Our ongoing explorations into the creative connections between j-hope's Blue Side and other artistic genres continues in this look at painter Pablo Picasso and the multilayered works he created in his Blue Period. Part 1/7 #JHOPE#제이홉#BlueSide#BlueSidebyjhope
It was thrilling to see dance return to the forefront for a BTS performance. Even better was seeing dance leader j-hope front & center initiating the Dance Break for the inaugural performance of Butter at the BBMA21. #JHOPE#TheDanceBreak#제이홉@BTS_twt
The Dance Break choreo focuses on deep, sultry hip movements accented with bold hand gestures, alternating between sharp and sinuous. With his long arms wrapped around his body & expressive fingers spread across his torso, j-hope embodies smooth, sensual dancing. #JHOPE#제이홉
j-hope's emotive hands & fingers also give the dance needed flavor. The Butter Dance Break moves (small, isolated & tight to the body) feel similar in flavor to the choreo of Bob Fosse, which emphasizes precise isolations to syncopated beats. #JHOPE#제이홉
j-hope freestyled more than one version of his now iconic Butter MV elevator solo.
The longer one in the MV shooting vid shows him stepping over into deep croisse going into a turn, instead of the second reach left & body roll sequence as seen in the official MV. 1/4 #JHOPE
In the longer version of his freestyle solo, j-hope adds a a “running man” sequence and moves into some glides, taking up as much physical & visual space in that elevator as possible. 2/4 #JHOPE
j-hope ends with a hybrid step-up turn: starting the turn on his right foot, he then transfers the 2nd half of the turn onto his left so that he can extend his right leg into a rond de jamb a terre before pulling back to center. 3/4 #JHOPE