So You Think You Can Sign ASL?
I know you all hate it when I review this show, so you can all skip this if you want. I hope you read it though! I love you all and crave attention.
About 30 of us are here at one of M's house watching So You Think You Can Dance on a projector that's aimed at, and I shit you not, an 18-foot tall wall. This house is huge and gorgeous. I want vaulted ceilings in my house when I buy. Mixed group of deaf and hearing folks and the TV's hooked up to the stereo-system so it can pump enough wattage through the speakers that I bet you can hear it down the block. But hell, it has to be loud and full of base so half of the folks here can feel the bass and rhythm. M and a few others have turned down their hearing aids and I am jealous of that ability for once! Who cares though? This is gonna be fun.
Here we go. It's time for the show.
Performers:
Anya / Cedric / Ashlee / Danny - OMFG COCKY / Faina / Dominic / Jaime / Hok! - OMFG HE FINALLY MADE IT / Jessi / Jesus / Lacey - OMFG WHERE DID YOU GET SUCH SHITTY TASTE IN CLOTHING / Jimmy / Lauren / Kameron - OMFG SPORTING JAYMEZ'S HAIRDO WITH RED STRIPES / Sabra - OMFG HOTASS FRO / Neil - OMFG HOT / Sara / Pasha / Shauna / Ricky - OMFG CREEPY
Okay kids, good luck. But don't get too attached because two of you are going home tomorrow.
Judges:
Dan Karaty - OMFG GO AWAY YOU HACK
Mary Murphy - OMFG IT'S LIKE PLAYING "BITCH IS HIGH" WITH PAULA ABDUL
Nigel Lithgoe - OMFG SNARK MASTER
Quick Recap: Everybody dances. People cry. People scream. People jump. Mary screams. Nigel grimaces. The deaf people in the room with me look relieved to be deaf watching that display. EDIT: M says he is. Hehe!
Up first, Jaime Goodwin, a lyrical/contemporary dancer, and Hokuto "Hok" Kanishi, a B-boy with l33t skillz who made it on his third try, and they're so lucky to work with Shayne Sparks. Jaimie says she's nervous about hip-hop; she doesn't know how to make some of the non-smooth movements.
Tambourine by Eve. HA! As expected, Hok stole the show. I couldn't take my eyes off of Hok. He was outstanding and Jaime really tried. Like Mary said, she didn't really keep up with Hok, but she did try. Nigel dissed Shayne something awful, said he cut down the choreography to help Jaime out and Shayne laughed his ass off. "Oh my GAWD! HA!" Awesome. Nigel thinks that Jamie kept up with Hok, but if she did, it really was because Shayne helped her out with the
Anya Garnis and Danny Tidwell (Travis' brother). Anya's a hot, hot, hot ballroom dancer: sex in dance shoes. Danny's a beautiful dancer, poetry in motion, but who knows how he'll do when not in his lyrical dance style ... especially when they're dancing a Jive. Personally, I can't stand pure jive. I really think that Anya will be able to get this better than him. Anya's a perfectionist and Danny was picking it up too slowly. Let's see how this goes.
Anya and Danny are going to jive to Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne ... Interesting choice. Anya reminds me or Heidi, full of energy and fast feet. Brilliant and very Tina Turner with those awesome legs. Danny is doing a better job than I thought he would. This being the first show I think they're all trying to make sure America notices them. He kept up with her on the footwork as far as I could tell and the back-split-drop was nicely done. Judges say: Dan "effortless" and that Danny's lucky to dance with Anya, Mary "took my breath away" "amazing" "hot tamale train" for Anya "proud" of Danny and had good positive critiques for him. Nigel says that Danny did a great job and kept up with Anya and thinks that he did a great job and that Anya is a born performer and a wonderful technical grasp. I can't help but to agree.
