S11.E05: Pasadena Callbacks

[ToxicUnicorn]

Anya and Dmitri have never looked better.  Wowza!  They were awesome.  Totally agree that I wanted to see more.

 

In other alumni news, I continue to think Travis should shut up.  He can be such a jerk when he opens his mouth.  And while we're on the subject of tatoos, I found his new ones distracting and ugly.  Amy - who was her partner in the demo?  They killed it.  I was totally unimpressed with Mackenzie - and I had liked her when she was on the show.

 

So many ballroom people in the Top 20!  Hooray!  I'm a little surprised about who made it, though.  While I thought Malene and her partner had the sexiest audition ever (in a good way), she didn't look strong enough to make it all the way, from what little we saw.  However, I did really enjoy her group's number, very and she is very pretty.

 

Perfectly happy with Serge, Marcquet, and Nick as the ballroom guys, but I would have preferred Landon and Armen.  (So, so glad they cut Selena.  Mary was right - it was ridiculous of her to think that she could teach the others international rumba.  I think she HAD to have wanted to tank them and show herself off.)  Tanisha of the many siblings - something about her looks gawky to me when she dances ballroom, so she's not my favorite.  I am guessing she was picked because she's memorable and heavily cross trained.  Still, she will be much more interesting to watch than Witney or Lindsey combined, x 100.  

 

Contemporary or jazz or whatever: Ricky!  Stanley!  I find Rudy oddly compelling and somewhat unique among contempo boys, and so far am not annoyed by all the tears.  I kind of like that he has so many emotions about dance.  In contrast, I had a lot of issues with Casey's audition.  He is obviously strong in technique, but he looked removed from his performance and I didn't think he had much musicality.  Eh, I hated his choreography, so I will reserve judgment on him.  On the girls side: Jessica - I agree that her solo was miles better than her audition.  IMO, she earned her spot.  I don't remember any of the other girls except Bridget (DDG).  I liked her audition because it was smooth and slowed down, but I thought she was terrible in this show.  I really think the judges made a mistake there.   I'm sad someone said Joffrey ballerina did not make it through. 

 

I don't remember Emilio from last year, but I loved him this week.  From what little I saw, I think he will be a star.  I'm excited.  I thought new father Steven was pretty great in his own style.  I hope Landon and Steven and the guy who was the last cut come back, for sure.

 

Finally, so glad tapper Zach made it on the show.  He was adorable.  I'm still a little sore that Nick the tapper was eliminated so early.  Go, Zach!  

[Nonlinear]

I felt so baldly for Armin, I thought he was pretty good in all the styles. He seems to be a very hard worker and down to earth. I felt badly for Landon, Johnny Whacks and Yaya too. Felt sad for Novian. Sigh.

 

What is the name of the dancer whose tooth got chipped? He danced beautifully. Did he get cut?

 

I think Marcquet will be quite a force! Happy that there are a lot of ballroom dancers and some ballerinas. Could Malene Ostergaard be the most attractive female dancer to be on the show? She looks stunning!

 

I want to see more of Cat!

 

I hope they stop showing Adam Shankman making faces while the dancers perform! I cannot stand it.

 

Hope there are interesting judges this season. I must say that this is one my favourite shows!

[chocolatine]

Anyone know what happened to Amir, the black ballerina who used Beyonce's Flawless and nearly flipped a gasket for Misty, the black professional ballerina judge? I loved her audition.

 

 

I saw her in one of the group shots at the beginning of the episode, but no other footage of her.

[Zuleikha]

I like hip-hop in general, agree there's a double-standard, but more than that, she was just plain interesting.

 

Yeah, visually she was interesting with her hair and dancewise she was interesting. She's been dancing such a short time from what she said; she must have a good natural gift for movement. I don't recall seeing her contemporary, but I didn't think her jazz was bad for a non-specialist. I thought it had some really good moments, and if she'd had the exclusive attention of Sonya plus more time to practice, I think it would have been fine. It's hard for me to understand how Bridget (dead daddy girl?) can be considered good enough when Bridget flubbed her own style, but Jaja wasn't considered good enough because she was mediocre in some other styles. Somewhere someone speculated that part of casting may have been based on the need for even pairs in the Meet the Top 20 episode, but I think they should have cast both Johnny Waacks and Jaja and solved that issue.

