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So You Think You Can Dance 2009 on Ellen

Mark, Katee, Courtney, Kherington, Josh, and Gev headed on to the Ellen DeGeneres show to celebrate the premiere of So You Think You Can Dance season 5. What a great way to start So You Think You Can Dance 2009. Nice to see a bunch of familiar faces as well:

Man, I fogot how much I loved Kherington. This video didn’t have enough Kherington for me. Not to mention Josh and Katee together. That was beautiful and cute little Courtney was great too. Let’s hope season 5 of So You Think You Can Dance is just as amazing.

May 20, 2009 I Written By

Just call me Charlie...but where are my angels?

Courtney Galiano and the Knicks City Dancers

I always love when I find some interesting updates about some of my past favorites from So You Think You Can Dance. Courtney Galiano has to have been one of the most gracious dancers to have ever graced the So You Think You Can Dance stage. There was something wonderful about her innocence.

Today, one of Pure So You Think You Can Dance readers pointed me to a post on The Monitor (a blog about Madison Square Garden) that had some great videos about Courtney Galiano.

Check out this video of Courtney talking about being a Knicks City Dancer alumni, New York, Madison Square Garden and So You Think You Can Dance. It also has pictures of Courtney reunited with Gev for a performance at Madison Square Garden.

I have to admit that I feel like a bit sad that I didn’t know that Courtney was previously a Knicks City Dancer. I should have known that, but I didn’t. Oh well, better late than never.

Here’s another nice interview of Courtney Galiano talking about her experience on So You Think You Can Dance.

Anyone else have information on what Courtney Galiano’s working on since being on the show? I’d love to hear an update. Feel free to leave a comment or send me the info on the contact Pure So You Think You Can Dance page.

January 27, 2009 I Written By

Just call me Charlie...but where are my angels?

Review of So You Think You Can Dance Tour – Kansas City

A big thanks to Selly from Dance Outlook for sending us the following writeup about the So You Think You Can Dance Tour visit to Kansas City. If you have been to a different city and have pictures, videos or want to write about your experience, then let us know. About one more month left for the So You Think You Can Dance tour and there are still tickets available for future tour stops.

Without further ado, here’s Selly’s experience and pictures from the So You Think You Can Dance Kansas City tour stop:
On Wednesday night, I attended the 2008 SYTYCD Tour at Sprint Center in Kansas City. I had amazing seats (thanks to presale) in the 5th row. I actually enjoyed the show more than I expected to. This has been my least favorite season, but I had a lot of fun seeing all of the dances live. I didn’t take notes, so this isn’t going to be a formal review by any means, but just some general notes/comments.

Kherington needs to close her mouth. Instead of smiling at inappropriate times like she did on the show, most of her facial expressions are approximately :O This was actually one of the first things I noticed during the show.

After the requisite video montage of Nigel’s Top 5 “memorable” (aka bad) auditions, the dancers came out and performed Shane Sparks’s Elevator group number.

The dancers were introduced and did mini-solos. They then re-introduced themselves live. Katee then said that she would not be performing at all that night due to injury. I knew she had hurt her back, but I still had hope for at least the Will/Katee Complexions Pas De Deux or at least No Air.

Twitchington performed first with their “We’re Escaped Convicts” hip hop by Napoleon and Tabitha. Among other dances, they did a “world tour” of dance styles from around the world featuring Thayne and Chelsie’s Cha Cha, Josh and Twitch’s Trepak which Gev introduced in Russian (and a dress), Courtney and Mark’s Viennese Waltz (once again, Gev wore a dress), and the group Bollywood number.

Some of the highlights of the night for me were Bleeding LoveLeona Lewis - Bleeding Love - Single - Bleeding Love, Five Guys Named MoeVarious Artists - Five Guys Named Moe (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Five Guys Named Moe, The GardenMirah - Advisory Committee - The Garden, The Dance, Twitchington’s “Bed” contemporary (which I have rose petals from in my purse), Money Money, and pretty much anything involving Chelsea H., Courtney, or Mark.