Now it's Lacy and Kameron, Benji's little sister - youth swing and youth Latin champion, and a guy who has a hideous red and black Mohawk. Dude, your stylist made you look like a hot mess; you best be a good dancer or that's going to distract me. Lacy joked that she's a "swing, and ballroom dancer. And a professional crumper" ha! That was funny. Yeah, girl, you are a goofball. Kameron's eyebrow ring is sexy and he dances a mix of contemporary and hip-hop and a little b-boy. He's got a red star in his hair because he's a "star". Oh dear Lord.
And now they're dancing a Mia Michael routine. Good goddamn she's gonna kill them with movements their bodies have never even had to do. Lacy isn't used to being technically incorrect because Mia's style is so far away from her norm.
Dancing by Elisa, a wonderful song and so beautiful. Kameron has got Mia's style and vision in his soul. Oh my god. That was gorgeous. Lacy may not be the best contemporary dancer, but this brought a tear to my eyes. Holy buggering crap. Ir so reminds me of Ivan and Allison's dance to Annie Lennox last season. I'm not the only one here crying. Mia is proud as hell and so is Benji. Dan said that Kameron was a prop, but honestly, I liked Kameron. Dan's always a dickhead and we want him to be hit by a truck. WHY is he here? Mary loves him and they gave her goose flesh. Lacy really was a surprise. Nigel loved Lacy and Kameron, too.
Mia rocks. We love her. This one, just like Ivan and Allison's will probably be in my top 10 of the season. We'll just have to see.
Sabra Johnson (not-so-much-a-Dutch-name FTW) who has some of the bet natural hair I've seen lately and Dominick Sandoval who's a little short to be dancing with a tall drink of water like Sabra are going to give us some old-school disco. Dominick is a breaker who rocked the LA auditions and Sabra blew out the NYC auditions. Mia wants to knock him down a peg to help drop down his ego. She may have a point, but her dancers already know they're good and they know to LISTEN.
Doriana, the Disco Queen, is back. Oh look! Pointy John Travolta Fingers and last season's lifts. All set to No More Tears by Donna Summer, a wicked song. Thankfully I didn't have to hear the Streisand part. Starts out a little sultry with a nice lift and jams into a classic disco groove. Good, but forgettable. Dom's b-boy and Sabra's legs got their own showcase, but I don't think this was the best they could have been. Wow, I agree with Dan. That hurts. Mary liked it, thought it "was really, really good" and I think she knows. Much better than me. She "really enjoyed it". Nigel says that since he's worked with a partner for 5 days and was really impressed. They changed my mind a little, but it's not my favourite so far. I hope they're okay next week because Sabra impresses me.
We're back after dreadful adverts and treated to Ashlee Langas and Ricky Palamino. Dunno why she came to Chicago instead of the Atlanta auditions since she's from Texas, but maybe she missed the deadline? Who knows. She's got great lines and turns. Mia's all over her like white on rice. Ricky Palimino frightens me a little. He has a pedo-smile and a lunatic mind, but the boy can dance. And he dances like a dream. They're dreaming with Alex de Silva and doing another sexy Argentine Tango. Remember the Ivan Allison tango? Yup, that hot. NO! Not the first one ya dolts, the second one where Ivan worked her across that floor like a 5-dolla-a-thro-ho.
Sentimeiento Tangura by a guy I didn't catch and OMG could she be wearing less clothes? I'm always so jealous of the bodies these guys have. I should start dancing. Interesting leaps, good kicks, good movements on her part for the most of it but something about Ricky's lines on his legs when NOT extended bugged me, almost like he was squatting. Judges weren't terribly impressed. "Gotcha" kick! "Actually she got me in the right spot." Nice one, Ricky. They may be in the bottom three couples tomorrow.
Jesus Soloria, sexy as hell, and Sara Von Gillern, an awesome breaker girl and snowboarder who got through on choreography! of all things because she's had a lot of other training. Jesus may be gay? Who knows, but it doesn't matter. His dancing is beautiful. Gorgeous. Just amazing. And they're going to be dancing with WADE MOTHERFUCKING ROBSON! Yeah bitches! Here he goes with his insane brain. Shabby homeless vagabond cabaret pop jazz. Nobody but Wade, guys. Nobody.
