Taralightner

It’s required to be in uniform shape. I don’t know what they require other than what we see.

That’s what professional athletes do. I agree it’s a BIG ASK for such small pay, but if you want to be a successful DCC, that’s what you have to do. I say, there’s lots of jobs for great dancers... DCC is a wonderful opportunity, and it opens doors, but all of that needs to be weighed with the sacrifices required. Dancers on Broadway are contractually obligated to take dance classes outside of their show rehearsals.

I don’t know about 15, but I don’t know how tall she is. I DO see a bulge coming out of her top- on the side. I also see enough tummy; I bet there’s some jiggling going on. She’s running out of time to lose it, because that much won’t come off in a couple of weeks, IMO.

Plus your metabolism gets used to the intense cardio that they’re doing night after night, so people that struggle with body type will always have to add different types of work-outs to actually lose weight. If she’s going through a drive-through at 11pm every night, or binge eating after practice and isn’t adding another type of work out during the day, she could put on weight easily. That obviously requires a ton of discipline.

Gotta love studios that value comp wins and tuition over teaching solid technique. And, the injury thing is a REAL concern. I just don’t know how some studio owners sleep at night! I also don’t know anything about Pom style, but some DCC hopefuls grow up with that or cheer as their focus, so they miss the technical training unless they also take ballet, tap and jazz, IMO

She NEEDS ballet- it’s the foundation of all dance (except hip hop, but most hip hop choreographers have had some ballet and use the foundational terminology). She needs it to learn and develop turn-out, feet extension, basic “movement” terminology, balance and turns just to name a few core concepts. If she’s great at it, DO NOT let her go on pointe until she’s at least 13-14 (or at her first period). Studios push that early if they think they are going to lose a kid without putting her “up”.

Wasn’t Ashley the one who had trained with Kitty the entire previous year, but just couldn’t get there? She tried out the year before and didn’t make it to camp, but softened her look the year she made it into TC. She also was cut the same night the other candidate (can’t remember her name, but she said that Tom Landry was a current cowboy’s coach.. lol. Judy said, ummm, he’s no longer living). Ashley couldn’t remember Jason Garrett’s name during that quiz session, so she took her study sheet into the office when she was being cut.

Again I say, Colby??

But Christina is not really in the conversation. I know a lot of people don’t like her, but unless there’s something coming out of camp that I don’t know about, she’s a vet and won’t get cut unless she does something like Holly or Erica or Jenna. eTA: please ignore. Our posts happened at the same time. ? I respect your opinion.

My bad. I was trying to quote the other poster and caught your reply by mistake. Sorry... not meant for you. My apologies!

Love her or not, Christina is a vet. Why would she even be included in the conversation this late in camp? I know vets can be cut, but there’s been zero indication out of the organization that she’s been in danger at all. Just trying to understand your point of view.

Ummm... Colby??

Bravo to Kelly: “here’s the proposal, we are not renewing your contract. Please don’t show up for filming, and we won’t send cameras to your house.” (They could have also said, “your services are no longer needed,” or, “we no longer think you have a story to tell,” or, “our legal dept. thinks you are a risk to the show,” or, “YOU’RE FIRED!” Kelly to Bravo: (After several attempts to renegotiate the proposal, “I agree that we cannot come to acceptable terms.” It’s well known that Aviva represented her during these negotiations. For all of you that are going to start fact checking, and posting about the lack of proof for this post, please note: it’s humor. Please don’t bombard me with attempts to insert reasons why this is incorrect. Also, sometimes some people don’t find my humor to their liking. I’m ok with that. ?

I was poking fun at them, not trying to prove anything. She said 400 over and over but there were numbers printed above 400. I thought it was funny. That’s all. I think the explanation has already been offered and accepted. They lied about how many wanted to audition.

Thanks for the screenshot! Here’s another observation about how stupid they think the viewer is. WHY have any numbers ABOVE 400, if they want us to believe that there were 400 there? Above, see 401-404 and 406 made the cut. Poor 405; “she” just didn’t stand out.

@Anita- I wanted to make sure you saw this. @CrazyEve- Anita was the poster asking the question, and as it seems I steered her the wrong way, I wanted to make sure she got this information. And, Anita, it looks like Eve found a website that works!

Yes. With some small leaps and jumps in between. Lots of strength to do all of that at once!

It is an advanced form of a pirouette. The turn starts with the dancer sweeping her leg in front of her to 90 degrees. Then the leg moves to their side (what we call second position). This motion starts the dancer turning. The move is complete when the dancer “closes” her leg to passé (toe to the other knee- they use passé a lot in the kick line). The cool thing about these turns is that they can be done one after another without stopping by sweeping the leg out to their front again, and just repeating. Most advanced dancers to several pirouettes to completely finish the sequence. Since they have been spinning for several revolutions, the momentum allows for more pirouettes than some dancers can do from a standing position. I forgot to add that the “working leg,” the one that the dancer is “standing on,” moves up to releve (on their ball of their foot) to plié (knee bent) while the turn is happening. This is why the dancer looks like they are going up and down during the turn. (Changing levels in dancer speak) I hope this makes sense. You can try one put your right leg out in front of you, swing it to the right side... you will notice that your body automatically starts turning in that direction. Now bring your right toe to your left knee and swing it out front again. You can do this while holding a chair (or a countertop). Congrats. You’ve just done an intermediate barre excercise!

40. I think Holly85 meant to say that :)

The answer is they don’t dance. They might PLAY, but they don’t dance. I don’t start any kid in class until at least 4, or a very advanced 3 year old who is about to turn 4. I’m a dance teacher. Not a babysitter. Also, at younger than 4, the language skills aren’t developed enough to understand the rules of class much less to be able to ask questions when they need to.

“Gina’s mother visits from Long Island; Emily’s mother in law gives great advice” So if you don’t love the newbies, please listen to what their moms have to say- I’m sure you will like them then... thanks, Bravo... like that’s going to help.

Shannon gets her daughter’s opinion on her new business venture; Tamra finds out her broken foot may require surgery; Gina’s mother visits from Long Island, NY; Emily’s mother in law gives great advice; Vicki gets raked over the coals at dinner.

I’d be drunk by 11am every day. Lol

Right, but before prelims, no one knows that two vets would be cut. Also, people are saying that Kelli’s announcement that at least 13 would make it, assumes that she’s leaving room for potential vet cuts, but the raw numbers show that she’s not. 23 + 13 is 36- the stated goal for the final team. I personally think that they are going to end up with 40 this year, but that’s just my opinion. The last time I said that here (over a week ago) I was shouted down.

I think there's a big difference between the terms: dance team and dance company and professional ballet companies. They really can’t really be compared in my opinion.