From Hip Hop Dance to Cirque du Soleil – an Inspiring Journey!

It's quite simple. In fact, it was Sunday afternoon, there was the show "HIP HOP" with SIDNEY. I saw this show, I said WOW!!! That's what I want to do!
In fact, you have to understand your emotions. And it was THIS man, a Great Russian Clown that I met at the Circle of the Sun who told me a very important sentence.
He told me "It's not hard to do NOTHING, but it's hard to do NOTHING." And it was THIS sentence that made me understand a lot of things about myself, what I was doing and why I want it.
There is one person that I can't ignore, it's THONY MASKOT because without this person, obviously, I wouldn't be where I am.
0:2828 secondsI've had a bit of difficulty with certain parts of my body and at 50, I think I've never felt better.
0:3333 secondsA pioneer of Hip Hop dance in France, Régis has been combining body expression, staging and comedy for over 30 years
0:4545 seconds. Hello WayVers, welcome to WayV Media, the media that tells you about Passionate Artists who are also Entrepreneurs.
0:5252 secondsToday's theme, "How to juggle different artistic identities." And to talk about it, we have with us Régis TRUCHY aka (also called) RAKOS who does us the honor of being among us.
1:031 minute, 3 secondsHello Régis! Thank you FABBREEZY, thank you for welcoming me and thank you to the whole team. Well, thank you to the whole team and to Régis once again.
1:111 minute, 11 secondsSo, an impressive CV Régis anyway...
1:141 minute, 14 secondsA pioneer of Hip Hop dance in France, Régis has been combining body expression, staging and comedy for over 30 years.
1:211 minute, 21 secondsWe're already off to a good start! Trained in classical dance, he also branched out into figure skating, I think. Exactly.
1:301 minute, 30 secondsFascinated by Hip Hop, he became one of the major figures of the international movement in France.
1:361 minute, 36 secondsSo of the Hip Hop movement, of course, international in France, so we're really off to a good start. You've understood, he's a multifaceted artist: Dancer, Choreographer, Director...
1:461 minute, 46 secondsa true Performer. He has collaborated with PINA BAUSCH, MC SOLAAR, Cirque du Soleil, the Paris Opera, the CHEESEMANs and many others.
1:541 minute, 54 secondsNo, but now, I'm catching my breath because a CV like that, we don't have one every day. I think it's a book already, the CV. OK, I'll continue.
2:022 minutes, 2 secondsOh, you're giving me too many honors, I'm going to blush.
2:042 minutes, 4 secondsHis unique career has taken him to the Zéniths of France, to the New York stages, to TV sets and even to the World Festivals.
2:102 minutes, 10 secondsWith ECCENTRIC, his new play, I would say his One Man Show, or Seul En Scène in French. There you go. Yes, that's what we say in French.
2:172 minutes, 17 secondsApplauded by an international audience, he embodies a bridge between Hip Hop Gestures, Burlesque, and the Poetry of the Body in Movement.
2:252 minutes, 25 secondsTruly Underground and Institutional, you combine all of that really well: Contemporary Issues, Formatting Battles, Place of Creation, Generational Challenges.
2:342 minutes, 34 secondsFinally, Régis, thank you for being here today, because really just the CV is something to read.
2:412 minutes, 41 secondsYeah, well, thank you, it's nice! Even hearing that... That's when I say to myself... If there's all that, it's because there's a certain age behind it. That's where it scares me. But hey. Yes, it's true.
2:512 minutes, 51 secondsIf age rhymes with experience, frankly, I'd like to be that age with so much experience. There you go.
2:562 minutes, 56 secondsWell, Régis, tell us a little about how you got into the culture...
3:013 minutes, 1 secondI know you come from Classical skating of course and you had this transition to Figure Skating... And how do you go from Classical skating to Figure Skating and Hip Hop?
3:113 minutes, 11 secondsAh well, it's quite simple! In fact, it was Sunday afternoon, there was the HIP HOP show with SIDNEY. I saw this show, I said WOW!!! That's WHAT I want to do!
3:203 minutes, 20 secondsWell, and so, I dove into it. At first, it was all just between friends... And then, in fact, I met someone at the time named Aurélien...
3:303 minutes, 30 secondsAurélien DUARTE who is a 6-time Boxing Champion... of Muay Thai. He's the godfather of STOMY BUGSY.
3:373 minutes, 37 secondsAnd in fact, he's the one who introduced me to this movement. And then, I had my great mentor named THONY MASKOT.
3:453 minutes, 45 secondsAnd he helped me evolve and become a professional. Naturally, in fact, your first influence was THONY MASKOT...
3:543 minutes, 54 secondsAh! That's clear. How did you meet THONY MASKOT? It was in the 13th arrondissement (in Paris) in a dance school called SMOKING & BRILLANTINE...
4:034 minutes, 3 seconds...in Tolbiac next to Place d'Italie. Oh, next to Place d'Italie which has now moved to the 11th arrondissement or I don't know where.
4:094 minutes, 9 secondsNo, now I think that school no longer exists because now I think it's a fitness center, so it has nothing to do with it. So that wasn't for me at all.
4:184 minutes, 18 secondsSo, with THONY MASKOT, how is Hip Hop evolving for you? Towards the professional phase or towards the Battle Street phase? How is it all evolving?