[rocketgirl96]

Did I miss what happened to Angie (the girl with the brother)? When did she get cut?

[Sharpie66]

I had a hard time following the dancers who were cut unless the show made the cut really obvious. I am still wondering when the girl from Atlanta with all the gymnastic moves was cut.

I did just finish listening to the AfterBuzz TV recap of the past three eps over on YouTube, and they had lots of behind the scenes gossip since they had Kent from S7, then S9's Tiffany on to commentate for Audition #4 and then FikShun for the callbacks. They asked Fik Shun about his dancing with Marie Poppins, and he said he was aware of her through the hip hop battle competitions where she has a great reputation, but he had only seen her at one of those battles once and had never danced with her before. Then he talked a lot about the group dance round in Callbacks and how hard it was.

Edited June 29, 2014 by Sharpie66

[NextIteration]

So, the majority of S9 has been sitting on my DVR unwatched for two years until yesterday (Nick L! Benji! Jakob!)... seems like Bridget is this year's Tiffany?  They have seemed to re-cast certain types over the seasons.

 

I think that JaJa might have been fine had they told her to go take A LOT of basic jazz/ballet and ballroom classes between callbacks and the Green Mile and that is one thing that we really don't know about - what do they communicate to those that make the Green Mile off screen before they come back. Of course, any astute dancer would do that between auditioning and callbacks or even before auditioning.  That part, the Green Mile this season was especially fake this year, showing what appears to be the same hotel.  But I guess it always seems fake, do they really believe that nobody knows that there is generally a month or so lapse of time?

[Canada]

This episode was really frustrating to watch.  I feel like there were a lot of people featured during the audition episodes that we just never saw mentioned again.  Why bother featuring them if we have no idea what happened to them?  Obviously they didn't make it though NotVegas, but it would be nice to see some follow up.  From all the comments here, I'm obviously not the only one who is wondering what happened to certain dancers.  So irritating.

 

And the editing!!!  We never did find out who Adam was accusing of unprofessionalism.

[ElleTwoThree]

I was always a huge fan of SYTYCD Australia but had not seen the revamped season this year and just started yesterday and it is funny... they have all the things we (and by we I mean mainly me) whine about here covered. They have a multicultural cast, they have dancers that go up to (gasp) age 34 (or at least that is the oldest I have seen in the audition round so far! And lots are mid to end 20ies), they mention their same sex partners and - imagine- the judges are ok with it. Oh and other than one girl whose mother had an accident (but was still alive) all the talking heads were about what they study, how they grew up, what their parents do, the kids they teach... nobody has mentioned a dead family member, pet or neighbour yet!!

Plus the first episode just whittled it down from 100 and was a lot more dance focussed. So I would recommend it highly!

 

Re: Bridget, they always cast at least one person that I always think is kind of not that great and quite clearly not as great as some of the others who got cut. Sometimes that person goes on to be amazing (and often that person gets pushed through by Nigel for weeks with a very limited fanbase and then is out). Not really being able to remember many of the other girls yet, I do have a feeling Bridget might be that person for me this year. 

Funnily most of the people I did not love when I see them in other bodies of work or as an all-star I start liking them. Jenna I did not like at all but quite enjoyed her partnering "funny fringe" (can't remember his name), I was not a FikShun fan at all and I am quite pleased seeing his muggy muggy face now and Melanie always kind of annoyed me a little and yet I got so very happy seeing her Peter Panning at the Tonys.

[ToxicUnicorn]

I so agree about how Fik-shun has grown on me.  Jenna, as well.  I would put Comfort in that category, too.

They asked Fik Shun about his dancing with Marie Poppins, and he said he was aware of her through the hip hop battle competitions where she has a great reputation, but he had only seen her at one of those battles once and had never danced with her before. 

 

Thank you so much for relaying this.  This bit of news makes me happy.

