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EP 8 - From the Studio to Time Square ft. Daniel Flores (New Generation)
What if a server from La Onda Banquet Hall in Las Vegas could become a renowned dance crew leader in Chicago? Join us as we uncover the inspiring journey of Daniel Flores, the visionary CEO and founder of New Generation. With his remarkable choreography and the support of leaders like Miss Shirley and Julie, this episode takes you through a vibrant tapestry of dance styles and the spontaneous creativity that defines their performances. Through a lively "this or that" game, we reveal dance preferences and set a fun and engaging tone for our conversation.
Throughout this journey, we explore the diverse dance styles that define New Generation, from traditional bachata and cumbia to the energetic beats of reggaeton and hip-hop. Discover how Daniel's inclusive teaching philosophy and the influence of his early days in Las Vegas have shaped his approach to choreography, blending personal challenges with artistic pursuits. We dive into the role of dance as a therapeutic tool and a unifying force that bridges generations, shedding light on its cultural significance, especially in quinceañeras.
As we look ahead, exciting plans for 2025 unfold, including opening a dance hub and community space to nurture young talent. With upcoming innovative choreographies that feature props like tarimas and ribbons, the future looks bright for New Generation. The episode is a heartfelt celebration of gratitude and community support, highlighting the transformative impact of fostering a nurturing environment where talent can flourish. Whether you're a dance enthusiast or simply curious about the art form, this episode is filled with passion, teamwork, and dreams for the future.
So we're going to start this podcast right away with a this or that. Reason being is because I met you at the expo the one that we did together and we recorded a this or that. I did a little interview for him but the audio didn't work. So he was like all upset. He was like, oh bro, like the kids are waiting for it and this and that, and then I was like, yeah, there's no audio, so we're going to start right now. All right, we're gonna start right now, all right. So I'm gonna do a little this or that. It's gonna be quick. So I got a couple questions for you. A little speed round listo, go for it, all right. So the first one is gonna be bachata or cumbia, bachata for sure, all right. Next one is gonna be norteñas or huapango oh, huapango all the way. Next one is gonna be nightclub or bailes bailes waltz or surprise dance.
Speaker 4:Uh, we express ourselves a little bit more on waltz.
Speaker 1:Okay, you express yourself a little bit more. Bet, bet, bet. So one more time, guys. What is up? You guys, it is your boy, fernando, and welcome to little shy podcast on today's episode. You guys are probably wondering who I have in front of me today. In front of me I have um ceo and founder of new generation, known as the most popular choreographer in the chicago area, from quinceanera expos to performing at time square. I present to you guys daniel flores. Let's give it up for him everybody thank you so much.
Speaker 1:Oh shit, oh shit, bro. I'm super excited to have you on here one, because this is our first time actually meeting nice to meet you. Nice to meet you um, and then I have these kids next to me. Are you guys, kids, teenagers, what? What are you guys?
Speaker 4:teenagers, the leaders of a new generation.
Speaker 1:The leaders of new generation. So, guys, just as I introduced you, we're going to introduce so, do you want to introduce them? They can introduce themselves, I think they could introduce ourselves. Okay, let's start with the guys and then we'll start with the girls go ahead is it the ladies first, oh? There we go ladies, first over here to my left, I have hi I'm sherlyn diaz.
Speaker 3:Hi, I'm julie perez all right, this is jimmy aguilar and yale perez okay, okay, okay.
Speaker 1:And you said these are your leaders.
Speaker 4:Yeah, these are the four top leaders of New Generation. Of course, we have Miss Shirley over here. We'll call her Miss Shirley. She just joined the team not that long ago and she did become a big part of New Generation as our leader. And then we have our OG no matter what, julie as our leader from the get-go From the get-go.
Speaker 1:How long has she been here for?
Speaker 4:She started. I think it was like a month after we started the team okay, so she's been here since day one, okay, and what about these guys right over here? Uh, jimmy, he started right away I've seen this guy.
Speaker 1:I see this guy all the time in the videos. He had long hair before.
Speaker 4:If you guys look him up, go on instagram the first video that we have on instagram like a ninja Aztec for sure literally dude.
Speaker 1:You look like a ninja bro. You had the bandana on right here and everything.
Speaker 3:Yo quería el cabello largo. Yo quería el cabello largo como de Avatar, como los tienes.
Speaker 1:Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Pero dijo tu mamá que te lo cortaras. No, no, no.
Speaker 3:No, mi mamá siempre le dijo así. Pero un amigo que lo conocí desde el middle school. Él era de séptimo, yo de octavo Y vio mi foto que tenía el cabello como aquí Es cuando me dejé crecer Y luego él me decía como hey, güey te ves bien así, ¿por qué? No te lo cortas otra vez Y digo no es que Me tomó como cuatro o cinco años que me dejaron crecer, dura mucho.
Speaker 1:No, it's just that it took me like four or five years for it to let me do it.
Speaker 3:It takes a long time, and then when?
Speaker 1:I saw myself in the mirror again, I said you were more handsome.
Speaker 3:Yes, Then when I cut myself like this normally I cut myself I said well, I'm younger, I'm more gallant, nice, nice.
Speaker 1:And then, next to you, you got a guy with a little flow too. What's up, bro? Oh, there's a story, oh, there's a story. Hey, we're here for stories. Let's see, bro. Hey, I'm not going to lie, bro, I'm trying to get my hair like you, pero no, me sale. Bro, I can't get the curtain. Look, I can't dude.
Speaker 2:So props to you.
Speaker 1:Well, so when I met Daniel, I had like way longer hair, oh, way longer. It was like curtains. Do you have to have long hair to be a new generation, or what?
Speaker 5:He had like a little Dora hair. Oh, okay, okay, I had Dora hair, dora he said Dora hair.
Speaker 2:And we went to go to this new hair salon because that's what Daniel told us when we first joined the group. He said that we're gonna uh, you gotta go to this hair salon, yeah to go get our haircuts.
Speaker 1:Damn bro, this is a cult or what. Oh, okay, a collaboration. Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha, gotcha okay so you went to the hair salon I asked for a wolf cut a wolf cut.
Speaker 2:It's like pretty much when they like clean up your sides and like leave, like the back long, okay, okay and it's like right. When I asked I look like an indian after the haircut, I really didn't like it no, no, no, no, we're not here to call people out.
Speaker 1:We're not.
Speaker 2:I don't know the name, but I really didn't like him and I just looked at my friend because he was part of the team too. Yeah, and I, and I'm like you know what, screw it, I'm going to buzz it off.
Speaker 5:Oh shit.
Speaker 2:And he was like he was like actually, and I'm like, yeah, and I showed the barber to give me a buzz cut and he said, for real, and they even took a video of my transformation from long hair.
Speaker 1:So out of the four of you guys here, I saw that you guys went to New York, new York City, last year. How many of you guys went to New York? Just you, or who? Two, three, oh, yeah, that sucks, nah, just kidding, so okay. So, guys, I want to ask you about your experience of your New York City trip. So how many? Was that your first time ever going to New York? So, first off, as a choreographer, danny, ¿cómo se siente llevar tu equipo to New York City, bro?
