South Korea is known to be full of such great producers that debut groups and solo artists that separate from any other idols outside the K-pop music scene. Members in groups that aren't considered to be assigned as the main dancer are often incredibly skilled that we surely know that we cannot compare them with any other artists for being uniquely talented individually.
And so here goes a list of those K-pop idols that we're talking about.
TWICE Momo
Lia Kim is a famous choreographer, who is behind many memorable dance routines for songs, such as Twice's "TT," IOIs "Very Very Very," and one of the most iconic dances of all, SUNMI's "Gashina." She once appeared on MBC's Idol Radio back in October of 2018 and was able to discuss her career as a K-pop choreographer. She also mentioned who thinks it is the best K-pop idol dancer.
As she was asked about the idol she believes is the best dancer, the well-known choreographer mentioned TWICE's Momo, along with the words of being "a dancer that is dent by the gods from above." Lia Kim also mentioned how it is possible than no one can describe what Momo is like when she's able to start dancing right after watching a routine and recreate a choreography with very little explanation. The choreographer is also amazed at how she adds her own charms and quirks to upgrade it to the next level.
BLACKPINK Lisa
A lot of other talented dancers and choreographers agree that Lisa's skill and talent is one-of-a-kind. Choi Youngjun, another famous choreographer in Korea, having choreographed famous K-Pop songs like Seventeen's "Don't Wanna Cry," Wanna One's "Energetic," and a lot more. He also appeared as a mentor in Produce 101 series and has been teaching idol groups since.
In a YouTube interview, BLACKPINK Lisa is mentioned and EXO's Kai as his personal best dancers from all the students he taught. There was even a time when he held a private dance practice with the BLACKPINK member, which got other choreographers to find it cool that the two work so well together.
EXO Kai
Other than choreographer Choi Yeongyun, EXO and other SM Artists' choreographer like Kasper admitted that he found the best dancer in EXO. According to the man behind the choreography of "Love Shot," Kai is the best dancer of them all. He also said that Kai is a very versatile dancer.
Kasper is also well-known for choreographing "Ko Ko Bop," "Call Me Baby," Lay's "What You Need," and Baekhyun freshly-released title track "Candy."
BTS J-Hope
BTS's teamwork with choreographer Son Sungdeuk, who has been with them since pre-debut, has also become more solid. He has always been so thankful for the group's main dancer J-Hope and mentioned that he's someone he can really rely on.
Even though Jimin, Jungkook, and J-Hope have different charms, Son described J-hope by saying, "Hobi's style has a strong hip-hop feel. He used to do street hip-hop, so he went through a lot of difficulties when he was a trainee. He's good at the technical wave and popping." Even so, he has an excellent sense of duty when it comes to practice. He leads the members a lot during practice.
Hyolyn
Powerhouse vocalist, HyoLyn had also worked with famous choreographer Aliyah Janell for her solo song, "Dally." The flirty and cute choreography had definitely gained the attention of many K-Pop lovers with numerous amount of covers being uploaded online.
Many non-fans have also caught in this video released by Hyolyn, which got so many impressions saying that she is such a fantastic dancer. Dancers complimented this dance video for killing the dance moves with good heels and knows how to dance with the way she moves her body.
BTS Jimin
Last but not least, Brian Puspos, a renowned choreographer for his urban and sleek choreography, fell in love with BTS's Jimin and Jungkook's dance performances in the past, which gradually became BTS's choreographer quite an amount of time.
With BTS's Jimin's fluidity, it seems like both Brian Puspos and Jimin are fans of each other as it was revealed how happy Brian was to choreograph Jimin's Solo song "Serendipity" and also BTS's "Butterfly."
SHINee Taemin
The Top choreographer couple of the industry, J Black and Mary, chose Taemin as one of their top four singers who dance the best. According to the dance professional Mary, "I focus more on the strength on how they dominate their stage, rather than their skills or technique."
Hyuna, Dawn, Hwasa
Along with Taemin, Mary and J Black also chose Hyuna and Hwasa for female idols who are the best in dancing and added Dawn for male idols.
TVXQ Yunho
As for the "Queen of K-pop" BoA, who is not only a dance professional but the "Asia's Best Dancer" as well, she chose TVXQ's Yunho as the best dancer of K-pop industry, who has a massive influence globally, especially in Japan. In particular, Yunho was selected to perform at the Korean leg of the iconic Michael Jackson's "This Is It" concert in 2010.
Red Velvet Seulgi
BoA also named as the next best dancer, along with Yunho and Taemin, and that's none other than Red Velvet's "dance machine," Seulgi.
Chung Ha and IZ*ONE Chaeyeon
According to the professional dance trainer In Jinwoong, Momo, Chung Ha, and Chaeyeon are "dancing machines." The dance professional described Chung Ha's dance as 'soulful' and has more weight, which makes her dance more colorful.
Meanwhile, Chaeyeon, despite being a rookie, the female idol has the "most promising potential," according to Jinwoong. Her dance is light yet full of energy.
Girls' Generation Hyoyeon
Known as the "Dancing Queen," Hyoyeon has been chosen by several critics, praising her dancing perfection.
ASTRO Rocky
Named by Kwon Jaesung as "perfect idol dancer," ASTRO's Rocky was described by the iconic dance instructor as "an idol who has a great body line, great in dancing, and have good athletic skills."
NCT Taeyong
Mina Myoung and Hyojin Choi, both known as famous choreographers, hailed Taeyong as "little Kai," who shows various expressions including being sexy, hip, and cute.