 

I have very low expectations for Bridget.  Somehow, I don't see her turning into some kind of surprise star.  I would love to be wrong.  She seemed to fall apart at any kind of fast choreo.  I highly doubt she has the staying power of Tiffany (who I think of as some kind of energizer bunny.)

 

I forgot to mention that I would have liked to know what happened to Silky.  Other than that, I'm ok with them showing auditions of both the ones who made it and the ones who did not, otherwise where would the suspense be?  At least nearly every audition has something to offer these days.

[peachmangosteen]

Did I miss what happened to Angie (the girl with the brother)? When did she get cut?

 

I believe I saw her during one of the "and these people got cut' montages. She was crying pretty hard. I really liked her.

[shimarella]

Elle Two Three, what is the best way to get a hold of the Australian SYTYCD? I really enjoyed watching that version of the show in the past. 

Yeah, I'm not particularly impressed by Bridget so I'm not rooting for her in particular.  There's still plenty to look forward to with the rest of Top Twenty so hopefully I can get past the usual producer manipulation etc. My major on-going wishes for the season are that choreographers stop thinking about Emmy set-pieces and just make good dances again...and that we see some interesting categories. They've never done House on the US version and I did enjoy West Coast Swing when they did it. More ballroom dancers maybe will equal some better variety. 

[Anothermi]

I forgot to mention that I would have liked to know what happened to Silky.  Other than that, I'm ok with them showing auditions of both the ones who made it and the ones who did not, otherwise where would the suspense be?  At least nearly every audition has something to offer these days.

 

They interspersed footage of Silky with  that of Rudy using voice over about the last to be chosen. Then they cut Silky, asking him to come back next year (he had just mentioned in voice over, about putting 5 years into this. I think this was his third-time-NOT-the-charm audition) and after that they showed Rudy being accepted.  It's hard to tell if they were the last or not, but that is how the editing monkeys decided to portray it. 

 

In past seasons they would have put Rudy and his best friend Nick together and faked them out about only one going through. I guess that is one small mercy given us by the one-show-a-week format.  No time for the usual stupidities. 

 

Re: the Australian version.  I was a little put off by the choppy editing during the initial audition episodes - I felt like I was watching a commercial - but that was dropped quite quickly.  I keep hoping that Nigel will pick up on many of the good ideas that show has and drop so many of his own that haven't worked for years. [/irrational optimism]

 

edited for spelling. 

Edited June 29, 2014 by Anothermi

[Lemons]

I saw her in one of the group shots at the beginning of the episode, but no other footage of her.

Her ballet was awful.  They only seem to show ballet if someone does some "twist" to it.  Yuccchh. 

[NextIteration]

Her ballet was awful.

 

It was bad at her level, third year at HDT, and before that she was at Point Park - I don't get it.  I do love me some pointe in other forms than classical though, so the concept of her audition appealed to me; but she didn't come close to measuring up.  I wonder what she was like out of pointe shoes, the show didn't bother to show us.  Which is frustrating since it's easy to assume that they hack, thwack and edit it all in one fell swoop.

 

Did I mention how much I hate the edit monkeys on this show?

[1TrackMind]

Oh good, it was not just me blinking and going 'Wait, where did Angie/Mr Strange/etc go?' I liked Angie! Or as I called her, 'Bubby Girl' as I often have trouble remembering names at this point.

 

I get that there is no fun in telegraphing the top 20 by only focusing on them in auditions, but I agree it would be nice to have SOME followup. I have been wondering if for some reason Mr Strange didn't even make it to NotVegas because Dragon House not having ANY coverage...?

 

I am also signing up for the 'Yaya was ROBBED' club. Even people I showed her audition who don't watch the show and are not really that into krump loved her. But we can't have someone who is not great at CONTEMPORARY now can we, heaven forbid.

[ElectricBoogaloo]

Her ballet was awful. They only seem to show ballet if someone does some "twist" to it. Yuccchh.

I agree, especially the girls. I noticed that there are two ballet girls who made the top 20 but we've barely seen them at all. I know we saw the Asian one get her ticket to Vegas but I don't remember seeing her between then and making the top 20 (and I didn't recognize the other ballet girl at all). Meanwhile we wasted all this time on Dead Daddy Girl telling us about her dead daddy again and the guy whose girlfriend went into labor who got cut.

