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The Screeching Was Halted; Top 10 Perform
Topic Started: Jul 17 2008, 10:29 AM (299 Views)
funnygirl	Jul 17 2008, 10:29 AM Post #1
Easin' into summertime... Posts: 3,517 Group: Writer Member #109 Joined: April 25, 2005	I am so nervous coming into tonight's show. There is only one dancer left that I will have no problem leaving, but I really enjoy watching the remaining dancers. We will get to see them all shook up with new pairings. Cat starts the show and I'm watching the opening sequence and wait just a cotton-pickin' minute...somebody's missing. Good gravy, it's Jessica. The one dancer I was going to vote out tonight anyway. Where the heck is she. Just as I start to panic Cat takes the stage and points out the missing Jessica. She then invites Jessica to join her on stage so she can explain to us why she isn't dancing. Apparently, she has managed to break two ribs and fracture anohter. Okay so Jessica is not my favorite dancer on this show, but I give her kudos for displaying her athleticism and maturity. I saw the next part coming, but for those of you who didn't, I'll explain. We needed a female dancer to replace Jessica and the obvious choice was the last one to go and that would be Comfort!! So glad to see her given another chance. Oh yeah, just so there is no confusion, Jessica is resting up now so she can participate in the tour. I'm not sure if Comfort will be a part of the tour, but she does get to continue on in Jessica's place. The Dance In the past, I usually post the music each couple dances to, however, there are 10 couple dances and 10 more solo dances. I quit keeping track because it was not a good night to watch this show for those of us in the audience who are PMSing and feeling emotional. More about that later... Courtney & Joshua Their first dance is a Dave Scott choreographed hip-hop number. Joshua is stoked since Dave Scott is one of his favorite choreographers and they share the same vibe. Courtney looks dubious at best, but I have faith. They do a Bride of Frankenstein type number with Joshua as Dr. Frankenstein. It's got some humor to it and I really enjoyed it. I thought Courtney held her own, but I really enjoyed seeing Joshua in his element. Side note: Lil 'C joined Nygel and Mary on the judging panel tonight. He had some bizarre ways of explaining his critiques to the dancers. Some of it I got, some not-so-much. It was nice to have a new persepctive though. Their second dance was a Jean-Marc Genereux Rumba. Oh my goodness was this steamy. Any time you put Joshua in some ballroom dance attire, the place heats up about 40 degrees! Holy cow did these two hit it out of the park. They daned to the song "Hero" by Enrique Iglesias and although they had one awkward moment during a lift, I thought it was fabulous. Kherington & Mark They are doing a new dance to the show, it's a western two-step. If anybody has ever tried country line dancing or even two-stepping, you know that it's a lot harder than it appears. This type of dance is made even harder since it's all about turns, tunneling and grapevining. The couple who choreographed the routine is Ronnie DeBendetta and Brandy Tobias and they are awesome to watch. Kherington made it blatantly obvious how difficult all of these moves are because she missed quite a few catches and exchanges. Mark held his own, but they were both moving way too slow. Luckily enough, they get a jazz routine by Tyce DiOrio for their second dance. Immediately, I realized Mark was going to be in trouble. Tyce has decided that instead of telling a story he was going to choreograph a clinic of jazz moves. Mark is my favorite dancer only because he's such a great character on stage. With nothing to grasp to, his lack of training is painfully obvious. Kherington also struggled with putting pizzazz to it as well. The song they danced this to was "Canned Heat" from the movie Center Stage and the choreography was sic! Comfort & Twitch How stoked was I that these two found themselves a couple in this competition. I did my own Snuggle-type happy dance. And then