Sytycd on its peak

Last week before the final.. It was crazy. I’m not gonna discuss the solos (I guess I never really do), but couples routines were all superb. I usually try to pick two of the best out, but this was bloddy difficult this week. In sum I kinda ruled out Mark and Courtnie’s routine, just because of the plain reason they didn’t stand out AS much. I think my favorite of the week was passo doble by Katee and Josh (who I guess are everybody’s favorites at the moment):

Dancing the real life :)

Haha.. I have to share this one with you. The So you think you can dance show is approaching it’s peak and the performances are still getting better and better (yeah, I too thought that’s impossible, but… ). Well Mia Michaels did a slightly different contemporary routine than we’re used to this week, but it is just so cool, funny and real - you have to see it! Katee and Twitch danced so tight and they acted it for an Oscar nomination. Hehe,.. it really makes you smile, when you project the story into real life and makes you angry at the same time of course. Men!!!! And crazy women… Same old story, ha I love the door slamming effects! The door on stage in general was a cool idea, and hanging on them, jumping through, slamming them,..  Ok, just enjoy it

Another week of eliminations

Even when I am travelling I somehow cannot make it without So you think you can dance. Is that an addiciton? No, I think It is just an admiration and passion. So, this week top 16 performed. I have checked all performances (whereever you are, Youtube functions in the same way ;)  ) and noticed the overall review was better than last week. I think my favorite this week was rumba by Courtney and Gev. As you will notice they showed magnificent chemistry that developed between them and I must say they got a really good technique too (do not forget they have to get it in just a few days. Here is the clip:

Another best for me (seeing it only once of course) is a hiphop routine on Bleeding love, performed by Chelsie and Mark. Choreography was made by newcomers in the show, Napoleon and Thabitha, and it was fabulous. I loved it, something fresh in the show, with the story (you know I love storytelling in dance). I think they were crowned as a couple of the night and I might as well confirm to that. Really really nice routine.

Now, since today is Friday, I can already inform you on this weeks weakest links. Hm, should I?
On the elimination night 3 couples were again nominated as bottom 3 (as a result of US TV voting):
- Chelsea and Thayne: unfortunatelly they got the quikstep, known as a kiss of death in SYTYCD, and I guess it was no different for them: It really is hard to learn that dance and not look like a Pinnochio
- Comfort and Chris: they did not get animalistic enough for their routine, which kinda made us expect they will find themselves in bottom 3
- Kourtni and Matt: they worked with a new choreographer, wilder choreographer, which was an interesting novelty and they danced it well, but compared to other routines I guess it didn not stand out enough

The judges then talked about it and eliminated Chelsea and Chris. This means, next week Comfort and Thayne will be paired up.
Talk soon!

Only 16 left

America had a rough night yesterday. The pressure and feeling that somebody will have to leave the show, is not too pleasant. The results show started with amazing group routine choreographed by Shane Sparks.

Then came the results. People voted and Cat Deeley revealed 3 bottom couples from Top 18 show. Here are the names and links to their performances (the ones they were judged on):
- Chelsea & Thayne (I hope it wasn’t because of their costumes)
- Susie & Marquis (they danced SALSA, but as a latin dancer Susie got a lot of critiques)
- Comfort & Chris (Cat was holding up a sign, saying Chris is not a tree… well, see for yourself :))

Each of the bottom dancers had to perform solo to save their life. After a short brake judges have reached the decision and eliminated Susie and Marquis. That salsa was obviously not good enough. Since we are salsa dancers let’s think about it - was that really that bad? No, especially when you think they only have a few hours to get the choreography, synchronize and perform it. This is just a proof of how tough this competition really is. The judges and people are getting stricter each year, but on the other hand, the dancers are getting better as well.

Dancing production in BU-BA
If we move from States to Slovenia, just a quick info, that yesterday BU-BA had it’s own ‘We think we can dance show’. ;) A yearly production, where all students perform and show what they have learned in past year. The evening was packed with shows. We had a lot of salsa groups, swing dancers, sexy belly dancers, new rising star La luna dance group. In addition, Dulce locura performed the Sway routine again and, believe or not, after a looong break, BU-BA show team appeared with a new show! Crazy ha,.. well, I’ll try to put some clips on asap, till than enjoy the real So you think you can dance

Top 18 think they can dance

Another round of performances in my favorite TV show, So you think you can dance. Top 18 performed (on Monday I believe) and it was broadcasted yesterday on Fox TV. Thanks to modern technologies and some sleepless internet addicts, there are already some clips on the web for us to see. In general, judges were not as happy and excited as we are used to. Most of the performances were average, but then sunshine came through and Katee&Joshua got standing ovations from all - the crowd and the judges. Wow, I’ve never seen Nigel do that?! But truly Tyce’s broadway routine really was awesome and the couple lived and breathed through it. They were both out of their genre and did a spectacular job.

Another quite positive critique came for Twitch and Kherington dancing on Celin Dion’s A new day has come Viennese waltz. At first impression I liked the outfit, cause it was more contemporary-like and so was the dancing. They did dance it beautifully, yet Mia had some doubts. Mary was in tears though. :) I think I am still getting used to this American style of ballroom dances. When I did the waltz, we danced in closed position, doing the square, but the American style is more open, quite different from the European version. So basically, they were dancing the American Viennese waltz.. ;)  Oh, that reminds me of Season 2 and Donyelle, saying Vietnamese waltz (she couldn’t pronounce ‘Viennese’) I guess it is a whole another world on the other side of the ocean. Back to Twitch and Kheringotn - enjoy the beauty of the dance. They did nice

Tonight is the eliminations night. We’ll see what America thought about Top 18.

SYTYCD New Season

I couldn’t let go. Decided that this year I will inform you about the progress of 4th So you think you can dance season, which started in May. This week was the first week of Top 20 performers. They were paired up into couples and each given their own dance genre, choreographer and routine to deal with. There were already some great routines. Personally, after only watching the show once (you know I will watch it another gazillion times ), my favorite were:

-  Katee and Joshua’s hiphop 
A beautiful, flowing, yet tight and extremely synchronized routine

- Chelsie and Mark’s contemporary
Mia Michaels did it again! This whole picture was phenomenal: the costumes, the choreography and the dancing. AMAZING! Chelsie was like this big snowflake in Marks arms

Besides that I liked the Chelsea and Thayne’s chacha as well… and many more
This was Wednesday night in the States. Yesterday night came the eliminations. After watching all routines people then have a chance to vote for their favorites and keep them safe from eliminations. After the number of votes are collected, the bottom three couples are named and they have to perform their own solo routine. The strict jury then decides who is the weakest in the competition, so one girl and one boy has to leave. Yesterday they eliminated the first two: ballerina Rayven and ballroom dancer Jamie. It’s always sad to see people leave, but that’s the purpose of the show - to choose America’s favorite dancer!