Over the last few years, some of the most interesting, creative choreography pieces have actually been the group numbers, not the competitive pieces. I thought I'd share them with y'all. Enjoy!
Season 2
Top 20 - choreographed by Brian Friedman to Technologic
Top 18 - choreographed by Dan Karaty to Get Up Offa That Thing
Top 16 - choreographed by Shane Sparks to Poison
Top 14 - choreographed by Mary Murphy to Footloose
Top 12 - choreographed by Doriana Sanchez to Born to be Alive
Top 10 - choreographed by Wade Robson to Ramalama
Top 8 - choreographed by Tyce Diorio to Cell Block Tango
Top 6 - choreographed by Mia Michaels to Hide and Seek
Season 3
Top 20 - choreographed by Wade Robson to Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See
Top 18 - choreographed by Shane Sparks to It Was All in Your Mind
Top 16 - choreographed by Tyce Diorio to Lioness Hunt
Top 14 - choreographed by Adam Shankman to You Can't Stop the Beat
Top 12 - choreographed by Jean-Marc Genereaux to Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Top 10 - choreographed by Mia Michaels to The Moment I Said It
Top 8 - choreographed by Shane Sparks to Get Up
Top 6 - choreographed by Wade Robson to 2:19
Monday, June 30, 2008
David Cook: Rare Solo Songs
This is a fan tribute video, put together to a couple of David's rare solo recordings. The first song is typically called Optimistic to a Fault by fans (I don't think anyone is really aware of what David actually calls it), and the second song is Dear Heaven. Check them out!
Sunday, June 29, 2008
SYTYCD - Favorite Performances from Season 3
Continuing with the theme I started yesterday, now I'm going to post some of my favorite performances from the third season of So You Think You Can Dance. This is the season that I first started watching the show (I only caught Season 2 on a weekend long MTV marathon), so it holds a very special place in my heart. Enjoy!
Top 20 Week
Kameron and Lacey - Contemporary
Jesus and Sara - Pop-Jazz
Jimmy and Shauna - Broadway
Top 18 Week
Pasha and Jessi - Jazz
Dominic and Sabra - Contemporary
Kameron and Lacey - Broadway
Top 16 Week
Kameron and Lacey - Quickstep
Dominic and Sabra - Rumba
Hok and Jamie - Jazz
Top 14 Week
Danny and Anya - Contemporary
Pasha and Sara - West Coast Swing
Dominic and Sabra - Hip Hop
Neil and Lauren - Jazz
Top 12 Week
Pasha and Sara - Jazz
Neil and Lauren - Contemporary
Top 10 Week
Kameron and Sabra - Contemporary
Danny and Lacey - Samba
Pasha and Lauren - Hip Hop
Top 8 Week
Dominic and Lauren - Rumba
Neil and Lacey - Latin Jazz
Neil and Lacey - Contemporary
Pasha and Sabra - Broadway
Top 6 Week
Pasha and Lacey - Hip Hop
Neil and Sabra - Jazz
Neil and Sabra - Paso Doble
Top 4 Week
Danny and Neil - Contemporary
Neil and Lacey - Lindy Hop
Neil, Danny, Lacey, and Sabra - Broadway
Top 20 Week
Kameron and Lacey - Contemporary
Jesus and Sara - Pop-Jazz
Jimmy and Shauna - Broadway
Top 18 Week
Pasha and Jessi - Jazz
Dominic and Sabra - Contemporary
Kameron and Lacey - Broadway
Top 16 Week
Kameron and Lacey - Quickstep
Dominic and Sabra - Rumba
Hok and Jamie - Jazz
Top 14 Week
Danny and Anya - Contemporary
Pasha and Sara - West Coast Swing
Dominic and Sabra - Hip Hop
Neil and Lauren - Jazz
Top 12 Week
Pasha and Sara - Jazz
Neil and Lauren - Contemporary
Top 10 Week
Kameron and Sabra - Contemporary
Danny and Lacey - Samba
Pasha and Lauren - Hip Hop
Top 8 Week
Dominic and Lauren - Rumba
Neil and Lacey - Latin Jazz
Neil and Lacey - Contemporary
Pasha and Sabra - Broadway