He's a little crazy.
Cabaret Hoover from a soundtrack I've never heard of. Nice opening but they're a little off from each other. Remember though, they've never danced with partners either, so I can see how this could be a little difficult for them. Her movements were really impressive. Who says breakers can't pick up complex choreography? I didn't like the props a lot, but they sort of worked in the end. Wade's style is, as always, just weird, but it's always so damn entertaining. That was nifty. No, NO, NOOOO! Dan, we have seen Wade's styles before. Ramalama and Sexyback from last season, just like this one, really show off just how special he is. Just like Mia. They're both innovative and impressive.
Mary and Nigel loved them and so did I. Wade, as always, has that serious face on and you can tell that he's happy with their performance.
Dude! So much signing going on here at the So You Can Think You Can Dance party. I'm losing my mind and laughing my ass off. I'm seeing the word "awesome" and "dance" and that's about it. I just said to (crap, forget his name), "awesome dance" and he's now laughing at me too. HA! Folks are getting a kick that I'm actually blogging the dancing action as we go along. This is going to have to be a public entry. Everybody wants to read it. I'm a superstar! If you're reading this, there better be comments, bitches! Y'all hear me?! Read me? Whatever! :P
Jessi Parelta - sexy event planner with the baby oil stomach that made Nigel get a cum towel - is dancing with Pasha Kovalev - Anya's hot Russian dance partner that made Mary's panties juicier than a kiwi - are dancing together. This better be good. I've got high hopes for the both of them.
Oh crap. A smooth waltz. Travis and Heidi did this last year and it was HARD for Travis, a lyrical dancer. I think that maybe Pasha can pick this up. In fact, I know he could. Ballroom dancers can do this, but poor Jessi, a hip-hopish contemporary-y dancer, isn't as confident. She says "We're going to go home and pray", to which Pasha replies, "We're going to go home and practice!" hehe
Come Away With Me by Norah Jones has a smooth and sensual melody and rhythm that works well with this style. Well, Norah is just a smooth and flowing kinda music anyway. She's got that fall-into-your-arms-and-just-sway-with-me quality to her voice.
As we predict, Pasha is gliding across the floor. Is anyone surprised? Not at all. But Jessi is surprising us. That's for sure. She's melting into him and really getting into the bends and turns and toe/footwork. That was really beautiful. Again, I hate Dan because he and I agree. Then again, Mary thinks that they were technically wonderful. Oh! They got a Mary Scream (R)(TM)! Nigel appreciates the entire thing. Pasha. Jessi. Great. She's radiant in that gown. He's easy on the eyes, too.
I want to dance that at my wedding. So far, this may be my second favourite couple.
Cedric Gardner, a 22-year old hip-hop dancer with a little bit of whatever he wants to put into his movements (not a good partner), and Faina Savich (Stanislav's little sister), another ballroom dancer who strikes me as a Drama Bomb are going to be dancing one of Shayne's routines. This is what killed Stanislav last years. Shayne's got fire and he Snaps. Every. Movement. He's not impressed. Neither of them are getting his movements.
Nigel didn't want Cedrick in the Top 20.
Get Is Shawty by Lloyd - not my favourite hip hop song of all time. Not even in the top 500. This routine is obviously one of Shayne's productions. yup, they're having a little trouble with it, Faiana more than Cedric. This reminds me of ... well, I can't think of a routine last year where a girl blew a hip-hop routine this badly. Not. Good. Darling. Cedric was better. Really good, in fact. He's got great eyes too, soulful.
Know that old saying about the South? When someone says "Bless her heart" how something not good At. All. will follow? I said to M, "Bless her heart but ... that wasn't good.''
Neil Haskell, who just very well may be the sexiest man I've seen in ages, is some kind of contemporary dancer. At only 19 he makes me feel like a creepy old man. My god, I want him in my bed. He's paired with another lyrical/hip-hop dancer, Lauren Gottleib, a dance instructor who helped Tyce Diorio last season with the more jazzy, lyrical, and contemporary pieces.