they danced... They danced a smooth waltz to Journey's Open Arms. I'm a child of the 80s so when I hear this song memories flood back and I mist up a little. This Hunter Johnson choreographed piece was mutilated by these two dancers and I was inconsolable. I gave Twitch a lot of credit for finding a character and maintinaing it, but there was absolutely nothing between these two. In the mini-clip before the dance they were goofing around and talking about having to be in love. It just didn't happen. HOWEVER, their next dance is a hip-hop routine done by Mr. Buc himself, Dave Scott!! They are doing a futuristic, hard-hitting piece. I'm so happy that we get to see the best hip-hop couple to grace this show, let us know how it's done! I liked it a lot. I didn't love it, but I do not blame the dancers. I blame the freakin' camera dudes. The angles sucked! I wanted to see them both dance the entire piece. I didn't need the close-ups of their faces, it's a freakin' hip-hop dance. Katee & Will Nygel probably wet himself a bit when he saw this pairing. Two best technicians in the competition are paired up. We will first get to see a Broadway routine choreographed by Tyce DiOrio. I liked it. It was technically perfect, their characters were good, but it was missing that something, but I can't put my finger on it. I blame the choreography in the boat. Again, Katee is involved in a new dance to the show. We are honored that Desmond Richardson agreed to choreograph a Pas de Deux for this show. I couldn't help but wonder if this was how these two ended up together. Because, quite frankly, I don't think any other two dancers on this show could have pulled this off. They had a little trouble with one of the intricate moves in the very beginning, but other than that, it was absolutely stunning. It has me tearing up again just thinking about it. Beautiful! A visual masterpiece. Chelsie & Gev Our final couple of the evening. They start with a contemporary peice by Sonya. Remember the gal with the rockin' mohawk?! It wasn't what I expected from Sonya, but I really did like it. I thought Chelsie and Gev performed it very well. My eyes kept going to Chelise though. She really is a beautiful girl and lights up that stage with her presence. Jean-Marc Genereux put together a jive for these two to finish the night with. Technically, it was a hot mess, however, Chelsie was amazing to watch so you kind of missed all the massive mistakes that Gev made. All the dancers did solos in their own style of dance, but I"m only going to point out the ones that really stuck out for me. Mark's continuance of his "Bohemian Rhapsody" routine. LOVED IT! Twitche's hip hop to a Wade Robsen song was smokin'. Katie brought back the piece that got her sent to Vegas and it was even better on the big stage. Poor Chelsie who is a ballroom dancer. There is not much that she can do in a solo routine but those fast footwork, hip slammin' moves. Kherington's dance looked like every other contemporary dancer's solo but it was lacking focus and energy. I fear for her this week. I did say early on she was the luckiest lady on the show being paired with Twitch since he was a crowd favorite going into this season. She kept up with him, but without him she seems to be suffering a bit. I know Will's technique is amazing, but I did not like this week's solo. It looked like every other solo he's done and thanks to Jessica there have been plenty. I was also a little disappointed in Joshua's solo. It's going to be a tough loss tonight and I can't even begin to make a prediction. Feel free to voice yours though. Oh yeah. I almost forgot. Per the title of this week's recap, there was no screeching woman on the judge's panel last night. Did somebody finally tell Mary Murphy she was making a giant asshat out of herself every week or was she coming down with the same laryngitis Nygel seemed to be facing? Inquiring minds want to know...
	Those who can't laugh at themselves, leave the job to others. Live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the morning, Satan shudders & says... 'Oh, crap...she's awake!!�


Squishybut	Jul 17 2008, 10:47 AM Post #2
ARTsy Posts: 552 Group: Writer Member #297 Joined: August 9, 2005	Great recap, funnygirl. I caught about 75% of the show. I guess you didn't cheat and read my Comfort spoiler that i posted earlier this week. Cat looked great. My favorited girl now is Courtnee for sure and probably Will, with Twitch a close second.
	Always Lurking....


chairo	Jul 20 2008, 03:36 PM Post #3
Opinionated Posts: 3,742 Group: Writer Member #317 Joined: August 14, 2005	I was not upset to see Jessica go, but I am sorry it was due to an injury � great for her she still gets to go on tour .. I wonder if this means Comfort or the next person eliminated will also be able to go on the tour .. how will they work it with 11 dancers when many of the dances are as couples? Inquiring minds want to know. I liked some of the new pairings tonight but not all of them. Courtney and Joshua were awesome and you wouldn�t have known it was their first time dancing together. They had chemistry and looked good together. I didn�t agree that Courtney was sort of an after thought with Joshua being so good. Courtney kept up and looked good. She has proven herself to be very versatile unlike some of the others. Their Hip Hop was one of the best I have seen. From beginning to end I was captivated. Their rumba was to die for. These two are fast becoming my favorite dancers. I�d give them a 10 out of 10 for the night. The Kherington and Mark pairing was not one of my favorite hookups. They didn�t look comfortable in this dance (two step) but being new to competition I think they were judged a little too harshly. Having new partners and a new dance put them at a disadvantage. What they did well I really liked. The rest I would live with until I could see them do it a second time since they now know the technique. Their jazz routine was just okay for me. I think Kherington got it but agree with everyone else that Mark was out of his element. I think Kherington did a good job with what she had to work with. If you can�t count on your partner nor trust his ability, you can�t give a �wow� performance. Kherington I�d give an 8 but for Mark it would be a 6. Comfort and Twitch �. This should have been a match made in heaven. Twitch should be able to carry her through and make her look good. I do not feel their smooth waltz was as bad as everyone else obviously did. I think it does go to show who you are partnered with will make a difference. If Twitch had still been with Kherington I think this would have been a dynamite performance. I do agree the chemistry was really lacking between this pair UNTIL they did their hip hop routine. It was HOT! The two of them were magic together but who would have expected any less since this is the genre they are known for. For the two dances I�d give Twitch a 8.5 and Comfort a 7. Though everyone else seemed to like the match up of Katee and Will, I for one did not. I honestly don�t believe Will should be in this competition. His relationship with Debbie Allen has given him an advantage over the others (which makes me wonder what happened to the girl Debbie invited to her school last year?) The Broadway dance was okay for me but it seemed �too technical� and �too professional� for my liking. I didn�t see chemistry I actually saw two good dancers seemingly trying to out dance the other. It appeared to be more of a competition than a couples dance. Their performance of the Pas de Deux was much better. Maybe because this was new to them .. or a new dance on the show � the cockiness was gone and they did a pure performance which I loved. I�d give them both 9 tonight but would take off 2 points for the first dance just because. One of my favorite females drew another short straw when she was paired with one of my least favorite guys. Chelsie and Gev began with a contemporary piece. Chelsie out danced Gev by a mile. She was the center of attention and danced her heart out � for the most part I figured she was doing a solo because I never looked at Gev. The jive was not much better for Gev. Chelsie as usual was awesome. Some will judge just on the �couple� thing but I believe we need to see that Chelsie was awesome and did the best she could with the partner she was given. I give Chelsie and 8 for the night and Gev a 3. Some of the solo dances were awesome and some not so much. I like Chelsie, Kherington and Courtney along with Twitch and Joshua. Now we are down to elimination night. Kherrington in the bottom two � who in the world is voting this season. Taken her whole season she should not have been there, but I didn�t want Chelsie or Courtney there either. Well at least she is paired up with Comfort so there is hope for America to get it right and not base everything on tonight�s performance. Comfort is a one trick pony while Kerrington as proven herself to be very adaptable. They guys � who cares. My favs were not in the bottom two. So doesn�t matter to me who goes home. Now the votes are in and Gev is gone � who really cares. BUT wait a minute �. Kherington is eliminated instead of Comfort????!!! I demand a recount. Something is very wrong with this scenario. Comfort was eliminated last week and is there only because Jessica got injured � Kherington is one of the best female dancers � Did hell freeze over and I missed it? If Jessica had been there I have no doubt she�d be gone � It is going to take me at least a week to get over this shocking development.
	Always dream the impossible dream and reach for the unreachable star


funnygirl	Jul 21 2008, 10:06 AM Post #4
Easin' into summertime... Posts: 3,517 Group: Writer Member #109 Joined: April 25, 2005	Comfort has a huge fan base. Yes, Kherington was a much better dancer, but she's another contemporary dancer. All of the contemporary routines looked the same to me. Comfort brings something different to the mix. I don't see her lasting past this week unless a miracle occurs and she understands what "chemistry" means. You can fake it ya know. Also, Comfort will be touring with the Top 10. Her hip-hop performance last week will probably be a highlight. FYI: I knew Kherington would go down without Twitch.
	Those who can't laugh at themselves, leave the job to others. Live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the morning, Satan shudders & says... 'Oh, crap...she's awake!!�


cookies23	Sep 24 2008, 11:49 PM Post #5
New ARTist Posts: 5 Group: New Member Member #3,403 Joined: May 16, 2008	Broken ribs, fractures??? Wow, that must be some kinda dancing Jessica is doing.
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chairo	Sep 30 2008, 08:54 AM Post #6
Opinionated Posts: 3,742 Group: Writer Member #317 Joined: August 14, 2005	This show is and has been over for a long time.
	Always dream the impossible dream and reach for the unreachable star


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