Top 6 Week
Pasha and Lacey - Hip Hop
Neil and Sabra - Jazz
Neil and Sabra - Paso Doble
Top 4 Week
Danny and Neil - Contemporary
Neil and Lacey - Lindy Hop
Neil, Danny, Lacey, and Sabra - Broadway
Saturday, June 28, 2008
SYTYCD - Favorite Performances from Season 2
So I've been taking a trip down memory lane, looking back at some of my favorite, stand-out performances from So You Think You Can Dance from seasons past. I never saw the first season, and I did look up a few performances on Youtube from that season. I'm not sure if I'm just not finding the right ones, or if the first season just really doesn't hold up in comparison, but I wasn't too terribly impressed with what I found. Part of my problem may be that whoever the host was, she drove me nuts. Also, they used a lot of choreographers who aren't still involved with the show, and frankly I wasn't all that impressed with many of them. I think that they made a lot of tweaks with the format of the show between the first and second seasons, and it is working much better now. Anyways, I'm going to take this trip starting with Season 2. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
Top 20 Week
Benji and Donyelle - Hip Hop
Travis and Martha - Broadway
Top 18 Week
Musa and Natalie - Contemporary
Benji and Donyelle - Cha Cha
Top 16 Week
Ryan and Heidi - Cuban Rumba
Ivan and Allison - Argentine Tango
Top 14 Week
Benji and Donyelle - Viennese Waltz
Dmitry and Ashlee - Contemporary
Top 12 Week
Ivan and Allison - Contemporary
Benji and Donyelle - Broadway
Top 10 Week
Travis and Heidi - Paso Doble
Travis and Heidi - Contemporary
Benji and Natalie - Jazz
Dmitry and Donyelle - Samba
Top 8 Week
Ivan and Allison - Argentine Tango
Ivan and Allison - Hip Hop
Benji and Heidi - Broadway
Benji and Heidi - Mambo
Top 4 Week
Travis and Benji - Hip Hop
Donyelle and Heidi - Broadway
Benji and Heidi - Salsa
Final Four Group Dance - Wade Robson
Top 20 Week
Benji and Donyelle - Hip Hop
Travis and Martha - Broadway
Top 18 Week
Musa and Natalie - Contemporary
Benji and Donyelle - Cha Cha
Top 16 Week
Ryan and Heidi - Cuban Rumba
Ivan and Allison - Argentine Tango
Top 14 Week
Benji and Donyelle - Viennese Waltz
Dmitry and Ashlee - Contemporary
Top 12 Week
Ivan and Allison - Contemporary
Benji and Donyelle - Broadway
Top 10 Week
Travis and Heidi - Paso Doble
Travis and Heidi - Contemporary
Benji and Natalie - Jazz
Dmitry and Donyelle - Samba
Top 8 Week
Ivan and Allison - Argentine Tango
Ivan and Allison - Hip Hop
Benji and Heidi - Broadway
Benji and Heidi - Mambo
Top 4 Week
Travis and Benji - Hip Hop
Donyelle and Heidi - Broadway
Benji and Heidi - Salsa
Final Four Group Dance - Wade Robson
Friday, June 27, 2008
Michael Johns at The Dan Band
FYI - there is some adult language in this video! NSFW! (Not Safe For Work)
Jason Castro - More Video Updates
Jason has been adding some video blogs to keep his fans updated with what he's up to. The tour is right around the corner, so I'm sure he's getting excited. Check these two latest updates from Jason out for more info.
SYTYCD - Top 16 - Results
The show started out with a Mia Michaels group routine that seriously made me think it was a Wade Robson routine. Lots of fun. I love to go on trips into Mia's mind.
We then learned that the bottom 3 couples were Thayne and Chelsea, Chris and Comfort, and Kourtni and Matt. I was a bit surprised to see Kourtni and Matt in the Bottom 3 instead of Jessica and Will. Oh well. Each of those 6 dancers performed a solo.