Edited June 30, 2014 by ElectricBoogaloo

[GeorgieNY]

Just jumping on to be proud of my former colleague who won SYTYCD Australia. :-)

I only got to see a few clips this person posted, and was verklempt! I hope you guys enjoy watching, and wish I could watch the whole season!

[Lonesome Rhodes]

Uncle Nigel reached new lows with his sociological experiment.  Maybe he watched the Batman scene with the ferry boats?  He was dead on, though, with his chastising of the jidges who were openly ignoring standards and "rooting" for certain dancers.  

 

Super happy that Valerie, the tapper/ballroom girl made it.  I doubt she gets past the first Ameriker's voting, but it's a heck of an accomplishment and she certainly well represents diversity of dance.

[NextIteration]

(and I didn't recognize the other ballet girl at all).

 

Here is Jourdan's audition.  ::cringes at story::

 

This is one of the pieces that she placed with at the Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) regional (Chicago) competition years ago, she usually placed in contemporary as well.  She earned a scholarship to Walnut Hill that year, then went on to NYU Tisch.  She's now in Complexions.

 

(No, I'm not a stalker, she was my daughter's hometown HERO for years, chuckles.)

Edited June 30, 2014 by NextIteration

[thewhiteowl]

I liked Jaja,she was great at her own style and interesting. However, I have no problem with her being cut, She wasn't terrible at Jazz/Contemp but she had no extension. Even though she looked the part, in ballroom she had no hip action. I would have ended up hating her if she had been Jose'd.

[shortpplfedup]

No women of colour. Ballroom-heavy cast, likely to be a ballroom-heavy season. Bridget the terrible dancer. No Jaja, Amir, Johnny Waacks, Silky Moore, Trevor whatsisface...I'm unlikely to enjoy this season.

[crowceilidh]

I love JaJa, but I have faith that she has garnered enough positive fan support through this experience to come back with more training in the vicissitudes of other styles and blow our heads off.  I will be devastated if there isn't a season 12.  Fox is the network that cancelled Firefly, so they're capable of any fuckwittery.

[OnceSane]

I'm sad for Jaja, but I'm guessing they are really pushing for a ballroom winner this year.  I'll be rooting for the tappers, though.

[realdancemom]

Amir was terrible on pointe in her audition.  If Jourdan was the other ballet girl this season, Amir would not have looked good next to her in the Top 20 showcase this week.  I think Amir would have been good at jazz and possibly hip-hop but then there are a lot of jazz girls with better technique and flexibility.  So I think she was going for something different in her audition.

 

I would be o.k. with Jaja not making Top 20 if we were positive that there would be a Season 12.  Like I previously mentioned, she did look lumbering in the jazz round and she looked the part in ballroom but she wasn't very good at it.  Emilio and Zach looked better in the ballroom round vs. Jaja and Valerie.  I was mostly disappointed since we hardly see any female hip-hoppers.  If they wanted another hip-hopper to pair with her, I would have wanted to see Silky.  He had great musicality and I though he was really funny and had a great personality.

 

Based on what the producers showed us, my favorite girls are Jourdan, Tanisha (this is based on watching her live), and Jessica.  I changed my mind on the latter after re-watching her DFYL even though she's still terrible in hip-hop.  I also like Malene in ballrrom but since she was horrible in hip-hop, I'm not sure how versatile she is.  I tihnk Alla had a good chance of making it to the Top 20 if she didn't get injured because the producers do seem to want a lot of ballroom dancers this year.   

 

For the guys, I'm favoring Ricky.  His last solo reminded me of Billy Bell.  They dance like they have no bones.  But I think all the guys as a whole seem stronger than the girls.  I wasn't a fan of Rudy's audition but he did look good when they showed bits of his ballroom and jazz rounds.  There ae guys with better technique (like Novian who I wished made it) but I think they were going for the friends' story.  Casey has good technique but he needs to work on his performance.

