ABOUT THE SPEAKER
The LXD - Dance adventurers
The LXD (the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers) are building an interactive web series that represents the next evolution of dance.

Why you should listen

Imagine two rival factions -- one good, one evil -- squaring off in an epic battle ... an epic dance battle. Welcome to The LXD, a new online adventure in which heroes and villains combat each other with dance superpowers. With stunning choreography, dancers float over the ground like marionettes or crush the laws of physics beneath their feet when they perform breathtaking aerial maneuvers and transcendental step sequences.

The series hopes to do more than follow the dance-battle zeitgeist that rules today’s TV ratings. In addition to live performances, The LXD reveals dance superheroes on both sides of the screen—viewers can learn dance moves from instructional videos, and even become part of the story by participating in the web community. The LXD is written and directed by Jon Chu, a veteran of dance productions, including the box office sensation Step Up 2: The Streets and the Internet phenomenon, The Biggest Online Dance Battle.

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The LXD: In the Internet age, dance evolves ...

The LXD:網絡時代舞蹈的發展

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The LXD (卓越舞團)照亮了TED2010年舞台,向我們展現了透過全球網路,而迅速發展的街舞藝術。我們一睹朱浩偉所呈現的一系列的舞蹈,這個令人驚嘆的舞團展示了他們超乎常人的能力。
- Dance adventurers
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I'm Jon喬恩 M. Chu. And I'm not a dancer舞蹈家,
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我叫朱浩偉,我不是舞者
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I'm not a choreographer編舞 -- I'm actually其實 a filmmaker電影製片人, a storyteller說故事的人.
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我也不是舞編, 我其實是一個拍電影的、講故事的
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I directed針對 a movie電影 two years年份 ago
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兩年前我執導了一部電影
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called "Step Up 2: The Streets街道."
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舞力全開
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Anybody任何人? Anybody任何人? Yeah!
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你們誰看過嗎?很好!
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During that movie電影 I got to meet遇到 a ton of hip-hop嘻哈 dancers舞者 --
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拍電影的過程中,我認識了一大批嘻哈舞者
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amazing驚人, the best最好 in the world世界 --
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世界上最神奇,最棒的
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and they brought me into a society社會, the sort分類 of underground地下
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他們把我帶到了另一個社會, 有點像地下社會
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street culture文化 that blew自爆 my mind心神.
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街舞文化讓我大吃一驚
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I mean, this is literally按照字面 human人的 beings眾生
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我意識到這是一群活生生的的人
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with super-human超人類 strength強度 and abilities能力.
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他們有著超常的韌性和能耐
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They could fly in the air空氣. They could bend彎曲 their elbow彎頭 all the way back.
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他們可以在空中飛,可以把他們的手臂倒彎過來
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They could spin on their heads for 80 times in a row.
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他們能頭頂著地上轉80多次
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I'd never seen看到 anything like that.
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是我以前從來沒有見識過的
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When I was growing生長 up, my heroes英雄 were people like
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我長大的時候,我的偶像是
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Fred弗雷德 Astaire阿斯泰爾, Gene基因 Kelly黃綠色, Michael邁克爾 Jackson傑克遜.
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Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Michael Jackson.
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I grew成長 up in a musical音樂 family家庭.
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我長在音樂之家
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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And those guys, those were like, ultimate最終 heroes英雄.
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而這些傢伙,他們就是終級英雄
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Being存在 a shy害羞, little, skinny枯瘦 Asian亞洲 kid孩子 growing生長 up in the Silicon Valley
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作爲一個在硅谷長大的瘦小的亞洲孩子
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with low self-esteem自尊, those guys made製作 me believe in something bigger.
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有點自卑,這些傢伙讓我相信,我們也可以成就大事
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Those guys made製作 me want to, like, "I'm going to do that
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這些傢伙讓我想要
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moonwalk太空步 at that bar酒吧 mitzvah成人禮 tonight今晚 for that girl女孩."
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在成人儀式上爲女孩子們跳月球漫步
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And it seems似乎 like those dance舞蹈 heroes英雄 have disappeared消失,
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這些舞蹈英雄好像會消失一樣
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sort分類 of relegated降級 to the background背景 of pop流行的 stars明星 and music音樂 videos視頻.
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他們常常被當成明星、MV的背景
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But after seeing眼看 what I've seen看到,
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但是當我親眼目睹後
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the truth真相 is, they have not disappeared消失 at all.
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覺得他們一點也沒有消失
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They're here, getting得到 better and better every一切 day.
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他們在這裡, 變得越來越好
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And dance舞蹈 has progressed進展.
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舞蹈也有了新進展