4:274 minutes, 27 secondsActually, the first time when we were in Pont-Marie, it's right next to Châtelet, Thony took me there and I met a lot of dancers, the current ones, all that.
4:404 minutes, 40 secondsAnd we were part of a show, it was called SOBEDO at the time. It's a big show.
4:474 minutes, 47 secondsIt was like the first time really that there was a big show with 20 dancers. There were 20 of us, four different companies.
4:554 minutes, 55 secondsWhat year was that roughly? It was 94, 95 or wait 94... between 1994 and 1996
5:035 minutes, 3 secondsI don't remember exactly, my memory sometimes fails but that's when we did this show, we did 4 nights at the Casino de Paris
5:135 minutes, 13 seconds3 months of touring all over France and we all became intermittent performers Ah well, intermittent and professional after that?
5:205 minutes, 20 secondsWell yeah, exactly, yeah So it's basically the moment that makes you switch to the professional Hip Hop scene etc... that makes you known.
5:275 minutes, 27 secondsBut how does it happen after the SOBEDO show? How did Régis TRUCHY aka RAKOS become Régis TRUCHY?
5:335 minutes, 33 secondsOh là! Oh là, Oh là, Oh là. Régis TRUCHY became him little by little in fact I built myself up over time and even with the shows that there were often I was noticed.
5:455 minutes, 45 secondsI was on TV... we danced for Jacques MARTIN on the show "Dimanche tout est Permis" => "Dimanche Martin".
5:535 minutes, 53 secondsI don't remember what it's called anymore. Anyway. And I was with Walid BOUMHANI precisely...
5:585 minutes, 58 secondswhom I also know well and David MATHOR who were part of O POSSE There you go, we were all together, we danced on Sunday afternoons.
6:066 minutes, 6 secondsAfterwards, I was in quite a few groups... with MC SOLAAR, we toured, with the MBDT companies, after that it led to the IKENJI GROUP.
6:196 minutes, 19 secondsAnyway, there were quite a few things. I'm skipping over some of the steps here. But hey, naturally your professionalization happened between...
6:256 minutes, 25 seconds...Street Hip Hop, TV sets, Artists (MC SOLAAR, etc... SOBEDO), well...
6:326 minutes, 32 secondsmore or less, in fact when we see you today... ...your CV represents a bit of your life up to professionalization in fact.
6:406 minutes, 40 secondsThat's it. In fact, I have a little more... in my career, I have more than 30 years of career. OK. 30 years 30 years of intermittence.
6:476 minutes, 47 seconds30 years of intermittence. Wow, that's already impressive.
6:516 minutes, 51 secondsAnd what really changed that you said to yourself, OK, the Hip Hop Scenes, TV, all those things...
6:586 minutes, 58 secondsthe Artists, Choreographers. What brought you to AFTER? Did you want to change? Or did you want to evolve further, to go further?
7:067 minutes, 6 secondsWell, in fact, the Cirque du Soleil called me for a while and there was a point where I took the plunge
7:147 minutes, 14 secondsand I had the chance to meet a man named LEONID LEIKIN who is a Russian Clown -Okay- and who made me understand why I was doing this job.
7:237 minutes, 23 secondsIn fact, it was the first time I managed to put words to emotions. OK.
7:277 minutes, 27 secondsSo basically, when I see your style which is very... let's say Animation, the Charlie Chaplin school etc,
7:337 minutes, 33 secondstell us more about it because for me it's what makes the Régis TRUCHY touch, It's still the Animation touch and everything that goes with it.
7:417 minutes, 41 secondsSo there, it's really something that interests me.
7:437 minutes, 43 secondsYes, that's what they say: create a character, but in fact that's what I say every time, we don't create a character, we ARE the character. We are the character. That's clear.
7:507 minutes, 50 secondsIt's true that it's a bit... but that's it, it's actually you have to understand your emotions and it's this man, LEONID LEIKIN who is a Great Russian Clown...
7:587 minutes, 58 secondsthat I met at the Circle of the Sun who told me a very important sentence... He told me: "It's not hard to Do Nothing, but it's hard to Do NOTHING." Oh my!
8:078 minutes, 7 secondsAnd it's this sentence that made me understand a lot of things about myself, what I was doing and why I was doing it.
8:148 minutes, 14 secondsTo give meaning to the moment, to give meaning to what you do.
8:178 minutes, 17 secondsSo! Régis! The part that interests us the most of course with everything you've done, the musicals, etc., I'd like you to tell us a little
8:258 minutes, 25 secondsabout all these skills, these Musicals, working with Kamel OUALI, with great directors, the Cirque du Soleil,
8:318 minutes, 31 secondsTell us a little about these experiences that you've had because that's what brings us today to Régis TRUCHY... Director, Artistic Director, etc.
8:418 minutes, 41 secondsWell, I can give you a simple example.
8:458 minutes, 45 secondsWe did the "10 Commandments" at the time. It was the first time I met Kamel OUALI because Bruce was already in the cast and I arrived really last minute... Bruce?
8:548 minutes, 54 secondsSo introduce us to Bruce! Bruce YKANJI, the creator of JUSTE DEBOUT.
