So, I finalized my SYTYCD DVD for my sister, choosing 20-25 dances from both Seasons 5 & 6. I must say, while I have a few more dances from Season 6 and think the dancers may have been better technically, they just don't thrill me like some of the Season 5 dances.
I don't know if it's the choreography, partners, music, stage, camerawork, or what. Is it just me?
Here's my "best of" baker's dozen from each:
Season 5:
Janette & Brandon’s disco
Randi & Evan’s “Koop Island Blues” contemporary
Kayla & Kūpono’s
Twilight
contemporary
Jeanine & Phillip’s “Love Lockdown” hip hop
Kayla & Kūpono’s “Gravity” contemporary
Janette & Brandon’s Argentine tango
Janette & Brandon’s Wade Robson jazz
Janette & Ade’s “Love Sex Magic” hip hop
Jeanine & Jason’s Travis Wall contemporary
Jeanine & Brandon’s “Battlefield” Laurie Ann Gibson pop-jazz
Melissa & Ade’s Tyce Diorio contemporary (on breast cancer)
Kayla & Jason’s Shane Sparks zombie hip hop
Jeanine & Brandon’s “Matrix” paso doble
Season 6:
Bianca & Victor’s contemporary
Ellenore & Ryan’s “Arcadia” contemporary jazz
Kathryn & Legacy’s Dave Scott hip-hop
Karen & Kevin’s Nappy Tab hip-hop
Pauline & Peter’s “Starry Night” jazz
Ashleigh & Jakob’s “Relax” jazz
Kathryn & Legacy’s “So Deep” jazz
Ashleigh & Jakob’s “Time Flies” lyrical jazz
Ellenore & Ryan’s “Razzle Dazzle” broadway
Ellenore & Jakob’s “Tore My Heart” contemporary
Mollee & Jakob’s waltz
Ellenore & Legacy’s
Mr & Mrs Smith
contemporary
Kathryn & Jakob’s finale contemporary
I like a lot of these, I just don't want to watch them over and over, as I can for many of the Season 5 dances.
Would copies of these be available?
Sure, I can make a copy for whoever wants one. Here's the full list.
1) The "best of" dances from Seasons 1-4 (except the Misha Chan/Pasha "Transformers").
2) Season Five:
Janette & Brandon, disco, Doriana Sanchez
Asuka & Vitolio, waltz, Louis van Amstel
Melissa & Ade, rumba, Tony Meredith & Melanie LaPatin
Randi & Evan, contemporary, Mia Michaels
Janette & Brandon, cha-cha, Jean-Marc Généreux & France Mousseau
Kayla & Kūpono, contemporary, Sonya Tayeh
Jeanine & Phillip, hip-hop, Napoleon & Tabitha
Melissa & Ade, pas de deux, Thordal Christensen
Karla & Vitolio, quickstep, Jean-Marc Généreux & France Mousseau
Kayla & Kūpono, contemporary, Mia Michaels [about addiction]
Caitlin & Jason, foxtrot, Tony Meredith & Melanie LaPatin
Janette & Brandon, Argentine tango, Miriam Larici & Leonardo Barrionuevo
Janette & Brandon, jazz, Wade Robson
Janette & Ade, hip-hop, Napoleon & Tabitha
Jeanine & Jason, contemporary, Travis Wall
Jeanine & Brandon, pop-jazz, Laurie Ann Gibson
Jeanine , “Let the Drummer Kick” solo
Melissa & Ade, contemporary, Tyce Diorio [about breast cancer]
Kayla & Jason, hip-hop, Shane Sparks
Top 3 guys, jazz, Sonya Tayeh
Kayla & Brandon, contemporary, Stacey Tookey
Brandon, “O Fortuna” solo
Top 3 girls, jazz, Sonya Tayeh
Jeanine & Kayla, contemporary, Mia Michaels
Jeanine & Brandon, paso doble, Louis van Amstel
3) Season Six:
Top 20, jazz, Wade Robson
Bianca & Victor, contemporary, Travis Wall
Ellenore & Ryan, contemporary jazz, Sonya Tayeh
Kathryn & Legacy, hip-hop, Dave Scott
Karen & Kevin, hip-hop, Napoleon & Tabitha
Kathryn & Legacy, contemporary, Stacey Tookey
Pauline & Peter, jazz, Wade Robson
Ashleigh & Jakob, jazz, Mandy Moore
Noelle & Russell, African jazz, Sean Cheesman
Ellenore & Ryan, contemporary, Travis Wall
Kathryn & Legacy, jazz, Sonya Tayeh
Ashleigh & Jakob, lyrical jazz, Sonya Tayeh
Ellenore & Ryan, broadway, Spencer Liff
Ashleigh & Jakob, cha-cha, Jean-Marc Généreux & France Mousseau
Ellenore & Jakob, quickstep, Tony Meredith & Melanie LaPatin
Ellenore & Jakob, contemporary, Sonya Tayeh
Mollee & Russell, jive, Anya Garnis & Pasha Kovalev
Legion of Extraordinary Dancers
Kathryn & Ryan, disco, Doriana Sanchez
Mollee & Jakob, waltz, Jason Gilkison
Ellenore & Legacy, contemporary, Travis Wall
Kathryn & Ryan, samba, Jason Gilkison
Ashleigh & Russell, lyrical jazz, Sonya Tayeh
Ellenore & Ryan, jazz, Gary Stewart
Ellenore & Russell, paso doble, Jason Gilkison
Kathryn & Jakob, contemporary, Dwight Rhoden & Desmond Richardson
Ashleigh & Ryan, contemporary, Travis Wall
ETA: These are just the dances, no intros, no judging, no commercials. It runs just under 2 hours. Also, since they were recorded on EP, I can't guarantee the quality on a fancy TV set.
me, me!
I can provide the DVDs, of course. And maybe cookies, or a shiny shiny nickel!
No need, no need. I have a whole bunch for other taping projects.
It's possible I'm not dating because my DVR is my one true love.
You say that like it's a bad thing.
I made two compilation dvds that include many of those dances, but I did also include the Top 14 group dance by Wade Robson done to Imogen Heap's "Aha," which I just love even more than his Top 20 number.
I've also got a few of the audition numbers, including Jakob, Russell, Phillip, the New Orleans Bounce guy, the interpretive-dance couple who had those terrific lifts, and the tap-off between Ryan and Bianca, which was fun.
Here's what stood out for me in the baker's dozen, the variance in representation of the winners. Russel was not in that many memorable dances and certainly nothing compared to the winners from the previous 2 seasons.