They're learning one of Alex de Silva's routines and are, as Lauren described accurately, "a hot mess." Oh lord they had best practice.
Friday Night Rhythm is their music and they're trying their best. They've certainly got the sex appeal going for them. Some nice tricks and spins. I can't help but to compare this to Benji and Heidi's killer performance of the same style in the finals last year. It pales in comparison. Dan's being a cunt. Says that Neil wasn't "into" Lauren enough. I think he was probably concentrating on footwork. I mean, he's a lyrical dancer, so maybe that's why. They were technically pretty good, but not all that hot. Maybe Mary and Nigel are right. They're the ballroom choreographers and should know. I should listen to them.
I don't care; I want these two to continue on to next week. I really like them both, in their personal styles and together.
I am so sick of adverts. And that "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader" show? No, they aren't, because you pick dumbasses!
Shauna Noland and Jimmy Arguello are going to do a Broadway number by Tyce Diorio. I never really liked Broadway. Too Fossey! Fossey! for me. The only remotely Broadway routine I liked last year was Donyelle and Benji's where she had the big yellow puffy dress and he had that horrible blue shirt and yellow tie. All the others annoyed me. So, if I say something horrible about these two, I'm afraid that it will be coloured by my extreme dislike of the style.
Shauna's young, only 18, and she's some kind of ballet/modern/contemporary blend and Jimmy Arguello is another contemporary/lyrical stylist. Both were in the Atlanta group and Nigel likes his style. Oh crap. Tyce is making this some weird-ass jumping-around, gyrating oddness dance.
Ease On Down The Road is the music and it's Michael Jackson's Scarecrow and Diana Ross' Dorothy who are on stage now. There seem to be a lot of disco elements in the routine and some great incorporation of her lines and spins and Jimmy's flexibility and strength. That's always nice to see; the choreographers really try to incorporate what the dancers can actually do really well into the routines. Even Mia, who's able to make dancers do things they don't know they can do, uses their strengths as well as their weaknesses.
It was "fun and energetic" for Mary, and me too. I hate Broadway, but this was kind of fun. I didn't love it. I didn't hate it either. I can appreciate it, so that's good.
Recap of all the dancers. Let's see if I remember them tomorrow though. Showing Kameron and Lacy again made my breath catch. People on the Internet are afraid that her being Benji's sister will get her votes just because of that. After tonight, I think they'll see that if she keeps up the strength and talent she showed in Mia's routine that she'll deserve her spot on this show. Faina brought Cedric down. Lauren and Neil tried, but weren't that great. Hok and were good, but not as good as some of the others. Dammit, I think I may like Jimmie and Shauna in retrospect.
Ranking in my ever-so-non-dancer opinion? I don't think I can really do that too much tonight. It's difficult and there are too many of them. I know which one I loved the best: Lacy and Kameron. Like I said, if she keeps that up she'll shut everybody up with their "She's only there because of Benji! Wah! Wah! I'm a hater! Travis Was Robbed!" crap. I liked Danny and Anya and also Jessi and Pasha. Everybody else was either okay or maybe I don't know what I'm talking about. I think that Jesus and Sara were good as well, and I really want Sabra to stick around. Poor Faina really struggled with hip-hop; if she makes it through tomorrow's cut, she better practice some other styles harder than she ever has before. I don't like Ricky's personality, but I think he's a good technical dancer. Shauna could have been better and Jimmy surprised me.
Dunno ... I'm just overwhelmed tonight. I know that I want to cry when I saw Mia's routine. Tyce's Annie Lennox routine with Allison and Ivan from last season as well as Mia's bench routine to Calling You with Travis and Heidi were two of my absolute favourites and this performance by Lacey and Kameron was so reminiscent of those two pieces of art.
jkpolk, what do you think?
