Clariss and Mitchel voted out!

Hey, guys! What did you all think of the SYTYCD show last night on Fox chanel? We at Arthur Murray Palm Beach Gardens located  at 9820 Hwy Alt A1A, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 did not think it was that great.
The highlight for us was the group performance by the competitors and the rest of the guest performances were pretty BAD!  We did not think much of a ballet person dancing SOLO. We can see he's technical ability and elevation in jumps were fabulous, but the actual show left us empty. The competitors of SYTYCD are doing much better job then this ballet guy in our opinion. And then there was a performance by Snoop Dog and Blush. It was terrible! You should have a look for your self on www.fox.com
As the results go this is what we thought. Boys choice we disagreed with. We would have liked Ricki to be sent out, although in our opinion Mitchell was one of the weakest dancers as well. So its ok for this week but next week we would like to see Ricki go.
As for the girls, we have our two favourite ( Melanie and Sasha) who we think are the front runners in this competition and as for the other girls they are so equal in their abilities that it is very difficult to predict which one goes first. And this week it happend to be Clariss. As far as we are concerned as long as Sasha and Melanie stay as top two girls we do not mind who goes next  week.
So, let's see what happens next week. We are at Arthur Murray Palm Beach Gardens already cannot wait to see SYTYCD season 8 on Wednesday 27 July 2011 on Fox.

All-stars are back at SYTYCD Season 8.

Hey there you Guys. We are back with our thoughts on this week performance from the top 10 dancers of this season 8 of SYTYCD. What a great show. We at Arthur Murray Palm Beach Gardens, located at 9820 Hwy Alt A1A, Promenade Plaza, Palm Beach Gardens, Fl 33410 just love this show and if it was not for these kind of shows we would not be able to talk about what we love to do the most- IT’S DANCING!

So, the night kicked off with an introduction of all dancers and judges and this week we had Neal Patrick Harrison ( the actor from the television show “ How I’ve meat your Mother!”) as this week’s guest judge. We like the idea of producers of this show of having guest judges on the panel every week, but we are not sure that those judges should be individuals with no dance experience. After all, we believe that judge’s critique is there to help the people competing, and what help can a non dancer offer in technical aspect of the dance???

Kat Dealy looked great again, as she always dose! We do hope that she would get an Emmy this year! She should!

Ok then. Let’s talk about the dancers now and what has actually happened on the stage during the night. Every dancer had to perform a Solo during the night. We at Arthur Murray Palm Beach Gardens thought that everybody did a good job. Our attentions have caught three dancers. They were: Marko, Melanie and Jess. Those three have produced very strong solos technically, musically and emotionally, which is exactly what you need for solo work. There were also a couple of dancers in solo performances that left us with questions. Why was Mitchell wearing a dipper lookalike outfit?  From our point of view the look is just as important as performance. Then there was a solo from Ricki, which left us completely empty. Unfortunately for Ricki, his performance is OK technically, but he never seems to connect with emotional side of the dance and also his solo work is always a number of element just put together , but those elements need to follow one another in a meaningful way to create a great story of the dance, for us this was the weakest solo of the night.

Now , let’s talk about the actual performances of those dancers with the all-stars! Wow, wow and wow! Great to have those guys back.  There were many great routines by very good choreographers! There were a few of them that really have impressed us!

1.       Sasha and Twitch! We have always said if Sasha made it through to the top 10 of SYTYCD we would love to see her dance with Twitch. And we were so right! What a partnership! They have dance a lyrical Hip-Hop piece by Christopher Scott! Wow, what a story and most of all how wonderfully told. They had it all: chemistry, action, technique, togetherness…… We could go on and on about it. The best way to see what we are talking about is to see it with your own eyes. Go to www.fox.com and see the latest episode. Our favorite of the night.

2.       Marko and Chelsie Hightower have danced a very fast and filled with a lot of lifts and technical elements Samba routine by Jason Guilkinson and they looked hot! Marko has amazed us in how into the floor he has danced! The hip action was there also and we all know how difficult it is to get it! And he only had a few hours this week to learn it…? He is Just such versatile dancer that we here at Arthur Murray Palm Beach Gardens feel that is one of the front runners in this competition!

