Friday, August 29, 2014

Finally they can dance!

The SYTYCD season has seemed flat to us without a standout dancer to set the bar and inspire the rest.
This last Wednesday, a night without an elimination, the choreographers were inspired to work with these four young people.
http://www.hypable.com/2014/08/28/so-you-think-you-can-dance-season-11-top-4-performance-recap-sari-not-sari/ gives a  clean stream of the dances, and you can stop watching rather than listen to Mary Murphy and Nigel. Guest judge Jesse Ferguson spoke well. My computer isn't fast enough.
Opening number, created by our favorite, Travis Wall, was done to "The Wind Beneath my Wings", a great sentiment for the show's concept of the dancers supporting each other even as they compete.
Zack and Jessica danced Broadway with Argentine Tango elements to go with Ella Fitzberald's version of Hernando's Hideaway, lyrics on top of the Tango classic, Cumparsita,  for the show "Pajama Game."
I noticed Ricky least, though I know he is a fantastic dancer. Maybe because he is so small and thin or perhaps because his best number was badly lit for him, allowing him to disappear grey into grey while his pro partner was ll in white as an angel.
Two tap dancers in the finale must mean something. We guess the winner will be tapper Zack, not Valerie whose arms still flop a bit.

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