I'm going to have to wait until tomorrow to watch Top Chef. It's the first episode and we're all still partying and watching SYTYCD again.
About 30 of us are here at one of M's house watching So You Think You Can Dance on a projector that's aimed at, and I shit you not, an 18-foot tall wall. This house is huge and gorgeous. I want vaulted ceilings in my house when I buy. Mixed group of deaf and hearing folks and the TV's hooked up to the stereo-system so it can pump enough wattage through the speakers that I bet you can hear it down the block. But hell, it has to be loud and full of base so half of the folks here can feel the bass and rhythm. M and a few others have turned down their hearing aids and I am jealous of that ability for once! Who cares though? This is gonna be fun.
Here we go. It's time for the show.
Performers:
Anya / Cedric / Ashlee / Danny - OMFG COCKY / Faina / Dominic / Jaime / Hok! - OMFG HE FINALLY MADE IT / Jessi / Jesus / Lacey - OMFG WHERE DID YOU GET SUCH SHITTY TASTE IN CLOTHING / Jimmy / Lauren / Kameron - OMFG SPORTING JAYMEZ'S HAIRDO WITH RED STRIPES / Sabra - OMFG HOTASS FRO / Neil - OMFG HOT / Sara / Pasha / Shauna / Ricky - OMFG CREEPY
Okay kids, good luck. But don't get too attached because two of you are going home tomorrow.
Judges:
Dan Karaty - OMFG GO AWAY YOU HACK
Mary Murphy - OMFG IT'S LIKE PLAYING "BITCH IS HIGH" WITH PAULA ABDUL
Nigel Lithgoe - OMFG SNARK MASTER
Quick Recap: Everybody dances. People cry. People scream. People jump. Mary screams. Nigel grimaces. The deaf people in the room with me look relieved to be deaf watching that display. EDIT: M says he is. Hehe!
Up first, Jaime Goodwin, a lyrical/contemporary dancer, and Hokuto "Hok" Kanishi, a B-boy with l33t skillz who made it on his third try, and they're so lucky to work with Shayne Sparks. Jaimie says she's nervous about hip-hop; she doesn't know how to make some of the non-smooth movements.
Tambourine by Eve. HA! As expected, Hok stole the show. I couldn't take my eyes off of Hok. He was outstanding and Jaime really tried. Like Mary said, she didn't really keep up with Hok, but she did try. Nigel dissed Shayne something awful, said he cut down the choreography to help Jaime out and Shayne laughed his ass off. "Oh my GAWD! HA!" Awesome. Nigel thinks that Jamie kept up with Hok, but if she did, it really was because Shayne helped her out with the
Anya Garnis and Danny Tidwell (Travis' brother). Anya's a hot, hot, hot ballroom dancer: sex in dance shoes. Danny's a beautiful dancer, poetry in motion, but who knows how he'll do when not in his lyrical dance style ... especially when they're dancing a Jive. Personally, I can't stand pure jive. I really think that Anya will be able to get this better than him. Anya's a perfectionist and Danny was picking it up too slowly. Let's see how this goes.
Anya and Danny are going to jive to Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne ... Interesting choice. Anya reminds me or Heidi, full of energy and fast feet. Brilliant and very Tina Turner with those awesome legs. Danny is doing a better job than I thought he would. This being the first show I think they're all trying to make sure America notices them. He kept up with her on the footwork as far as I could tell and the back-split-drop was nicely done. Judges say: Dan "effortless" and that Danny's lucky to dance with Anya, Mary "took my breath away" "amazing" "hot tamale train" for Anya "proud" of Danny and had good positive critiques for him. Nigel says that Danny did a great job and kept up with Anya and thinks that he did a great job and that Anya is a born performer and a wonderful technical grasp. I can't help but to agree.
