One of my summer faves - So you think you can dance (Wed 8 pm on Fox)- is back - yay!!!! Maybe its because I have two left feet but I am always fascinated by the dances on this show. Dancing with the stars pales in comparison. I can't wait to see who stands out this season - Loved Katie and Joshua from the previous season and Allison and Ivan from the season before that, Travis and Benji, Heidi and Benji's sister (her name escapes me right now!!) and Hawk. Oh and as a proud desi I must mention that Bollywood found a place in this show last season and it turns out that we have a Bollywood number being performed tonight!!!!!
Some of my personal highlights of tonight's show are listed below:
1. The opening number - a hip-hop routine performed by Janine and Phillip - simply awesome considering Janine is a ballet dancer and she matched Phillip step for step.
2. The cha-cha was also good - but the hip-hop routine is still my #1 at this stage... Adam Shankman is doing a great job judging
3. The Jazz piece was excellent... a joy to watch. Kat Deely looks super tall by the way - especially standing next to these 2. (On a side note, I do get annoyed with the funny faces some contestents make when they ask for votes but I guess one cannot be too serious on TV)
4. Okay - so if I thought the first hip-hop routine was good, this second one simply blew me away. My critique by the way has nothing to do with the guy Tony being, as Adam said, 'the cute guy on the show'. Boooooooo Mary and Nigel!! Bollywood up next...
5. Of course they pick 'Jai Ho' for the Bollywood number which is technically not a song from a Bollywood movie - but who cares right? Not sure that it lends itself to a dance routine though... that said the pair performing it did a good job - they got good reviews from the judges. Jai ho!! On a side note, not sure why they keep referring to choreographer Nakul as Nicole :) Another side note (I know that we're having too many side notes - I never claimed to be a good writer) - no desis (or people of desi origin) in this competition :( Guess we don't have any time left over from the Spelling B...
6. My favourite choreographer Wade Robson is here - yay!! He does completely DIFFERENT things and very well I might add. Once again he does not disappoint - quirky and kinda nice. I like this routine. 2 thumbs up!!
7. There's something so enchanting about a contemporary dance routine - simply loved it!!
8. The samba was hot - I wish they had better music though - but a great way to end the show!!
Until next time...
(nandita) I love So you think you can dance too...great show..!
ReplyDeleteMe too - am looking forward to many more wonderful dances - I especially loved the contemporary piece by Mandy Moore from the last episode.
ReplyDeleteVanitha, Very impressive, i just finished watching the top 20 dance (i am two weeks late) but you were right no. So impressed with your capacity to remember names, very impressive. I was never good with it but with age and after the kids, its just down the drain. And I love the show, i just realized i am toooooooo late to even dream about being anywhere close to the show, but as I said earlier its about what you get from the show. I am totally inspired, it makes me want to get up early and do yoga, get fit, try to take more aggressive steps towards getting my body in shape and desperately learn to dance:)
ReplyDeleteHi Mamata, it's never too late to start learning anything (I tell myself that about swimming) :)
ReplyDeleteI love the show too and makes me want to not have 2 left feet ;)