..its so epic❤

Yixing keep feeding us contents that are hard to swallow. Gosh, this man is the ART itself ♡

I’m ready to watch his performance with full costume!!! OMG! And can anyone tell me if the ending pose represents Guan Yin???

His balance is amazing 😂

That's why we call him Boss

Lay is a powerful performer!!! I really hope he drops the music video

My man

The way Yixing thinks about music and dance is genius. He is the Einstein of creativity

The balance King 👑

OHMYGOSH JEFF I WAITED FOR THIS. THANKYOUUU!

Do you know huang xiao from street dance china? The great choreographer from lay’s team, he said that he worked on lay’s new album, so maybe it’s him who choreographed this art

lay zhang so amazing

I really think that his participation in street dance of china gave him a room to understand and learn more dance styles. He was able to do waacking, locking, popping and of course, krumping with some of the best street dancers all over the world. I loved how he breaks the stereotypes that idols can only do choreograph dance. He really gained a lot of respect for that. He even won 2 points in a seven to smoke battle for his team.

Yaaaaas this was so liiiit🔥🔥🔥

I was waiting for your reaction to this dance practice 😂 I just knew you would love it

YAAAAAAASSSS!!!! I thought of you when I finished watching the dance practice

Lay king of China..🔥👏🏻♥️

The dancer is from Lit Dragon Team in SDC Xuangxiao & gaigai is the choreographer also lay

Yess it's beautiful!!! A piece of art!!!

"I can't believe we're watching this for free" MOOD

"I can't believe we're watching this for free" EXACTLY !