Swan Lake Samba Girl - Latest Comments in SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE SEASON FIVE, TOP TEN

Re: SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE SEASON FIVE, TOP TEN

JenaWa — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:49:26 -0000

Hi Tonya,
I love reading your reviews about all types of dance. I can really see that you have a passion for it. I have a very small favor to ask. There is a girl, we are only facebook freinds, but she is studying at the Vaganova Ballet Academy (I'm sure you know, but Veronika Part and Diana Vishneva trained there) as a foreign student and in order to help pay for the many expenses she has entered into a competition to win some free plain tickets from Briton Airways. I was wondering if you and any other person would just follow the link and vote for her. It's really easy because you can connect through Facebook instead of making and account. Sorry to intrude on a blog post, but I really want to help out in some way!
Hers is the link:
http://www.greatbritons.ba....
Jena

Re: SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE SEASON FIVE, TOP TEN

SwanLakeSambaGirl — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:16:58 -0000

Oh thanks for all those links EM. Wow, I didn't know he had won all of that. I thought, from the way they were acting on the show, that it was his first time choreographing period, not just on the show.

I agree about the solos, Elizabeth!

So, figures that now that I started to like Kupono, he gets kicked off. Oh well. At least he'll be on the tour. I guess at this point it's not a huge deal since everyone from this point on is on tour. I really liked his solo again tonight. I was happily surprised, but surprised nonetheless, that Evan wasn't in the bottom 2. I really liked him Wednesday night, and it appears others did too!

I'm glad Melissa's still on for another week, but I have a feeling if she doesn't amp up her solo, next week is going to be her last. I like the way they used her in the group piece -- kind of fun how she tip-toed over the guys back on pointe. It was nice having a ballerina amidst the contemporary dancers. It gave it an interesting look.

Anyway, thanks for all the comments you guys!

Re: SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE SEASON FIVE, TOP TEN

EM — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:44:50 -0000

Overall I enjoyed the Top 10 performance show and I prefer this year's top 10 cast over last year's.

I also prefer the girls' Bollywood piece than the guys' African piece. In group pieces where the dancers are performing the same choreography side-by-side, there is a certain expectation that all the angles and movements are uniform. On top of the guys' range of physique, I imagine that it is also challenging to do the 'choreographed raw' movement in the African dance. (I don't agree that the girls had more practice just because they have seen a couple Bollywood pieces. Learning by osmosis? ;-))

I enjoyed all the partner dances except for Kupono/Randi's Paso Doble. It came across under rehearsed and sloppy at times. Randi for some reason seemed uncomfortable and it was hard to be into a dancer's performance when the dancer is not really feeling it. The solos at this point are only 'useful' if the dancers haven't danced in his/her genre. I still like the solos but I feel it is more about the choreography than dance ability at this point.

Tonya, not sure if you mis-interpreted, but this was the first time Travis choreographed for a SYTYCD performance show . He has been choreographing since before his run on S2. Here is a piece of his from 2007: With or Without You. Another piece recently won “The Joyce Choreography Award” and Travis is currently a finalist for the Capezio A.C.E Award - “Award for Choreographic Excellence”.

I hope all the tags work.

Re: SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE SEASON FIVE, TOP TEN

JoannaOC — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:28:42 -0000

It was a really fun show for me. It seemed as if the whole gang was enjoying themselves, celebrating dancing together. Maybe it was me, feeling good after a day of watching nasty political theater with the Senate hearings, but I got the warm fuzzies for just about everybody.

Re: SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE SEASON FIVE, TOP TEN

priscilazortea — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:26:01 -0000

I just loooove this show. They're so great! and I agree with most of your comments. I'm a huge fan o Kayla, Jeanine and Kupono. And really Melissa's solo yesterday night wasn't so impressive. I'm crazy to see what will happen tonight.

Re: SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE SEASON FIVE, TOP TEN

Elizabeth — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:15:30 -0000

It's really difficult for me to watch the dancers do solos, actually. In general, some of them are just not good choreographers --and that's not their fault! I also don't like when they pick what should be slow, sensual music (ahem, Ade) and then choreograph a routine that doesn't actually take the mood of the music into account. That happens a lot on this show and it always irks me.