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threeleftfeet

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  1. I have no problem with Denys leaving the competition. He's a professional dancer with a career; he made the right choice for his career at this point. I do have a problem with the lack of respect Nigel showed him. As an adult, you graciously accept the decisions of other adults. If I leave my job to work elsewhere, I expect my manager/supervisor to be polite, respectful and wish me well. Deny's actions are no different than my quitting my job - it inconveniences my employer, and means they have to hire someone else. If I heard of someone being treated with petulance and nastiness on departure, I would never work for that individual. I expect people in authority to act with class and maturity. The promos played that "you wasted our time" and cut to Denys frequently to set it up; It was churlish and nasty. What was the purpose? They knew, before those auditions were shown, that Denys was going to pull out. But, they made sure to feature him in all of the auditions and then foreshadow the leavetaking and creatively edit and make it as unpleasant and petulant as possible. The camera angles, cutaways, and staging made it fairly apparent, to my eyes, that they had created that dialogue with a specific effect in mind. If Nigel did indeed respect working dancers with careers, he wouldn't take potshots at someone who is successful and with credibility (actually, if he had any class, he wouldn't take potshots at anyone, but, I've realized that Nigel and class are two very disparate things). I'd actually have used a different arc to establish SYTYCD credibility: hilight Denys in auditions, emphasize how much he had "gained" from a SYTYCD win, and then get all "ooh WOW!" over his having to pull out to continue to be successful - and show the competition wins. Would have promoted SYTYCD as a place to grow ... instead of a place where you get abused and humiliated on national TV. They could even have he and Antonina perform a full-out DanceSport routine to generate excitement about how amazing real ballroom looks ... but what do I know, I enjoy seeing positive not negative on TV. I've seen quotes that professional dancers look down on SYTYCD and that many hesitate to audition as a result. I think Nigel just encouraged every professional, working dancer to NOT audition for the show. Denys quietly moved back into the dance discipline after he won, moving forward in his career and honing his art as a ballroom dancer. He used the money he won to finance his growth as a dancer. He didn't move to LA, become a backup dancer, or try to book appearances. I had actually always wondered what happened to him ... I'm very pleased and proud that he's as accomplished as he is, and that he's achieved all that he has. I'm also very impressed that he's got the dignity and style to not react to the nastiness of Nigel ... well done on Denys's part. But, YMMV. and I apologize for the long post
  2. Yes ... I would like to see all of the dancers attempt a ballet routine, to be fair to the ballet dancers who have to perform the other styles. I am still annoyed over Nigel insisting that Chehon move like a hip hop or ballroom dancer, both of which are very specific disciplines, when he didn't put the hip hop, animator, or ballroom dancers in dance belt and ballet slippers and make them execute ballet steps with ballet posture and quality of execution. Apparently, the Top 20 were notified by phone, it wasn't a real "thing" we saw tonight. They were just telling them they were through for consideration for being in the Top 20 ... or some such nonsense.
  3. ^^^^ this. Absolutely agree. But, I am so disappointed that I won't see Denys dance. [maybe that other show will put the two of them on to perform ... ]
  4. I so badly want Denys to go through. I went back and watched his routines from SYTYCD Canada, and I want to see him perform again on the stage. Plus, he would bring what has been missing for me for too many seasons with the competitors: maturity and depth. Aannnddd, he looks wicked good shirtless ...
  5. Lurker posting on this one ... I have an extra rib. So do 1 in 200/500 people. So, statistically ... not that hugely unusual.
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