Top 14 Spoilers!
What better way to start off the weekend than with some awesome news about next week’s show!
p.s. I will be posting Peter and Pauline’s exit interviews as soon as they’re available.
**SPOILERS after the jump**
– thanks to our friends at SYTYCDism (love the new site layout guys! looks fantastic)
Kevin & Karen – Broadway – Spencer Liff
I’m totally excited for this. Karen and Kevin both did well during Broadway in Vegas, and Spencer is a fabulous new voice as a choreographer. Scroll down to learn more about Spencer.
Ryan & Ellenore – Contemporary – Travis Wall
I see why Travis was so excited, I feel like these two are going to rebound from last week, this will be fun.
Nathan & Mollee – Pop Jazz – Laurieann Gibson
oooo i like this, if mostly for the fact that Laurieann doesn’t take anything from anybody. This is a great time for Nathan and Mollee to grow up as dancers.
Russell & Noelle – Fox Trot – Eddie Simon
Again? Please tell me I’m not the only one confused. They’re the first couple to repeat a dance style. Their choreographer did a smooth waltz for Comfort and Thane during S4.
Legacy & Kathryn – Paso – Tony Meredith
uh oh…this might be a trip-up for Legacy and Kathryn. I’m definitely keeping my fingers crossed though, these two are in my top 3 couples.
Victor & Channing – Jazz – Tyce Diorio
technique will be there, but will there be chemistry? that’s the million dollar question. Tyce is pretty consistent with his jazz routines, it should be a good one.
Jakob & Ashleigh – Hip Hop – NappyTabs
ah, I was wondering when this would happen. I picked them out in Dave Scott’s routine on Wed night because I had a feeling they would get hip hop this week. They looked good, we’ll see what happens.
some dirt on the new choreographer, Spencer Liff:
I about died when I heard he was choreographing! I’m a major broadway nut, and Spencer has done everything from Cry-Baby (he tapped with license plates attached to his feet) to Equus (with Daniel Radcliffe). He was also in Across the Universe as Lucy’s boyfriend and Hairspray the movie (which Adam Shankman directed and choreographed) as council member Mikey. He received the 2008 Fred Astaire Award (a major honor) as the best male dancer on Broadway. Plus he’s only 24! He’s younger than Legacy, Phillip, Karen, Ashleigh, and Ryan!
here’s a link to rehearsal pictures from Cry-Baby, there are a bunch of Spencer dancing. Plus his article as “Gypsy of the Month” you can learn a little more about him.
Cry-Baby Press Preview
Gypsy of the Month
I’m embedding a couple of clips of Spencer:
1. the license plate routine from Cry-Baby (he’s the one in the front)
2. something called “Supertoon” that I found on YouTube. It’s about superheroes (I think). He’s the superhero in the navy blue tank top and pants.
what do you guys think?! this should be an interesting week, with virtually every dancer (except Ellenore and maybe Mollee) dancing out of their style.
Spencer Liff! Okay, I’m now more excited than I’ve been all season. I adore Spencer’s dancing. On top of his wonderful choreography skills, he is the loveliest person, too — I got to meet him during his run in Equus, for which he was dance captain. I’ll definitely be on the edge of my seat for that one, and I reeeeeeeally hope he’ll do more choreography for SYTYCD!
@Robin, I’m so jealous you got to meet him! I’ve seen a bunch of interviews and I watched the Tony’s (of course) and saw him dance Rob Ashford’s insane choreography for Cry-Baby on the telecast. I hope he does more choreography too. I mean, the guy danced wearing horse hooves in Equus, so doesn’t that mean he can pretty much do anything?! Haha, regardless, this should be a high energy, memorable routine.
This should be an awesome week! The only fact I don’t like is that Kevin/Karen got the new broadway choreographer 🙁 Can you tell they’re not my fave pair. I’m not sure about the Paso… I hope they can pull it off. Anyone think the judges are gunning for them this week? First with the unfair criticism of Kathryn and now the Paso??
I’m excited for this week too! I really wanted to see Victor get something out of his comfort zone however. It’s been contemp, broadway, contemp and now jazz? I’m happy to see that Nollee gets Laurieann to give them a forceful push in the right direction.
I’m excited for the new choreographer. I didn’t know who he was until I saw your clips and I think he’s going to be amazing!
Would appreciate it if you sourced the spoilers but thanks for a more thorough background on Spencer!
What a interesting combination! I hope Legacy & Kathryn could be survived!