Edited June 30, 2014 by realdancemom

[LadyArcadia]

I think that JaJa might have been fine had they told her to go take A LOT of basic jazz/ballet and ballroom classes between callbacks and the Green Mile and that is one thing that we really don't know about - what do they communicate to those that make the Green Mile off screen before they come back. Of course, any astute dancer would do that between auditioning and callbacks or even before auditioning.

 

 

You'd be surprised. Dare from a couple of seasons ago was my guest teacher at Larkin. Fast forward a bit and I switched styles and started taking Ballroom at a studio that have a close relationship with the Larkin folks.

 

Turns out, Dare came back home on a break from the show and my ballroom offered to have him come in and work on his technique.  He refused.

 

He was eliminated the week after performing a Cha-Cha. 

 

Dumb.

[Zuleikha]

I think it's different for a dancer to have the opportunity to work on other styles between Vegas/Pasadena and Green Mile or between audition attempts than to have the opportunity to work on other styles in a one-week break while already on the show. A few months can impact how a trained dancer fakes another style; I'm skeptical of how much difference one week can make. Also, at that point, the dancers bodies really need rest.

 

Jessica's DFYL was amazing. She is so precise and controlled in her movements. I think she can go far if Nigel doesn't ruin things for her by perving. Outside of Lacey, who is a special case for a variety of reasons, I can't think of any female dancers who've survived getting characterized as the sexy one.

 

I'm also excited about Tanisha. She is clearly super cross-trained, and I love the way she merges acro elements into her ballroom solos.

 

In terms of the guys, I am most intrigued by Zach and Emilio. They both have a magentism about them, even when they're not in their style. I was shocked by how much I enjoyed them both in the ballroom round. 

[NextIteration]

You'd be surprised. Dare from a couple of seasons ago was my guest teacher at Larkin. Fast forward a bit and I switched styles and started taking Ballroom at a studio that have a close relationship with the Larkin folks.

 

Turns out, Dare came back home on a break from the show and my ballroom offered to have him come in and work on his technique.  He refused.

 

He was eliminated the week after performing a Cha-Cha. 

 

Dumb.

 

That's a shame and waves at a neighbor!

 

Jessica's DFYL was amazing. She is so precise and controlled in her movements. I think she can go far if Nigel doesn't ruin things for her by perving. Outside of Lacey, who is a special case for a variety of reasons, I can't think of any female dancers who've survived getting characterized as the sexy one.

 

I'm also excited about Tanisha. She is clearly super cross-trained, and I love the way she merges acro elements into her ballroom solos.

 

I hope you're right about Jessica because she actually grew on me.  Tanisha?  I think think the acro - beyond what I've seen of her personality is what bugs.  It's so freaking unnecessary, just shut that stuff down and actually dance.  Acro has a category of it's own, see: Cirque.

[inmyeyes]

I would like to give a shoutout to Chris Scott and Jasmine Harper; they killed it when they demo-ed the hip-hop piece! I always love watching Chris Scott dance. Heck, my fave parts of the ep were all the choreography demos.

 

I know hip-hop choreography and popping are two different skillsets but I can't help but feel disappointed when any of the poppers are unable to pull it off. In fact, I don't think we really saw anyone killing the hip-hop round like we've seen in the past. Even though I am bummed that Jaja didn't make it, I'm even more bummed that we got so few hip-hop girls to choose from to begin with.

 

Was also sad to see Silky cut. I thought he had real potential to shine on the show since he was clearly cross-trained and I thought he had a fun personality. Other than Emilio, there's another hip-hop dancer, Teddy, who got through whom we have seen nothing of. Very interested to see him dance. 

 

All the contemporary girls blend together for me, except for DeadDadGirl (who made me roll my eyes and fast-forward) and Jessica (whom I'm still on the fence about). I like that ballroom is well-represented this year, but some of them dance/look very young? Nick, the blonde girl with a lot of siblings, Marcquet's partner. My fave one is Malene, but I'm slightly concerned about how she'll fare in other styles. The male tapper (Zach?), he has good presence and was convincing in the ballroom round.

[ToxicUnicorn]

They interspersed footage of Silky with  that of Rudy using voice over about the last to be chosen. Then they cut Silky, asking him to come back next year (he had just mentioned in voice over, about putting 5 years into this. I think this was his third-time-NOT-the-charm audition) and after that they showed Rudy being accepted.

