Todoroki Hajime of hololive held her 3D birthday live performance in June, and one of many largest moments was a gaggle efficiency of the music “Kokkara” that includes her, Hakos Baelz, Isaki Riona, and Mizumiya Su. As anticipated, all of them showcase why all 4 of them are nearly inarguably the most effective dancers in hololive, however one factor that actually stood out to me is how they got alternatives to indicate off their distinctive dance personalities.
Whereas essentially the most clear instance of distinctive expression is after they every carry out by themselves, one factor that actually caught my consideration is how they every transfer in the course of the refrain. There’s this pivot/twist transfer that they do, and when you look intently, you’ll be able to see that they every carry out it in another way. I don’t know sufficient to really totally make sense of their particular person approaches, however to me it appears to be like like:
Hajime has her fingers in numerous positions each time, with weight on one leg and each knees bent. It jogs my memory of a C-walk, but in addition appears like she’s drilling down together with her physique.
Bae additionally has her weight on one leg, however the different is extra prolonged, she’s bent decrease on the waist, and her arms are out like she’s doing the traditional Twist. To me, it comes throughout nearly like a sit spin in determine skating and has a clearly totally different silhouette from Hajime’s.
Riona does extra of a shuffle in place with much less of a transparent twisting movement and extra hip motion, and he or she ends with a really pronounced kick to the aspect. Her fingers are additionally transferring in vertical circles, like wheels.
Su appears to shift her weight forwards and backwards between every leg, although I may be getting fooled by the truth that her left leg is admittedly crossing over her proper as she pivots. It gives the look that Sue could be very gentle on her ft, even in comparison with the others.
Moreover, within the first refrain, the 4 backup dancers do the choreography as properly, they usually additionally every have their very own tackle the transfer!
By the way, Hajime gave their names in the course of the live performance, however given her explicit speech quirks, I couldn’t totally decipher them. I feel they’re Hajime’s private crew from her backup dancer days, so I feel it’d be cool if somebody may determine who every of them had been in different performances, together with however not restricted to the birthday live performance.
