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.
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