WHO WE ARE

Our Story

OUR CLUB AND PURPOSE:

Our Club-

We started this fun little project to be able to connect with other students and share our love of kpop. You don't have to be a fan of kpop to join the club, but just a fan of dance in general. We noticed the intense choreography in K-pop dances, and wanted for different students to try it out with us, and take a part in making new friends. There’s really no requirements, but a good attitude, cooperation, teamwork, and immense toleration for songs.

Our Events, Performances, Groups-

We have different groups such as the performance group and entertainment group. Our performance group is the group of people that feel good on stage and want to perform. We hope to be able to perform in Portola’s got talent this year, maybe do a couple of dances for school events, and even go to outside-of-school occasions*.

*Determined later on.

Where to find us-

We are currently using social platforms to communicate and hold club meetings [ ZOOM, INSTAGRAM, WEBSITE, EMAIL.. ] We have meetings every Tuesday after school, 2:20 PM - 3:00 PM for 40 min. We occasionally have some extra practice days for the performance group. *to be determined.

Activities-

Our club activities will mainly include dancing, choreo, small and large performances, group activities, maybe some singing or visual interpretations from time to time. We will be able to progress with our activities solely based on requests from our members. If there are any activities to request, please contact us! Through the attendance of dance classes, students will not only enhance the appreciation of dance and fitness but also gain self-confidence, self-esteem, build leadership skills, and build friendships.

Memberships-

The ones who signed up are members, and they will be taking part in the club. Of course, non-club members are allowed to come freely, but we will only be taking in members at the beginning of the school year, at the club event. We will also be accepting 4 more times for the school year. (exceptions will be made.)

AN INTRO TO KPOP AND OUR CLUB:

What is Kpop Dance?

Kpop Dance Party is a cardio dance party that blends hip hop grooves, jazz-funk, and house. k-pop, which is short for Korean pop music, is a music genre from Korea that's known for its infectious, catchy beats and tunes. K-pop can be super cute or edgy, it can also be grounded in hip hop sounds and elements*.

What exactly are Kpop Groups?

You might recognize k-pop by a few of its big groups that have skyrocketed from 2017-2020, such as BTS, Blackpink, twice, TXT, GOT7, EXO, red velvet, NCT, seventeen, SHINee, iKON, BIGBANG, AOA, Mamamoo, GFriend, super junior, ATEEZ, ITZY, ASTRO, superM, wanna one, and pentagon just to name a few right off the bat**. They are basically bands that can have from 2 up to 600 or more which control and perform a dance, vocals, (like rap, beatbox, singing, etc.) visuals or more. There are also solo k-pop artists such as IU, Sunmi, ChungHa, and Taemin. Kpop groups also can single out an artist to create a single album like J-hope from BTS who made the solo album- Hope World, and SUGA also from BTS, known also as a solo artist by the name of August D, and Jennie from Blackpink, creating the song Solo. There are 370+ k-pop groups right now, with more groups debuting soon.

What are Kpop Entertainment Companies?

A few entertainment companies of k-pop include S.M. Entertainment, YG Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, Big Hit Labels (which changed their name from BigHit Entertainment to BigHit Labels), Pledis Entertainment, Starship Entertainment, FNC Entertainment, Cube Entertainment...etc. With the big 3 being YG, SM, and JYP***.

The Kpop Idols

Kpop idols aren't just good looking, but have immense potential. They're the ones that don't make kpop into a music genre, but a global phenomenon. They don’t just sing or dance or rap, they perform. That's how kpop groups are made, different talents from the members are put together to perform the perfect performance from singing, dancing, rapping, songwriting, choreographers and entertainers, visuals****. Kpop group members are not just random people that got put to perform together. They were trained for years and by training means practicing every single day from singing to dancing to language, dieting, aiming for perfection, love, and criticism. They always have a great fashion sense and style and have fan service, where they can interact with fans. They have different themes for their albums and always like to experiment and create songs with the catchiest beats.

*There are more genres than ones listed.

**Most groups are unmentioned/this was taken off a list. Please do not get offended if your favorite group wasn’t here.

***Unconfirmed by some.

****keep in mind that NOT all groups are the same and fit in these specified areas.

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