Many thanks for this, Anothermi.  I hope Silky comes back.

 

I would like to give a shoutout to Chris Scott and Jasmine Harper; they killed it when they demo-ed the hip-hop piece! I always love watching Chris Scott dance.

Agreed.  This was great.  Probably the best part of the episode, besides Jessica's dance for your life.

 

I am surprised to see so much love for JaJa (who always makes me think of Jaja Binks, and I find it impossible to get over) and Johnny Waacks.  I enjoyed Jaja's solo and personality, but didn't find it enough.  I actively did not like Johnny.  There is something very not peaceful about his dancing.  I'm glad I don't have to watch it.  I do think he handled all the laughter very maturely, however - credit where credit is due.

Edited July 1, 2014 by ToxicUnicorn

[Biosynth]

Quote

I would like to give a shoutout to Chris Scott and Jasmine Harper; they killed it when they demo-ed the hip-hop piece! I always love watching Chris Scott dance.

Agreed.  This was great.  Probably the best part of the episode, besides Jessica's dance for your life.

 

Hubba Hubba, Chris Scott can dance on my screen any day!

[luvthepros]

 

I don't think we really saw anyone killing the hip-hop round like we've seen in the past.

I beg to differ. Marcquet "killed" the Hip Hop round. No doubt, he's crossed trained in H/H just as he is trained in Latin ballroom. In fact, I wouldn't doubt if he does well in all the genres because of cross training. Good for him. He deserves his spot in the Top 20.

Edited July 1, 2014 by luvthepros

[OnceSane]

 

Marcquet "killed" the Hip Hop round.

 

I agree.  Though I cringe a little inside when I wonder why his partner assumed he was a hip-hop dancer.  I hope it is just because he was so good at it (but how would she know that until they were partnered together & learning the dance?).

[realdancemom]

I agree.  Though I cringe a little inside when I wonder why his partner assumed he was a hip-hop dancer.  I hope it is just because he was so good at it (but how would she know that until they were partnered together & learning the dance?).

The producers did show clips of Marcquet, Caleb, and maybe others doing freestyle hip-hop moves before the hip-hop round.  I don't know if they were battling or not.  So I'll assume that she saw him doing that.  My DDs and I did laugh though because we knew that Marcquet was good at hip-hop and she had nothing to worry about.

 

I'm guessing that Emilio and Teddy also killed the hip-hop rounds.  Judges are usually tougher on a person if the round is their specialty.

Edited July 1, 2014 by realdancemom

[NextIteration]

Marcquet was about the only one that killed it.  To me?  Chris Scott's choreography is far too hard for this situation, it is often very specific and I can see it taking much longer to learn, if it's not up your alley in the first place.  I even commented to the spouse that it seemed rather unfair to unleash him when cuts are involved.

 

I love him, don't get me wrong.

[luvthepros]

I agree.  Though I cringe a little inside when I wonder why his partner assumed he was a hip-hop dancer.  I hope it is just because he was so good at it (but how would she know that until they were partnered together & learning the dance?).

Profiling I would imagine. The young girl knew she was wrong when she covered her face in her top and said, "I'm bad". Then she slinked away from the camera. Seriously....there aren't very many male black ballroom dancers with dreadlocks. No?

Marcquet not only got the steps, he had the swag. I would bet Marcquet is better than Teddy in Hip Hop. Teddy just doesn't do it for me in that genre. Now tap..... that's another story. Teddy, to me, is a tapper first than the other genres he's been trained in.

[inmyeyes]

So I went back to watch Marcquet do the hip-hop and he was certainly by far the best that we were shown of that round. Maybe I'm too hyper-critical, but it wasn't quite killing-it level for me. YMMV, IMO etc etc :) I do agree with NextIteration that Chris Scott's choreo is very specific in look and feel and likely difficult to grasp overnight. Since Marcquet was able to pull it off, it bodes well that he'll do great with the hip-hop routines on the show especially since they'll have more time to work on it. 