Now it's Lacy and Kameron, Benji's little sister - youth swing and youth Latin champion, and a guy who has a hideous red and black Mohawk. Dude, your stylist made you look like a hot mess; you best be a good dancer or that's going to distract me. Lacy joked that she's a "swing, and ballroom dancer. And a professional crumper" ha! That was funny. Yeah, girl, you are a goofball. Kameron's eyebrow ring is sexy and he dances a mix of contemporary and hip-hop and a little b-boy. He's got a red star in his hair because he's a "star". Oh dear Lord.
And now they're dancing a Mia Michael routine. Good goddamn she's gonna kill them with movements their bodies have never even had to do. Lacy isn't used to being technically incorrect because Mia's style is so far away from her norm.
Dancing by Elisa, a wonderful song and so beautiful. Kameron has got Mia's style and vision in his soul. Oh my god. That was gorgeous. Lacy may not be the best contemporary dancer, but this brought a tear to my eyes. Holy buggering crap. Ir so reminds me of Ivan and Allison's dance to Annie Lennox last season. I'm not the only one here crying. Mia is proud as hell and so is Benji. Dan said that Kameron was a prop, but honestly, I liked Kameron. Dan's always a dickhead and we want him to be hit by a truck. WHY is he here? Mary loves him and they gave her goose flesh. Lacy really was a surprise. Nigel loved Lacy and Kameron, too.
Mia rocks. We love her. This one, just like Ivan and Allison's will probably be in my top 10 of the season. We'll just have to see.
Sabra Johnson (not-so-much-a-Dutch-name FTW) who has some of the bet natural hair I've seen lately and Dominick Sandoval who's a little short to be dancing with a tall drink of water like Sabra are going to give us some old-school disco. Dominick is a breaker who rocked the LA auditions and Sabra blew out the NYC auditions. Mia wants to knock him down a peg to help drop down his ego. She may have a point, but her dancers already know they're good and they know to LISTEN.
Doriana, the Disco Queen, is back. Oh look! Pointy John Travolta Fingers and last season's lifts. All set to No More Tears by Donna Summer, a wicked song. Thankfully I didn't have to hear the Streisand part. Starts out a little sultry with a nice lift and jams into a classic disco groove. Good, but forgettable. Dom's b-boy and Sabra's legs got their own showcase, but I don't think this was the best they could have been. Wow, I agree with Dan. That hurts. Mary liked it, thought it "was really, really good" and I think she knows. Much better than me. She "really enjoyed it". Nigel says that since he's worked with a partner for 5 days and was really impressed. They changed my mind a little, but it's not my favourite so far. I hope they're okay next week because Sabra impresses me.
We're back after dreadful adverts and treated to Ashlee Langas and Ricky Palamino. Dunno why she came to Chicago instead of the Atlanta auditions since she's from Texas, but maybe she missed the deadline? Who knows. She's got great lines and turns. Mia's all over her like white on rice. Ricky Palimino frightens me a little. He has a pedo-smile and a lunatic mind, but the boy can dance. And he dances like a dream. They're dreaming with Alex de Silva and doing another sexy Argentine Tango. Remember the Ivan Allison tango? Yup, that hot. NO! Not the first one ya dolts, the second one where Ivan worked her across that floor like a 5-dolla-a-thro-ho.
Sentimeiento Tangura by a guy I didn't catch and OMG could she be wearing less clothes? I'm always so jealous of the bodies these guys have. I should start dancing. Interesting leaps, good kicks, good movements on her part for the most of it but something about Ricky's lines on his legs when NOT extended bugged me, almost like he was squatting. Judges weren't terribly impressed. "Gotcha" kick! "Actually she got me in the right spot." Nice one, Ricky. They may be in the bottom three couples tomorrow.
Jesus Soloria, sexy as hell, and Sara Von Gillern, an awesome breaker girl and snowboarder who got through on choreography! of all things because she's had a lot of other training. Jesus may be gay? Who knows, but it doesn't matter. His dancing is beautiful. Gorgeous. Just amazing. And they're going to be dancing with WADE MOTHERFUCKING ROBSON! Yeah bitches! Here he goes with his insane brain. Shabby homeless vagabond cabaret pop jazz. Nobody but Wade, guys. Nobody.