Speaker 4:You know what? It was the best experience ever. I have to say I was so proud First walking into that room and being in that red carpet, seeing how happy they were. They were like, holy smack, we're in here, we're in the red carpet, we're about to dance. It did take a little bit long for us to dance, but they killed it. No, yeah, of course there was more people there when we danced, they were like wow.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 4:Your team brought it. They brought it to New York, like you guys are doing amazing. They ended up talking with us after the performance. They really thought that we were from there. They're like where you guys are. They wouldn't invite you the next week exactly, but you know we're from chicago, so we came, we represented chicago, for sure, and, uh, you know, thank you too to dj speaks and taking us there with them too love it, love it.
Speaker 1:So I'm gonna have all these kids right here. Let's give it out, let's give it up for them. So I'm gonna have you guys answer what that New York experience was like for you guys. We're going to start with the ladies first. Yo tú se lo vas a aquí.
Speaker 6:Okay, it was a really good experience. It was my first time being in New York Y pues, bailando it was really nice. When we actually performed, like the day del mero día del evento, habían como dos señoras that came up to me and my friend and were like oh my god, and I was like oh my god, like her name is Shanti and I was like Shanti, like, but yeah, it was just like it was a really good experience, but yeah, it was really nice.
Speaker 3:The truth is, it's cool to go to New York. It's my first time going to other states because I never traveled. I was born here but in New York. When I saw Times Square in person, I said Times Square is real.
Speaker 5:I've seen the movies.
Speaker 3:Times Square was destroyed and Times Square sí es real O sea no es porque vivo. Yo he visto las películas que el Times Square que fue destruido y que no sé qué Todo lo que me saco son las películas. Y cuando vi la foto allá de la pantalla dije híjole ya me siento famoso.
Speaker 1:A ver si ahí piden que me tienen otorógrafo o lo que sea. As you should, as you should. Todo era una experiencia nueva para ti, todo.
Speaker 3:As you should. As you should, that's good, that's good Nice.
Speaker 1:That's amazing. That's amazing. And then for your buddy over here next to you.
Speaker 2:It was a very fun experience, especially being with the team, because they were my friends too, and it was my first time being in New York and also viajando en avión In New York, as Bad Bunny would say. But it was my first time being on a plane, so I was scared, nervous, but it didn't feel bad. They were saying that the plane no se tenía que sentir así, but it didn't feel bad. It didn't feel bad.
Speaker 1:No, my friend, no, he was.
Speaker 2:Yeah, he's like yeah it's not supposed to shake that much, but yeah, no, it was fun dancing in times square. It was like like nerve, like it gets you nervous. It's like seeing all the people around you. But dude, we're talking like.
Speaker 1:We're not talking like 20 people, we're talking like hundreds thousands.
Speaker 5:It was very packed that day.
Speaker 1:Thousands of people in Times Square, bro, and then like for you guys, like a lot of you guys, it was your guys' first time ever going on vacation. So, dude, times Square lights the city of dreams bro, you know how many people dream to step foot there.
Speaker 1:and you guys were there performing. So I can't imagine how it must feel for you to take your kids there. Porque, mira bro, tú de niño, tú no hiciste eso right Y tú llevaste a los niños tuyos a cumplir los sueños. Tuyos, bro, let's give it up for Danny, bro, he made that possible for you guys, for you guys Nice. So not only did you guys perform on stage, if I'm not mistaken, you guys were on the TVs.
Speaker 4:Oh yes, you guys were on the TVs for Times Square too. Right, let me tell you about that. One day, like I said, we did our best to try to get out there. Dj Speaks was like hey, we should be in the big screen. I was like all right let's go All right, let's do this right. He was like, let's set it up. I was like you know what's going to be a big surprise for them.
Speaker 4:They didn't know until we got there and I'm like hey, look up, and everybody's like there's no way, we're up there.
Speaker 2:It was the biggest screen ever.
Speaker 4:It was so awesome people were just like why are they screaming? And they looked at them and they're like oh my god, it's them. And that's when they're like okay, people, back up back up so they started dancing.
Speaker 4:So it was. It was amazing. You know, when I was a kid, um, being with la onda banquet hall Hall in Vegas, being a server, getting introduced to Chambelanes and getting rented. I always wanted to go ahead and pursue my dream and going to go visit different places and all that stuff. So when I took them over there it was like a big eye opener. It was like, damn, like you're having the best life right now by seeing them.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 4:Fulfill their dreams.
Speaker 5:And that's all I want because, come on.
Speaker 4:I'm already going to be 29 years old and all that stuff.
Speaker 6:So I'm a little bit, yeah, I'm a little bit. Hey, not too much, not too much.
Speaker 5:I'm a little bit like more más para allá que para acá, pero ahí vamos, you know.
Speaker 4:But it was an amazing, amazing, amazing experience.
Speaker 1:That's good. That's good, bro. So I want to dive deep into the whole background of you. Like I said, I just met you. I mean, this is, technically, our first time ever having a real conversation. So, me as a choreographer and you as a choreographer, I do want to learn about your background. So how did this all become a thing? How did you, being a quinceanera choreographer, start from the very beginning from the very beginning.
Speaker 4:I started off, like I said, at la onda banquet hall in las vegas. Um, I started being a server. Are you from vegas?
Speaker 1:I guess I'm from vegas I never knew that you're here from chicago.
Speaker 4:No, no I actually um, I'm like six years in here to chicago, oh wow, so you brought your career.
Speaker 1:Let me, let me, let me tell you, you tell your story, bro. I brought my career over here um, unfortunately, my mom did get sick I had to career over here.
Speaker 4:Unfortunately, my mom did get sick. I had to come over here. She has diabetes and all that good stuff. So shout out to my mom because she's a strong person. That made me always fight for my stuff and she's always telling me you always have to stay up, Look at me.
Speaker 1:And she's right.
Speaker 4:So now I'm here and I brought it over here. I started off with teaching quinceañeras and I'm like, wait, I should have a dance crew over here, you know.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 4:I started off with this girl named Jamila, which she was in. He was one of the chambelanes. He was like so little, nothing compared right now, he was so little. You know, he was a little bit more like in the darker side he, he was a little bit more on the darker side.
Speaker 2:What do you mean?
Speaker 4:He's a little lighter right now. He was in soccer.
Speaker 1:The older you get, the lighter you get, the lighter you get.
Speaker 4:And he knows. I like to make fun of him about that, because he knows it's true.
Speaker 1:That's not funny, bro. I'm not racist I promise. He said you're trying not to get canceled. All jokes, all love.
Speaker 4:Because he's always been in soccer and stuff. So when I saw him dance, I'm like you've been dancing for a minute. He's like, no, like I play soccer. And I'm like, nah, there has to be something behind the stories, you know. And no, and I saw him dancing and I'm like you know what? I'm gonna start off the team with you guys, and then that's how I ended up meeting jimmy with uh the gemelas. We had a Gemela, two girls, actually, they were part of the team.
