When Nick Lazzarini signed up for season 1 of So You Think You Can Dance he didn’t even known he’d have to perform ballroom. Everyone was “kind of flying by the seat of our pants” in those days, he laughs. Seven seasons later, Lazzarini’s experience seems a world away from today’s “brutal” four-person cuts and Jack-of-all-trade performers. Of course, a more streamlined system hasn’t diluted the show’s drama. Witness last night’s second four-person elimination of the season. “I’m a little shocked,” Lazzarini admits. Below, he singles out which contenders he wish had stayed,...
- 8/16/2012
- by Lanford Beard
- EW.com - PopWatch
Heading into last night’s Mia Michaels tribute episode of So You Think You Can Dance, I was a little worried the judges would get so caught up in praising new renditions of the choreographer’s seven most memorable routines that their actual critiques would be reduced into something of a “You get a gold star! And you get a gold star! And you get a gold star!” mess.
What I wasn’t expecting was the sight of Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy in a bad cop-bad cop routine, interrogating dancers beneath a single, swinging lightbulb to determine whether or...
What I wasn’t expecting was the sight of Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy in a bad cop-bad cop routine, interrogating dancers beneath a single, swinging lightbulb to determine whether or...
- 8/16/2012
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
After a two-week Olympics hiatus, four contestants were eliminated tonight (Aug. 15) on "So You Think You Can Dance," in which the dancers honored Emmy-winning choreographer and judge Mia Michaels by performing her iconic routines.
Of the six dancers who received the fewest votes, Matthew Kazmierczak, Dareian Kujawa, Janelle Issis and Amelia Lowe were sent home.
Lindsay Arnold and George Lawrence II were spared by Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and guest judges Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt (the Ballet Boyz).
The Top 10 finalists, including Arnold and Lawrence, will be paired next week with 'Sytcd' All-Star partners.
Natalie Portman's new husband, "Black Swan" choreographer Benjamin Millepied, will be a guest judge on the Aug. 22 two-hour show.
Of the six dancers who received the fewest votes, Matthew Kazmierczak, Dareian Kujawa, Janelle Issis and Amelia Lowe were sent home.
Lindsay Arnold and George Lawrence II were spared by Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and guest judges Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt (the Ballet Boyz).
The Top 10 finalists, including Arnold and Lawrence, will be paired next week with 'Sytcd' All-Star partners.
Natalie Portman's new husband, "Black Swan" choreographer Benjamin Millepied, will be a guest judge on the Aug. 22 two-hour show.
- 8/16/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
A further four dancers have been eliminated from So You Think You Can Dance. Contemporary dancers Dareian Kujawa, Matthew Kazmierczak and Amelia Lowe were all eliminated from the competition along with belly dancer Janelle Issis on Wednesday evening's show (August 15).
[Dareian Kujawa and Janelle Issis perform together on an earlier episode of 'So You Think You Can Dance'] Lindsay Arnols and George Lawrence were saved by the judges after all six dancers who were in danger performed solos. They will be joined by Witney Carson, Audrey Case, Chehon Wespi-Tschopp, Cole Horibe, Tiffany Maher, (more)...
[Dareian Kujawa and Janelle Issis perform together on an earlier episode of 'So You Think You Can Dance'] Lindsay Arnols and George Lawrence were saved by the judges after all six dancers who were in danger performed solos. They will be joined by Witney Carson, Audrey Case, Chehon Wespi-Tschopp, Cole Horibe, Tiffany Maher, (more)...
- 8/16/2012
- by By Kate Goodacre
- Digital Spy
Well! That was a weird episode after a few weeks off. Instead of new routines, the Top 14 performed seven iconic dances from past seasons as a tribute to Mia Michaels. It was great to relive some of her brilliant choreography, but I feel like some of the current contestants got shafted when the judges compared them to the original performers instead of evaluating them on their own merits. Viewers may naturally do the same.
Plus, I’d forgotten how absolutely brutal So You Think You Can Dance’s new elimination policy is. There’s no results show this season, so...
Plus, I’d forgotten how absolutely brutal So You Think You Can Dance’s new elimination policy is. There’s no results show this season, so...
- 8/16/2012
- by Annie Barrett
- EW.com - PopWatch
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