8:588 minutes, 58 secondsThere you go. And actually it's like my brother, we've been dancing for a very long time, and he actually said to me, well... come on, there's a spot left on the 10 Commandments.
9:079 minutes, 7 secondsAre you interested? At first, I said yeah, a musical. Well, we'll see.
9:119 minutes, 11 secondsAnd I met Kamel OUALI, and it's the first time in a musical,
9:209 minutes, 20 secondseven if there was a choreographic ensemble, the luck we had with Kamel was to have our own identities within this comedy. That's why it worked very, very well, by the way.
9:299 minutes, 29 secondsThere you go, you put the whole Waving side, etc. Exactly. We were in Wave. By the way, I love your show: WayV Media.
9:369 minutes, 36 secondsYeah, it's great. It reminds me of the fluidity in me. Yeah, you even made me Waver back then. And by the way, you Wave very well.
9:429 minutes, 42 secondsNot bad. I learned some good Wavers. Thank you. And that's actually where I took my first steps towards musicals.
9:529 minutes, 52 secondsI had the chance to assist Kamel on shows as Assistant Choreographer and Assistant Director.
9:599 minutes, 59 secondsOK. And that also led you to Cirque du Soleil where I know you won awards for your performance, you won lots of things...
10:0610 minutes, 6 secondsYes, it was at the "Cirque Mondial de Demain" => "Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain", but that was much later.
10:0910 minutes, 9 secondsAnd besides, I was already at Cirque du Soleil, I came back and in fact I was dancing with an African Circus called "Le Cirque Mandingue" Wow! OK.
10:1910 minutes, 19 secondsAnd in fact, I had a duo with BABOULET BABOU FLEX who is a great contortionist
10:2610 minutes, 26 secondsand we did a duo called "Duo FOTÉ FORÉ" - "BLANC NOIR" and which was awarded at the "Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain", which is the World's Biggest Circus Festival.
10:3710 minutes, 37 secondsWow! It's a bit like the Circus Olympics, there are 700 acts presented.
10:4310 minutes, 43 seconds24 I think, which are selected for 14 to receive prizes and of which I received the Cirque du Soleil Trophy.
10:5210 minutes, 52 secondsOh well, say! Kamel OUALI, Cirque du Soleil, all the circuses you've done, the African Circus, the prizes, etc.
11:0011 minutesThere you go. But all this, let's say this whole line, it seems very straight.
11:0411 minutes, 4 secondsBut I wonder if inside there are little pitfalls, little sacrifices, little things that you have experienced? So, along the way, there are always pitfalls.
11:1111 minutes, 11 secondsIn fact, we always show the good side, but there are always misfortunes. That's normal, it happens. It's clear. I see you smiling all the time, so I have to tell myself that everything is always fine.
11:1911 minutes, 19 secondsBut sometimes, uh...
11:2011 minutes, 20 secondsNo, even if it's not fine, but I tell myself it's fine, I'm breathing, I have all my limbs, everything is fine, I feel good and I'm happy to meet people. So it's fine, everything's going well.
11:2911 minutes, 29 secondsSo, tell us a little about these little sacrifices that made you, well, Régis, who went from all this circus experience, musical comedy, etc.,
11:4011 minutes, 40 secondsand how you managed to become this director today,
11:4711 minutes, 47 secondshow today you have become even more professional since you have been called by many productions following your experience, following all the things you have been able to put together, the shows you have directed and which have all worked, at least from what I have seen.
11:5811 minutes, 58 secondsUntil now, uh... touch wood because you never know, I don't like to say they all worked. Yes. Yes. But wait... because we are on a tightrope!
12:0612 minutes, 6 secondsWell, for the moment it's flawless, so I'll allow myself to say it. When you fall, there will be another interview, but for the moment you are balanced, so...
12:1212 minutes, 12 secondsNo, for the moment it's holding. It's like in acting, you never know where you stand... It's on a tightrope, you can't go too far to the right or too far to the left, you have to follow the line.
12:2012 minutes, 20 secondsCompletely. In any case, today, Régis, you're called by lots of directors.
12:2612 minutes, 26 secondsYou have shows, some you can talk about, others that are surprises and we'll let the audience discover them. Yes, because I have a lot of confidentiality as I sign contracts. There you go.
12:3712 minutes, 37 secondsSo, the last show you can tell us about? Well, the last show is the RATPACK COMPANY.
12:4212 minutes, 42 secondsIt's a circus show I worked with years ago, SPEAKEASY, which toured all over the world and I'm very happy...
12:4912 minutes, 49 secondsThese two performers, Ann-Katrin JORNOT and Xavier LAVABRE , and we have a DJ on stage who plays the role of the director... OK.
12:5912 minutes, 59 secondsJérémy "SUPA-JAY" from the SCRATCH BANDY CREW who is part of the collective with CHINESE MAN. I don't know if you know, it's a DJ collective... and he's a very, very good musician!
13:0713 minutes, 7 secondsAnd in fact, it's a disaster live film. Wow! OK. So there's a lot of technique.
13:1413 minutes, 14 secondsI was under a lot of pressure. We did the premiere in Le Mans which went very, very well.
13:1913 minutes, 19 secondsOK. Well, given the enthusiasm of the people and the people behind it, as far as production is concerned, the theaters are very demanding.