Speaker 4:Only one stayed with us because the other one had other things that she had to do in school. And that's when I met Jimmy. So I met them both. I told the team. I was like you know what? We're going to have our first meet. We're going to come this Sunday and you guys are going to meet, meet everybody. It was just four of them, just four just four of them, yep yeah and boom, we started getting a lot of guys and everybody's like how are you getting all these guys in here?
Speaker 1:you know like badass, badass guys, you know what does it take to be in new generation. First, let me ask you this how many members of new generation are there? Uh, right now we are 18 highway, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4:We used to be 24, but you know, as the years come yeah, of course, things happen, things happen. They go to school. They have to focus more in school. They go to college. They're seniors and all that stuff. So you know, during the summer they're going to come back.
Speaker 5:Yeah, so our which is going to be?
Speaker 4:around 27 around there.
Speaker 4:So, hopefully that works out what it takes to be a new generation. Let me be honest with you guys. I used to be a little tough back then, but I saw the opportunity where I'm like Daniel you always said no doors are going to close for anybody. I'm not going to close no doors in nobody's face. If you don't know how to dance, come on over, we're going to teach you. We're going to teach you, we're going to teach you and you're going to come and you're going to be inside of the performing team. That's it. That's all it takes. Don't be shy. If you come over here. You're over here, shy, we're going to break your shell.
Speaker 1:We're going to take that shy out of you right. Break the shell, like you said. Dope your performances. Your style is very unique. It's very different from other styles that I see. I see a lot of hip-hop in your right so, but it's not very hip-hop influenced and it's very cool because I personally think that hip-hop is dying. So to see that in your dances. I really want to know about the background of that, like, were you a hip-hop dancer back in the day and how did you start with that?
Speaker 4:I was a hip-hop dancer back in the day. That's how I started I started out with hip-hop. It was never like sorry, it was never like, um, it was more like we're about to do some hip-hop slash shuffling, so we were all about shuffling.
Speaker 1:That just shows our age yeah, it shows our age, nice. So um the whole hip-hop thing, um, did you, did you learn from somebody? Did you? Or did you see people on youtube like how did all that stuff?
Speaker 4:happen. Um, I learned from one of my um friends back in vegas. His name was carlos okay, um, he started doing hip-hop a lot and I was like girl, like I want to learn, so just watching them ended up going to one of their auditions one day and they're like, like how did you learn this? I'm like by looking at you guys.
Speaker 1:Dude yes. When I first started dancing because I'm hip-hop inspired also, so a lot of for me I started with hip-hop. So when I started, my Joaquin Seneraz and I started doing like waltzes and like the bachata was easy for me. But then, like when people started asking for like merengue or like norteñas and huapang dude, I just learned how to dance huapangos last year. I didn't know how to do any of that shit bro there's no way, and he's good, he's good at huapangos.
Speaker 1:Let me tell you that, dude, I just, I just learned all that stuff because I grew up, um, in a white community, in a white neighborhood with white kids. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1:So when it was our school dances, there was no mexican music so I had to learn like 10 years after I graduated high school and I learned from another fellow choreographer. So if I ever don't know how to do something instead of just like not knowing or telling somebody like hey, I don't know how to dance that I'm gonna reach out, for example, si tu sabes algo, and if I can learn it from you.
Speaker 5:I'm gonna ask you, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1:Yeah, perfect. So I'm going to give the kids a little chance to talk too. It's just a simple question, okay? So out of all the styles that you guys dance, each of you guys, what's your favorite style here?
Speaker 4:we go.
Speaker 5:I think, low-key, like it's like changed, because I feel like in the beginning I was more, because I started just dancing, like just at parties, like family parties, you know. So it was always the styles like bachata or like merengue or like cumbia. Since, like my parents are from like the city, that's like what we were like, mainly like dancing, but then, like growing up, like actually getting into like studios and getting experience, like it changed to like more of like a reggaeton and like hip-hop, of like yeah, it's just different, it just it hits more and let me tell you she's really good at cumbia dancing with her dad.
Speaker 4:It had all of us with our mouth open. We're like what the hell?
Speaker 1:let me tell you one thing I can't dance with a partner to save my life like no dude. Like if you, if you put me in a cumbia right now with a girl I don't know, bro, I can't I just learned.
Speaker 5:I need a demonstration right now.
Speaker 1:All right next, next, next.
Speaker 6:He's like next, next next um, I really like dancing cumbia a lot, since I was like a little girl, and después también um Danny was the one teaching me how to do all these like crazy ass spins too. So, um, pero yeah, cumbia and reggaeton for sure.
Speaker 4:Okay, here we go with Jimmy.
Speaker 1:Ya sé cuál ya sé cuál.
Speaker 3:Bachata no sí, aprendí a bailar bachata. Ahí como voy, como fui poco bueno en eso y ahí, cuando habían like a valentine's dance on middle school.
Speaker 1:Bailabas con todas las muchachas Nah con una. Con una de que me gustaba.
Speaker 3:Y luego, como aquí y aquí en el grupo, ya aprendí como hacer la huepa cumbia, un poquito de huapango y los valses como más que me, como yo escucho la canción y mi cuerpo como dice, como ya suelta, I wear like the vals, it's like, more than like. I listen to the song and my body like says like, let's go, mark it all like that, mark it yes, and that's the only thing like and well yes, got you cool, cool, cool.
Speaker 1:I like that. I already know his.
Speaker 2:I'm listening to Guest Wolf Angles yeah, when I no, when I first, I like that. I already know his. I'm just going to guess what Pongo's. Yeah, no, when I first started dancing it'd be like también como en fiestas de familia, and it was always my mom that I would dance with because, like, she would always convince me. And it started out with cumbia, pura cumbia.
Speaker 1:Damn bro, I got to learn.
Speaker 2:But like two-step. That's it. Yeah, I didn't know how to do, no vueltas ni nada. But after joining the group, ya, me empezó a gustar más bailar huapango y tribal yeah, I could tell bro, I could tell by the instagram videos. Yeah, um, pero también like after joining the group, I was able to learn how to dance cumbia, más o sea con vueltas y todo eso, so también me gusta. Those are my top three cumbia, huapango y tribal. Cool, cool, alright.
Speaker 1:Those are my top three Cumbia, huapango and tribal Cool, cool. All right, bro. So since you have these kids that are like amazing dancers I've seen them on all of our social media you said these are your leaders. So, being a choreographer, bro, I think sometimes people think that it's a lot easier than it really is. So sometimes people think that because they know how to dance, they know how to be choreographers. That's not true's not true it's not true, let me tell you that go ahead, bro.
Speaker 1:So you have to one. You have to know how to make the steps, how to organize the formations.
