Alan rehearses "Tokyo Mimei" during a soundcheck before her actual performance at Tower Records Shinjuku on May 17, 2008.

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Alan rehearses "Hitotsu" during a soundcheck before her actual performance at Tower Records Shinjuku on May 17, 2008.

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The opening "Violet Sauce" segment of a multi-song medley performance with my UC Berkeley floormates on April 22, 2006. With the exception of one or two members, none of us are dancers. All choreography is original. New moves were added to the existing choreography for another performance with different dancers in September 2007: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff4REdOSAzw

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Jay Chou performing "Huo Yuan Jia" during the encore of his concert at Nippon Budokan on February 16, 2008.

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Younha performing "Te wo Tsunaide" at the KDDI Designing Studio in Harajuku on August 26, 2006. This video was filmed from the large screen outside of the studio as I waited to cross the street, so pardon the poor video and sound quality.

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Jay Chou performing "Fa Ru Xue" at the release party for "November's Chopin" at Ximending in Taipei on November 6, 2005. A CD signing was held after his performance.

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Alan performs "Ashita e no Sanka" at the Apple Store in Sendai on December 21, 2007. I filmed two separate clips and combined them into one, so that's why there's a brief skip during the instrumental part after the intro verse.

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Alan performs "Sakura Modern" at the Apple Store in Sendai on December 21, 2007.

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Alan covers Rimi Natsukawa's "Nada Sou Sou" at the Apple Store in Sendai on December 21, 2007. Before her performance, Alan mentioned that this was her audition song for Avex China.

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The girls rehearse "My Everything" during a soundcheck before their actual mini-live performance later in the day at HMV Shinjuku South on November 18, 2007. A CD signing was also held after the mini-live.

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The girls rehearse "Piranha" during a soundcheck before their actual mini-live performance later in the day at HMV Shinjuku South on November 18, 2007. A CD signing was also held after the mini-live.

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Younha performing "Homegirl" at the Apple Store in Sendai on September 27, 2006. I was asked to stop filming by her handler/manager (?).

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The girls rehearse "One More Time, OK?" during a soundcheck before their actual mini-live performance later in the day at HMV Shinjuku South on November 18, 2007. A CD signing was also held after the mini-live.

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Dance performance with my Japanese junior high school students on September 15, 2007 to a medley of four songs: (1) "Violet Sauce" by Namie Amuro (2) "S.O.S." by Rihanna (3) "Lose My Breath" by Destiny's Child (4) "Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick" by Namie Amuro The choreography to (1) is completely original, (2) and (3) feature a mix of original choreography and the MV/PV choreography, and (4) is strictly the MV/PV choreography. (1) is based on choreography originally performed in April 2006 by a different group of dancers except for the leader: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJnSEKcHv4A The performance wasn't as clean or smooth as we wanted it to be, but everyone seemed to have fun, so it's all right.

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