He's a little crazy.
Cabaret Hoover from a soundtrack I've never heard of. Nice opening but they're a little off from each other. Remember though, they've never danced with partners either, so I can see how this could be a little difficult for them. Her movements were really impressive. Who says breakers can't pick up complex choreography? I didn't like the props a lot, but they sort of worked in the end. Wade's style is, as always, just weird, but it's always so damn entertaining. That was nifty. No, NO, NOOOO! Dan, we have seen Wade's styles before. Ramalama and Sexyback from last season, just like this one, really show off just how special he is. Just like Mia. They're both innovative and impressive.
Mary and Nigel loved them and so did I. Wade, as always, has that serious face on and you can tell that he's happy with their performance.
Dude! So much signing going on here at the So You Can Think You Can Dance party. I'm losing my mind and laughing my ass off. I'm seeing the word "awesome" and "dance" and that's about it. I just said to (crap, forget his name), "awesome dance" and he's now laughing at me too. HA! Folks are getting a kick that I'm actually blogging the dancing action as we go along. This is going to have to be a public entry. Everybody wants to read it. I'm a superstar! If you're reading this, there better be comments, bitches! Y'all hear me?! Read me? Whatever! :P
Jessi Parelta - sexy event planner with the baby oil stomach that made Nigel get a cum towel - is dancing with Pasha Kovalev - Anya's hot Russian dance partner that made Mary's panties juicier than a kiwi - are dancing together. This better be good. I've got high hopes for the both of them.
Oh crap. A smooth waltz. Travis and Heidi did this last year and it was HARD for Travis, a lyrical dancer. I think that maybe Pasha can pick this up. In fact, I know he could. Ballroom dancers can do this, but poor Jessi, a hip-hopish contemporary-y dancer, isn't as confident. She says "We're going to go home and pray", to which Pasha replies, "We're going to go home and practice!" hehe
Come Away With Me by Norah Jones has a smooth and sensual melody and rhythm that works well with this style. Well, Norah is just a smooth and flowing kinda music anyway. She's got that fall-into-your-arms-and-just-sway-with-me quality to her voice.
As we predict, Pasha is gliding across the floor. Is anyone surprised? Not at all. But Jessi is surprising us. That's for sure. She's melting into him and really getting into the bends and turns and toe/footwork. That was really beautiful. Again, I hate Dan because he and I agree. Then again, Mary thinks that they were technically wonderful. Oh! They got a Mary Scream (R)(TM)! Nigel appreciates the entire thing. Pasha. Jessi. Great. She's radiant in that gown. He's easy on the eyes, too.
I want to dance that at my wedding. So far, this may be my second favourite couple.
Cedric Gardner, a 22-year old hip-hop dancer with a little bit of whatever he wants to put into his movements (not a good partner), and Faina Savich (Stanislav's little sister), another ballroom dancer who strikes me as a Drama Bomb are going to be dancing one of Shayne's routines. This is what killed Stanislav last years. Shayne's got fire and he Snaps. Every. Movement. He's not impressed. Neither of them are getting his movements.
Nigel didn't want Cedrick in the Top 20.
Get Is Shawty by Lloyd - not my favourite hip hop song of all time. Not even in the top 500. This routine is obviously one of Shayne's productions. yup, they're having a little trouble with it, Faiana more than Cedric. This reminds me of ... well, I can't think of a routine last year where a girl blew a hip-hop routine this badly. Not. Good. Darling. Cedric was better. Really good, in fact. He's got great eyes too, soulful.
Know that old saying about the South? When someone says "Bless her heart" how something not good At. All. will follow? I said to M, "Bless her heart but ... that wasn't good.''
Neil Haskell, who just very well may be the sexiest man I've seen in ages, is some kind of contemporary dancer. At only 19 he makes me feel like a creepy old man. My god, I want him in my bed. He's paired with another lyrical/hip-hop dancer, Lauren Gottleib, a dance instructor who helped Tyce Diorio last season with the more jazzy, lyrical, and contemporary pieces.
