While I don't watch Dancing With the Stars, I am addicted to So You Think You Can Dance. Tonight is the 2-hour season premiere. If you're watching, please feel free to chime in with comments! Alas, Blogger is going all kinds of whacko. I can't access my blog on Firefox, nor comment. I seem to be okay if I use Internet Explorer or Google Chrome. If you have problems posting comments, try to get in that way.
Are you ready for the hot tamale train?
Mary Murphy is back. Where are my ear plugs?
Whoa, starting off right -- this salsa couple is amazing! They're very young, the guy can't go on this season but she's on to choreography.
Melanie Moore up next. Decent contemporary. Judges didn't seem excited as they watched, but Nigel has "fallen in love" with her. Mary is overwhelmed. Lil C likes it, too. Onto Vegas.
Heh. Cat Deeley says, "Atlanter." Yes, these auditions are in Atlanta.
Dion and Damon - Hip hop. I enjoyed that! The two obviously had fun! Yay! They're both through to Vegas!
Here goes the people we won't know for a while -- several clips of folks going onto Vegas. A record of ten in a row sent straight through.
Marci has a sob story about being shot in a robbery with a bullet remaining in his shoulder. He's "gonna be a beast." Contemporary. Very smooth. Onto choreography. In choreography, Bianca (salsa girl) is onto Vegas. Marco moves on as well. I like him and I'm not a huge contemporary dance fan.
Kimberly with her non-competing partner. Another contemporary with lots of control. Excellent with the partner ... hmm. I wish he was competing! She moves on to Vegas.
Mary has a new word - "organtic." Lil C comes up with "gracefully clumsy" and "submissive to your own dominance."
White Chocolate, John, is up next. Already he's annoying me. Make him go away. "Very juvenile," says Nigel. Right. Buh-bye!
Kyre Walker has his grandmother in the audience. She dances her way up front. Miss Mandy, the grandmother, joined the judges. YES! He danced hip hop to "Sweet Dreams are Made of This." His grandmother is rough on him. Gah, Mary and Nigel say no. Lil C and Miss Mandy say yes to choreography so he moves on. He doesn't go to Vegas but I enjoyed his audition so much!
Hotlanta is over and it's onto San Francisco.
Tyce and another ballroom choreographer (Toni?) join Nigel to judge.
Amber Williams - contemporary - starts things off on a good note! "White girl freaky with ghetto funky" says the woman judge. Gah. WHO IS SHE? Amber goes to Vegas.
A tremendous B Boy dancer ... name? Ah, Timothy! The ballroom judge (now clarified as Toni Redpath, thanks Caela!) says no to choreography, Tyce and Nigel say yes. I hope he makes it. I like B Boys!
Aisha is scary. I might have nightmares now. Freestyle? Ex-stripper? EEK! The next dancer, Marcos, should partner with her. Bad auditions ensue.
Danielle has a sob story, so she should be good. Lost home, father deserted her. Contemporary. Toni is being rough on her. But Toni and Nigel send her onto choreography.
Ashley does "Ashley-style" which is contemporary. No formal training, it seems, but she's powerful. I thought she'd be a loser. Nigel sends her onto Vegas after he got the other two to say yes to choreography.
Time for a bunch of Vegas bound snippets sans names.
Sobbing dude who's here for dance is next. His last name is Addison, first name something like D'om'in'c. Painful to watch. He needs to cry some more.
In choreography B-Boy Timothy dropped out due to a "tweaked knee." Danielle, however, does just fine. She's onto Vegas.
A B-Boy with a rough life behind him, Jeffery, is up. WOW! Straight to Vegas!
Ryan (female) who almost made it last year, tries again. "Controlled abandon," says Toni. Onto Vegas.
Lilly, a mix of B-Girl and contemporary, makes it as do some others.
Turf dancing, a style from Oakland, is up next. They try to "take up the floor." Turfing has swagger, feetwork, pantomiming, storytelling. Levi does his audition. Very interesting. Pretty amazing stuff! Onto choreography. Aw, he doesn't make it.
All in all, a promising start to the season. NYC and Salt Lake City are the next cities. Your thoughts?
24 comments:
yay for the show starting! Alex Freaking Wong is my all time fav!
Hey Jackie, a quick pop-in. Will be watching!
Terry S is having crap thrown at her...it bypassed me. Storm is just passed Harrisburg PA
Im glad Mary is back. Mia just gave me a bad taste in my mouth. She was not nice!
Mia bothered me, too. She was also such a drama queen!
I like Mia as a choreographer (?) but love Mary! YEA
I love those two guys Damon and Dion! They were talented and lots of fun to watch!
i just hope D & D do well in the Vegas round. So many entertaining dancers get elimnated when they have to do ballroom etc..
Yes, but it's amazing to watch the street type dancers who do do well later on! I'm thinking DTrix and Twitch and others. I think that's why I enjoy the show so much.
Ugh can you guys give me a hug! NO NO NO!
I love Twitch and D Twix!! DTrix is awesome as a judge on American's Best Dance Crew!
I wouldn't have hugged the sweaty dude, nor put on his hat! I hope Mary has had her shots!
I'm looking forward to having Mary back. I missed her and really got a yucky taste in my mouth from Mia.
Oh funny, I wrote my comment before I read the others. I'm glad I'm not alone with the bad taste of Mia.
Who is the woman judge in Vegas? I know she's choreographed for the show before, but I missed her name.
I think Amber W. is annoying, but man can she dance!!!
Er... woman judge in SF I mean.
Toni Redpath
Thank you Caela. I don't like her rejection of the B Boy Timothy. Look at how well other good B Boys have done in the past!
The "insect" guy coming up looks interesting!
overall i think that this season will be pretty good! Looking forward to it =)
I've enjoyed this show every season. This year is already off to a great start!
And ... no. No, I can't dance and I never even thought I could.
Love, loved, loved it!
I'm so glad that it's back on. I didn't realize how much I missed it until I was watching it. I felt like such a dope last night. I sat on my couch with a huge grin on my face almost the entire time it was on! I wish I could dance....
Didn't know you were here guys. I was surprised at the # of good dancers this year and how many actually did get sent on to Vegas. It's going to be another good year. Can't wait! If I get so I cannot handle Mary and her screaming I'll tape and then fast forward her part of it. Lil C's commentary is too, too! Don't know what he's saying most of the time. : )
I like Mia as a choreographer too... not so much as a judge, but you can bet we'll be seeing her.
I think Chelsea should try out. She's proven she can learn the choreography part. OK.. JK... but I did like her in DWTS.
Until next week!
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