 

Teddy is a tapper? I find it very interesting that some of the dancers are auditioning under their secondary genre. Perhaps to get a better shot at being casted?

[realdancemom]

Yes, I think dancers choose the genre that they think they have a better shot at being casted.  Silky also auditioned as a tapper in previous season(s).  He decided to audition as a hip-hopper this year.  Tanisha is really good at contemporary but probably figured that there are tons of contemporary girls auditioning. 

 

luvthepros, do you have  link of Teddy doing tap?  Yesterday, I tried to look him up and I saw him doing some hip-hop.  It looked more like Ivan's style.  He was o.k. but I prefer other hip-hop styles.  However, by doing that, I did notice that he is cross-trained in jazz and other styles.  I think Jacque and he will be hurt by not being featured during the auditions or Pasadena callbacks.  Who knows since Jeannine and Tiffany also weren't featured and they did well.

[crowceilidh]

is this Teddy the guy who used to assist Mia? I certainly remember a Teddy being discussed lots previously.

 

I think chosing a genre in order to be cast in the show is fantastic - and to be able to get to top 20 in a secondary genre is rather awesome too.  I doubt this is the first season we've seen it.  

[Anothermi]

is this Teddy the guy who used to assist Mia? I certainly remember a Teddy being discussed lots previously.

 

I think chosing a genre in order to be cast in the show is fantastic - and to be able to get to top 20 in a secondary genre is rather awesome too.  I doubt this is the first season we've seen it.  

That was Teddy Forenze (sp?), crowceilidh.  This Teddy didn't mention contemporary in the interviews I've seen (nor does he look like Teddy Forenze). This show Teddy mentioned that he trains in both Hip Hop and Tap, but at the time auditions happened he'd been doing Hip Hop for 7 months and no Tap, so that's why he auditioned as Hip Hop. 

 

Teddy Forenze hitched to Travis' star with the TV shows he set up re: a creative choreography/dance team (forgot the name of the group) reality show.  That Teddy has never shown up on SYTYCD to my knowledge. 

[realdancemom]

Teddy Forenze hitched to Travis' star with the TV shows he set up re: a creative choreography/dance team (forgot the name of the group) reality show.  That Teddy has never shown up on SYTYCD to my knowledge.

Travis' group is called Shaping Sound.  I don't know the name of the TV show since I haven't watched it.  My DDs and I did go to the Shaping Sound dance performance.

[NextIteration]

Forance.  I wouldn't characterize him as hitching himself to Travis' star, he's been quite successful before he teamed up with Travis.  I think it's a matter of they are all buddies. I love this Fire Island DRA piece that they did with Nick Lazz several years ago.

 

Pretty sure the show is called All the Right Moves.

 

This is interesting....

 

p.s. this thread has about double the views of the last episode thread, I hope that means that we have more folks to chat about this with!

Edited July 2, 2014 by NextIteration

[luvthepros]

Teddy is a tapper? I find it very interesting that some of the dancers are auditioning under their secondary genre. Perhaps to get a better shot at being casted?

 

Here is Teddy performing a Cha Cha/Tap fusion with a group of girls. Seems all his group tap numbers are with all girls. .......

http://youtu.be/m4Kd8wsv0_A

 

ETA:  Teddy tapped for his final solo in the Pasadena call backs. He said something to Nigel about him wanting to show his versatility and there's never been anyone like him on the show before. I have a feeling that solo may have helped him be cast for the show.

 

......luvthepros, do you have  link of Teddy doing tap?  Yesterday, I tried to look him up and I saw him doing some hip-hop.  It looked more like Ivan's style.  He was o.k. but I prefer other hip-hop styles.  However, by doing that, I did notice that he is cross-trained in jazz and other styles.  I think Jacque and he will be hurt by not being featured during the auditions or Pasadena callbacks.  Who knows since Jeannine and Tiffany also weren't featured and they did well.

I just posted a link to a Cha Cha/Tap infusion. Here's another link to a dance reel....

 

http://youtu.be/7Ro3kvHEDdE

 

I agree and am also afraid Teddy may suffer from not being featured during the auditions.I'm hoping Teddy can impress enough to stay in a few weeks and win over the voters.