They're learning one of Alex de Silva's routines and are, as Lauren described accurately, "a hot mess." Oh lord they had best practice.
Friday Night Rhythm is their music and they're trying their best. They've certainly got the sex appeal going for them. Some nice tricks and spins. I can't help but to compare this to Benji and Heidi's killer performance of the same style in the finals last year. It pales in comparison. Dan's being a cunt. Says that Neil wasn't "into" Lauren enough. I think he was probably concentrating on footwork. I mean, he's a lyrical dancer, so maybe that's why. They were technically pretty good, but not all that hot. Maybe Mary and Nigel are right. They're the ballroom choreographers and should know. I should listen to them.
I don't care; I want these two to continue on to next week. I really like them both, in their personal styles and together.
I am so sick of adverts. And that "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader" show? No, they aren't, because you pick dumbasses!
Shauna Noland and Jimmy Arguello are going to do a Broadway number by Tyce Diorio. I never really liked Broadway. Too Fossey! Fossey! for me. The only remotely Broadway routine I liked last year was Donyelle and Benji's where she had the big yellow puffy dress and he had that horrible blue shirt and yellow tie. All the others annoyed me. So, if I say something horrible about these two, I'm afraid that it will be coloured by my extreme dislike of the style.
Shauna's young, only 18, and she's some kind of ballet/modern/contemporary blend and Jimmy Arguello is another contemporary/lyrical stylist. Both were in the Atlanta group and Nigel likes his style. Oh crap. Tyce is making this some weird-ass jumping-around, gyrating oddness dance.
Ease On Down The Road is the music and it's Michael Jackson's Scarecrow and Diana Ross' Dorothy who are on stage now. There seem to be a lot of disco elements in the routine and some great incorporation of her lines and spins and Jimmy's flexibility and strength. That's always nice to see; the choreographers really try to incorporate what the dancers can actually do really well into the routines. Even Mia, who's able to make dancers do things they don't know they can do, uses their strengths as well as their weaknesses.
It was "fun and energetic" for Mary, and me too. I hate Broadway, but this was kind of fun. I didn't love it. I didn't hate it either. I can appreciate it, so that's good.
Recap of all the dancers. Let's see if I remember them tomorrow though. Showing Kameron and Lacy again made my breath catch. People on the Internet are afraid that her being Benji's sister will get her votes just because of that. After tonight, I think they'll see that if she keeps up the strength and talent she showed in Mia's routine that she'll deserve her spot on this show. Faina brought Cedric down. Lauren and Neil tried, but weren't that great. Hok and were good, but not as good as some of the others. Dammit, I think I may like Jimmie and Shauna in retrospect.
Ranking in my ever-so-non-dancer opinion? I don't think I can really do that too much tonight. It's difficult and there are too many of them. I know which one I loved the best: Lacy and Kameron. Like I said, if she keeps that up she'll shut everybody up with their "She's only there because of Benji! Wah! Wah! I'm a hater! Travis Was Robbed!" crap. I liked Danny and Anya and also Jessi and Pasha. Everybody else was either okay or maybe I don't know what I'm talking about. I think that Jesus and Sara were good as well, and I really want Sabra to stick around. Poor Faina really struggled with hip-hop; if she makes it through tomorrow's cut, she better practice some other styles harder than she ever has before. I don't like Ricky's personality, but I think he's a good technical dancer. Shauna could have been better and Jimmy surprised me.
Dunno ... I'm just overwhelmed tonight. I know that I want to cry when I saw Mia's routine. Tyce's Annie Lennox routine with Allison and Ivan from last season as well as Mia's bench routine to Calling You with Travis and Heidi were two of my absolute favourites and this performance by Lacey and Kameron was so reminiscent of those two pieces of art.
jkpolk, what do you think?
I'm going to have to wait until tomorrow to watch Top Chef. It's the first episode and we're all still partying and watching SYTYCD again.