Chelsea:
Thayne:
Comfort:
Chris:
Kourtni:
Matt:
We were also treated to a performance by the dance group Quest, with Dominic and Hok from last season (and some guy named Ryan, supposedly from Season 1 - the only season I haven't seen). They were tons of fun!
EDIT: Quest video replaced with better quality! Enjoy.
And while the judges were deliberating about who would leave the competition, American Idol's Jordin Sparks performed her new solo, One Step at a Time. She really needs a new stylist. Ugh.
At the end of all of that, Chelsea and Chris got the boot. Which means, for the first time in Season 4, we will get a new pairing for next week of Comfort and Thayne. Maybe Comfort can slap the shit out of Thayne and wipe the permagrin off of his face. I'm not holding my breath on that one though, or on the two of them managing to stay out of the B3 next week. We'll see.
We then learned that the bottom 3 couples were Thayne and Chelsea, Chris and Comfort, and Kourtni and Matt. I was a bit surprised to see Kourtni and Matt in the Bottom 3 instead of Jessica and Will. Oh well. Each of those 6 dancers performed a solo.
Chelsea:
Thayne:
Comfort:
Chris:
Kourtni:
Matt:
We were also treated to a performance by the dance group Quest, with Dominic and Hok from last season (and some guy named Ryan, supposedly from Season 1 - the only season I haven't seen). They were tons of fun!
EDIT: Quest video replaced with better quality! Enjoy.
And while the judges were deliberating about who would leave the competition, American Idol's Jordin Sparks performed her new solo, One Step at a Time. She really needs a new stylist. Ugh.
At the end of all of that, Chelsea and Chris got the boot. Which means, for the first time in Season 4, we will get a new pairing for next week of Comfort and Thayne. Maybe Comfort can slap the shit out of Thayne and wipe the permagrin off of his face. I'm not holding my breath on that one though, or on the two of them managing to stay out of the B3 next week. We'll see.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
SYTYCD - Top 16 - Video
Kherington and Twitch - Hip Hop
Courtney and Gev - Rumba
Comfort and Chris - Jazz
Jessica and Will - Disco
Kourtni and Matt - Contemporary
Chelsea and Thayne - Quickstep
Chelsie and Mark - Hip Hop
Katee and Joshua - Samba
Courtney and Gev - Rumba
Comfort and Chris - Jazz
Jessica and Will - Disco
Kourtni and Matt - Contemporary
Chelsea and Thayne - Quickstep
Chelsie and Mark - Hip Hop
Katee and Joshua - Samba
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
SYTYCD - Top 16 - Commentary
Joining Nigel and Mary on the judging panel tonight is Adam Shankman. I really like him, and I think he usually gives constructive and enthusiastic criticism, so I'm glad to see him there tonight.
Kherington and Twitch - Hip Hop (Tabitha and Napoleon) - I have high hopes for Twitch in this one. They are apparently going on a prison break, according to the choreographers. This is a different type of routine from what we saw from Tabitha and Napoleon the first week...not as lyrical, but still, it tells a story. I would have liked to see them both give a little bit more with it, push a little bit harder. But honestly, I really thought they did a good job with it overall. They were well synchronized, and Kherington upped her game quite a bit I thought. They hit it! Should be, I hope, enough to get them through tomorrow night, even though they went first.
Courtney and Gev - Rumba (Tony and Melanie) - Gev cleans up good! LOL. She looks amazing too. Really great opening, and Courtney recovered really well from her shoe getting stuck on her dress. Nice hip action from them both throughout, and I think they managed to play the part nicely. They were definitely both in the character of the dance the entire time, and they had a great connection with each other. I think they handled the choreography that Tony and Melanie threw at them quite nicely. And Gev is so cute with his little crush on her. The comparison that Nigel made between Gev and Dominic from last season is right on the money. And Nigel needs to leave Adam alone! He gives great, constructive advice! Ugh.
