It's evening of day 2 with 77 Dancers remaining and they're going to meet the toughest (or in my opinion, the meanest) choreographer, Laurieann Gibson. She takes over as choreographer. She screams at the dancers, but she also insults them. I know it's a tough competition, but come on, we're all human beings here. This is a tough jazz routine, and many of the dancers are struggling.
We lost Matthew, our Latin Lover Dancer to this round. His wife who is continuing on is naturally upset.
Molly, originally from Utah, made it to Vegas through the Las Angeles auditions. She has hurt her foot, but short of Nigel telling her to dance like a woman, not a girl, she made it through. The show's medics decide her foot is injured enough to take her to the hospital. All her effort might be for naught, if she can't continue to dance, because they're going to dance everyone on through the night.
Russell Ferguson, the first Krumper to make it to Vegas has made it this far also. He is amazing. I can't believe what they've thrown at him, and he has no formal training at all. Even Nigel is in a better mood now.
It's 9:00 pm and all the 69 remaining dancers are pulled up onto stage. They are divided into groups and given their mission. They must choreograph a routine as a group and have it prepared by first thing in the morning.
Let the fun begin. We have Russell Ferguson and four lyrical dancers going first. They had a Broadway routine, They worked extremely well together. They were the 1st group to bed last night, so let's see how they did. They were fantastic. I have to admit. That may be the best overnight choreographed routine I've seen on this show. Nothing but love came from all the judges.
Next we saw short clips of the good the bad, and the ugly, but nothing long enough to make remarks about.
Molly who got hurt earlier in the night was diagnosed with a sprained ankle. She showed up two hours after the group got started. They brought her up to speed, but they tried to baby the ankle as well. It was a lot of added stress on everyone. I was impressed with how hard they worked to make her successful in this phase of the competition. They even worked her hurt ankle into the routine. These young people are not only talented, but they have big hearts as well. It wasn't the best choreographed routine, but they all get an "A" from me on the human being scale., The judges must have felt the same way, because everyone in the group made it though.
Comtemporary with Mia Michaels
Mia is known for her talented artistry, and her brutal honesty. She kind of chills everyone out, and has them meditate a little before they start the session. Kevin, our B-Boy is the first dancer to pass through. The judges are very impressed with this young man.
"Legacy", who had to dance for his life the day before is now going to dance Mia Michaels and he is scared to death, but he is also touched by the dance and the emotion behind the movement. The judges were happily amazed at his improvement. He danced with his heart, and his body. Wow, another hiphop dancer that made it through a phase that 11 contemporary dancers didn't.
The day is not over. The final round of choreography is a Broadway routine from Tyce. At this point, you can only imagine how tired these dancers are. A dancer by the name of Pauline, who just missed the Top 20 by "this" much last year is hoping to make the cut this time. While performing the routine, she lands wrong at the very end, and hurts her ankle. More cuts are made; we're getting closer to the top 10 girls and the top 10 boys. Ballroom dancers, husband and wife team, Bryan and Ashley are both still in the running. The judges felt that Ashley was probably the most improved dancer of everyone.
While the girls who made it through are splashing in the pool, the men are now trying their luck at Tyce's routine. Bryan looked great, but he did take his shirt off at the end of routine which put a smile on everyone's face. Bryan and his wife are officially in.
Maybe, it's just because we're down to the best dancers now, but everyone seems to be having a real good time, contestants and judges alike. One dancer, does succumb to the incredible stress of the moment. Dominique, who made it all the way through to the final round in Season 4, only to be injured, is hoping to go all the way this time. However he messes up, and the judges have to let him go when comparing him to the rest. Dominique breaks down, and he gets the "buck up, it's not the end of the world speech" from the judges. After he gathers his emotions, he does state on his way out that he will come back next year. I hope he does.
Several dancers must dance for their lives, because the judges are not quite sure about them yet. Billy Bell made the judges cry. Safe to say, they're rethinking him. It's just nothing short of amazing as you see some of the clips of these last solos. These dancers defy gravity, and pull at your heart strings all at the same time. Now it's all up to the judges. They have to decide who will make it into the top 20. Next week we find out who is out and who is in. I can't wait!
This video is of a routine performed at a summer dance recital for a group of girls I taught back in the 1980s.
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