SYTYCD09 Week 2

Jonathan & Karla- She was great. But it reminded me almost of DWTS when girl pro dances around guy celeb. Not quite that bad, but just not great. Once again, not a clue what Mary is squeeling about.
 
Phillip & Janine- It was atrocious, but I like how they made the practice footage look so horrible that it was better than expected. Neither of them were finishing movements, and that's crazy for a dancer from any genre.
 
Kupono & Ashley- Yet again, just not getting it. Maybe next week I'll be more into it.
 
Think that I'm hiphopped out. 2 routines a week, even with the "different styles" of hiphop gets old. But guess hiphop fans feel the same about the ballroom stuff.
 
wooh said:
Think that I'm hiphopped out. 2 routines a week, even with the "different styles" of hiphop gets old. But guess hiphop fans feel the same about the ballroom stuff.
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I sure they do (hip-hoppers, ballroom, and boredom).

While not a great fan of hip-hop, when something like Phillip's and Janine's routine from last week happens, it gets my attention and applause. Of course, that was because it more than the "standard" hip-hop, with something new going on. Otherwise, I can only enjoy it is small doses.

Haven't seem this week's show (Wednesday is group class night for me), but sounds like its not as inspiring as last week's.
 
RickRS said:
I sure they do (hip-hoppers, ballroom, and boredom).

While not a great fan of hip-hop, when something like Phillip's and Janine's routine from last week happens, it gets my attention and applause. Of course, that was because it more than the "standard" hip-hop, with something new going on. Otherwise, I can only enjoy it is small doses.

Haven't seem this week's show (Wednesday is group class night for me), but sounds like its not as inspiring as last week's.
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At first I wondered what could have been so bad as to inspire Wooh's comments. Then I watched the episode last night on the TiVo and wow, yeah, it really was that bad. Aside from Janette and Brandon's disco, and Karla and Jonathan's contemporary piece, I felt let down a bit. Maybe it's a second week slump kind of thing? Where the first week is stellar and the second, not so much? :|

I found Sonya's routine weird but still something I liked. Might've been the fact that it reminded me a bit of Wade Robson's choreography. I have a thing against choreographer's using someone's life story, or their own, for a choreographed routine. Had that been avoided I might've enjoyed Asuka and Vitolio's waltz a bit more. At most, I liked it. But that's it.

Shane Sparks' two routines were not of the caliber of the season 1 routines that he choreographed for Jamile & Destini and Jamile & Kamilah. I preferred some of his group numbers from the past few seasons, or the routine with Pasha and Lauren from season 3, over what we saw last night. Nigel pointed out that the dancers let Shane down and I kind of agree with that. I'm hoping that they bring Dave Scott back to choreograph as well as Napoleon & Tabitha as they tend to come up with very creative routines.
 
ummm... page 2 looks like wooh's personal twitter page, lol :-)

i agree with with the sentiment thus far though, this was not a stellar show. in my preparation to watch, i had brought downstairs my clean new notepad, my favorite pen, had my phone placed nearby for the after efforts, and got comfy in front of the TV. but when the show was over, i tore off my notesheet and threw it away, didnt make a single phone call and retired upstairs void of any excitement at all. very lackluster show. didnt love any routine. only liked one, the disco, and that despite their missteps and brandon's trying to outshine her. the rest of the routines/performances spanned from being "eh" to downright bad. i have very little interest in tonight's result show. :(
 
Seems like the second week last season was lackluster as well. Maybe it's a psychological thing for us, we were all hyped for the first show, so everything is GREAT! Second week can't help but disappoint us.
Watching a couple of them again, I do have to say, Jonathan and Karla's contemporary was better than I first thought. And much better to me than their cha was last week.
 
wooh said:
Seems like the second week last season was lackluster as well. Maybe it's a psychological thing for us, we were all hyped for the first show, so everything is GREAT! Second week can't help but disappoint us.
Watching a couple of them again, I do have to say, Jonathan and Karla's contemporary was better than I first thought. And much better to me than their cha was last week.
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Agreed. Liked how Mary said that he was better at this than at his own style. Says a lot about a dancer's growth. Also watched the disco a second time and to look at my notes from before and after it's night and day. The first time I viewed it I was like "oh, god, not disco again..." but on the second viewing I put aside my dislike for the genre and watched it as a dancer watching a routine. Picking out the different elements (hustle, salsa, cabaret-style lifts, etc) and watching how well the two pulled it off really impressed me. Liked how Janette stumbled briefly but recovered quickly and kept on going.
 
Beto said:
Agreed. Liked how Mary said that he was better at this than at his own style. Says a lot about a dancer's growth.
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I can't say that I buy into this growth thing on him, especially just 2 episodes in. I thought he looked quite ape-ish in his contemporary attempt and I thought it was misrepresentative for Mary to make that comparison comment of him doing better with the contemporary than with "his own style". His style is salsa, street/club salsa. The style given to him last week was a funky (badly choreographed) latin ballroom cha cha. Related styles, but still at least a half world apart, imho. I felt he was just as out of his element with the contemporary as he was with the ballroom. Add to that the fact that his solo isn't impressive, and he's got a very short shelf-life.
 
wooh said:
Vitolio & Asuka- Ok, practice scene was kind of ironic with Vitolio crying and Louis playing with the stereo in the background after Louis talked about how moving Vitolio's story was. So the performance was just sooooo ackward. And Mary crying... Just not getting it.
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Hey doesn't botox paralizes the glands from producing tears as well? :rolleyes:
 
Results Show Spoilers








Mia routine- Definitely not my cup of tea.

Bottom 3:
Jason & Kaitlyn
Ashley & Kupono
Max & Kayla

Apparently Evan's brother made it "straight to Vegas" for the fall season. Yay!

Oh, and once again, Cat Deeley is just the best. Love her!
 
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