Dancing at DMZ and Namdaemun (?)

[SiEd]

Only tangentially Korean-related: it's about this guy Matt Harding who dances (very weirdly, imo) all around the world.

The relevant parts for us are 1:22 when he dances at the DMZ and 2:49 where he dances with a group of young people in front of what looks like a wintry lit Namdaemun (I believe he made this journey during the winter of 2007, before the tragic burning - please correct me if this is incorrect, though). A very touching video overall.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY

[SiEd]

Oops, the DMZ clip is at 1:53.

[John]

What an odd thing to do....looks like he had fun. But what an odd thing to do.

[Keith]

You want to see dancing at the DMZ? This is the clip to watch! I think I saw Hyunwoo in there

[SiEd]

You want to see dancing at the DMZ? This is the clip to watch! I think I saw Hyunwoo in there

If you're referring to the clip (whose link you forgot to put in your post ) about the b-boying dance-off at the DMZ, that was awesome - movie voice: "serious moves happened on that occasion".

On the other hand, silly-dancing in front of a DMZ guard has its own merits as well.

In a similar vein, I'm pretty surprised that I didn't see even one b-boy/b-girl in the Seoul shot of Matt's video. Maybe they had better sense .

[Keith]

oh right!! lol... here we go

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DmKHuq-IxjM

[javiskefka]

Didn't they build a replica of Panmunjom to film JSA ?

[the_haunted_boy]

I love the videos!!
The music was also pretty.

[heartborne]

Ahah, I love that video

Actually my main reason for learning Korean was, at the time, Breakdance (b-boying ^_^). So this video totally pleases me.
The north/south korean issues + the language + breaking. Awesome work

It's a film by Benson Lee (Mondo Paradiso Productions) & Charlie Shin (Weeping Buddha Productions & Cartel Creative).

Starring:

B-boy Ducky (Drifterz Crew) as South Korean Guard 1
B-boy Trickx (Drifterz Crew) as South Korean Guard 2

B-boy Physicx (Rivers Crew) as North Korean Guard 1
B-boy Hong10 (Drifterz Crew) as North Korean Guard 2

B-boy Bongs (Drifterz Crew) as North Korean Officer

Johnjay Chon (Cartel Creative) as South Korean Officer

Filming Location: Cheol-won Gun, Gyongi-do, Republic of South Korea - the same film-set as JSA ( Joint Security Area/Gongdong Gyeongbi Guyeok, 2000 http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0260991/ )

Gotta love it

[hyunwoo]

I loved these videos as well

Both "Where The Hell Is Matt?" and "Planet B-Boy: Run DMZ".

Especially the b-boys in the planet b-boy movie clip are amazing because they are wearing these very uncomfortable costumes and still showing us some great moves (although not their best ^^)

[hyunwoo]

Btw, heartborne, if you ever come to Seoul,

b-boy physicx teaches in their crew school : )
2 classes every week (sat & sun) , and it only costs about USD 100 a month!

[heartborne]

Btw, heartborne, if you ever come to Seoul,

b-boy physicx teaches in their crew school : )
2 classes every week (sat & sun) , and it only costs about USD 100 a month!

wow, that's pretty cool! Thank you for the information, that's news to me

Do a lot of crews/b-boys do that ?

ps. your "2000" video is inspiring me to train mine, I just wish It was as fast ahaha

[hyunwoo]

wow, that's pretty cool! Thank you for the information, that's news to me
Do a lot of crews/b-boys do that ?
ps. your "2000" video is inspiring me to train mine, I just wish It was as fast ahaha

Thanks

And yeah, most crews have classes available for people to attend, and the classes are usually not too expensive But some classes are too crowded, since they don't do too many classes a week. But yeah, you basically have a very wide choice!