Despite the odd facial expression, I was actually really impressed by Kherington. Because all of the dances involving Katee except for group numbers were cut, some “emergency backup dances” were added in addition to the ones on the normal set list. These included Courtney and Josh’s Frankenstein hip hop (which I have no recollection of ever seeing before), Courtney and Gev’s Rumba, Jessica and Will’s “Shirt” contemporary, Marksie’s Kiss Kiss jazz and Twitchington’s Too Darn Hot Broadway.

I think there were a coupe other Courtney dances added, too. Because Katee did not perform, Jessica King did her solo which I was not at all impressed with. I know there’s a lot I haven’t talked about, but it’s really hard to remember everything. However, if you have any specific questions, it would probably make it a lot easier for me to come up with an answer than to post every single little detail that I can dredge up.

At one of the merchandise stands, I bought a tour t-shirt (just the regular one, not anything dancer-specific), leggings, and a program, all of which were ridiculously overpriced, but super cute. People were going crazy with grabbing fake money, rose petals, and confetti when they swept the stage off. I managed to grab some rose petals and ended up with a random lost bobby pin from the stage in an attempt to get confetti.


I took a lot of pictures before intermission, when my camera
conveniently died, but I’m fairly sure my camera is broken. They all
turned out massively blurry and most of them had weird lines across
them. I tried to pick out some of the better ones though.

Stay on your toes,

Selly from Dance Outlook

October 17, 2008 I Written By

Just call me Charlie...but where are my angels?

Favorite Dance Videos from the Finale of So You Think You Can Dance

Along the same lines as my previous SYTYCD Finale posts, here’s all the judges favorite videos from the final results show.

Nigel Lythgoe’s Pick
Katee Shean and Joshua Allen danced Bollywood to the song “Dhoom Taana” from Om Shanti Om choreographed by Nakul Dev Mahajan
Shahrukh Khan, Arjun Rampal, Deepika Padukone & Shreyas Talpade - Om Shanti Om (Music from the Film) - Dhoom taana
Video of So You Think You Can Dance Finale – Joshua & Katee

Mary Murphy’s pick
Katee Shean and Stephen “Twitch” Boss danced Contemporary to the song “Mercy”—Duffy choreographed by Mia Michaels
Duffy - Rockferry - Mercy
Mercy – Original Music Video
Video of So You Think You Can Dance Finale – Katee & Twitch

Top 5 Male dancers group dance to the song “Five Guys Named Moe” from Five Guys Named Moe (Broadway; Choreographer: Nigel Lythgoe)
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Five Guys Named Moe: Original Decca Recordings, Vol. 2 - Five Guys Named Moe
Video of So You Think You Can Dance Finale – The Top 5 Guys

Adam Shankman’s Pick
Courtney Galiano and Mark Kanemura danced Jazz to the song “The Garden”—Mirah choreographed by Sonya Tayeh
Mirah - Advisory Committee - The Garden
Video of So You Think You Can Dance Finale – Courtney & Mark

Video of So You Think You Can Dance Finale – Katee & Will

Lil C’s Pick
Chelsie Hightower and Mark Kanemura danced Hip-Hop to the song “Bleeding Love”—Leona Lewis choreographed by Napoleon D’umo and Tabitha D’umo
Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love - Single - Bleeding Love
Leona Lewis - Spirit (Deluxe Version) - Bleeding Love – Original Music Video
Video of So You Think You Can Dance Finale – Chelsie & Mark

Adam Shankman’s pick
Comfort Fedoke and Stephen “Twitch” Boss danced Hip-hop to the song “Forever”—Chris Brown choreographed by Dave Scott
Chris Brown - Forever - Single - Forever
Forever – Original Music Video
Video of So You Think You Can Dance Finale – Comfort & Twitch

Mary Murphy’s Pick
Courtney Galiano and Gev Manoukian danced Rumba to the song “Wishing on a Star”—Rose Royce choreographed by Tony Meredith and Melanie LaPatin
Rose Royce - Rose Royce Greatest Hits - Wishing on a Star
Video of So You Think You Can Dance Finale – Courtney & Gev

Nygel Lythgoe’s pick
Katee Shean and Joshua Allen danced Hip-hop to the song “No Air”—Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown choreographed by Napoleon D’umo and Tabitha D’umo
Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown - Jordin Sparks - No Air
Video of So You Think You Can Dance Finale – Katee & Joshua

