SYTYCD: Who is this blonde chick with the "saucy" winks and abbreviated movement? What the hell? I saw nothing special.
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Side note: what fresh hell is Mary's hair in Texas? I mean, I know that the bigger the hair, the closer to Gawd, but I wasn't aware that he had an affinity for poodles.
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SYTYCD: Who is this blonde chick with the "saucy" winks and abbreviated movement? What the hell? I saw nothing special.
Yeah, wtf?! Came here to see if I missed something. I actually think it's the editors fucking with us, since she's so obviously Nigel's type.
I was watching SYTYCD. So many people killing me ded with the cuteness.
What happened on The Voice?
The Voice: I agree with who went home, although there are really two or three other people I'd have been equally happy to lose tonight. As others have noted, Shakira's new hair is a no-no. Oh, dear.
SYTYCD
It's dance day. Yay!! Sashay, little jazz babies.
I DVR'ed so I get to post here and pretend I'm watching it live here with all of you because Buffistas make everything more fun. Oh, and there is still a standing invitation for any LA reality TV denizens or people who happen to be in the LA area and want to watch SYTYCD at Casa Kat. The only requirements are a love of dance, hatred of NappyTab, comfort with imperious black cats and imperviousness to extremely yellow living room wall paint.
LA, Day 2
Nicholas “Slick” Stewart - Ugh, I really dislike bone breaking. Nicholas Stewart seems like a cutie, though, despite the unfortunate orange dye job. Well, let’s hope he can bring it. So sad that he moved to LA to find a safer environment. Says a lot about the BK. He probably fits in really well on the boardwalk in Venice. Well, I was glad to see he is more than just a bone breaker. The opening section was great with just the little waves and such and the glides. But . . .oooh, no, once the shirt came off it was just . . . a lot. I’m sure bone breaking is very difficult, but it is just, it’s contortionism, not dance. Very fit for a circus, but . . . how do you choreograph for that? I’m . . . ummm . . . yeah. I appreciate it? I don’t know. Off to choreo with you, sir.
Alex Kessinger – As always, I don’t care that you were abandoned as a kid. Put your dancin’ shoes on. And she’s a blond competition kid who brought along her dance mom. Ooookay. I’m trying to reserve judgement here, kiddo, but you are not making it easy. The beginning of her audition piece was just a whole lot of garbage and vamping. We got sixteen, maybe even twenty four, counts in and she still hadn’t really started dancing yet.Once she started, she had some decent technique. Nice triple turn into a plié in second. All her turns were actually super solid which is always nice to see. Good center. She’s pretty grounded, but she has awful, awful, competition studio habits. Over egging the pudding, as Nigel would say. And the fake smile and flirt with the judges face all the time was killing me. Killing me softly. Ugh, it’s just wrong. Somebody needs to break this girl down right quick. I nominate Miss Debbie Allen.
Kat, you know we will return to imperious cats and lovely yellow rooms in the future. But I'm super happy to hear your thoughts on Miss Nigel 2013 and hope you give us more! I seriously read it out loud to bob bob so we can intelligently evaluate what we saw.
Sebastian Serra – Puerto Rico. Awwww, yeah. What a gorgeous little ballet boy. My word, that first Russian split leap was everything. He’s incredibly dynamic. Although I will say that for me there’s something a little juvenile and unfinished about his work. The dynamic was shading into the frantic a little bit and I wish he’d dance through the music more. It was a little bit choppy. I don’t know much about the Orlando Ballet, but I doubt he’s a principal with the company. That said, he’s got a little something something. And no, he can’t krump, but he was a good sport about it. He has solid fundamentals. Bad fashion but solid fundamentals. Also, JTF would really like to do him, so that’s already a little gold star in my book.
Montage-o-rama: Girl in green with very shaky turns, nope. Girl in blue bra, I’d like to see more of her in Vegas. Hot latin ballroom couple is hot. Cute black tapper is cute.
Mischa and Maria – More Russians. Yesssssss. When will they catch moose and squirrel? I love their accents. Adorable. Shut it down, from the first pose. That’s what they did. Yes. These two were giving me life. I want the dress, the belt, the hair, the everything of Maria. And Mischa is just . . . mmmph. Damn. So sharp. All the little head snaps, just stop it. Look at the feet and the hands on these two. Dancing all the way through the pinkies. I can’t even. These two are amazing. They even had the b-boys in the audience hooting and hollering, what? I love how much those little dancers in the audience love seeing good dancers auditioning!
Trench coat Cat is sooo sparkly.
Contemporary Native American hoop dance? Dancing ballet en pointe in a chicken costume. Male en pointe dancing female role? Why? Joke auditions, I rebuke you.
Emilio/Milli – I believe it’s Milli as in Lil Wayne/A Milli, not Thoroughly Modern, but the fact that the Broadway show was JTF’s reference point has just endeared him to me even more. Anyway, this kid was really kind of spectacular. And luckily not at all Chbeeb-like. I was worried about that because he seriously looks like a mini-Chbeeb, but he’s a much different kind of popper, all quick hits and isolations where Chbeeb was all about the waves. I enjoyed him. I’m glad that the judges put him through to choreo because he needs to show and prove that he can do other styles and pick up quickly, but I would not be averse to seeing him again in Vegas.
McKinsey – She’s very pretty, isn’t she? Shame that she doesn’t know the difference between subject and object pronouns. Gorgeous dancer. I guess when you move like that, you can say pronouns schmonouns. This girl’s core is phenomenal. And she’s got turn out of the gods. It’s kind of sick. And she’s very musical. I thought her whole performance was quite lovely. She should do well if she can work it out on some hip hop, provided they get some choreographers capable of turning out decent hip hop routines this season which is not at all a given.
Chroeo Round – Milli-beeb was not bad at all. I’m not surprised they put him through. Slick was struggling. I’m glad that they resisted the urge to put him through. I’m also glad that he showed such grace in going home. I wanted to see that girl with all the hair. She was cute as a button.