Comfort and Chris - Jazz (Tyce Diorio) - Tyce designed an African jazz piece for them, so no jazz hands tonight. And they're dancing to Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson...definitely interesting. I really do love Tyce's choreography here, but I'm not so sure they did it like I would have wanted to see it. They just didn't give it as much as there should have been. Like Nigel said, with the drumbeats from the music, it should have been more - punchy, I guess. Their energy just wasn't quite right for this piece. They should have been larger than life in this one, and they were completely average.
Jessica and Will - Disco (Doriana Sanchez) - Ugh. Do we really need another disco routine on this show? I am so over disco, and I am so over Doriana's choreography that is only about tricks and lifts. Disco was over in 1980...28 years ago. They did fine. Will's a star. Jessica is okay. Great lifts. Great tricks. No real dance in between the lifts and tricks, as expected with the choreography that Doriana always gives. Nothing spectacular. Moving on.
Kourtni and Matt - Contemporary (Sonya Tayeh) - I've never seen anything choreographed by Sonya, but I've heard she's really interesting. It's about comic book characters, so I'm already drawn in. It could be really playful and fun. I really like that at some points in this routine, we really get a feel for just how tall and long Matt is. He's got great extension. And I really think I kinda like Sonya's choreography! Very interesting, very different, and very quirky. Lots of fun. And I really enjoyed it. Oh yeah, and they danced it fabulously.
Chelsea and Thayne - Quickstep (Heather Smith) - Thayne's personality is really starting to grate on my last nerve. He just needs to tone it down some. He's trying too freaking hard. Is Chelsea trying to lead him? Sometimes it looks like she's trying to take over a bit. And she still looks incredibly uncomfortable in heels. Thayne needs to lose permagrin, and focus more on getting all of his steps right. This could have been a fabulous quickstep, but it is really falling flat for me. The energy just felt awkward for it. They are in trouble again this week, I'm fairly positive.
Chelsie and Mark - Hip Hop (Tabitha and Napoleon) - Okay, I've got to say...I'm dying to see Mark do hip hop. Why? Because he will probably bring his quirky energy to this in a way that we have never seen in hip hop. I have very high expectations for this routine. I hope they don't disappoint me. I really love that Tabitha and Napoleon give the dancers characters to play, and that they try to really put the emotion of the music and lyrics into the choreography. Hip hop danced in a suit seems odd...but they are doing a fabulous job with it. Not only are they really getting the moves down, but they are seriously delivering on the emotion of the piece. Fantastic. And Chelsie? Who saw this coming from her? Not me. I had huge expectations for him, and I expected her to do well...but she did really amazingly well. Oh yeah...and I LOVE Adam Shankman.
Katee and Joshua - Samba (Tony and Melanie) - Joshua looked scared when they got the samba. He was still scared when he got to rehearsal. LOL. Wow. Joshua!!! Who saw this coming from him???? (Did you all SEE his ass and thighs??? Holy shit, that's hot.) He is such a good dancer. And Katee is seriously playing the sexy seductress part so well that she ws worried about. Crazy routine, and performed crazy well. I am in love with them. I could watch them dance all day.
So...my top 3? Katee and Joshua, Mark and Chelsie, and a tie between Kherington and Twitch and Courtney and Gev.
My bottom 3? Chelsea and Thayne, Comfort and Chris...and ??? I guess Jessica and Will, but really only because I'm not a fan of disco. Their performance isn't one that stood out to me as either really good, or as really bad.
I'll post video as soon as I find it.
Kherington and Twitch - Hip Hop (Tabitha and Napoleon) - I have high hopes for Twitch in this one. They are apparently going on a prison break, according to the choreographers. This is a different type of routine from what we saw from Tabitha and Napoleon the first week...not as lyrical, but still, it tells a story. I would have liked to see them both give a little bit more with it, push a little bit harder. But honestly, I really thought they did a good job with it overall. They were well synchronized, and Kherington upped her game quite a bit I thought. They hit it! Should be, I hope, enough to get them through tomorrow night, even though they went first.