Debbie Allen’s pick
Kherington Payne and Stephen “Twitch” Boss danced Viennese waltz to the song “A New Day Has Come”—Celine Dion choreographed by Jean-Marc Genereux
Céline Dion - A New Day Has Come - A New Day Has Come
A New Day Has Come – Original Music Video

August 8, 2008 I Written By

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Final So You Think You Can Dance Poll

I really don’t think there’s much argument that Joshua Allen was a great dancer and was very deserving of the prize of America’s Greatest Dancer. However, after the success of my top 4 SYTYCD poll, I thought it would be fun to put a couple polls up to see how readers of this site would vote for their FAVORITE dancer and then for the BEST dancer.

Here’s the poll for your FAVORITE So You Think You Can Dance season 4 dancer.

Here’s the poll for the BEST So You Think You Can Dance season 4 dancer.

August 7, 2008 I Written By

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SYTYCD Top 10 Elimination Music

What a show!! Both of my favorites get sent home. Sucks for me. I guess that’s why I’m posting this music a little later than usual. If I’m late just check the music from past SYTYCD episodes.

Group dances:
All dancers: “JBJ” from Jhoom Barabar Jhoom by Shankar Mahadevan, Sunidhi Chauhan & Zubin (Bollywood; Choreographer: Nakul Dev Mahajan)
Shankar Mahadevan, Sunidhi Chauhan & Zubin - Jhoom Barabar Jhoom - JBJ
Female dancers: “Ave Maria”—Celine Dion (Contemporary; Choreographer: Mia Michaels)
Céline Dion - These Are Special Times - Ave Maria
Male dancers: “Five Guys Named Moe” from Five Guys Named Moe (Broadway; Choreographer: Nigel Lythgoe)
Various Artists - Five Guys Named Moe (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Five Guys Named Moe

Solos:
Comfort Fedoke: “Egypt, Egypt”—Egyptian Lover
The Egyptian Lover - King of Ecstasy (His Greatest Hits Album) - Egypt Egypt
Mark Kanemura: “Black Betty”—Ram Jam
Ram Jam - The Very Best of Ram Jam - Black Betty
Kherington Payne: “Myphilosophy”—Inner
Inner - Unquiet Grave Vol. 4 - myphilosophy
Gev Manoukian: “Feeling Good”—Michael Bublé
Michael Bublé - It's Time - Feeling Good

Eliminated:
Kherington Payne
Gev Manoukian

Elimination songs:
Kherington Payne: “Forever You May Run”—Gavin Rossdale
Gavin Rossdale - Wanderlust - Forever May You Run
Gev Manoukian: “It Ends Tonight”—All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects - Move Along - It Ends Tonight

July 17, 2008 I Written By

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Tons of Songs from SYTYCD Top 10 – Solos and Couples

After dealing with Jessica being out and Comfort back in, there was 2 hours of incredible dancing on SYTYCD. The 2 hour show also means tons of great SYTYCD music. Here’s the full list of songs from the top 10 show.

Courtney Galiano and Joshua Allen danced Hip-Hop to the song Skippin’—Mario choreographed by Dave Scott
Mario - Go - Skippin'
Courtney Galiano and Joshua Allen danced Rumba to the song Hero—Enrique Iglesias choreographed by Jean-Marc Genereux
Enrique Iglesias - Escape - Hero
Kherington Payne and Mark Kanemura danced Country/Western Two-step to the song Kick Back—Ty England choreographed by Ronnie DeBenedetta and Brandi Jobais
New Edition - All for Love - Kickback
Kherington Payne and Mark Kanemura danced Jazz to the song Canned Heat—Jamiroquai choreographed by Tyce Diorio
Jamiroquai - Center Stage - Canned Heat
Comfort Fedoke and Stephen “Twitch” Boss danced Smooth Waltz to the song Open Arms—Journey choreographed by Hunter Johnson
Journey - Journey: Greatest Hits - Open Arms
Comfort Fedoke and Stephen “Twitch” Boss danced Hip-hop to the song Forever—Chris Brown choreographed by Dave Scott
Chris Brown - Forever - Single - Forever
Forever – Original Music Video
Katee Shean and William Wingfield danced Broadway to the song Sit Down You’re Rocking the Boat from Guys and Dolls choreographed by Tyce Diorio
Frank Loesser - Guys & Dolls - Sit Down Youre Rocking The Boat
Katee Shean and William Wingfield danced Pas de deux to the song Imagine—David Archuleta choreographed by Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson

Chelsie Hightower and Gev Manoukian danced Contemporary to the song These Arms of Mine—Otis Redding choreographed by Sonya Tayeh
Otis Redding - The Very Best of Otis Redding - These Arms of Mine
Chelsie Hightower and Gev Manoukian danced Jive to the song The House is Rockin’—Brian Setzer choreographed by Jean-Marc Genereux
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Guitar Slinger - The House Is Rockin'

Music from the Top 10 SYTYCD Solo Performances
Chelsie Hightower danced a solo to the song “Pon de Replay” sung by Rihanna
Rihanna - Music of the Sun - Pon de Replay
Gev Manoukian danced a solo to the song “Hello Goodbye (Uncool)” sung by Lupe Fiasco ft. Unkle
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's the Cool (Deluxe Version) - Hello/Goodbye [Uncool] (feat. Unkle)
Courtney Galiano danced a solo to the song “I Want You to Need Me” sung by Celine Dion
Céline Dion - All the Way... A Decade of Song - I Want You to Need Me
Mark Kanemura danced a solo to the song “Bohemian Rhapsody” sung by Queen
Queen - Classic Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Comfort Fedoke danced a solo to the song “Need a Boss” sung by Shareefa ft. Ludacris
Shareefa featuring Ludacris - Need a Boss - Single - Need a Boss
Stephen “Twitch” Boss danced a solo to the song “I Question Mark” sung by Wade Robson
Wade Robson - Wade Robson's Project - Dance Beats, Vol. 1 - I Question Mark
Katee Shean danced a solo to the song “This Woman’s Work” (MTV Unplugged) sung by Maxwell
Maxwell - Maxwell MTV Unplugged (Live) - This Woman's Work
William Wingfield danced a solo to the song “Dance With My Father” sung by Luther Vandross
Luther Vandross - Dance With My Father - Dance With My Father
Kherington Payne danced a solo to the song “Breakin’ Dishes” sung by Rihanna
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded - Breakin' Dishes
Joshua Allen danced a solo to the song “Jam” sung by Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson - Dangerous - Jam

July 16, 2008 I Written By

Just call me Charlie...but where are my angels?

SYTYCD Top 12 Elimination Music – Goodbye Comfort Fedoke and Thayne Jasperson

Here’s all the music from the SYTYCD Top 12 Elimination show. Here’s all the previous SYTYCD music.

Group dance to the song “Closer” sung by Ne-Yo (Choreographer: Napoleon D’umo and Tabitha D’umo )
Ne-Yo - Closer - Single - Closer
Guest dancer(s): Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater “Revelations” (“Sinner Man” sung by Billy Pointer)
Alvin Ailey - Revelations - Sinner Man
Musical guest: “I Kissed a Girl”—Katy Perry
Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl - Single - I Kissed a Girl
Comfort Fedoke danced a solo to the song “Oh Timbaland” sung by Timbaland
Timbaland - Shock Value - Oh Timbaland
Thayne Jasperson danced a solo to the song “Come Home” sung by OneRepublic
OneRepublic - Dreaming Out Loud - Come Home
Jessica King danced a solo to the song “Best For Last” sung by Adele
ADELE - 19 - Best for Last
William Wingfield danced a solo to the song “Daraijan” sung by Kodo
Kodo - Mondo Head - Daraijin
Kherington Payne danced a solo to the song “All We Are” sung by OneRepublic
OneRepublic - Dreaming Out Loud - All We Are
Stephen Twitch Boss danced a solo to the song “We Gonna Win” sung by Miri Ben-Ari
Miri Ben-Ari & Styles P - The Hip-Hop Violinist - We Gonna Win

STYCD Top 12 Eliminated:
Comfort Fedoke
Thayne Jasperson

SYTYCDElimination songs:
Comfort Fedoke was eliminated to the song “The Greatest” sung by Michelle Williams

Thayne Jasperson was eliminated to the song “Believe” sung by Staind
Staind - Believe - Single - Believe

July 10, 2008 I Written By

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SYTYCD Music – July 9, 2008

Back with all the music from SYTYCD. If you missed the music from past shows you can find all of it here.