13:2813 minutes, 28 secondsSo I think it's going to be a success.
13:3013 minutes, 30 secondsOK. So we'll follow Régis's page - of course, which will be posted - to see this show which seems very impressive to me in any case. Ooh, yes.
13:3913 minutes, 39 secondsSo there you have it, today Régis is a professional in everything. Do you have a team with you? How do you manage all this? How's it going? Oh my, how do I manage?
13:4713 minutes, 47 secondsOr maybe how do you not manage all this, actually!? How do I not manage all this? That's it.
13:5213 minutes, 52 secondsNo, actually it's like everything. It's like when I put on a show with artists, we can say whatever we want but I always tell the artist to adapt to the situation of the moment.
14:0414 minutes, 4 secondsWell, that's what I do a little in life. There you go, you adapt all the time!? Because you only have constraints. OK. Whoever tells me they don't have constraints, I'm fine with that but then I want the secret!!
14:1214 minutes, 12 secondsbut it's impossible in fact. You always have to adapt. You do it according to, well the more plans you have the more complicated it is.
14:1814 minutes, 18 secondsPlus you have a family behind you. So you have to... For those who have families, well there you go. You have to manage everything! Clearly. But it's not easy every day!
14:2614 minutes, 26 secondsI say that even if I have my smile and if I act like everything is fine because I tell you I always try to be positive
14:3314 minutes, 33 secondseven if there are things that take you into the negative, you always have to go back up We can't complain, that's it! I don't like it, I don't like it. There's always worse.
14:4314 minutes, 43 secondsAnd then, it's true with my childhood friends, we always say: "We only have one life and the life we ​​live is the most beautiful".
14:5014 minutes, 50 secondsAh well there you go! On these beautiful words full of passion moreover... For me, you are passionate. Oh yes!
14:5714 minutes, 57 secondsHow do you manage to combine your passion with your work? With all these things that happen to you, these proposals?
15:0715 minutes, 7 secondsFinally, what is the alchemy in all that? Well, in fact, I always try to feel what I feel deep inside myself.
15:1515 minutes, 15 secondsAnd that's where I manage to find a little bit of this balance because I say to myself, hey, if they bring me this, even sometimes if I don't like it too much,
15:2315 minutes, 23 secondsbut I always try to find, hey, the gateway that will make it work and I always say to myself, even for a show, people always tell me it's impossible.
15:3415 minutes, 34 secondsNo no no, everything is possible! And then, I'll tell you with the job I have now, I can tell you something, everything is possible.
15:4015 minutes, 40 secondsAfterwards, that doesn't mean it's simple. There's nothing obvious. You have to hang on and sometimes you have to take it where it hurts to get back up and resurface and be much stronger.
15:5115 minutes, 51 secondsWow! So I would like to know your skills because to have this kind of techniques between Humans, Shows, Keeping your line and also Extracting what we want from the Artists...
16:0316 minutes, 3 secondsbecause I worked with you for example so I know it very well but I want you to give your skills because there after a while it is also what we would like to know.
16:1216 minutes, 12 secondsWell, in fact skills. So, of course as I have seniority, I understand better and better,
16:1716 minutes, 17 secondsbut as I deal with people who are different, I have to have a great look and a great listening towards the people who are in front of me.
16:2516 minutes, 25 secondsAnd in fact, you have to get the best out of yourself, because I know as a performer on stage, you are your best friend as your worst enemy friend! Completely.
16:3416 minutes, 34 secondsAnd that's why I always pay attention and I know where I come from.
16:3916 minutes, 39 secondsAnd sometimes, I don't want those in front of me to go through the same things, that is to say, not the bad things. I prefer to bring the good things.
16:4816 minutes, 48 secondsThat's why I did directing, by the way.
16:5016 minutes, 50 secondsIt's because sometimes I even saw people who were with me who were very good but who weren't used to their true value.
16:5616 minutes, 56 secondsAnd that's what sometimes annoyed me about certain things.
16:5916 minutes, 59 secondsBut I know that every show, every production, everyone has their constraints and sometimes you shouldn't blame them - clearly, but you have to understand them.
17:1017 minutes, 10 secondsWell, yes. That's it.
17:1117 minutes, 11 secondsAnd besides, right now, that's what I blame a lot of people for, it's judging too much and not understanding.
17:1717 minutes, 17 secondsIf we understand more, even in life in general, we will evolve better. Clearly, I paid the price. No, no, but clearly.
17:2717 minutes, 27 secondsAnd today, what is the quality that characterizes you the most?
17:3317 minutes, 33 secondsLet's say, we'll call it the WayV Touch, the Régis Special WayV Touch, whether it's at the Dance level or at the Life level or at the Artistic Direction level.
17:4317 minutes, 43 secondsWhat is the Régis Special WayV Touch? Well, actually, it's a bit in what I just explained, it's all this fluidity, this continuity.
17:5117 minutes, 51 secondsIt's true that, even you see, at the time we called it Smurf. We say popping, all that, but we called it Smurf.
17:5717 minutes, 57 secondsAnd what I liked about Smurf was everything that was continuous. I liked Pop, Blocking, but for me it was a constraint.