Courtney and Gev - Rumba (Tony and Melanie) - Gev cleans up good! LOL. She looks amazing too. Really great opening, and Courtney recovered really well from her shoe getting stuck on her dress. Nice hip action from them both throughout, and I think they managed to play the part nicely. They were definitely both in the character of the dance the entire time, and they had a great connection with each other. I think they handled the choreography that Tony and Melanie threw at them quite nicely. And Gev is so cute with his little crush on her. The comparison that Nigel made between Gev and Dominic from last season is right on the money. And Nigel needs to leave Adam alone! He gives great, constructive advice! Ugh.
Comfort and Chris - Jazz (Tyce Diorio) - Tyce designed an African jazz piece for them, so no jazz hands tonight. And they're dancing to Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson...definitely interesting. I really do love Tyce's choreography here, but I'm not so sure they did it like I would have wanted to see it. They just didn't give it as much as there should have been. Like Nigel said, with the drumbeats from the music, it should have been more - punchy, I guess. Their energy just wasn't quite right for this piece. They should have been larger than life in this one, and they were completely average.
Jessica and Will - Disco (Doriana Sanchez) - Ugh. Do we really need another disco routine on this show? I am so over disco, and I am so over Doriana's choreography that is only about tricks and lifts. Disco was over in 1980...28 years ago. They did fine. Will's a star. Jessica is okay. Great lifts. Great tricks. No real dance in between the lifts and tricks, as expected with the choreography that Doriana always gives. Nothing spectacular. Moving on.
Kourtni and Matt - Contemporary (Sonya Tayeh) - I've never seen anything choreographed by Sonya, but I've heard she's really interesting. It's about comic book characters, so I'm already drawn in. It could be really playful and fun. I really like that at some points in this routine, we really get a feel for just how tall and long Matt is. He's got great extension. And I really think I kinda like Sonya's choreography! Very interesting, very different, and very quirky. Lots of fun. And I really enjoyed it. Oh yeah, and they danced it fabulously.
Chelsea and Thayne - Quickstep (Heather Smith) - Thayne's personality is really starting to grate on my last nerve. He just needs to tone it down some. He's trying too freaking hard. Is Chelsea trying to lead him? Sometimes it looks like she's trying to take over a bit. And she still looks incredibly uncomfortable in heels. Thayne needs to lose permagrin, and focus more on getting all of his steps right. This could have been a fabulous quickstep, but it is really falling flat for me. The energy just felt awkward for it. They are in trouble again this week, I'm fairly positive.
Chelsie and Mark - Hip Hop (Tabitha and Napoleon) - Okay, I've got to say...I'm dying to see Mark do hip hop. Why? Because he will probably bring his quirky energy to this in a way that we have never seen in hip hop. I have very high expectations for this routine. I hope they don't disappoint me. I really love that Tabitha and Napoleon give the dancers characters to play, and that they try to really put the emotion of the music and lyrics into the choreography. Hip hop danced in a suit seems odd...but they are doing a fabulous job with it. Not only are they really getting the moves down, but they are seriously delivering on the emotion of the piece. Fantastic. And Chelsie? Who saw this coming from her? Not me. I had huge expectations for him, and I expected her to do well...but she did really amazingly well. Oh yeah...and I LOVE Adam Shankman.
Katee and Joshua - Samba (Tony and Melanie) - Joshua looked scared when they got the samba. He was still scared when he got to rehearsal. LOL. Wow. Joshua!!! Who saw this coming from him???? (Did you all SEE his ass and thighs??? Holy shit, that's hot.) He is such a good dancer. And Katee is seriously playing the sexy seductress part so well that she ws worried about. Crazy routine, and performed crazy well. I am in love with them. I could watch them dance all day.
So...my top 3? Katee and Joshua, Mark and Chelsie, and a tie between Kherington and Twitch and Courtney and Gev.
My bottom 3? Chelsea and Thayne, Comfort and Chris...and ??? I guess Jessica and Will, but really only because I'm not a fan of disco. Their performance isn't one that stood out to me as either really good, or as really bad.
I'll post video as soon as I find it.
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