 

Edited July 2, 2014 by luvthepros

[Skittl1321]

Seems all his group tap numbers are with all girls. .......

Looks like he might be the only guy his age at his studio.

[ThirteenthJuror]

 

So I went back to watch Marcquet do the hip-hop and he was certainly by far the best that we were shown of that round. Maybe I'm too hyper-critical, but it wasn't quite killing-it level for me.

I felt the same way. He looked kind of jerky and awkward at points to me, so I was surprised when Twitch chimed in how he was killing it. I think Twitch has gotten too Hollywood. I don't think any trained (yes they're trained) Hip Hop dancer would consider that "killing" it. I do think he did better than a lot of the rest we saw and the surprise might have come from the perception people have of ballroom dancers not being able to handle Hip Hop choreography. Because it's the opposite technique that they've trained against their whole career.

 

I would like to see what he can do when he has the proper time to practice and learn a routine w/o being rushed. I do give him props because that routine was indeed difficult. Hip Hop is even more difficult the taller you are, so there's that as well

 

[realdancemom]

Here is Teddy performing a Cha Cha/Tap fusion with a group of girls. Seems all his group tap numbers are with all girls.

Thank you luvthepros.  Even though I didn't see a lot of tapping in this clip, I can see that he is really cross-trained.  It would be a shame if he got cut because he wasn't featured that much.

[luvthepros]

Thank you luvthepros.  Even though I didn't see a lot of tapping in this clip, I can see that he is really cross-trained.  It would be a shame if he got cut because he wasn't featured that much.

Your'e welcome. I'm afraid Teddy's Hip Hop is not all that impressive and there are probably plenty of people who don't realize he is cross trained as well as he is. He may be going home. :(

[Anothermi]

Forance.  I wouldn't characterize him as hitching himself to Travis' star, he's been quite successful before he teamed up with Travis.  I think it's a matter of they are all buddies. I love this Fire Island DRA piece that they did with Nick Lazz several years ago.

 

Pretty sure the show is called All the Right Moves.

 

This is interesting....

 

p.s. this thread has about double the views of the last episode thread, I hope that means that we have more folks to chat about this with!

Thanks for filling in the blank spots in my memory.  Both you and Realdancemom.

 

Also, many thanks for the link.  What made me happiest was that Ricky Palomino was in that documentary.  I loved him sooooo much in Season 3 and was beyond bummed out when he was the first to be sent home. :-( (but at least I had Danny and Pasha as consolation.)

 

Re: Teddy Forance...  Yeah, I'm probably off base to say he hitched his star to Travis, but Travis is the biggest name of all these guys and I read about both the TV reality show and the dance group via Travis "news" and was happy to see Teddy among the group participants.  I think of him as one of the best SYTYCD contestants who never auditioned.  ;-P (there was a period at TWoP where speculation about him trying out was rife.)

[NextIteration]

Ricky Palomino was in that documentary. 

 

Re: Teddy Forance.

 

Ricky had a company for a few years, Poetry in Motion.  My daughter did one of their summer audition intensives, Dee Caspary was also there, she loved it but felt pretty loyal to her studio and like an odd duck out with some of the best of the local dancers - Justine Lutz danced with his company. 

 

Laughs about Teddy, if we make a page about people who auditioned and never made it on the show, his name should be in the title.  Remember that hot photo spread he did with Mia?

[Anothermi]

Ricky had a company for a few years, Poetry in Motion.  My daughter did one of their summer audition intensives, Dee Caspary was also there, she loved it but felt pretty loyal to her studio and like an odd duck out with some of the best of the local dancers - Justine Lutz danced with his company. 

 

Laughs about Teddy, if we make a page about people who auditioned and never made it on the show, his name should be in the title.  Remember that hot photo spread he did with Mia?

I knew that Ricky didn't sit around after his season.  I may even have learned that he had a company, but not much more.  I liked Justine's audition so knowing she worked in Ricky's company just makes me sadder that she didn't make top 20.  

 

And I STILL remember "that hot photo spread (Teddy) did with Mia".  Yowzah!

Edited July 6, 2014 by Anothermi