Speaker 4:You know let me tell you one thing about me and one thing that the kids learned and they're like give him time, he's thinking he. They always say the same thing to everybody. So with me I don't practice. At home I don't practice. I don't think about the songs. Before I come in here I put them in position and I tell them stay in position, don't move. And I stay there looking at them and they're like is he on something? You know they're like is he on something?
Speaker 5:or what's going on. You know he's looking into the future.
Speaker 1:That's what raven over here do you guys know what that's, what raven is no, no, that's what raven is like it's an old show from disney channel yeah, yeah, disney channel when she looks into the future, yeah so and then that's you know.
Speaker 4:Even the parents, they, they tell me they're like so you think about the steps at the moment. Yeah, I do, I put the song, I put them in formation and I'm like wait, give me like 30 seconds. I look at them, I look at myself in the mirror, I start dancing and I'm like okay, I got it. We're going to do this step. Why? Because I don't repeat the same step over and over again.
Speaker 1:Wait, wait, say that again.
Speaker 4:I don't repeat the same step over and over again.
Speaker 1:What do you mean by that?
Speaker 4:So I make up crazy steps that are a little bit different, where even sometimes my team is like Eso, que Eso que Right, como se hace Until? They see the vision until they see everybody doing like six things at the same time. They're like oh, they always do that to me and I know they'll be making fun of me. Sometimes they're like oh, we get it, you know.
Speaker 4:But, it's actually cool because I look at them more as like a project, like a professional dance team. You know. I'm like, look, they're doing this, they're doing this, you're doing this, you're doing this I'm going to teach you one time, remember and they do. So it's like a whole team of like 18, 17 kids doing like six things at the same time, and when they look at themselves in the mirror, they're like oh okay, we see it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's like the whole back and forth, side to side, like you know what I'm talking about. Yeah, I'm jealous of that Reason why is because, so for me, like I'm just a choreographer, I don't have a team, so for me, I can't always do that, because I have to. You know, I don't have a team, so me, when I go to practice, I have to have everything ready. So when I'm dancing, sometimes I'll be doing like I'll be making steps, and when I was dancing by myself it looks cool. And then when I do it with the quinceanera, I was like, yeah, we're not going to be able to do that, yeah, we're not going to be able to do that.
Speaker 1:And then you got to think there's a big-ass dress too. You know what I'm saying. So that's some of the reason why I struggled on the whole partner dancing. You know, because when you imagine, not that it's not possible, but imagine trying to do like una cumbia con muchas vueltas and then tossing, and you guys do lifts, oh man, those lifts are crazy sometimes I'm over here lifting a little teddy bear and shit.
Speaker 1:You know what he's talking about. He's just like he's making the choreography live. You guys are his vision. You know what I'm saying. So he's experimenting with you guys. He's literally just brainstorming with you guys, like you guys are just making it happen. So do you give these kids all? Do they ever?
Speaker 4:choreograph? Or is the choreographer just you? You know, this is the cool part about it. I tell them speak up. If you guys want to put something, let me know, and they do. And then sometimes I even. I do this on purpose. And I hope they know this, and I think they do know. I'm like do you think this is better?
Speaker 1:Or this is better.
Speaker 4:And they look at me. They're like, oh, you want me to pick yeah, oh, you want me to pick yeah. And then they start dancing.
Speaker 4:They're like you know what let's put this I'm like, okay, so now you're gonna teach the next dance. And then sometimes I feel like they look at me like, oh, he's probably mad, but no, like um. They have seen. You know um, especially our, our new leader right here. Um, she came into the team and she's a great dancer. She's been in a lot of academies. Same thing, you know, julie, she's been in the team for a long time and I tell them you know what, make up a dance, or sometimes I'll give them a song.
Speaker 4:Be like, you make up the dance and they'll do it, especially this one over here okay and then, um, jimmy, I tell them, you know what, I want you to start the first dance okay think about express yourself. And if you guys see in our videos and instagram some of the bachata songs, they're acted, they're acted out. No, no, yeah, all of them are acted out. And same thing with the valses. When one of my girls or my guys go through a situation, we do a song you express it like that we, we were, uh, we actually just expressed two songs with Ivan. What's his name? So Ivan. One more time, ivan.
Speaker 1:Cornejo, ivan Cornejo, cornejo, okay.
Speaker 4:So we did a vals because one of my girls was going through it. So we did a vals and we expressed it, you know.
Speaker 5:That day you were there.
Speaker 3:That day you were there.
Speaker 6:Actually, that was that expo that was we were expressing with the two dresses.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I performed with them because I was feeling it at the same time, you know and then, um, this last expo, it was like a fashion show uh, one of my other girls named tatiana, she was uh going through a you know a whole process and you know she's an amazing girl, so I did the whole red dance thing. They had a red, red like dress they were performing with like these red ribbons and they killed it.
Speaker 1:They killed it. No, dude, I've seen your dances, you guys. You guys do an amazing job. You know what I'm saying, and I'm saying that humbly. You know there's a lot of choreographers who would be like, nah, it's not, I can do better.
Speaker 1:You know, and I'm telling you guys, you guys are amazing, you guys are amazing. So you guys, you mentioned an expo. That's where I met you for the first time, at an expo. So let me ask you this, bro 2025 just started. What do you guys have planned for First of all, what does Danny have planned for himself, and what do you guys have planned for New Generation for 2025?
Speaker 4:So my plan for New Generation for 2025 is more lifts, okay, more throws, and definitely we like we legit throw people across from one side to another side. We're just like 1, 2, 3, boom, they go flying like superman, right? So we actually have those surprises coming out this year. We actually have an expo on the 2nd of next month and we have actually eight dances, eight dances and let me tell you they remember every little detail and then I'll be like fix your face, do the posture, and they'll be like you know they'll be screaming, so it's actually pretty cool.
Speaker 4:They have the. They express themselves with the dancing it's something that I have never done when I was young, and I see it in them.
Speaker 1:No, because expression is what it means the most.
Speaker 4:Yeah.
Speaker 1:I love it. So now that's what New Generation has for 2025. What do you have for 2025? Like personally, what do you have planned?
Speaker 4:Personally, what I have planned is all the choreographies that we did last year. I'm actually trying to go this year. So the new quinceaneras that we have this year, you guys are up for a surprise. We're actually gonna use tarimas, we're gonna use all that ribbon stuff.
Speaker 1:You're big on props bring on props, for sure, and get ready to act it out, because we don't dance, we tell stories. Dude, I love that man. I'm gonna have to join you. Can I join her?
Speaker 4:come right over?
Speaker 1:am I too old? Is there is?
Speaker 4:it like a cap? No, no, there's no cap and we actually have a new generation men. So we're starting that with the older people.
Speaker 1:Oh men, All right, cool, cool, cool, cool. We got DJ Speaks in the crowd. Say what's up, bro. Thank you for being here, bro.
Speaker 4:He's joining the team, yeah.
Speaker 1:Va a perrear. So, bro, when you're not dancing, when you're not at a quinceanera, when you're not at a party, ¿qué haces tú con tu vida?