18:0418 minutes, 4 secondsWhat I liked was continuity. And in fact, I'm a bit like that in life. I like to go further, to break down doors as they say. Break down doors, not break them, why?
18:1418 minutes, 14 secondsBreak down doors so that in fact I'm never stopped. and always evolving, evolving, evolving, evolving.
18:2218 minutes, 22 secondsCompletely. Well, I understand this journey - eh, the fluidity, the continuity, going further and then often we categorize Hip Hop dancers as only people of the movement, When not at all!
18:3318 minutes, 33 secondsBesides, that's what interested me even with ARTIZANS, is that not only are you very good dancers, I certify it, I know them, anyway, but in any case you are personalities!
18:4518 minutes, 45 secondsand that's what interested me precisely to put your identity at the service of a show. Completely. So ARTIZANS for our listeners...
18:5318 minutes, 53 secondsRégis was our director, ARTIZANS which brings together a category of OG (Pioneers) from the 90s.
19:0119 minutes, 1 secondand today, who have produced events, who are still present in the world of battles, shows etc. and Régie was our director and who combined all that with a master hand. I want to say it again.
19:1419 minutes, 14 secondsThank you. Thank you. But in any case, even me it touched me because you see, I do quite a few shows and when PHYSS called me precisely to come with you, I didn't take it as a show... like that.
19:2719 minutes, 27 secondsIt touched me humanly because as we have known each other for a long time and obviously dance is my intimacy, it's what I have known since I was little and well it has more value for me.
19:3919 minutes, 39 secondsSo I am very happy and this is only the beginning. It is only the beginning, I hope so too.
19:4419 minutes, 44 secondsWe know that Hip Hop Culture, we will call it that, it is a culture of sharing, etc.
19:5319 minutes, 53 secondsAnd what has contributed most to your success for you?
19:5719 minutes, 57 secondsHaving this famous tour that you did with JD (JUSTE DEBOUT), when you judged, all these things that you did behind...
20:0420 minutes, 4 secondsWell, actually, ...in Hip Hop culture, well it's... at the time, you see where I was younger, there were no battles, they didn't exist. For us, it was challenges!
20:1520 minutes, 15 secondsYou arrived at a party, you were challenged, hop hop hop. So you were always ready. Whatever happened.
20:2020 minutes, 20 secondsBut, that's where I started to make myself known a little, it was at parties and after that it was mostly on stage.
20:2720 minutes, 27 secondsbecause I'm a lover of the stage.
20:2920 minutes, 29 secondsAlthough, even beyond dancing, I'm a lover of the stage and to really bring out, in fact the beauty, the gestures that we Hip Hop dancers love
20:4120 minutes, 41 secondsto try to bring it out on stage and that's what's very very hard... to bring back this intimacy. Well, me, in any case, who knows you, I know that you have a strong stage presence, etc.
20:5120 minutes, 51 secondswith the experience that characterizes you, but I also know that you are a little...
20:5520 minutes, 55 secondsyou like to mess around in the battle, you like to provoke, you like that, It's not that... it's that... it's true that Bruce, Bruce YKANJI is very well known for having his frank speaking...
21:0821 minutes, 8 secondsand even often he says: "But wait, you say that I'm tough. But Régis, he's tough too, eh." "And Régis, you don't know, he has a smile but he's tough." And it's true that yes, I am tough...
21:1721 minutes, 17 secondsbut I try to apply it so that it serves a purpose and so that the person feels as good as possible.
21:2421 minutes, 24 secondsEven you (ARTIZANS) in Lille... at your first, I was just as anxious even though I wasn't going on stage.
21:3121 minutes, 31 secondsI was super anxious because in fact you don't control anything, you can give things away and even...
21:3621 minutes, 36 secondsyou see before going on stage, I told you: "Well, whatever happens, everything I told you, you forget and live in the present moment."
21:4321 minutes, 43 secondsBecause yes, OK, there is a skeleton, everything has been built, but we know very well that when we live in the present moment, that's what's most important and above all to accept.
21:5421 minutes, 54 secondsThe audience, they feel sincerity. We can't betray the audience. Well, that's clear. Even if we can hide things, but we can't betray them.
22:0122 minutes, 1 secondTotally agree. That's clear. I'm not even going to add anything since you've said it all.
22:0822 minutes, 8 secondsWe can't betray the audience because they see it. It's sincere. Even if you're wrong, it doesn't matter. Only we know that. Completely. ...because they don't know the show.
22:1722 minutes, 17 secondsSo, that's why you have to accept even making mistakes. On the other hand, you accept! Completely.
22:2222 minutes, 22 secondsI know that you've shared your career, the stage, there are people who have inspired you, there are lots of things. A lot of people.
22:2922 minutes, 29 secondsSo, I know it's going to be complicated to extract one... or two.
22:3422 minutes, 34 secondsHere, we always have this section at home that we call: "Thank you, C Tabou" "Thank you, C Tabou" is not bad. Because in Hip Hop, we have this thing where
22:4322 minutes, 43 secondswe say thank you halfway, or we say it without saying it, or we hide it, or we say it in private, but we don't like to say it to the general public in front of everyone etc.
22:5222 minutes, 52 secondsI would like you to choose us, one or maybe several. We'll limit them to two...
