So You Think You Can Dance 18x6

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18x6: Challenge #2 - Broadway
The dancers split into two groups and take on Broadway challenges choreographed by Emmy-winner Al Blackstone and Shucked choreographer and director Sarah O'Gleby.

Al Blackstone - In the Mood, I Got Rhythm
Anthony, Dakayla, Jaylin, Madison

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Sarah O'Gleby - Cabaret (Willkommen, Money

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[silverstarry]

The Cabaret choreographer bothered me because on the first day of rehearsal, one of the dancers asked a specific question about whether they should be looking to the front or the side while doing a certain move. Her response was basically "you do you." But on the second day of rehearsal, she started making corrections to detailed things like that. It is much easier to correct those things while you are learning the choreography. If you let people learn it the wrong way because you're trying to sound all free spirited and then you tell them to change it later, you just made things more difficult than necessary for the dancers.

Based on solos, the judges chose the right two people to stay. I was kind of annoyed/afraid that they were going to keep Roman because Maks clearly wants to keep a ballroom dancer (especially a Ukrainian one) and I thought his solo was lackluster. Maks was gushing about how Roman did a dive roll AND pirouettes because that's pretty standard/expected in dance these days. When Dakayla busted out not only pirouettes but her own dive roll, both of which were better than Roman's, I was like welp, I hope Maks can admit that Dakayla's solo >>>>>> Roman's solo. Roman is good at what he does but he is not great in other dance styles, which was very apparent when they were narrowing the group down to the top ten so I was shocked he made it that far.