Okay, that's three times I've cried now.

What I love about this show during the audition rounds is always how inclusive the dancers are, and how supportive. If someone gets up there and blows everybody away, they stand up and cheer and applaud. I love that.

What I love about this show during the audition rounds is always how inclusive the dancers are, and how supportive. If someone gets up there and blows everybody away, they stand up and cheer and applaud. I love that.

This. In spades!

SYTYCD!!!!

Cat looks gorgeous and I want that coat. When Cat looks good, the show looks good. It was ever thus.

NYC. Hit it, Broadway babies!

Amelia Lowe – Cutie pie. Love the haircut. She’s a little twee, but for now? Loving her. Divine dress. And she’s sweet. Great control. Great extension. Musicality and performance. A little bit shaky on the turns and I sense a whole lotta competition kid in this one. She will likely be annoying in less than a second, but good way to start the show.

Toshihiko (?) Nakazawa – The Ronald McDonald after he stuck his finger in a light socket look has got to go. I can’t believe this kid has a work visa. How? So he was cute. Solid tricks and lots of flexibility and style. I think he is kind of lacking in choreo, including his hip hop dance vocabulary . . . and the turn sequence was painful (but funny). He’s really adorable. Good on the judges for putting him through to choreo rather than Vegas. I doubt he’ll get through, but he might surprise.

Austin Freeman – The wiggle? Did you see that one black girl’s face? Best “Bitch, please” look ever!! I feel you, girl. So you want to be a celebrity? OK. But this is a show for dancers. So. . . Please, keep it moving, fool. And the kid who shouted, “Vegas”? Well played, unknown dancer. This kid wasn’t even so bad it’s memorable bad. What was the point of that?

Shafik Westbrook – Street Entertainer? I don’t care about him. Cat’s over the knee brown suede boots on the other hand? I covet. Fierce. And all of a sudden he starts dancing and I care about him. He’s gorgeous. Great quality of movement and musicality. That one move where he pushed up into kind of planche on one hand? Sick. Definitely agree with the trip straight to Vegas. With that body control? He’ll be able to pick up other stuff.

Robert and Courtney for the choreography round? Ick. Let’s hope they switch it up for other cities. And Ronald McDonald can’t pick up choreo. Who would’ve guessed it? And we didn’t even know the other ten. So that’s that for day one.

Leo Reyes – Cute little PR dancer boy. Awwww. He is an adorable pocket dancer. Don’t care about the sob story. Not even for cutie pie kids. Just dance. It’ll be OK. Blah, blah, blah, mother suicide, blah. Bring it. I’m already kinda over you, so your ass better be amazing. Pretty turn in second to start off and then he does a lot of miming to the music and look, obviously the bitch is trained, but he also has some nasty competition kid habits. Falling out of turns? Tsk, tsk. And he’s also really, really little. How’s he going to partner someone? Yeah, he’s not all that. Wont’ make it out of the first few choreography rounds in Vegas.

Keon Wespe-Shopp(?) – Looks like a Eurotrash Danny. And hello. Dances like an American Danny. Work, dammit! Where to even begin? He was everything. But when you find out you get to go to Vegas? Show some emotion, little one. You’ll need it if you don’t want to get the arrogant edit and get all the little teeny boppers voting for you.

39 through from NY to Vegas and we saw four? Ummm, no. I want more dance in my So You Think You Can Dance.

Shafik Westbrook – Street Entertainer? I don’t care about him. Cat’s over the knee brown suede boots on the other hand? I covet. Fierce. And all of a sudden he starts dancing and I care about him. He’s gorgeous. Great quality of movement and musicality. That one move where he pushed up into kind of planche on one hand? Sick. Definitely agree with the trip straight to Vegas. With that body control? He’ll be able to pick up other stuff.

Street entertainer? Please. He's already getting the Joshua edit.

Shafeek? Yeah, he was amazing.

Swiss(?) Ballet dude, amazing.

Exorcist? I was scared, but then glad I got to see it. I would like to see how it will translate to the show.

Again, no girls I loved. The mom was good, but she was made adorbs by the kid. But she's too old. What are they going to do, partner her with an 18 year old? And what is she going to do for a career? I don't mean to be all dream quashy, but you chose your kids and that's fine, but that was the choice. In other fields it doesn't matter so much, but dance? A 14 year old is too old to seriously pursue ballet.

I was Tivo'd, so I clearly missed some of the choreo, but did we see next to nothing of that? The choreo is one of my favorite parts! I bet we barely see any of the work in Vegas, too. I don't care about the overhyped stories, show me the dance!

I think there will be a learning curve with the new format. It could make it a leaner tighter show but I bet it won't.

I haven't seen Dallas yet but I have a date with my DVR tonight.

I think we didn't see much of the choreo round because it sucked. I do not have high hopes for choreography dreamed up by Robert and Courtney. I am really hoping that other cities get different former contestants.

I agree that I'm still trepedatious about the format changes, but dammit, I love this show. I'm all full up of dancer love this morning. My people, my people.

The mom was good, but she was made adorbs by the kid. But she's too old.

Probably true, but if I hadn't seen the kids or known how old she was, I wouldn't have had a clue. She's in awesome shape, and she was really good.

In a slightly SYTYCD related rant, is anyone here watching Dance Moms: Miami? (I watch both the original Dance Moms and the new one. Don't judge! They are gruesomely fascinating) Anyway, one of the studio owners and coaches/choreographers on the show is SYTYCD Viktor which is just beyond and adds exponentially to my delight in the show. But for real anyway, what I was going to say is that his choreography for his kids is everything I hate about competition studios in a nutshell. Some of his kids are really talented but the so-called choreography they are being taught consists of nothing but leg extensions. So many penchés held for minutes on end. And making seven year olds do pirouettes before they are even grounded in good technique so they think a tipsy tumbles triple turn is better than a solidly supported single. And a whole bunch of reaching out mournfully towards the audience with constipation face and hair flinging and putting a whole bunch of kids under the age of 12 in bondage gear and that is everything I hate about competition kids in a nutshell but it's not their fault because that's what they are taught. And 10 years from now those kids are going to be trying out for SYTYCD and that's sad.

Anyway, Dance Moms: Miami. Such a good show.

Heh.

I don't watch Dance Moms because I can't bear it. But I, um, read the recaps. But I haven't seen Miami.

Ooooh, recaps! Where? I would love to read someone else ripping on Dance Moms.

And I totally get not being able to deal with the shows because all the adults on them are hideous and those poor kids are all going to need years of therapy. I have no defense for my bizarre love for these shows other than morbid curiousity. And the fact that some of the kids are actually really, really talented. That little Maddie on Dance Moms is a superstar. She's ridiculous.