22:5922 minutes, 59 secondsas it will restrict the field of vision , but here is someone you would like to thank in particular who may have changed your life or your career.
23:0723 minutes, 7 secondsAh well, anyway, there is one person I cannot ignore, it's Thony MASKOT Because without this person, I wouldn't be where I am. That's clear and simple.
23:1723 minutes, 17 secondsAnd he has known me since I was little. He experienced all my struggles too when I was younger. because I had some. I have had some and I might still have some.
23:2723 minutes, 27 secondsBut there you go, he has always been with me. He has always supported me, he has always believed in me.
23:3223 minutes, 32 secondsAnd that is what is most important. That's why you really have to be careful, when you give lessons to dancers, you always have to understand, even us teachers, we
23:4323 minutes, 43 secondshave to understand too, our students, how they are... completely because sometimes you can block people and ruin careers.
23:5023 minutes, 50 secondsAnd Thony, I say thank you very much to him, but you know. But that's super important, he always believed in me.
23:5823 minutes, 58 secondsAnd there you go. I think it's indirectly, to follow up on the question, would it be a WayVer that you would like us to invite?
24:0524 minutes, 5 secondsOr do you perhaps have others in mind that we could invite on our set? Ah well, there is a gentleman then, when we talk about Waver and all that. He's an American...
24:1624 minutes, 16 secondswho was super important, Mister WIGGLES aka Steffan CLEMENTE. He's also a gentleman who took me by the hand when I was younger.
24:2424 minutes, 24 secondsSame here, I have total respect and it's true that this guy... Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
24:3024 minutes, 30 secondsSo if we extract Thony Maskot and Mister Wiggles, we have a melting pot of what inspired Régis the most.
24:3624 minutes, 36 secondsWell yeah, and what brings them together is that these two big kids
24:4224 minutes, 42 secondsare also that even... they are in Hip Hop, but also they had an eye for the artistic on stage because Mister Wiggles, I saw him even when he was younger on stage. He was an artistic beast, he was a beast.
24:5524 minutes, 55 secondsAnd Thony the same, he always loved that stuff, even if now he no longer does shows on stage as a performer.
25:0225 minutes, 2 secondsBesides, here in quotation marks, that's what I say every time because not often we say yes choreographer, director, that's all great but performer is huge. It's huge. It's super hard. It's super hard.
25:1325 minutes, 13 secondsYes, I'm still performing at 51, it's because being a performer is hard. Well, I think it's one of the things you never stop learning, actually.
25:2225 minutes, 22 secondsThat is to say, as a performer, well, we've all danced for a lot of people...
25:2725 minutes, 27 secondsbut actually, as a performer, you realize that each choreographer or each director or each artistic director is going to ask you for something very specific.
25:3625 minutes, 36 secondsAre they within your skills or not? Can we extract it from certain artists? And in any case, that's what I like about you, is how do you still manage to extract the human element from things?
25:4725 minutes, 47 secondsI try because that's what matters most to me. Afterwards, I don't have the science infused.
25:5225 minutes, 52 secondsIt's like I say every time I hear someone say to me "Yeah, I know everything" I go the opposite way because it's not possible.
25:5925 minutes, 59 secondsWhat I want, what I see, what I've seen, it's impossible. We're always questioning ourselves and that's what makes us evolve. Completely.
26:0726 minutes, 7 secondsAnd I don't know why I said all that anymore, but in any case, uh... Yeah, at 51, if I'm still performing, it's because I haven't understood everything yet.
26:1626 minutes, 16 secondsListen, we never stop learning. And that's why WayV Media wants to emphasize that. We inspire and we are constantly inspired, so we never stop learning.
26:2626 minutes, 26 secondsSo that's why Hip Hop is always evolving. Exactly. There you go. So, in any case, these are words that characterize us well in this culture.
26:3226 minutes, 32 secondsIt's that we know where we're starting from but we never know how far it will go. And there you go. And today in WayV Media, we want to give little PATHS OF VISION just like yours.
26:4126 minutes, 41 secondsAt 51, because well, there are people at 51, sometimes their bodies are a little slow.
26:4726 minutes, 47 secondsYou at 51, do you have all your limbs in place? Is everything going well? But how exactly does it happen? Is it still going well?
26:5526 minutes, 55 secondsAre there any little pains? Do we prepare ourselves? Is this how it happens? Well , I might surprise you.
26:5926 minutes, 59 secondsListen, between 40 and 45, I had a little difficulty with certain parts of my body.
27:0627 minutes, 6 secondsAnd at 50, I don't think I've ever felt so good. So, that's what scares me...
27:1227 minutes, 12 secondsbecause I tell myself, don't get carried away, you don't know where it's going to go. But for now, it's fine.
27:1827 minutes, 18 secondsBut there's daily training. Yeah. You have to. You have to become more flexible. I see you sometimes in your daily life, you're still quite flexible. You keep your double Vs, your little things.
27:2727 minutes, 27 secondsI try to keep them, even if I've lost a little flexibility. I've lost a little bit.
27:3227 minutes, 32 secondsWell, let's not exaggerate, given what you had because... I would tell our listeners to take a quick look at his page
27:3927 minutes, 39 secondsbecause the guy says it like that, but hey! Contortions, etc. if he's a little less flexible today, I think he's already more flexible than the French average. There, let's put it like that.