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It is insane what dance舞蹈 is right now.
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今天的舞蹈真是令人不可思議的
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Dance舞蹈 has never had a better friend朋友 than technology技術.
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舞蹈沒有比科技更好的朋友了
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Online線上 videos視頻 and social社會 networking聯網 ...
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線上影片,社交網路
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dancers舞者 have created創建 a whole整個 global全球 laboratory實驗室 online線上
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舞者們創造了一個全球舞蹈的線上研究室
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for dance舞蹈, where kids孩子 in Japan日本 are taking服用 moves移動
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日本的孩子們從YouTube上
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from a YouTubeYouTube的 video視頻 created創建 in Detroit底特律,
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一段在底特律影片上學會新的舞蹈動作
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building建造 on it within days and releasing釋放 a new video視頻,
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然後在那基礎上添加新動作,再發佈一段新影片
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while teenagers青少年 in California加州 are taking服用 the Japanese日本 video視頻 and remixing混音 it
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而加州的青少年則將日本的影片融合Philly特色
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with a Philly費城 flair風騷 to create創建 a whole整個 new dance舞蹈 style樣式 in itself本身.
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形成一種全新的舞蹈風格
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And this is happening事件 every一切 day.
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這每天都在發生
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And from these bedrooms臥室 and living活的 rooms客房 and garages車庫,
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從臥室到客廳到車庫
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with cheap低廉 webcams攝像頭,
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用便宜的視訊
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lies the world's世界 great dancers舞者 of tomorrow明天.
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培養了明日世界偉大的舞者
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Our Fred弗雷德 AstairesAstaires, our Gene基因 Kellys凱利
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我們的Fred Astaires, 我們的 Gene Kellys
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our Michael邁克爾 Jacksons傑克遜 are right at our fingertips指尖,
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我們的Michael Jacksons就在我們的指尖
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and may可能 not have that opportunity機會, except for us.
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除了我們之外,他們也許沒有這個機會
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So, we created創建 the LXDLXD,
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所以我們建立了The LXD
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sort分類 of a -- the Legion軍團 of Extraordinary非凡 Dancers舞者,
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意思是:卓越舞團
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a justice正義 league聯盟 of dancers舞者 that believe
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由一群相信舞蹈可以改變世界
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that dance舞蹈 can have a transformative變革 effect影響 on the world世界.
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的優秀舞者組成
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A living活的, breathing呼吸 comic滑稽 book series系列,
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他們創造著活生生的動畫系列
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but unlike不像 Spiderman蜘蛛俠 and Iron Man,
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唯一跟蜘蛛人、鋼鐵人不同的是
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these guys can actually其實 do it.
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這些傢伙可以真的辦到
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And we're going to show顯示 you some today今天. So, let me introduce介紹 to you,
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我們今天帶來了一些表演,讓我向你們介紹
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some of our heroes英雄 right now.
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我們中的幾位英雄
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We got MaddMADD ChaddCHADD,
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向各位介紹Madd Chadd
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Lil'律' C, Kid小子 David大衛 and J Smooth光滑.
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Lil' C, Kid David, 以及 J Smooth
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Please be excited興奮, have fun開玩笑, yell叫喊, scream驚叫.
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大家嗨起來、大叫吧
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Ladies女士們 and gentlemen紳士: The LXDLXD.
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各位先生女士,The LXD
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(Video視頻): MaddMADD ChaddCHADD: When people first see me,
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Madd Chadd: 當人們第一次看見我
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I get a lot of different不同 reactions反應 actually其實.
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每個人的反應都很不一樣
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Sometimes有時 you would think that maybe kids孩子 would enjoy請享用 it,
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有時候你想,孩子們會喜歡這東西
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but sometimes有時 they get a little freaked嚇壞 out.
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但有時候他們倒是嚇倒了
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And, I don't know, I kind of get a kick out of that a little bit.
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我不知道, 我覺得挺逗的
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當我跳舞,我想讓大家質疑我的動作是否真實-Madd Chadd
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J Smooth光滑: When I'm in the zone -- I'm dancing跳舞 and free自由 styling造型 it --
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J Smooth: 當我表演的時候, 我邊跳邊自由創作
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I actually其實 visually視覺 kind of picture圖片
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我事實上在想象一些圖片
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lines, and moving移動 them.