Speaker 4:I am working full-time management at Chipotle, so I do wake up every single day at 5 in the morning, go to work at 6, leave work around 4 or 5, and come straight over here. You know, like I had comments before where they're. Like you don't have to do that, but you want to do that, right? Yeah, because it's something I always wanted to do and I have that dream for the kids like these kids have so many dreams on dancing and I feel like they deserve all the opportunities that they got yeah, that's dope.
Speaker 1:You mentioned chipotle. What's the go-to order, bro? What's the order? I gotta know what's the order?
Speaker 4:look, you guys order some rice. You guys could order all you want, but when it comes to the meat, I'm sorry. We're giving you the portion. What you mean, it's one portion, oh I think one portion of the meat.
Speaker 1:I think it's the poor shit no, no, no.
Speaker 4:The portion, one portion, no, no the portion, the portion.
Speaker 1:Don't ask ali for an ex alex. I mean my mind's all over the place.
Speaker 4:Don't ask danny for an extra scoop.
Speaker 1:Alex.
Speaker 3:I mean Danny.
Speaker 4:My mind's all over the place.
Speaker 1:Don't ask.
Speaker 4:Danny for an extra scoop. No, we're going to give you the four-ounce portion and that's it. You want a little bit more? We're going to add like two pieces.
Speaker 1:Pero para ti, bro? No, pero cuando tú comes ahí, ¿qué vas a? Comer. Since you work there, tú sabes lo que es lo tell you that brisket is really good the new brisket the new brisket is awesome, so or burrito that's the way to go the burritos okay the bowls.
Speaker 4:If you guys are super hungry, go ahead, but you're gonna finish half of it. No, I finished all of it. You finished all of it. Yeah, bro, okay, yeah, I'm trying to bathroom.
Speaker 1:I'm trying to bulk right here. I'm just kidding, I'm just kidding um so I also see that you're into fitness you're into boxing, you're into mental health.
Speaker 1:You're a very positive guy. So when I met you you were how do I put this? Not that you weren't what I expected, but when I met you I was like man, this guy seems kind of sweet. You know, he seems like a nice guy. You know, not that you didn't seem like a nice guy, but I met him I was like, yeah, this dude seems like a nice, wholehearted guy. You know what I'm saying? Because there's other choreographers or other people in the industry that when they walk in the room, ellos no van a saludar, ellos quieren que los saluden a, ellos Se meten así para arriba. And you are the complete opposite, bro.
Speaker 4:Let me tell you a little bit about that. Since I started off the choreographies, since Vegas, I believed myself that I could change the world. Vegas, I believed myself that I could change the world. I couldn't, um, I wasn't able to change the world and so many aspects where I'm like you know what, everybody could be nice, but sometimes, being too nice, you get taken advantage of 100. So, um, that's when I started giving my all in dancing. So I'm like you know what, if I'm not gonna change the world, then I'm gonna go out and dancing and just express myself.
Speaker 1:Dude. No, when I saw you perform at the expo, you, you guys were expressing that shit because, like at the expo, that was my first ever expo. So it was me, it was rolando and then it was you. So you know, three choreographers were chilling. I started off and then it was rolando's team and then I was like, all right, new generation is next. That we all know. That's why we went. You know, we got to see what they got. You know they're in our city, they're in our town. We got to see what they're coming with and I was like, damn bro, there's like a little fucking five-year-old in there.
Speaker 4:Oh, the littlest one let me tell you that little one holy smack. When he first tried out, I was like okay, no, he went all out.
Speaker 1:I was like oh he's gonna be in the front.
Speaker 4:Oh, he's gonna be in the front and let me tell you he, since day one he's like if you guys want to throw someone I'm the guy told me nice, nice.
Speaker 1:So how long have you been doing quinceaneras for? Since I was 14 years old, 14 years old, and now you are 29, so this year, yeah, this year I become 29, yeah, nice, nice um. So, since you've experienced so many quinceaneras, have you ever thought about planning your dream quinceanera?
Speaker 4:you know what I'm actually planning to have a daughter, okay, single dad, and when I have that daughter she's gonna have the biggest quinceanera ever. Like if you guys heard of Ruby, I hope hers is bigger than Ruby. I hope her quinceanera is like bigger than Ruby's.
Speaker 1:You're inviting everybody. You know I'm inviting everybody.
Speaker 4:Like if you don't fit, I'm sorry you're going to have to stand outside, but brother, con chivos y todo, we're going to have the biggest quinceanera ever For your daughter, for my daughter, yeah.
Speaker 4:Nice. If it doesn't become true with my daughter, then if we ever book like, hey, you're going to come into an expo and if you win that freaking quinceanera then you're going to get it all, yeah, so if I can have my daughter and give her everything I can, then I'm going to give somebody else the chance to fulfill that dream. Cool, cool.
Speaker 1:I love that I got the girls next to me. Did you guys have quinceañeras? No, you didn't. I didn't. Damn. That's so sad. I'm so sorry to hear that. No-transcript.
Speaker 6:So for my vals I had La Llorona. My quinceanera was more like charro style mariachi.
Speaker 4:Junty Mexican.
Speaker 6:Yeah, I'm very. Viener guys Baila Sorpresa. I had La Niña Fresa, of course. I had a huepa cumbia, like the cholo style, and I had cumbia y quebradita and reggaeton, yeah and everything, yeah.
Speaker 1:I love that. I love that. What's your favorite genre to choreograph to for Baile Sorpresas? Hip hop, hip hop.
Speaker 4:All the way.
Speaker 1:Yep, I don't incorporate hip hop in mine because no one asks for hip hop. No one asked for hip-hop, no one asked for hip-hop. Let me ask you this, bro you've been doing this for so many years. Have you ever had a bad event? I'll answer it first if it makes you feel better I have I have had bad events. I have had bad events, yeah, yeah, I had two bad events.
Speaker 4:Let me ask you with the team or without. One without the team and one with the team.
Speaker 1:Oh, now you don't have to go super into detail.
Speaker 4:It wasn't their fault.
Speaker 1:You don't have to go super into detail. But what do you mean by bad event? Was it a bad client? Was it the mom?
Speaker 4:Did the kids mess up the kids messed up since the beginning and we practiced and the mom told me please give them five months. The mom told me, please give them five months. And I'm like how that's going to be extra. She's like trust me, five months. So we practiced two times out of the week for two hours.
Speaker 1:Five months.
Speaker 4:Every single week. Oh hell no. And they still messed up. They still messed up from the entrance all the way to the surprise dance and I was like come on. So the mom was like it's okay. I understand, I saw it, since the practices you gave them all they did perfect before the quinceanera. The day the quinceanera, they were nervous. I get it you know, but they did ended up dropping the quinceanera like they did a high lift, which is like full body on.
Speaker 1:I know exactly what you're talking about.
Speaker 4:And here we go, tilting sideways. She goes like this Nobody catches her, they just look at her and fall.
Speaker 3:Boom.