27:5227 minutes, 52 secondsIt's not wrong. But it's true that the luck I had, and besides I believe, I believe that it's in relation
27:5827 minutes, 58 secondsto classical dance, as I was asked to be very strict with regard to the body
28:0528 minutes, 5 seconds, and well, I never lost that, and there is a gentleman... besides, I dedicate it at the same time, he is no longer here unfortunately, but for me, he is here, it's Willy NINJA
28:1328 minutes, 13 secondswith whom I had the chance to dance, who was a Vogueur , and it's he who inevitably influenced me with regard to the arm because at the time there was no flexibility, contortion, etc., and this gentleman, well, I will never thank him enough.
28:2728 minutes, 27 secondsHe's the one who pushed me even further and made me see that it was possible because it's true that at the time we didn't have social media and all that, and to know, you had to...
28:3828 minutes, 38 secondseither watch video cassettes, or you had to be with people, and I had that chance and so I thank him because he's no stranger to this flexibility and it's not just natural.
28:5028 minutes, 50 secondsIt's not just natural, it's also worked on. Because you have to maintain it.
28:5528 minutes, 55 secondsIn fact. That's why there's nothing easy/obvious. Even people, they immediately say "Yes, but he has a gift." Yes, but this gift if you don't work on it...
29:0129 minutes, 1 secondbecause we all have the same possibilities, more or less. You see, we'll take examples but we all have this desire. On the other hand, that doesn't mean it's easy.
29:1229 minutes, 12 secondsYou have to work, question yourself, wonder, cry, smile and be happy. Above all.
29:2029 minutes, 20 secondsSo that's what really characterizes above all, I think, Régis's physical form... it's the emotions, the smile, the good life, since the body also reacts according to our emotions.
29:3029 minutes, 30 secondsWho says negative emotion in a row perhaps says negative body behind. Yeah, that's true because even, I come back each time with the artists, that's where I wage a little more war.
29:4129 minutes, 41 secondsIt's your emotional state. That's what I even say to a dancer: "It's your emotional state... in service of the music... and your movement in the middle... it manages!" It manages. There. It's let's be free with emotional codes. There.
29:5429 minutes, 54 secondsExactly. That's what's important. Especially now, even more so. I have the impression that we try to repress emotions, when no, we have to accept them.
30:0330 minutes, 3 secondsAnd that doesn't mean we're necessarily right. But we have to try to take them and understand them. Completely.
30:1030 minutes, 10 secondsUnderstand! Understanding your emotions is what generally makes dance a little more accurate. Exactly. So we talked about dance, there, we at WayV Media, we support dance, we love dance.
30:2130 minutes, 21 secondsI am a dancer myself, you are a dancer yourself. So there, we have our partner CALL OUT, there. CALL OUT - The Game. And there it was, I knew. And there it was, he pulls out cards.
30:3030 minutes, 30 secondsHe pulls out cards. I was sure of it. I'd been looking at cards for a while. I was thinking, "What's this?" It's not Rummy, it's not Poker, it's not Uno. What is it?
30:4330 minutes, 43 secondsIt's three young choreographers, passionate about dance and breakdancing, who decided to revisit the Pokémon game, but to get our children moving and to get us moving too.
30:5330 minutes, 53 secondsIt's the first collectible card game about the world of Hip Hop, about the world of Breakdancing, about the world of Movement.
31:0531 minutes, 5 secondsThe big feature is that you can actually get up to perform the moves on the cards to score extra points or to take points away from your opponent.
31:1431 minutes, 14 secondsAnd so, for the first time, players can really execute, let's say, the powers on their cards.
31:2431 minutes, 24 secondsWe really wanted to create a game that allows you to be in the movement and not just sit or be behind your screen.
31:3331 minutes, 33 secondsNo, honestly, it's charming. Well done guys, it's nice. It advances culture, it's very important. CALL OUT - The Game... Ladies and Gentlemen.
31:4031 minutes, 40 secondsWhat is it? It's CALL OUT. CALL OUT no less! CALL OUT which means... we challenge you to say that we're not very happy with a decision (of a judge) or something else in Hip Hop.
31:5031 minutes, 50 secondsAnd by the way, you say that CALL OUT... every... (laughs) because I'm often asked now as a judge...
31:5631 minutes, 56 secondsbecause I like to watch battles, but doing them is not my thing and judging... but it's hard, it's hard.
32:0432 minutes, 4 secondsbecause... and besides it's the same I always come back to what I feel about the dancer
32:1132 minutes, 11 secondseven if he has a good technique and all that, but when you have two people who have good techniques, what's important is your feeling -completely- and that's why the judges each time there is not a decision but each judge is different and that's what you have to accept.
32:2532 minutes, 25 secondsBut I think that if each judge appealed to his emotions before raising his hand, maybe it would be fairer. Sometimes there are some who think a little too much in their head and maybe less in...
32:3332 minutes, 33 secondsand that's where you have to feel with what we are and the worst enemy of ourselves is ourselves. Well there you go, you've said it all. CALL OUT - The Game. I'll start again.
32:4232 minutes, 42 secondsCALL OUT - The Game. He tried to take me away from my subject but he's still going to dance. You saw I was trying to do pirouettes and it didn't even work.
