I agree with you on the group dance - there were great *moments* - but most of it was just a messy mess, with each dancer doing their best to hog the limelight as much as possible with their own "personality" as opposed to becoming part of a cohesive dance that features individuals when appropriate.

I turned to my husband as tears came to my eyes during Brian Gaylor's encore showing tonight. I explained that what made my (ridiculous) crying okay was that I was moved by his *dance* - and the fact that he was an odd-looking little guy with a spine that doubled over itself was just a bit to push it over the edge. …

I was incredibly saddened by RM's ignorance and mixing up the Disney's Hercules version of Hades with the actual Lord of the Greek Underworld. When he went root vegetables I thought he at least *sort* of got it right - but since Hades actually has the easiest food inspiration to follow of them all (Honey cakes and…

Marcus
Not only was Marcus Samuelsson a dick to Monica - I don't doubt for a moment she was telling the truth about his "lesson to learn" comment - but he's also a double-dipper. In the quickfire challenge, while making his gazpacho (with sour cream? feels more like a tomato borscht to me) the tasting spoon goes in…

Eh. I think that when you're stuck with male/female duets, and are Stacey's kind of Contemp. choreographer, you're going to go to the same archetypal stories for inspiration.

My husband - who's a costumer - was agog at Sue's zoot suit. "They built that suit. They built that suit for that walk-on gag. They built that fantastic, glorious suit for two seconds."

I assumed it was in protest of the massive amounts of heterosexuality being dumped into his previously-pristine homo-hideaway. The straights were taking over and talking about sex between *gulp* men and women in non-ironic, non-showtunes ways. I would've been huffy a bit myself.

I think it counts as poorly-written, thinly-veiled Mormon propaganda.

The only routine that nailed being in the new space was Mia's from Wednesday night - all of the rest really failed in the vastness of the Kodak.

That actually explains the creepiness of his "Foreverandeverandeverandever" that Sookie picked up - he knew he was in for an interview with the telepath, and made sure that his devotion to his lady vampy love was what she picked up.

In-context, the "bench" dance was all about Heidi, the Latin Ballroom hot tamale of her season, learning how to let go and just be in a (soon-to-be) EAWMM contemp piece, and really holding her own with Travis, who for my money is still the best Mia Michaels dancer the show's ever seen. It was season 2, the level of…

I think my biggest issue with the Katie Holmes piece was that it wasn't a "performance" as I understand them. It was a video tribute. Had she done that exact same thing - even with the hideous lip syncing - in front of a live audience, I think I would have given her kudos for bravery. But that was SYTYCD's version…

I'm right there with you, Genevieve. Especially since they kept talking about how it "shed light on this important subject" like suddenly they were the first people ever to do anything about breast cancer. It was a gorgeous piece - but it didn't teach us anything new about curing cancer. It did, however, show us…

Eh. He was trying to make a valid ethnographic point - that African dance is at its heart a function community celebration, and remains closer to that sense than the more rigid forms of ballet and contemporary/modern, or to the social-dance-as-rigid-performance of modern ballroom competitions.

Doc - You're not alone at all. It was a BIG OLE mess. Of course, it was ten times more difficult than the Bollywood routine - an entirely new vocabulary, not just new steps - but whew was that all over the place. Mainly it was because none of the guys except Ade and (at times) Jason really got the right feel of the…

Joey Dowling
I think, honestly, the problem with Joey Dowling's routines is that they *are* actual Broadway numbers - they both could have been pulled out of the shows from which they came. Compare to Tyce, whose "Broadway" = clowning, mugging, running around and doing anything but what the song's actually about.

No David Burtka love?
He was by far my favorite part of that meal - watching he and NPH try to one-up each other in their food criticism reminded me of every Big Gay Dinner Party I've ever been to. "I don't know if I like this - I think it's the Daikon; I've just never had it used this way." "Really, well this is my…

The problem with Tyce's routines - his "Broadway" in particular, is that he's somehow misread the memo of what actually makes dance unique within musical theatre. Crappy faux-Fosse, face-pulling, and minstrelsy aint what it's about - it's about creating a piece that relates to the music being played or sung and…

They cut Natalie because she was a too-tall contemporary girl who was brilliant when showing off to her fellow competitors, but ran out of steam when it came to actually showing it to the judges. Her performance in the actual exhibition was pretty abysmal - especially compared to the work she'd done paired with…

No, I certainly saw it. And then had to have some alone-time.