'Objects In Space'
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All that was missing was big, gold ropes and bamboo earrings (at least two pair!)
oh, but they were there. Just the one pair, though
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I think contemporary dance routines lose dancers more votes than dancing poorly does, no matter how good (or not) a routine it is.
for me contemporary just looks like a lot of running and flailing and throwing themselves at each other. The only contemporary dance I've liked was the hummingbird/flower one.
for me contemporary just looks like a lot of running and flailing and throwing themselves at each other. The only contemporary dance I've like was the hummingbird/flower one.
Agree! I think Neil locked it up last night, modern or no.
ETA; tonight! where is my head.
for me contemporary just looks like a lot of running and flailing and throwing themselves at each other. The only contemporary dance I've liked was the hummingbird/flower one.
This season or overall? Did you not like the Travis/Heidi bench dance last season?
I think I missed that one. I've seen snippets, and it looks interesting.
I wasn't blown away by the hummingbird contemporary this season and I'm not a huge fan of the Travis/Heidi bench dance from last season. I did love the Ivan/Allison "Why" from last season and I loved the first Mia contemporary this season with Lacey/Kameron. I think a lot of contemporary on this show winds up being a lot of flail, flail, run, throw your hair around. And even that can be good and engaging with good dancers (I'm thinking of the Ashle/Melody "Message in a Bottle" contemporary by Mia waaaaay back in S1). I just think most of the contemporary this season has been tired (Shauna/Cedric by Mia, Danny/Anya by Tyce) or has been well choreographed with dancers who couldn't deliver (Neil/Lauren goggle dance).
oh, but they were there. Just the one pair, though
Well, shut my mouth and call me LL. Yet another reason to re-watch this dance.
I've loved contemporaries in teh past, but it tends to be very hit or miss for me. And I didn't love Mia's tonight. I felt bad (and i LOOOOOOVE mia) but it didn't do much for me.
I think it's the tendency to point his toes at the end of every movement, even if it's supposed to be flat footed
Yes--there was a contemporary where he was doing the flat-foot thing, and I could practically FEEL him doing it
And. HAMMER DANCE!
The only dances I didn't really like were the hip hop (which was largely because of Danny, bless him) and the contemporary, because I didn't think they danced enough. I thought the rhumba (lack of rhumba notwithstanding) the latin jazz and the argentine tango were all very hot, and apparently I am willing to give a pass for hotness.
Pasha and Sabra are totally my favorites this week! I thought Pasha did surprsingly well at Broadway, and Sabra picked up the quickstep well too. Also, they sure love putting Dominic in those pants, don't they? I bet he never knew he had a flowy pants-wearer in him.
I loved watching Pasha and Sabra this week, and I'm always amazed by Danny. The judges hit upon what I've been mumbling to my DH on the couch every week -- he disobeys the laws of physics when he just steps in/out of those spins like there's no momentum/gravity push/pulling at him. It's unworldly.
Did anyone else feel like they were being manipulated by the whole build up to Mia's dance? While I realize that this was especially personal for her, I still felt like the narration that this was about her and her Dad and his death, etc., translated to "Dare you to criticize it and/or Lacey and Neil because then you'll be dissing my dead Daddy!"
I'm a cold hearted beeyoch, I know. Still. Anyone else?
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