Who Wants to Talk Emmys?!!
So I know that the Emmy nominations don’t come out for another month, but Mollee Gray tweeted yesterday that her waltz with Jakob was nominated (I think she meant it’s been submitted for a nomination) but it got me thinking, for as much flack as seasons 5 and 6 have gotten in comparison to the first 4 seasons, there have been some incredible pieces that deserve recognition. Since 5 and 6 occurred during the same television season, there will most likely be a combination of nominations for both. Here are the pieces I’d love to see nominated:
Jason and Jeanine “If It Kills Me” Travis Wall-this was Travis’s coming out party as a choreographer, with Jeanine and Jason as the hosts.
Jakob and Kathryn “At This Moment” Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson-it was a crime that these 2 legends weren’t nominated in season 4 for Imagine with Katee and Will, good thing they hit the jackpot again with Kathryn and Jakob. As with Imagine, there was no backstory, but you don’t need one, the dancing speaks for itself.
Kayla and Kupono “Gravity” Mia Michaels-the perfect storm: dancers+choreographer+music. more than many others, this is a piece I think people will remember for a long time.
Jakob and Ellenore “Tore My Heart” Sonya Tayeh-this was Sonya’s coming out party. perfect music that created opportunities for great images from Jakob and Ellenore.
Kayla and Max “Jum Ba Day” Louis Van Amstel-nobody expected Kayla to come out and nail a ballroom routine week 1, but kudos to her, she killed it. I’ve watched Louis a lot on DWTS, but I think this was some of his best work.
Ellenore and Ryan “Razzle Dazzle” Spencer Liff-anybody who reads our site knows how much I love Spencer Liff. After a misfire with Karen and Kevin, he came back strong with this one.
Jonathan and Karla “Falling Slowly” Stacey Tookey-my wildcard pick, I’m not sure how many people remember this number, it was early in season 5, but it’s one of my favorites. Jonathan and Karla have great chemistry and the movements suited their bodies very well.
Janette and Brandon “Ruby Blue” Wade Robson-quintessential Wade, quirky and original. Brandon and Janette were perfect for these parts, a little nutty but very precise in their movements.
I’d love to hear your thoughts, do you agree or disagree? Any that I missed?
I love IIKM, and it was submitted for an Emmy nom too. So was “Tore Your Heart” by Sonya. I really think IIKM should be nominated. And Gravity, I guess.
Other standouts from s6, for me, included “2 Steps” with Legacy and Kathryn & “Your Ex-Lover is Dead” with Ellenore and Ryan.
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I think Ryan tweeted a few days ago that his and Kathryn’s Cha-Cha was nominated.
They nominate group routines as well, right? “So much better” and “Seven nation army,” from S5, “Aha!” and “comanche” from S7 was absolutely fabulous!!
I would love to see IIKM get it. The other pieces of the two seasons that stand out for me would be, yes, that samba, the Ellenore/Jakob, and the addiction piece. My wild card would be Ellenore/Legacy’s bit to “Machine Gun”
Melissa/Ade’s has to have been submitted for a nomination, right?
@Ryan, that’s awesome that the cha cha was nominated, I really liked that dance.
@Yoko, I think they do nominate group numbers (Wade won for Ramalama S2). For S5, I’d think they would do Calle Ocho, maybe Brand New Day (I thought that one was very cool), which one is “So Much Better”? From S6, I definitely think Comanche would be nominated, I would include Dave Scott’s “Warrior” piece, super original, Aha! would be a great choice too.
I’m really surprised that you not only didn’t pick, but also didn’t even mention the routine I think has the best odds of being nominated (odds are probably better than all the ones listed above – combined).
That would be Tyce’s “This Woman’s Work” danced by Melissa and Ade.
The Wade Robson piece you posted was my favorite form the season, but it didn’t even make their final episode “favorites”, so I’d be surprised if it gets nominated, sadly. The quirky, comical pieces don’t seem to get as much Emmy love.
The havent annouce the nominations yet the dances have just been submitted. July 8th is when all the nominations will be announced.
@John in KC, I was wondering when somebody was going to bring up that I didn’t pick “This Woman’s Work”. It’s not that I didn’t appreciate the context and the backstory (my mother is a breast cancer survivor), but for me, it feel like there was a ton of content dance-wise. Lots of lifts and spins, but the dancing didn’t start until the 2nd half. It’s a beautiful number, absolutely, but I feel like there are some other ones that had more dance content that deserve to be nominated. I appreciate Tyce and I think he’s a great choreographer, it will be quite an interesting group no matter what.
Jennine and Jason’s dance and Kayla and Kupono’s dance are the contenders for me. So much emotion and passion in both of those. They were the one’s i was showing my friends asking them ” WHY AREN’T YOU WATCHING THIS SHOW?!”
And to go with ” This Woman’s Work” I felt that Tyce was doing a lift show with that routine. While I loved it and have had people in my own family battle cancer I think coreo wise it wasn’t the strongest.
@Michelle, I agree, I just realized that I wrote in my own comment “there was a ton of content” but what I meant to say is “there WASN’T a ton of content dance-wise until the 2nd half of the piece” it was definitely a lift show at the beginning. plus, tyce won last year, and while I think he’s a great choreographer, he’s not in Wade’s league (to win 2 seasons in a row for Ramalama and Hummingbird and the Flower, two incredibly original pieces). I love how you call If It Kills Me and Addiction the “why aren’t you watching this show” pieces, soo true!
I think Wade’s group routine in Season 6 danced to Imogen Heap’s “Aha” deserves a nomination! It’s the one that looked like the statues in the museum started dancing. Here’s a link to the video in case you guys don’t remember the number…
@Margaret, “So Much Better” was “the Geisha” routine Wade did on S5. (Top 10, right? I hope I remember it right…) I am Japanese and it always makes me proud of my own culture when I see Wade using the essence of it in his piece. hehe. He is so good at portraying the “flavor” of Japanese (or Asian, I would say) traditional beauty and making it into incredible modern pieces!!
Also big praise to stage and make-up clues on that show, they are amazing!!!
@Yoko, Oh! I remember that routine, I just didn’t know the name of the song. Yes, that was a beautiful routine.