Chelsie Hightower and Mark Kanemura danced the Salsa to the song Fuego sung by Joe Bataan choreographed by Alex Da Silva
Grupo Fuego - Grupo Fuego - Fuego
Chelsie Hightower and Mark Kanemura danced the Broadway to the song I’m a Woman from Smokey Joe’s Cafe choreographed by Tyce Diorio
B.J., Brenda, DeLee & Pattie - Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller - Act Two: I'm a Woman
Comfort Fedoke and Thayne Jasperson danced the Hip-hop to the song Can We Chill sung by Ne-Yo choreographed by Napoleon D’umo and Tabitha D’umo
Ne-Yo - Because of You - Can We Chill
Comfort Fedoke and Thayne Jasperson danced the Contemporary to the song A Different Corner sung by George Michael choreographed by Mandy Moore
George Michael - Twenty Five - A Different Corner
Jessica King and William Wingfield danced the Contemporary to the song Silence from Unfaithful choreographed by Tyce Diorio
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek - Unfaithful - Silence
Jessica King and William Wingfield danced the Quickstep to the song Bandstand Boogie sung by Barry Manilow choreographed by Tony Meredith and Melanie LaPatin
Barry Manilow - Ultimate Manilow - Bandstand Boogie
Courtney Galiano and Gev Manoukian danced the Cha-cha-cha to the song Don’t Stop the Music (The Wideboys Club Mix) sung by Rihanna choreographed by Anya Garnis and Pasha Kovalev
Rihanna - Don't Stop the Music (The Wideboys Club Mix) - Single - Don't Stop the Music
Courtney Galiano and Gev Manoukian danced the Jazz to the song Standing There sung by The Creatures choreographed by Mandy Moore
The Creatures - Boomerang - Standing There
Kherington Payne and Stephen “Twitch” Boss danced the Krump to the song 2 Buck 4 TV sung by Tha J-Squad choreographed by Lil’ C

Kherington Payne and Stephen “Twitch” Boss danced the Tango to the song Assassin’s Tango from Mr. and Mrs. Smith choreographed by Jean-Marc Genereux
John Powell - Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Assassin's Tango
Katee Shean and Joshua Allen danced the Viennese Waltz to the song Iris sung by Goo Goo Dolls choreographed by Jean-Marc Genereux
The Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl - Iris
Katee Shean and Joshua Allen danced the Bollywood to the song Dhoom Taana from Om Shanti Om choreographed by Nakul Dev Mahajan
Shahrukh Khan, Arjun Rampal, Deepika Padukone & Shreyas Talpade - Om Shanti Om (Music from the Film) - Dhoom taana

July 9, 2008 I Written By

Just call me Charlie...but where are my angels?

My Projected and My Personal So You Think You Can Dance Top 10

Everyone knows that making the top 10 on So You Think You Can Dance is a huge deal since that means that you get to go on the So You Think You Can Dance tour. Sure, they always take a couple alternates, but it’s much better to have your name in lights as part of the top 10.

So, without further ado here is my projected top 10 finalists of So You Think You Can Dance and then who I personally think should be in the top 10.

Projected So You Think You Can Dance Top 10 (and my projected locks)
Girls
Kherington Payne (lock)
Courtney Galiano (lock)
Katee Shean (lock)
Chelsie Hightower
Jessica King

Guys
Twitch – Stephen Boss (lock)
Joshua Allen (lock)
Gev Manoukian
Mark Kanemura
Will Wingfield (lock as long as the judges are choosing)

Personally So You Think You Can Dance Top 10 (Basically who I would keep in my top 10)
Girls
Kherington Payne
Courtney Galiano
Katee Shean
Comfort Fedoke
Jessica King

Guys
Twitch – Stephen Boss
Joshua Allen
Gev Manoukian
Mark Kanemura
Thayne Jasperson

What do you all think?

July 5, 2008 I Written By

Just call me Charlie...but where are my angels?