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[BELLA 'POP!' Dance Practice Behind The Scenes]

(2022.04 "POP!" Dance Practice Day 1)

(~Meeting the dancers for the first time~)

(Watching the choreography demo)

Bella: It totally changed!

(The final choreography changed a lot from the first demo)

(Focused)

Bella: Can you send me the edited original? As a demo...

Dance Teacher: Ok.

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Dance Teacher: Shall we start?

All: Sure.

(Excited and worried about the first choreography practice)

Bella: Can I really sit?

Teacher: Yeah. Hold here with your left hand. Like this.

Bella: Oh, I see.

Teacher: Turn around first. One and two and turn

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Bella: Can you do it again?

(Stop-)

Bella: What just happened?

(Laugh)

(Tell me it isn’t so...)

Bella: It just went by so fast. Like in a second.

(BELLA is embarrassed)

Teacher: Baby~

Bella: Baby...?

(So shy...)

(Born to be an idol. She is PRO)

(Ugh! Depressed)

(She is learning so fast on her first day)

Teacher: As if a person is hanging here. Tilt your head to the right only in the beginning.

(Practice again)

(Pause)

Bella: This is so hard. It has so many small movements.

(Laugh)

Teacher: Yeah, it's true.

(Practicing confusing parts)

Teacher: Up, up, up!

Bella: It's been so long since I danced. I am so tired. No way. I'm serious. Like over a month. I have to run the whole time. I don't think I can coordinate my arms.

(Everyone's trying to hold their breath)

Dancer: Can you tell us when to take a breath? I don't know when to breathe.

(Laugh)

(So tired! Ha...)

Bella: I don't think I can sing to this.

(Let's go get it! Haha...)

Bella: I'm not the only one, right?

Dancer unnies: Not at all. We're all beat.

(LOL)

Bella: Sometimes I wonder how did I do the concert? I don't remember.

(~We're tired, but we don't stop~)

(Keep on practicing)

Teacher: Thump!

(Broken)

Teacher: Thump!

(Made a mistake again. Ha...)

Bella: I seriously don't remember all the dances until we wrap up the album.

Teacher: But you're memorizing really fast right now!

(Practice again and again, yet...)

(Zoned out... Broken)

(The point choreography is hard for everyone)

(LOL! This choreography)

Bella: I think it will take me a while to learn.

Teacher: Should we wrap up after going through it once?

All: Yes.

(Practice all the dance moves she learn today)

Bella: Argh!

(Monitoring together for the one last time)

Dancer: Argh!

(LOL)

Dancer: That was so realistic.

Bella: Good job, everyone!

All: Thank you!

(Choreography practice DAY 1 finished)

Dancer unnies: I can do it! I can do it!

Bella: Thank you!

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Bella: I'm done with the practice. Today was the first practice for "POP!". I am so tired. The dance is more complicated than I expected. So yes, I am super tired. I'm hoping it'll get better once I get used to it. See you tomorrow!

(2022. 04 "POP!" Dance Practice Day 4)

Bella: Hi. Hi.

(BELLA dyed her hair! All dancers in awe seeing her)

Dancers: Hello.

(Stretching is a must before the practice to prevent injury)

(Memorized the choreography, and now we have to get to the details)

Teacher: During this part, all of your elbows dropped.

(The choreography is complete when you get everything down to the details)

Teacher: Don't let them drop. Like this. Without the mirror this time.

(Notice any difference...?)

(The part where she makes a heart on her cheeks has been pulled out)

(No way-)

Seriously?

(POP! choreography_really_final.ver)

Bella: Argh!

(This choreography has no break, so everyone's tired)

Bella: I am so tired. Latte for energy booster

Dancer: Did you dye your hair?

Bella: Yeah, I bleached my hair one more time and dyed it yesterday. I'm trying to find the color that looks the best on me. And we'll go with the best color to shoot the MV.

(Choreography practice continues)

Cameraman: BELLA!

Bella: Huh?

Cameraman: You look lonely.

Bella: I am not.

Cameraman: You were there like an island.

(LOL! Island...)

Bella: Was it obvious?

Cameraman: Yeah.

Bella: Haha, I am not alone. I am with the dancers! I am not sure if they're older or younger than me yet, but... I'm making an effort to get to know them. I bought them beverages yesterday. I'll do that a couple more times.

(And we'll get to know each other better)

(Q. How is it to practice alone?)

Bella: Because I don't waste any time by chatting... When I'm with the members, we spend a lot of time just hanging out. I pull a prank and we laugh a lot. But since I'm alone, I was able to learn it within a day or two. For the last two days, we even finished early by like 2 hours. So that's an upside. I think the dancer unnies are probably more tired than I am. I remain in the center, but they have to move around. They also said that this choreography is the hardest they've done. I mean, it means a lot coming from them. There's no break. No break to take a breath. The movements just continue without a break. It's so hard.

(I am sooooo out of breath)

Bella: I am worried, to be honest. But I am guessing it will get better once I get used to it. I don't think I can perform live like this. We'll have to adjust the dance a little bit for live performances.