Introduction The Korean pop culture, commonly referred to as K-pop, has undoubtedly been the center of attention of the teenagers especially in Asia; although lately, it has been moving its way to cross the West too. Joining the trend of Korean music are idol groups, Korean dramas, variety shows, and movies. With its growing popularity, a lot of people are imitating their idols’ fashion sense, hairstyles, and even the products they use. In addition, due to the captivating beat and eye-catching dance moves of the idol groups, the number of cover groups started to increase. According to Sung Tae-Ho, a senior manager in the Korean Broadcasting System’s content business office, “It is kind of a syndrome. Asian people love to enjoy Korean stuff.”
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To make things clear and simple, a case study will be presented. It will be portrayed by Riz (me) who is a member of Convenient Entrenchat—a cover group of Korean girl group, T-ARA—since its formation last 2011. Based on her experience, the best way to learn the dance routines of the idol groups—through observation learning—will be narrated on the latter part. As stated before, observational learning is learning by observing others. This method is what members of cover groups usually use when learning the dance routines of Korean idols. They watch their performances and observe their movements carefully. And as they observe them, missing a certain point of the dance must be avoided. Honestly, watching the performance once is not enough to learn the whole dance. Sometimes, it takes a person to repeatedly watch a video in order to grasp the whole routine since he or she wants to learn it bit by bit; step by …show more content…
Before starting my own practice, I look for the mirrored version of the dance routine that we will perform. The first time I played the video, I tried to spot who among the members of the group I am going to imitate and also where my positions will be. It’s like I’m scanning the whole routine, thinking if I’ll be able to do it or not; though I really have no choice but to try my best if I think I can’t. Afterwards, I will now concentrate on a particular member I’m supposed to mimic; taking in every movement she does. This is where attention—a factor of observational behavior—comes in. The first stage of being able to copy the steps of the dances is to pay attention to every detail; be it the obvious ones or the small
To make things clear and simple, a case study will be presented. It will be portrayed by Riz (me) who is a member of Convenient Entrenchat—a cover group of Korean girl group, T-ARA—since its formation last 2011. Based on her experience, the best way to learn the dance routines of the idol groups—through observation learning—will be narrated on the latter part. As stated before, observational learning is learning by observing others. This method is what members of cover groups usually use when learning the dance routines of Korean idols. They watch their performances and observe their movements carefully. And as they observe them, missing a certain point of the dance must be avoided. Honestly, watching the performance once is not enough to learn the whole dance. Sometimes, it takes a person to repeatedly watch a video in order to grasp the whole routine since he or she wants to learn it bit by bit; step by …show more content…
Before starting my own practice, I look for the mirrored version of the dance routine that we will perform. The first time I played the video, I tried to spot who among the members of the group I am going to imitate and also where my positions will be. It’s like I’m scanning the whole routine, thinking if I’ll be able to do it or not; though I really have no choice but to try my best if I think I can’t. Afterwards, I will now concentrate on a particular member I’m supposed to mimic; taking in every movement she does. This is where attention—a factor of observational behavior—comes in. The first stage of being able to copy the steps of the dances is to pay attention to every detail; be it the obvious ones or the small