Speaker 4:And I'm like guys, come on, Pick her up.
Speaker 1:Was that even you guys? No that wasn't them.
Speaker 4:That wasn't them. That was in Vegas. Let me tell you that was in Vegas and I'm like this. I'm like go, and they're looking at me like this, like are you dancing? Are you telling us to pick her up? Like, go, pick her up? And no, the mom was just, she was devastated and she's like it's not your fault. I understand, it's her cousins. They were her cousins and they still watched her fall. They still watched her fall. They still watch her fall. But you know well, other than that, they killed it in the surprise dance. They did really good, so they made up, but the vals is the main thing we worry about. Right, that's the first thing we worry about. Um, the one with our team, it actually was in their fall. Um, the quinceanera was so, so nervous that she ended up messing up the dance herself.
Speaker 1:Um, it wasn't okay, so um, it's all good.
Speaker 4:Really, really really mistakes happen but let me tell you the runway and everything.
Speaker 1:She was awesome that's awesome, so she made up for it. Um, I do have a question for these kids. Let's give them a little chance to talk um, so, guys, you guys are leaders of new generation. Um, I want to ask you guys, first of all, what does dance mean to you guys, and why are you guys even a part of the new generation?
Speaker 4:Let's get a start right here Del corazón. Let's go, jimmy, you got this.
Speaker 3:It's like a very, very, very long story.
Speaker 1:We don't got to make it too long.
Speaker 3:So I'm going to. In middle school we were taken on a field trip. It's a theater auditorium, it's something like a theater. It's around the city.
Speaker 5:From here to Chicago.
Speaker 3:And when I saw the dancers, like all the emotion, the city, from here to Chicago, and when I saw the dancers, like all the emotion, the sounds and the people, and I was like oh shock. In my dream it was like I want to be there. I want to perform in that oratorio. It's like my dream, but for me the dance is like it's my therapy.
Speaker 3:More like being a chameleon. I is like it's my therapy. More like being a chameleon. I like to dance the waltz. To be honest, I like the waltz a lot Okay cool and that's how I I give all my emotion.
Speaker 1:Yeah, no, I. It's noticeable when I watch the videos. Then I see you. I see you Exactly. I marked everything.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I marked everything like that.
Speaker 4:Thank you.
Speaker 2:Jimmy. No, I mean, for me it's important now. Before I liked to dance, but it was very painful. My first quince was my sister's Okay, and I wanted to do it. But then, yeah, I was also forced to do it Because I have another brother too and he doesn't like doing anything. So my mom, he doesn't like doing anything, he really doesn't All he does is play games.
Speaker 2:That's it, and so my mom really relied on me to be her chambelán, so I did yeah, después de esa quinceanera. I mean, we were all nervous and all that. It came out good what we thought.
Speaker 1:But if you look at the video, you can tell the difference, you can tell the difference from New Generation, from back then to now, you can tell the difference.
Speaker 2:right, but I went to this one quince. She's part of the group now. I went to Selena's quinceanera and she had chamelones and they were rented chamelones too. So they didn't know how to dance professionally and we were watching them do the baile sorpresa, the vals, and my mom would be like ¿tú no te gustaría hacer un rente chamelón? I'm like I would, because you're getting paid to dance and dancing seems fun so I was like yeah, I'm down to do it.
Speaker 2:And when I got the opportunity, my parents didn't want to let me. No, no, no me querían I was. I tried to convince them so many times but I don't know. They were like it's far away, like you don't you? Like you don't know the people, like you know, yeah it try new opportunities para que vean cómo salen. And yeah, ya, finalmente se animaron en the. Actually, let Me Go, nice, nice.
Speaker 1:I love that bro A ver ahora sí acá. Okay, do you remember the question?
Speaker 5:What does dance mean to you?
Speaker 1:no, yeah, yeah, yeah. And what does dance mean to you? And what does being in New Generation mean to you?
Speaker 5:So I guess I guess, like from the top, like from the beginning, I, when I was little, I actually like really like dancing, like by myself, like I'd play, like the just dance, like in my room yeah I was one of those kids like, just being a weirdo, yeah, my mom would like come in like like what are you doing, you know?
Speaker 5:but yeah, but at parties and stuff like that, like I was super shy, like super shy. I would not want to at all, like you would. My mom would like come in like like what are you doing, you know?
Speaker 5:but yeah, but at parties and stuff like that, like I was super shy, like super shy I would not want to at all like you would have to drag me, like I didn't. And then, like was growing up um me and my dad, like I feel like that really helped me get close to my dad because I started dancing bachata with him, okay, and like that brought us like our relationship like so much closer because it's like I was a daddy's girl when I was little.
Speaker 5:But it's like growing up, like I don't know about, like like you, but like I get I got closer to my mom, like growing up yeah but like I was like 10, right, but I was like leaning more to my mom, but I feel like dance is like what really brought me and my dad like back, like this, because it's like he loves, like bachata, he salsa, he loves all that. So I found like dancing with my dad was just the way that, like we got closer and like really helped.
Speaker 6:You guys connected together. That's awesome. I love that. It was like so dope.
Speaker 3:I love that and.
Speaker 5:I'm so lucky to have that, because I know a lot of people like don't have that like relationship with their dad. So that's like, that's so dope, so blah, blah blah fast forward, um, fast forward, um. At school, um, in like eighth grade, like I started, like middle school and all that, I started to join like like there was this lady that came, she gave us like some dance and I was like okay but, like I'm like what is this right?
Speaker 5:but it was like a salsa thing and we like performed in front of our school and I remember like performing. I was like yo, like people are clapping, I was like yo like did we eat, or what?
Speaker 5:right. So then after that I was like, oh, like, like this feels like awesome. And then, like, fast forward to high school. Like my sophomore year I joined this um, you know, high school, you want to like make friends and like get new connections and all that. So I joined like this club at my school which was just called spanish club, but it was just like a dance club. So I joined that and then, like I was like good at it and I was like, oh, wow, and like we would perform at like school assemblies and stuff. And then, following up, like my junior year, I was vice of that club and then I was president my senior year so I was able to choreograph and like put stuff out there and it was just like so dope, and then also like the school I went to was an art school, so I danced but I danced like latin.
Speaker 5:But then for that program I had to dance like contemporary modern ballet and like I feel like such a noob because I was like everyone was like so much like their technique was just like what school did you go to?
Speaker 1:I?
Speaker 5:went to sen sen high school I never heard of that it's like by, like loyola okay, yeah, but city girl, city girl but yeah, but it was like so cool because like I loved performing for like the program I was in for school, but like performing for the club, like it was me, you know what I mean like those genres were just like like yeah, like I feel happy doing this and it's like how jimmy said, like it's like a therapy, like you can have a bad day but you come to like dance and I I feel like that answers the question for like new generation what that means to me, because it's like it started off just being something for fun, moving up from like clubs and performing and stuff, and then after high school, like getting more like professional, like training, you know, from like different choreographers and all that.