3.       Kaytleen and Pasha danced an Argentine Tango ! They have danced it with a lot of passion, quality, intensity and technique! They really had that connection that is required by this dance. Kaytleen really did look very mature this week and it’s an achievement for her as all of the past weeks judges have complained that she look very young and that she has danced very immature! Good job Kaytleen. Keep up the good work.

On the night there were also a lot of very nice performances by other couples. Jordan and Brandon who have dance a Contemporary piece by Dwyde and Desmond Richardson. They really made us feel the story they have tried to tell. Over all it was a very nice performance. Jess and Katherine also dance the contemporary piece choreographed by Stacy Tookey . Jess has really improved his partnering and lifts work, which was lacking last week. Melanie and Pasha have danced a Viennese Waltz choreographed by Jason Guilkinson. We thought that they did what has been asked of them and more. Unfortunately from our point of view the routine was not a True Viennese Waltz as it did not have a lot of basic steps that are required in this dance. But it’s not the dancers fault, it’s the choreographers! Ricki has danced with Allison ( one of our favorite all stars) and he did an ok job from our perspective. We just find that Ricki is not the best partner in the world and he always seems so disconnected from his partners. So let’s see what happens tonight. Clarisse has danced with Robert this week. And they have had a chance to show us Bollywood. It was a great performance. It was a very fast dance indeed!

And then there were two disappointing performances. Mitchell and Melody have dance a Broadway Number by Tyce Diorio and it just did not flow at all. Guys just could not get the connection that is required from a partnership. We at Arthur Murray Palm Beach Gardens felt that Mitchell did not get this style. And there was a performance by Tadd and Comfort. A big disappointment to us. Not that the guys did not dance it well, they did, but where the routine has been choreographed by very inexperience choreographer in our opinion and there for the piece had a bad choice of music and the movements did not connect with the story. So, let’s hope Tadd has some luck tonight.

So, this is what we thought of Last night’s show. What did you think? Let’s see what results we’ll have tonight. We’d love to hear your comments.

TOP 10 OF SYTYCD HAVE BEEN SELECTED!

Wow! What a show it was! Top 12 dancers have been competing this week for an opportunity of a lifetime! This critical week in the competition all of the couples had to do two dances  and we must admit all of the dancers have done an amazing job. The team of Arthur Murray Palm Beach gardens thinks , that this season is the strongest we’ve seen in the history of SYTYCD!

So, the show has began on Wednesday night with an introduction of judges as usual and for this week we had Sonya, Mary, Nigel and a guest judge Jesse Tyler Furguson( ACTOR FROM A MODERN FAMILY SERIES).

First ones to take the stage were Sasha and Alexander with a dramatic Paso Doble choreographed by Melanie Lapatin and Tony Meredith. We at Arthur Murray Palm Beach Gardens thought that the concept for the routine has been great, but in our opinion it would have been better if another couple has danced. Sasha is such a dominant and strong dancer, there are only a few male dancers that could and would look great dancing with this girl. Sasha dances with such passion , she always manages to transmit the feeling of the dance to the audience. Unfortunately for Alexander , Sasha has dominated him by quite a bit, although we felt he has improved tremendously this week. Alexander need to start working on his upper body and a connection with the partner through upper body if he was to partner in the future!

Next were dancing Jordan and Tadd , who had a contemporary piece by Travis Walls. Not sure if it was our favorite routine by Travis Walls, but we can see that he has used best qualities of the two dancers and put it to use. Jordan’s leg extensions were out of this world and may we mention how many she did in this dance….. and Tadd keeps on amazing us with his elasticity and control of his body movement, considering that this guys is a bea-boy dancer! Great job by those two!

Now it was turn by Ryan and Ricky to dance the Broadway number choreographed by Spencer. Well….. it was a bit of a disappointment to be quite honest with you. At this point in the competition we need to be blown away and we were not! Ricky has captured the character of the number much more so then Ryan, but still it was not enough in our opinion. We feel that the lack of connection between the two of them whilst dancing has shown a lot in this number and that is so unfortunate at this point in the completion. 

