‘Nationalism exploded! Dance Olympics!’

Mnet’s ‘Street Woman Fighter Season 3’ (hereafter referred to as ‘SUP3’) is gaining enthusiastic responses from fans around the world and is gaining recognition as the ‘Dance Olympics’.

This season, six crews from five countries including Korea, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan(Tokyo and Osaka)participated, expanding the show to a global stage where dancers of different nationalities, languages, and styles competed on stage.

PD Choi Jeong-nam, who led the ‘Suppa’ series, said, “Global expansion is the key to this season.” He explained, “About 9 out of 48 cast members speak Korean, so we’ve gathered a multinational crew, with Korean accounting for less than 20%.” He continued, “Three times the usual production staff was put in place, and while filming went well, we’re paying special attention to post-production to avoid any mistranslations or misunderstandings during the editing process.”

‘Swoopa 3’ will unfold into a full-fledged survival race after the class mission ends.PD Choi said, “Starting from the next mission, a new chapter based on the ‘World K -Pop Voting’ will unfold, and the first elimination candidate will also appear.”

The Korean national team ‘Beomjeop’, formed around the leaders of Season 1, had quite a bit of difficulty finding teamwork in the beginning, which became a hot topic.Regarding this, PD Choi said, “We expect a rebound starting with the K-pop mission,” and “It seems like we’ve finally come together as a kind of united team.We came out as a team representing our country and had a lot of weight, and I feel like that burden is being relieved,” foreshadowing the Korean team’s rebound.


It is also interesting that Japan participated with two teams, Tokyo and Osaka.

PD Choi said, “In Japan, each region has a distinctly different dance color.Tokyo is sophisticated, while Osaka is energetic.” He added, “The two teams have distinct personalities, so the live broadcast through OTT ‘Abema’ in Japan is receiving a hot response.”

Park Jin-young, who joined as a judge, is also drawing attention.PD Choi said, “Jin-young Park can speak English and Japanese, so he has a great advantage in communicating with contestants who speak foreign languages,” and “Above all, his commentary skills in explaining the dance piece by piece are outstanding.”

‘Swoosh 3’ is receiving favorable reviews, saying that even the viewers who watch it feel like they are in a ‘battle of stamina’ due to the high emotional density in each episode.PD Choi expressed his gratitude for the public’s hot interest, saying, “I take it to mean that the story and performances are full.”

He also emphasized that ‘Swoosh 3’ is “not simply a program that selects the best dancing team,” and expressed his ambition to open a new horizon for dance programs as “a global stage created through the collision of each culture, language, and emotions.”


Reporter Kim Gyul- winter@donga.com

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