Speaker 5:So it just like really sparked up like my love for, like for dance. And then it's like I'm new, so it's like, um, every choreographer is different and, like how you said like earlier, like with danny, like you, respect how um like he works, like the like it's unique.
Speaker 5:Like, yes, like there's moves where we're. Like I don't know wait right, yeah, yeah, yeah right, but it's like no, like you learn and you know, and danny, like never lets us quit, like he's always like we're gonna like no, you have to like you're right, so that makes us better dancers, you know.
Speaker 5:So I feel like, for me, being part of like new generation, what it means to me is like being part of like well a team and like being part of a team of like people that have so many different strengths, because I feel like we're not all the same and like that's good, like there's people that are good at like, even if it's just like memorizing the choreo or like doing the steps or like uh, just like little things like that. I feel like, as a team, we all like really like help each other, and it's like there, a team, we all like really like help each other, and it's like there's people that are stronger in like bachata and you go to them for help.
Speaker 5:Or there's people that are stronger in reggaeton you go to them for help, and that's the thing here, like it's really like a community and it's like I just joined, but it just feels like actually like gaining friends here. Like the community is like really like it's really cool with the dancers and like even like danny, like he's like our friend, like he's not even like our teacher, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1:Like which is like really cool to have. So yeah, I think that deserves like a mic drop, but I think the podcast should end there I love that.
Speaker 6:Wait. What was the question?
Speaker 1:again, I forgot, just kidding, it was uh. What does dance mean to you and what does being in New Generation mean to you?
Speaker 6:So when I was little, my dad had a music group, so I went to his practice, to his parties, and I was always the first one to start dancing At like every party.
Speaker 6:I was always like that one girl just dancing like crazy. So I feel like it was my dad que me empezó a gustar mucho bailar. And then also I remember like me and my cousins would want to like do sleepovers y no nos dejaban. So I'd be like you know what let's do like a choreography y hay que bailar y nos van a dejar and it would always work. Pero yeah, and it would always work.
Speaker 6:Nice, um, but yeah, um. I feel like my first dance was when I was in second grade. It was like a weird dance like de Colombia. I don't know. It was weird. What you mean? Weird, shout out Colombia. It was really weird, but I liked it because, like Shirlene said like people like the audience was going crazy, so I was like damn, like yeah, like shit. Charlene said like people were like the audience was going crazy, so I was like damn, like yeah, like shit. I want to be famous.
Speaker 1:Now you guys are, you guys are famous.
Speaker 6:Después, eighth grade was when I started dancing more and I started doing flamenco and like it's hard. Y después nos fueron a ver, like some people from Northeastern, and they were like, oh oh, you should join our club, the Flamenco Club, and I was like, oh yeah, I'm down and I went, but I didn't even last like a week, it was so hard. Pero después, yeah, then I joined Dani. First it was weird because Dani wanted me to join to do makeup for the girls, pero después he was like, oh, like.
Speaker 1:You don't qualify for a dancer, but you can do makeup.
Speaker 6:But yeah, and then he was like no, like you should join us, like dancing. And then I was like um, like I was scared because I was like I don't know nobody from there, so like I was scared. But then, yeah, like I animated myself and like, yeah, like being part of New Generation is like I don know, like like the friends, like the bond, like yeah it's just really nice cool I love that.
Speaker 1:I love that. Let's give it up for all these kids. Everybody, let's clap it up, clap it up, clap it up, clap it up. Danny, I can tell literally you love this shit. Bro, it's in your it's in your it's in your blood. It's your life. Do you want to be a choreographer for the rest of your life?
Speaker 4:you know what? Yes, I do. I do want to be a choreographer for the rest of your life. You know what? Yes, I do, I do want to be a choreographer for the rest of my life. The plan is like I told the kids and my family even knows this is hopefully maybe two, three, four years into this whole company thing, I get a banquet hall.
Speaker 1:Man Ching me, robaste la idea.
Speaker 5:Hey, but you're Chicago me too.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, yeah, so we're good.
Speaker 4:If we get a banquet hall here in Chicago, bet your butt it's going to fit about four to five hundred people three to four years from now and you guys are going to have chaplanes already in your whole program, chapeleones already in your whole program damas, like the girls are gonna be, even if the young kids want to work there?
Speaker 1:yeah, hey, it's a banquet. Yes, they could work. Opportunity for everybody, everybody's everybody everybody.
Speaker 4:We're gonna have a little office in there, everything like the same crew that we have as them joining and loving that dance. They're gonna have their extra money on the side. Nice, I love that yep.
Speaker 1:So I didn't come up with this idea, but somebody was like, bro, you should do a banquet hall. And I was like you know what? That's a cool idea. I can have my own banquet hall. I can have my practices there. I'm going to make it like a nice-ass banquet hall and then I'm going to make a studio for the podcast. It's my plan B. Plan A is not that right now, but you know, I love that vision. I love that vision. All right, guys, I'm going to ask you guys a question. I want you guys to think about it right now and then we'll come back to you guys, okay? So Baile Sorpresa is over. Waltz is over, everything's over. The DJ comes up to you. The DJ comes up.
Speaker 1:I know this one off the bat. You guys already got it. You need some time to think they have it for sure. You guys need some time. Okay, danny, what song are you thinking?
Speaker 4:Let me tell you, all girls go crazy for La Iguana.
Speaker 1:Dude, I feel like it's La Iguana. Yeah, it's La Iguana, for sure. Is that the answer for you guys? La Iguana?
Speaker 4:La Iguana like wanna.
Speaker 5:let me tell you these guys, I don't think I put up a video, yet I think I put up one, but wait for the second video.
Speaker 1:These guys who I'm like, oh, I would hit my chin on the floor, do you?
Speaker 4:do like wanna um, they just started making me?
Speaker 1:do they wanna?
Speaker 4:yeah, I've been doing the one, yeah I think I hit my chin about two times, but wow like it's just a hype song. Yeah, it's a hype song like they'd be dancing, and then we just hear all the girls in the background screaming. They throw their record like, wanna, like, wanna, like wanna no, I feel like that's all the guys too, the girls, I don't know. I think it's a little bit different are you?
Speaker 1:you guys picking like one A zapateado. How about you Zapateado?
Speaker 5:encabronado, oh encabronado, she went in advance.
Speaker 4:Zapateado, encabronado, you never heard encabronado no bro. What are you like? We need to show him something. What is a zapateado encabronado? Is this Zapateado? And Cabronado is like regular zapateado, pero this one's a little bit more with mas cabron mas, cabron, mas, like you, better go harder. We better hear your boots, you know, yeah, okay, okay, and you go, the little crazy leg in the back okay, I feel like, I feel like I knew.
Speaker 1:I feel like I knew what that was. I just didn't know that that was the name of it. I love that. I love that. I love that. Okay, so now I've been talking this whole time. Do you guys have any questions for me, or should I just keep doing this interview for you guys?
