November 22, 2009

Gustavo Vargas Comes to SYTYCD

Written by: Malicious Mandy

Gustavo Vargas is an amazing dancer, choreographer and actor, who played a salsa dancer in the movie “Along came Polly”. He choreographed a number of routines on SYTYCD Canada and recently debuted as a choreographer on SYTYCD USA Season 6.

In So You Think You Can Dance Canada Season 2 Gustavo choreographed:

  • Mambo for Cody & Melanie in the Top 16 show
  • Cha Cha for Vincent & Amy in the Top 14 Show
  • Sexy Mambo for Jayme Rae & Everett in the Top 8 Show
  • Salsa for Vincent & Tara-Jean (who won the season) in the Top 6 Show
  • His Salsa Dance for Mollee and Nathan in Top 16 didn’t fair well as Mollee and Nathan received a lot of critiques from the judges and though the dancers chemistry and technique were off, Gustavo’s choreography was fantastic.

    Nigel identified the good things in Guastavo’s routine and Mary pointed out how Gustavo is known as “suavo” for being suave and that Nathan lacked that emotion in the routine.

    Nonetheless Nathan felt “HOT” and I personally enjoyed the routine.

    I look forward to see more Gustavo on SYTYCD.

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    October 15, 2009

    Mia Michaels Leaving SYTYCD

    Written by: Margaret

    Some surprising news coming out of the SYTYCD world today. If you all haven’t heard, Mia Michaels took to her Twitter yesterday to announce that she’s leaving our beloved show after 5 years. The reaction has been intense. Many people feel that the show won’t be the same without Mia, which is definitely true. Over the seasons, her pieces have been among the most memorable ones ever performed. Just think about these…

    -Ashlé and Melody’s Message in a Bottle dance

    -Travis and Heidi’s Bench dance

    -season 2 group routine to “Hide and Seek”

    -Lacey and Kameron’s week 1 contemporary

    -her tribute to her father danced by Lacey and Neil

    -Danny and Neil’s Dance of the Princes

    -Chelsie and Mark’s “what would Tim Burton’s wedding look like?”

    -Kherington and Twitch’s dance on the bed

    -Katee and Joshua’s Hometown Glory dance

    -Twitch and Katee’s Door dance

    -Evan and Randi’s Butt dance

    -Kupono and Kayla’s Addiction dance

    these are a selection of Mia’s best dances, but there are obviously more. It’s pretty obvious this show has meant a lot to Mia, she’s an Emmy winner because of SYTYCD.

    For an opposing opinion, check out this article from Entertainment Weekly online, the writer makes some good points about there being plenty of great choreographers that can fill the void left by Mia.

    what do you guys think?! is the hole Mia leaves too big to be filled by people like Travis, Benji, and Sonya? And what have been your favorite Mia Michaels pieces over the 5 seasons of SYTYCD?

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    July 28, 2009

    A Remix of Travis Wall’s First Choreography on So You Think You Can Dance

    Written by: John

    Fans of Jason will adore this video and miss Jason even more. Fans of Jeanine will be ready to proclaim her the winner. Fans of Travis Wall will laude his name even more. Fans of So You Think You Can Dance will be reminded why we love SYTYCD so much. Enjoy this amazing remix of what is definitely one of the most memorable and best routines of the season:

    Of course, it would be wrong of me to show the remix without the original video of Jason and Jeanine doing Travis Wall’s choreography too:

    Thanks to SYTYCDism for pointing this video out.

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    May 21, 2009

    So You Think You Can Dance 2009 Los Angeles

    Written by: John

    This is a really great video from the So You Think You Can Dance 2009 LA auditions. You get to see a bunch of the crazy personalities of the dancers and they even have a bunch of clips of people busting some moves on the sidewalk. The line in LA seemed pretty long too. This is not quite a So You Think You Can Dance season 5 spoiler video, but pretty close. Things are looking good for So You Think You Can Dance 5. Can’t wait to see the SYTYCD 5 premiere tonight. Check out the video:

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    So You Think You Can Dance 2009 Memphis Video

    Written by: John

    This is a pretty nice video outside the So You Think You Can Dance 2009 auditions in Memphis. You get to meet some of the dancers. You get to hear a little bit about their journey and you get to see them doing some of their warm up routines. This is not quite a So You Think You Can Dance season 5 spoiler video, but pretty close. I’m getting excited for the start of So You Think You Can Dance 5. Enjoy the video:

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    So You Think You Can Dance 2009 Preview Video

    Written by: John

    The season premiere of So You Think You Can Dance is just around the corner on Thursday 5/21, at 8/7c, on FOX! I absolutely can not wait for the return of So You Think You Can Dance. Not to mention that we’ll get to see 2 seasons of So You Think You Can Dance in 2009. Check out this video preview and get excited for season 5 of So You Think You Can Dance:

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    March 12, 2009

    Funny Moments Video from So You Think You Can Dance Tour

    Written by: John

    I honestly can’t believe that I never posted this before now. Check out this video of some of the funny behind the scene moments from So You Think You Can Dance. Absolutely hilarious stuff.

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    August 11, 2008

    SYTYCD Finalists Twitch, Courtney, Katee and the vocal Mary Murphy

    Written by: John

    A little bit of So You Think You Can Dance season 4 wrap up. Enjoy the video.

    Who’s going to the So You Think You Can Dance Tour?

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    SYTYCD Winner Josh Says to Follow Your Dreams

    Written by: John

    I’m sure all you Joshua Allen fans are going to love watching this video.

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    August 8, 2008

    Videos of all the Special Dances at the Finale of So You Think You Can Dance

    Written by: John

    Completing the list of the videos from the SYTYCD finale, here’s all the incredible special group performances. The Wade Robson Cirque Du Soleil video is incredibly unique and different, but the battle between Phil and Rob was the best part of the whole night in my opinion.

    Video of So You Think You Can Dance Finale – Cirque Du Soleil

    Robert Muraine & Phillip Chebeeb battle danced to the song “Stronger”—Kanye West
    Kanye West - Graduation - Stronger
    Stronger – Original Music Video
    Video of So You Think You Can Dance Finale – Pop N Lock Battle Phil n Rob

    Debbie Allen Dance Academy featuring Nigel Lythgoe danced to the song “Boogie Wonderland”—Earth, Wind and Fire
    Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions - Earth, Wind & Fire: Greatest Hits - Boogie Wonderland
    Video of So You Think You Can Dance Finale – Debbie Allen Academy feat. Nigel

    Video of So You Think You Can Dance Finale – Mary Murphy and Dmitry

    Video of So You Think You Can Dance Finale – Past Dancers and Their Success

    Video of So You Think You Can Dance Finale – The Best of SYTYCD

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