Where the light gets in

Okay so I am already guilty of posting this on my other blog and then on facebook and twitter but words can't express how much I love this performance. I love the flowy costumes, how the women use each other to draw strength, the slightly eerie nature of the dance and then the dancing! Oh my gosh they were all so good. Not one weak link. If I were to quibble and there is one teeny tiny thing--it's the direction. The light kept blinding the camera and I couldn't see the dancers properly some times but otherwise, just gorgeous. Just when I thought the show was getting boring and tired it does something like this.

League of Extraordinary Dancers on So You Think You Can Dance

Okay how amazing are these dancers? It isn't possible for me to love this show more.



As soon as I am more free and settled I am going to be catching the web series. You should too. 

Blue

Sometimes a day is just drenched in blue.

And then there's this:



The dancer's name is Melanie Moore. The music is from the movie New Moon from the Twilight Saga. I haven't watched the film but this has to be all that's good about it. I first saw Melanie is her audition for SYTYCD Season 8. Her audition is a shorter version of this and I watched it 10 times non stop. So obviously I had to see if there were more videos of her and then I found this one.

I love her bird like movements. I love how she's not too pretty is her poses. And like one of the commenters have said she dances with her entire body. Each movement is finished.

My blues have no place here. Awe can do that to you.

SYTYCD Favourites

There's art and then there's Wade Robson.

SYTYCD Favourites

Granted this is from So You Think You Can Dance Canada but I still think it counts.

Mia Michaels irritated me so much in her judging stint(on the american show) that it began to affect the way I felt about the pieces she choreographed. I remember being not so impressed by the piece she did with Billy, Alex and Ade on 'time' in the first episode of the season. And the season hadn't even started yet. But then SYTYCD Canada happened just after and she was back to doing just what she does best- choreographing. This is beyond doubt one my favouritest group numbers. Every single dancer was brilliant. I don't I'll crowd this post with too many words.

I'll set you free

SYTYCD Favourites

Season 7 was a bit of roller coaster. Dancers getting injured, some not so great judging (Mia please go back to choreographing. It was greatly missed, your judging on the other hand will not have the same fate. I still  love you.) and then the controversial decision to take only 10 dancers and pair them up with SYTYCD alumni (given the moniker "the all-stars" umm what??). I recently heard that they will be going back to the old format for Season 8 as the new one didn't bode too well with audiences. I can understand why people had so many problems with the new format though. It's lovely to see the dancers grow on the show and grow with each other. With the new format they were thrown into performing at a level(because they were paired with the much more experienced all stars) that they might not have been prepared for and hence all the injuries. However, this also meant a high caliber of dancing early on and unlike other seasons it has been difficult to choose a favourite because they were all so damn good. The one I have picked for today was an instant favourite of mine.

Ashley moves like water in this piece. And her hair! Oh my gosh her hair was just beautiful. I was really sad to see her go because of an injury. And I am confused. Why was Alex Wong asked to return for the next season and not Ashley? They both had serious injuries right? Hmm.

Anyway, this dance is stunning. And I don't know how Ade does it. He manages to make it look like Ashley is this thistle blowing in the wind. I love everything about this dance. The dancers, the music (Florence + the Machine yay!), the concept, everything. And like Cat said , the moment they almost kiss but then don't is so beautiful. So poignant.

Unfortunately, Youtube is spoiling my fun by refusing to let me embed the video. So go here.

SYTYCD Favourites

So anyone who knows me knows that I am fascinated to the point of obsessed with So You Think You Can Dance. I love the dancers, the music, even the cheesy reality show format, the judges (Reality show judges usually suck but Nigel Lythgoe and his team are surprisingly good. Well at least up until season 5), the amazing choreographers (Mia Michaels anyone?) and how the show has changed the way I see movement and how it has convinced me that it is possible to embody poetry. So I am going to choose (for no apparent reason but for the I-like-making-lists-thingy) my favourite routines over the 7 years of So You Think You Can Dance. To start off:



The first time I watched this I kind of fell in love with Katee. My sister thinks I am obsessed with her. I think I am (a little) but I don't think any other dancer has moved me as much as Katee Shean. She is so clean and it's as if the air around her, that negative space dances with her so when she moves it's as if  it is in tandem with everything and not in opposition. The judges kept saying she was born to dance. Truer words have never been spoken( I can't believe I said something so cheesy.). 

Northern Soul

I desperately want to learn how to dance northern soul. And the music! So much fun!

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