32:4932 minutes, 49 secondsSo, CALL OUT - The Game, it's a bit like Pokémon, let's say the Pokémon game Break version and... the Hip Hop version that will be coming soon.
32:5832 minutes, 58 secondsThere you go, Break version, little basic moves because we don't have much space today, but there you go. Oh yes it's break too. Yeah.
33:0433 minutes, 4 secondsSo I mixed a little standing inside, etc. So it should be relatively simple.
33:1033 minutes, 10 secondsI'm going to suggest to you... let's say... -something easy?- no! 2 times 3 cards, you will have to draw one from each hand
33:1933 minutes, 19 secondsAnd of course with some nice little music we will make a very simple little passage.
33:2633 minutes, 26 secondsLet's say that you have the choice between 1 card from each hand.
33:3133 minutes, 31 seconds We'll take this one. There you go. And this one. Oh well, that reflects you pretty well.
33:4033 minutes, 40 secondsThat's right. Oh yeah!!! That's the thought. So we're going to show them. So what is it?
33:4533 minutes, 45 secondsFRONT KICK and HYPE. Oh, great. (laughs) So here's FRONT KICK. It's the little Front Kick that we know.
33:5533 minutes, 55 secondsI think it fits well with the cool little hype part. Yeah. Front Kick actually sounds a bit Funk... Oh yeah, sorry. Yeah, because I see them for myself.
34:0334 minutes, 3 secondsNo, no, no, listeners, you won't see. There you go. So here's FRONT KICK and HYPE.
34:1034 minutes, 10 secondsSo the Hype side of course that we know in dance because in France we called it Hype,
34:1634 minutes, 16 secondsbut Hype in the United States was more about being hot and getting the crowd going, etc., and then in France we called it Hype because... we renamed everything in France because we're bad students.
34:2934 minutes, 29 secondsThe first time when I spoke with WIGGLES, I said "Yeah, I do Smurf. What? You do Smurf?" I said but no... Smurf. Yeah for them it was the Smurfs because because well it was the little hat.
34:4234 minutes, 42 secondsYeah yeah and that's what he calls it. And it's true that after when he told me Popping, Waving, Animation, there are times...
34:4834 minutes, 48 secondsI said to myself "Oh my God!" what am I going into... and FRONT KICK. Yes!
34:5534 minutes, 55 secondsOK well, now we move on to the CALL OUT challenge. So here are the 2 cards chosen by Régis.
35:0235 minutes, 2 secondsSo we have the FRONT KICK and the HYPE step. So he of course chooses a Hype step which Hype you know the vibe. So we're going to take a little "my Prerogative" from Bobby Brown. Oh yeesss... I think we're good at this. Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
35:1635 minutes, 16 secondsYeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So, it was the FRONT KICK and the HYPE
35:2435 minutes, 24 seconds(Dance) and then it's the HYPE?
35:3035 minutes, 30 seconds(Dance)
35:3935 minutes, 39 secondsCan you even add a little Wave, for fun (Dance) No, it's too much! It's too much! It's too much!
35:5435 minutes, 54 seconds(Dance) He easily won our CALL OUT - The Game challenge. Big up to Régis!
36:1336 minutes, 13 secondsDid I win? Yes. Yeeees! He easily succeeded in the CALL OUT challenge, so a big big up for our guest Régis who easily won the CALL OUT - The Game challenge.
36:2336 minutes, 23 secondsSo he has the little WayV Media t-shirt offered by BFZ Production (B.FREEAZY PROD). Thank you FABBREEZY!!! There you go. Thank you anyway.
36:3136 minutes, 31 secondsYes. There you go. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Heavy. Thank you for Régis TRUCHY aka RAKOS.
36:4036 minutes, 40 secondsYou still had - WayV- You could have chosen from the CALL OUT Challenge, We had the FRONT STEP anyway which was pretty cool to do.
36:4836 minutes, 48 secondsWe had the little UP ROCK that you know, aka the BASIC UP ROCK you see the battle dance. We had the SALSA STEP, you see that there were some good things.
36:5736 minutes, 57 secondsThere was a little FLOW. There was a little flow but hey you have it all the time. You could have put the flow. There you go.
37:0237 minutes, 2 secondsBut anyway, Cool. Thanks again. -Thank you- Thank you. Thanks to Régis TRUCHY aka RAKOS on WayV Media - Chemin de Vision.
37:1137 minutes, 11 secondsBe inspired and let's inspire peace.
37:1437 minutes, 14 secondsSo there you go, the show is coming to an end and Régis I would like to know, if you have a message for the new generation, to inspire why not the future Régis.
37:2337 minutes, 23 secondsYeah that's what I was telling you, it's dangerous that. (laughs) It's a passage all the same complicated. It's dangerous, but it's good. I hope it will be even better.
37:3237 minutes, 32 secondsWell, yes. So here it is, a little message from Régis for No WayVers. Well, listen to me, the only message I can say is: Believe in yourself, that's the most important thing.
37:4237 minutes, 42 secondsAbove all, don't think that everything is easy, you have to work but above all have fun. One life!
37:5037 minutes, 50 secondsOne life, One life and One life. (Laughs) That was Régis TRUCHY aka RAKOS on WayV Media today.
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