( continues...) Poor smilely cutiepants Billy. It was just not there. He gave it, but it still had the sort of ridiculous couldn't get any whiter fakery going on that I hate. Krump is authentic, and to get to that place you have to start with where you actually are. Technically, Billy is too light on his feet. He needs to hit the ground. He needs to hit things, not pretend to hit things. And yeah, that flex/contract muscle thing is a movement that's not taught to classically trained dancers. But it can be explained, so they should be able to figure it out. I think they feel like it's wrong, but like not employing turnout when you move from ballet to modern, it's just something you need to learn.
Anya is just a maneater. She's just a powerhouse and no one this season is going to be able to stand up to her. Robert did well, but not well enough. And seriously the cheese is going to kill me. It's cheese like the freaking fug princess. You can't get to the heart of the dance if that's what you're putting on. There's a difference between performance and performance, I guess.
Seriously? That's the outfit you dream up when you're told "mother earth"? A jacked up hippie dress would have been better. And it could have been flipping beautiful, but no, we get tropicana fruit lady. I swear I thought that's the dance we were getting when I saw her. Love Ade, but hate her still. Her feet! I thought I hated whozit's feet, but no, I hate Melinda's feet. I realize it's a tap problem, but it's really bad. I liked the concept but I didn't like the execution in choreography or in the dancers.
Oh, and while I'm going on about choreographers, Travis can bitchface all he wants, but Nigel is right. That wasn't a jazz piece. Which is part of why I hate contemporary as a style, because it's too inclusive and broad and vague and that's why you get this kind of crap. If it were modern and jazz, you'd see a clear delineation. And damn if I don't wish we could see some modern. Some actual avant garde, some ugliness and shape and intensity. That's lacking in the hair-flinging variety of contemporary that we get, the stupid leap and fall that every last dancer in cargo shorts seems to think is his destiny.
SPEAKING OF HAIR FLINGERS! Lauren did not do badly. I am very glad to see her (and Dom, for that matter) all jacked up at the end of that piece. That is how dance should be. It should shake you up. That is what it should do to you, and I'm glad it did to her. So happy to see a new hiphop choreographer, who I think did a great job, and already knows what will work for this show. But again, I don't think Lauren quite got there. Imagine if this piece had been danced by Mark & Chelsie or Katee & Joshua. Again, I think she tried, and she did way better than I was expecting from her. She won't be in danger this week. Not quite enough for me, but growth for her, so more power to her.
Ok, Kent. Poor sweet virginal Kent, all, she lets you touch her! Virgins shouldn't be dancers on this show. I have to say I feel vaguely ashamed at watching his defloration on national television. Almost like the Mollee vibe, really. He's so young and so cute that it's hard to ask him for what he needs to give on this show. And again, no he didn't quite get there.
Cristina, good, not good enough. Adéchické, good, not good enough. I'd say they're in the bottom three, plus maybe Melinda. Or possibly Billy. Sorry, Billy. I wish C could get to choreograph for someone who can really own it, because his style is so amazing and he's a good choreographer, but his dancers so often fail.
Yeah, and miss him as a judge. And where is Ms. Debbie Allen? Miss her. New format still not working for me overall other than getting more Mark on my screen.