SYTYCD At The Academy Awards!!
Former SYTYCD dancers have been tweeting about the Oscars for a while (as has Adam Shankman), so I was prepared to look for them. There were stunning performances to the nominated songs. The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers were amazing! I only managed to recognize Kayla dancing during the regular telecast (she was very prominent), but after watching Rickey’s video, I was able to identify more dancers – Kathryn, I’m pretty sure, and definitely Travis Wall. Among others that I’m sure you’ll catch. As always, Ricky has a great video from the Oscar performance, so check it out!
Rickey has a still of a Kupono sighting (HOW did he get that seat?!) and I think Kupono summed up Oscar night best via Twitter:
OSCARs was ABSOLUtELY RiDiCULOuS!!!! Now it’s off to the AFTeR PARtY for SCANDaLS of the YEAR!!!!!! 40 minutes ago via mobile web
But y’all, there is SO MUCH cool chatting happening on Twitter, you have to check out all your favorite dancers via John’s SYTYCD list.
I found some great videos for you. First, a “Meet the Choreographers” video with Adam and both Kayla and Travis as assistant choreographers. And a slew of fun audition videos, including a “Behind the Screen” one.
Yay to Adam for making his SYTYCD dancers so prominent at the Oscars. I hope he produces again!
First one I thought I saw was Russell. In the Fantastic Mr. Fox dance? Then I of course saw Kayla and WHOOPED! 🙂
I find it strange that they introduced them as street dancers—there were a number of hip hop dancers but the majority seemed pretty much only familiar with the street in front of the American Ballet Theater. And that was only from seeing as they sprinted to and from their cabs.
In any case, the hip hop sections seemed so forced. The music and the choreography met in such an obtuse way that it was somewhat unpleasant. But still a solidly good effort.
Katee was in behind the scenes one!! u can see her at 1:05!
I thought I saw one of Jacobs trademark leg extensions up to the ceiling at one point. I also thought I saw Kathryn as well as Travis. any of the B-boy’s Hok or Dominic?
@Glory: I had a little gleeful reaction to seeing Katee, too. 🙂
@Megan: Rickey mentions seeing Jakob in the routine and Jakob’s been Tweeting about the Oscars. I’m pretty sure I saw Kathryn as well. Not sure about Hok or Dominic, though.
At -2.56 of the video, Kathryn is definitely in the bottom right of the screen. At -.17, Kayla is on the left, Kathryn on the right, and isn’t that Jannine in there also? Kayla had the lead female role in the entire dance – good for her!
Kupono must have been what they call a seat filler. They sit in empty seats while the stars are presenting or other thing. Plus Jamal Sims and Anne Fletcher were credited for Choreography. They have both choreographed for the step up movies.
Lol, Amanda. There’s a movie called the Seat Filler. I should have thought of that. Hey, y’all? If you pause at -.15, is that Kupono in the center??
Ivan from season 2 was in the Hurt Locker piece…you can see him throughout, but particularly towards the end of that section on the left side of the screen.
lol seat filler isnt a name of a movie. its more of a job to keep seats filled at award shows, so there wont be empty seats while on air.
@Amanda: It IS a movie – about a seat filler. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379487/
Dominic and Hok were not there they were with quest crew in Atlantic city, accoding to doms twitter page
ha ha interesting about the movie thing.
Russell, Kathyrn, Jakob, Channing all easy to spot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdYUSOeWEpU
Thats not Channing,,, thats Kayla And u can also see Legacy!!!