Kaitlyne and Mitchell were dancing next. They had a routine of lyrical hip-hop choreographed by Christopher Scott.  It was A touching story through the dance that was very well told by Kaitlyne and Mitchell. We feel that both of those dancers have come a long way since the start of this competition, however there is still room for improvement. We feel that in this style Mitchell needs to relax his upper body a little bit more so he can appear more grounded and into the floor. As for Kaitlyne we thought she did very well, the only thing we would add is more of a connection and relation to the partner whilst dancing this style of dance.

Following Kaitlyne and Mitchell were Melanie and Marko. They drew Tango as the first dance this week and it was choreographed by no other then Luoise Van Amstel. We just love Louise work, he is amazing dancer, choreographer and a teacher! We are so pleased that SYTYCD have asked him to do work with the competitors this season. So, as a quality of the dance we did not feel the Melody and Marko danced it great. Unfortunately the technical aspect was not there for us, however the performance and passion of the dance have been there and some! These guys keep on amaze us and we feel that they are becoming our strong favorites of the competition!

Clarice and Jesse were the next ones to come onto the floor. They were dancing lyrical hip-hop choreographed by Christopher Scott. We just must mention how much Jess improved his partnering skills. He is actually leading the girl and does not look uncomfortable any more. We also noticed how these guys improved upon their togetherness and unison while dancing in side by side parts of the dance. Great Job!

Ok. Now we have come to the second part of the show where all of the dancers had a chance to dance for the second time.

Sasha and Alexander have pulled the number by Tyce Diorio. It’s always a great thing to see couple dance to such a beautiful music and such wonderful choreography. Tyce is a genius! He always manages to capture the best qualities of the dancers and the music. We must say that Sasha and Alexander did a great job in dancing this number. The passion, the technique, the musicality, you name it ,it was there. Excellent come back from the previous number! Let’s see what the voting brings.

Jordan and Tadd have pulled the Broadway number by Spencer. To be honest , we just did not like it as number. There were great moments of technical aspect from both of the dancers. Un fortunately for Jordan and Tadd this number did not show them in the best light.

Second routine of the night for Ryans and Ricky was a Cha-cha. Unfortunately for Ryan it did not do her any favors. She looked rushed, uncollected, and not comfortable at all. Ryan was a lot of the time out of the floor , the weight has never actually been transmitted from foot to foot and therefore she has danced all of the Cha-cha with the weight between two legs, which is a big NO-NO in Latin American Dancing! Ricky did a little better. He captured the hip action that is needed in cha-cha, however the leading of the partner was not there for us !

Kaitlyne and Mitchell were very lucky to get Travis Walls piece as their second dance. At last we have a couple that actually danced together on the night. Great partnering, great performance!

Melanie and Marko were on stage next for the last time. Fabulous dancing by those two excellent dancers. They just catch our breath! The quality and togetherness of their dancing is out of this world. Those two will go a long way in  the future whatever happens in this competition!

So , no we have come to Thursday night eliminations.  Not a big surprise there really with who ended up in the bottom three position. They were: Kaitlyne and Mitchell, Ryan and Ricky, Sasha and Alexander. After the solos have been danced the judges decided to let go of Alexander and Ryan. Although we understand why judges have picked those two, we disagree with the choice of the male dancer. We would have let go of Ricky as he just cannot seem to find the way to connect with the lady dancer and he looks terribly uncomfortable leading the girl. But such is life and the choice of judges is the choice we have to live with.

Anyway, We just would like to mention the opening group number of Paso Doble. It was such great number you guys need to see it for yourself if you have not already! Here is the link for you http://www.fox.com/dance/full-episodes/

Also we have the list of all-stars that would be joining the show this season. They are: Melody,Allison,Pasha, Twitch,Comfort,Chelsie( from the Dancing with the stars)Brandon, Kathreen and Robert.

What a line up! We at Arthur Murray palm beach Gardens just cannot wait to see this week So You Think You Can Dance show on Wednesday Night at 8:00pm on Fox.