\u201cYour hips need to push outward while your solar plexus goes down. You do a slight jump in this movement,\u201d a professional dance instructor says to a room of struggling students.<\/p>\n
About 20 foreigners are gathered at 1Million Dance Studio in Seoul\u2019s Seongdong district on a recent Sunday to learn the introductory choreography for the girl group Katseye\u2019s track \u201cGameboy\u201d.<\/p>\n
The studio draws a diverse crowd of international visitors.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have loved dancing since I was young, but it is too expensive in the Netherlands, so I came to Korea,\u201d says Mike, 24, who has come to learn the Korean language and K-pop dance. \u201cActually doing it is very difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/div>Rachel, a German woman in her 20s, visited the studio with a friend. \u201cI used to learn and dance to hip-hop music in a university club in Germany,\u201d she says. \u201cBut I developed an interest in K-pop and came with a friend who is staying in Korea as an exchange student.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n