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線條, 然後移動它們
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I think of like, Transformers變形金剛,
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我想到變形金剛
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like how panels面板 open打開 and then they fold,
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像它們那樣打開折疊模塊
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they fold in, and then you close that panel面板.
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它們折疊起來, 然後你關起那一塊
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And then another另一個 thing opens打開,
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然後另一塊打開
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you close that.
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然後你關起來
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重點是細節,我的每一動作都有目的-J Smooth
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Kid小子 David大衛: It's kind of like, honestly老老實實 a lot of times
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Kid David: 老實說,當我跳舞的時候
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I don't really know what's going on
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很多時候,我真的不知道
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when I'm dancing跳舞.
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到底發生什麼事
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Because at that point it's just really like, it's my body身體 and the music音樂.
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因爲那一刻,音樂和我成為一體
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It's not really a conscious意識 decision決定,
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不是種有意識的決定
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"I'm going to do this next下一個, I'm going to do this."
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“我接下來做這個、然後做那個”
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It's kind of like this other level水平
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很像在另一個層面
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where you can't make choices選擇 anymore,
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你不再做選擇
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and it's just your body身體 reacting反應 to certain某些 sounds聲音 in the music音樂.
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你的身體對著不同聲音和音樂做出反應
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I got my name名稱 just because I was so young年輕.
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我有這綽號,是因爲我很小的時候
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I was young年輕 when I started開始. I was younger更年輕 than a lot of the people I was dancing跳舞 with.
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就開始學舞了,年紀比我一起跳舞的夥伴小很多
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So, it was always like, they called me Kid小子 David大衛, because I was the kid孩子.
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所以他們都叫我小孩大衛,因爲我就是個小孩
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重點不是結果,而是過程-Kid David
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L'ilL'IL C: I tell them to create創建 a ball,
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Lil C: 我告訴他們,做個球
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and then you just use that ball of energy能源.
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然後你就用球帶來的力量
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And instead代替 of throwing投擲 it out, people would think
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你把它扔出去, 人們會覺得
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that's a krumpkrump move移動, that's a krumpkrump move移動.
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那是個Krump舞步,
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That's not a krumpkrump move移動. You're going to throw it out,
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這不是一個krump舞步, 你要把球扔出去
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you throw it out, and you hold保持 it.
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扔出去之後握住
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And you let it go, and then right when you see the tail尾巴,
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然後你讓它出去, 而當你看見它的尾巴
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you grab it by the tail尾巴, then you bring帶來 it back in.
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你抓住它的尾巴,然後把它拉回來
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And you just got this piece of energy能源
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你就把握了這股力量
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and you just, you're manipulating操縱 it.
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然後控制著它
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You know, you create創建 power功率, then you tame馴服 it.
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創造了一股力量,然後馴服它
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我想展現的是重量、能量、空間、與時間的平衡-Lil C
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Translated by Jenny Yang
Reviewed by Adrienne Lin

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
The LXD - Dance adventurers
The LXD (the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers) are building an interactive web series that represents the next evolution of dance.

Why you should listen

Imagine two rival factions -- one good, one evil -- squaring off in an epic battle ... an epic dance battle. Welcome to The LXD, a new online adventure in which heroes and villains combat each other with dance superpowers. With stunning choreography, dancers float over the ground like marionettes or crush the laws of physics beneath their feet when they perform breathtaking aerial maneuvers and transcendental step sequences.

The series hopes to do more than follow the dance-battle zeitgeist that rules today’s TV ratings. In addition to live performances, The LXD reveals dance superheroes on both sides of the screen—viewers can learn dance moves from instructional videos, and even become part of the story by participating in the web community. The LXD is written and directed by Jon Chu, a veteran of dance productions, including the box office sensation Step Up 2: The Streets and the Internet phenomenon, The Biggest Online Dance Battle.

More profile about the speaker
The LXD | Speaker | TED.com