Speaker 4:I have a question for you so I heard your world bongos were really really good who told you that? Oh, I seen it. You better stop. So my question is for you is would you want to come one day and do a choreography with new generation and perform it in one of our expos?
Speaker 1:oh shit, I'm put on the spot. All right, all right. So, and now?
Speaker 4:you can hear it. So if he says yes, you guys will see him in the expo.
Speaker 1:Then all right guys, all right guys, all right guys, here we go.
Speaker 4:So god's watching first of all, first, of, all.
Speaker 1:First of all, I want to. It means a lot to hear that you guys think that my huapangos are good.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Because I just learned last year.
Speaker 6:Oh, that's crazy. I just learned last year.
Speaker 1:So you asking me to come here and teach for you guys, it's a little nerve wracking, it's a little nerve wracking to teach in front of a new generation. And you asked me to perform at an expo. Yeah, that'd be cool. Yeah, bro, con que no me cobre, estamos bien. All right guys. All right guys, all right guys. We're seeing it on camera. I think it's gonna be. Uh, fernando jimenez and new generation are gonna collaborate let's make it happen.
Speaker 5:Let's go. Yeah, I got you guys. We're gonna do this dope.
Speaker 3:I love it, I love it I love it okay, guys.
Speaker 1:Um, let me see what else we got for you guys. Dude, that was crazy man.
Speaker 4:We man, we're going to make it happen. We're going to make it happen and DJ Speaks.
Speaker 1:It's going to make it happen and DJ Speaks DJ Speaks is going to be in the background with some pom-poms, all right, guys.
Speaker 1:So sadly, this episode is coming to an end. It's coming to an end, guys. But before that, to say one more time to you guys thank you guys so much for letting me come here to the studio and to record the podcast with you guys. I'm not gonna lie, I was a little shook. I didn't know you guys were gonna be in it. You know what I'm saying. So someone was like I gotta go do my makeup, I gotta do my hair. I was like why you're not gonna be in it? I just thought they were gonna be like the audience. You know what I'm saying. But guys, no, it really means a lot. Do you gracias a él or anything you guys want to say to him before we end this podcast, or no, you guys don't have to say anything.
Speaker 5:We're like ungrateful.
Speaker 1:No, a ver, acá a ver acá they tell me things every time.
Speaker 3:Like to be honest, like no llores, no, no. Quiere llorar, quiere llorar, quiere llorar, no, no, no. La neta Dani, este grupo sí, es como que me dio mucha importancia Y este es como lo mejor que Que ha pasado mi vida, que ha pasado mi vida en vez de estar como allá afuera en las calles, así de que yo he. ¿cómo se dice?
Speaker 1:Que has sido parte de este grupo.
Speaker 3:No, oh va a haber. No, oh, my bad. No, I mean express myself like this. I expressed myself a lot by dancing, by dancing new steps. You know At least that sometimes I help you like this. Yeah, with this opportunity that you've given me, a round of applause for Jimmy and for Dani.
Speaker 2:You got any words for your boy over here? I just want to say thank you for the opportunity that you gave all of us. We're like family.
Speaker 3:And we all just got close together.
Speaker 2:We've done experiences together, like having all this, like you know, like a big family, and then we just keep on getting bigger too. So can't wait for the summer.
Speaker 5:I'll go, I'll go, I'll go. Um, I mean for me like I just got here, right, but um, I real, yeah, I just got here literally, like, not even like half a year. Like literally like half a year. You're already a leader. No, like, not even half a year, damn is that good you're gonna have to show me thank you so much.
Speaker 5:Thank you, thank you, but not the, the background music, but what's it called? I could say, like, because I didn't join alone. I actually brought three little ones with me that are also on the team so my cousins and my little brother, which is the little one that swings around and they throw all of it oh, my bad, I didn't mean anything.
Speaker 1:I said it like no.
Speaker 5:But like how Danny said, like he really doesn't like close the doors, and I appreciate that because, like, like my little cousins and my brother, like they've improved so much for dance, so and you can like like the first day to now, like there's for sure an improvement in all of them. So like how danny says, like he doesn't close the doors on you, which is something that's like so humble, like because a lot of people just like, oh, you're not good, like you know, but no, like danny really like gives an opportunity to everybody and like he has such a humble heart and he's like such a humble person too and I'm not just saying that like for real, for real, for real, Like you know. So I respect you and he really does this for us because, like he said, he doesn't have to do this stuff, but he chooses to.
Speaker 6:So, yeah, I appreciate you so much. I love it. Nice, dear Donnie. No, I'm just kidding. No, I'm just kidding. Wait, wait, let me take a look at the letter now. Um, no, pues, um, thank you for all the support, for all your advice, because, apart from that, danny is like our coach. He always gives us a lot of advice about life, like everything. He always listens to us, um, but yeah, thank you for all the support, danny, and for being so nice, and he's also very angry.
Speaker 1:Danny, where can these people find you on social media?
Speaker 4:So, social media, what we actually have two accounts is Windy City Skin Sis, and then we have the New Generation 2025. I just switched there from 24 to 25. I just switched it, okay. So if you don't find us as 24, it's 25, okay. And then on Facebook, uh, daniel flores, definitely, I did not know. Um, actually, a client called me today and she told me that she found us on google nice and google reviews, I was like holy smack, we have a lot of good reviews.
Speaker 4:Good, thank you so much for all the parents, like from all the kinsmen, as we have done those good reviews good, thank you so much for all the parents like from all the quinceañeras. We have done those good reviews help us out.
Speaker 1:So much the star rating.
Speaker 4:Thank you, it means a lot it means a lot, and for for me to see that today I have never checked on google in my life since we started new generation so I even sent a screenshot to the group.
Speaker 4:I was like, oh what, I'm so proud of you guys because, like I said, like I could be the head, but they're the body. They're the ones that shape up everything I could teach them. And if they don't express themselves and they don't do a good job in the dancing, then people are going to be like they just do it exactly for other stuff, right, but they actually love to dance.
Speaker 4:So anybody that wants to come and, uh, join new. We do practice Thursdays and Fridays from 6 to 9 pm, legit. What I do is you guys can come in check us out and then from there we go and we give you a little tutorial of how to dance bachata, cumbia, salsa. We do have tryouts next month, on the 19th I think.
Speaker 1:I can make it I was kidding next month on the 19th.
Speaker 3:I think I can make it. I was kidding.
Speaker 4:I don't know if it's the 19th or the 18th We'll let you guys know. Yeah, we'll let you guys know. We'll let you guys know. So if you guys do want to come and join New Generation, doors are open. You don't know how to dance? We'll teach you, so don't worry about it.
Speaker 1:All right, guys. Once again. Thank you guys so much for being on today's podcast. You guys know you can listen to Lil Shy every single Monday on Apple and on Spotify. Make sure you hit that post notifications on so you're notified whenever there's a new episode follow him check me out on Instagram. You already know Fernando X Jimenez. Lil Shy Podcast. Guys, let's give it up for Danny Flores, number one choreographer in the Chicago area until next.