So You Think You Can Dance - Ballroom Portion

Porfirio Landeros

Porfirio Landeros

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Fox has officially made their statements as to who the choreographers for the new show, So You Think You Can Dance.

Champion Ballroom Academy in San Diego can once again bask in the media spotlight, as the owner/founder, Mary Murphy, has been billed as the ballroom choreographer for the show.

She's been working for weeks with the "kids", who are primarily hip-hoppers, pop-and-lockers, etc., teaching them out to swing, waltz and foxtrot.

A few ballroom couples made it through the earlier rounds, but the empasis on the solo-dance styles kind of filtered them out. We'll see if at least one or two ballroom'ers made it through.

Anyway, time to make the best of more ballroom flava' on TV :-)

The official FOX site is here ( http://origin.fox.com/dance/showinfo/ ), where you can see her bio along with the Salsa, Hip Hop, Broadway, and Classical choreographers' bios.
 
Mary Murphy AND Ron Montez

Mary Murphy and Ron Montez appear to be lead judges and choreographers representing ballroom/Latin on Season 2 of So You Think You Can Dance. I wonder if Ron is a replacement for Alex Da Silva, since Alex's range was much fewer dances (Salsa/Mambo/Cha/Arg.Tango) whereas Ron can choreograph all those and THEN SOME.

Here's a portion of the release I saw on DanceSportComps.com:
DanceSportComps.com said:
The judges invite over 100 talented dancers who spark their interest during auditions to call-backs in Las Vegas, where they work with five of America's top choreographers: Brian Friedman, Mia Michaels, Shane Sparks, Mary Murphy and Ron Montez. In the Las Vegas Round episodes airing Wednesday, June 7 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and Thursday, June 8 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), the judges will select the Top 20 finalists - 10 males and 10 females.
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Also, I hear a few partnerdance teams have made it through, like Benji Schwimmer and his cousin Heidi... they tried out on different sides of the country. Can't wait to see how the talent pans out this season!

The Premier is Thurs, May 27th, 8pm on Fox
 
Borrowed Choreography?

Watched part of the season-opener last night. The Russian Latin couple who danced in the first part of the show appeared to have danced Max and Yulia's choreography from the PBS "America's Ballroom Challenge" show.

To paraphrase another show's title, "Who's Choreography is it Anyway?". Are they students of M&Y?
 
White Chacha said:
Watched part of the season-opener last night. The Russian Latin couple who danced in the first part of the show appeared to have danced Max and Yulia's choreography from the PBS "America's Ballroom Challenge" show.

To paraphrase another show's title, "Who's Choreographer is it Anyway?". Are they students of M&Y?
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Yes, I thought that looked familiar! I don't know the answer to your question, though. Did they make it past that first round?
 
So where are all the standard/smooth dancers? I know this competition would be difficult for most people who concentrate on these disciplines, but there have got to be some couples out there who are cross trained in the other dance styles?!

Also, I wonder if the latin couple would have gotten through if the judges had known the choreography was not original? They seemed to praise a lot of the dancers for their uniqueness and for finding ways to set themselves apart.
 
wyllo said:
Also, I wonder if the latin couple would have gotten through if the judges had known the choreography was not original? They seemed to praise a lot of the dancers for their uniqueness and for finding ways to set themselves apart.
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Good question...I can just imagine what Mary would have thought if she had been one of the judges and seen it. The others would have been going on about how great it is, and Mary would have said something like "don't copy a great original unless you can do it at least as well and make it your own." Or maybe "how many times did you watch the tape to rip Max & Yulia's choreography?" :)
 
Laura said:
Good question...I can just imagine what Mary would have thought if she had been one of the judges and seen it. The others would have been going on about how great it is, and Mary would have said something like "don't copy a great original unless you can do it at least as well and make it your own." Or maybe "how many times did you watch the tape to rip Max & Yulia's choreography?" :)
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Remember, their not being Judged on their choreography skills but on their dancing.
 
alemana said:
well, to be technical, i'd guess Y&M don't do all their own choreography anyway....?
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Well, true, and there really is no such thing as completely novel choreography since its all built on fundamentals or inspired by other work. But, I think I would be a little miffed if I spent many, many hours choreographing a piece only to see someone else copy it wholesale. Assuming, of course, they didn't have permission to do so...

And, yes, saw the tirade on teaching - good for them! Although I did feel bad for the girl who was in the spotlight at the time (she's probably only doing what she was told was o.k.).
 
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