This is it people. Big stage, bright lights, big crowd. I hope they bring it. That said, I'm a bit apathetic about tonight's show, cause I'm so disappointed Evan's in the final. Not sure I'm going to love two short boys with cheesy facial expressions and two tall girls who are way too hot for either of those boys. And how, praytell, are they going to stretch 7 routines into two hours? That sounds like a lot of judge babble and a lot of commercials. I really hope the dancing improves my salty attitude. The good news is that Cat looks gorgeous as always. Fantastic shoes.
We open with a Wade Robson piece featuring all 4 dancers in a cheerleader/football player theme that I'm pretty sure could have been choreographed by a gang of high school cheerleaders. In fact, I think my gang of East High 1992 songleaders and I did choreograph and perform this exact cheesy fluff 17 years ago. Holla girls!!! WHAT THE F?!?!?!?!?!? Why would Wade put his name on this hot mess? Sequined togs and pink pom poms? Really? I hope they started with the worst and are moving to the best! Let me refresh your memory of the final 4 piece last year. The best final 4 dancers in five seasons - Joshua, Twitch, Katee and Courtney - choreographed by the genius Mia Michaels, great song that's now on my "super faves" playlist on my iPod (Hallelujah by Vitamin String Quartet), an all around amazing piece that celebrated the hard work and accomplishments of the dancers. In comparison, this is embarrassing. I'm really fired up. I need to calm down before I press play again. I'm going to pause and make a root beer float. You should go make one too. Mmmmm, delicious. Now I can continue.
JEANINE & EVAN - Jazz / Sonya
Puh-leez! How can I possibly take this seriously with Evan looking so dorky? Spiked hair and a ripped shirt do not make you a man. I know the point of the story was that he couldn't keep her, but his dancing couldn't even sort of keep up with her. Let me think for a second...yep, I would have liked this with Ade! Jeanine is a great dancer and is gorgeous, but overall, this was boring. Also, the stage is too big. They look puny. They should have put some depth on the stage, some platforms or something, or toned down the lighting. Adam "never saw Evan in the top 4" because he shouldn't be there!
BRANDON's solo - Very strong dancer, but a bit spastic. What's with the Jailhouse Rock cut-offs? (Oh, I guess I'm channeling my inner-Adam)
KAYLA & BRANDON - Broadway / Tyce
KA-POW! Finally something good. This was such a fun departure from the usual broadway routine. It was original, but still definitely in a broadway style and it had fantastic tricks. Kayla's legs just don't quit. It showed off both dancers nicely and they danced it well. Well, until the last 15 seconds. Both were so strong and the foite turns (sp? I can never remember how to spell french words) were great until the last two turns when Kayla lost it. She never got it back and Brandon was still on fire. What happened Kayla? BTW, she looks hot in that outfit and the long ponytail.
JEANINE's solo - Fantastic! I love that she took a very recognizable piece of tango music and danced something completely different to it. It showed her strength and passion. The pirouettes were amazing. If you didn't notice yet, I really love her. I think Adam and Travis do too.
BRANDON & EVAN - Pop Jazz / Laurieann Gibson
There's only been one good boy/boy piece in 4 seasons (Neil & Danny / Mia). They're usually really awkward. I can't imagine these two dorks doing battle will be any less awkward. Even their trash talk in the video piece was uncomfortable.
Oh, that was so nasty, and not in a good way. Yuck. I feel dirty. As I suspected, both of their tough guy attitudes were embarrassing and Brandon outdanced Evan (surprise, surprise). Shame on Laurieann for not choreographing to the dancers' strengths. I know Lauriann has a great resume, but that was just about the most cliche 90s throwback I've ever seen. "I saw that in two videos and a Levi's commercial." First one to get the movie line gets a dollar.
KAYLA & JEANINE - Contemporary / Mia
Amazing! Fantastic! Beautiful! Intense! Daring! Awesome! What other adjectives can I come up with to rave about this. I absolutely loved it - the choreography and the dancing. Mia is truly a genius. There are few artists with her vision and storytelling prowess, and even fewer in this medium. This is going to sound really cheesy, but I am consistently touched by her work.
Now, Nigel better not ruin this with some pervy comment about the girls taking off their clothes and something about "I was afraid you'd end up naked." Oh, the subtlty of the pervy comment.
EVAN's solo - I'm pretty sure that will be his best work tonight. Not good enough to win. Also, sweaty pits won't get you a lot of votes (I hope). I love Nigel's honesty! I've said it before, this is a Nigel I can get on board with.
KAYLA & EVAN - Jive / Tony & Melanie
Kayla completely lit up the stage. She danced this so big, in a good way. I really never even saw Evan in this one. Maybe that's good for him. A kiss at the end, what was that? Kudos to the wardrobe people on this show. They have managed to keep Evan's taller partners out of heels in ballroom/latin numbers. Whoa! Adam calling out the choreographers for not bringing it.
KAYLA's solo - So good. Maybe not as great as Jeanine & Brandon, but really good.
JEANINE & BRANDON - Paso Doble / Louis
Yes, they did save the best for last. Fireworks should have gone off at the end of that. It was such difficult, intense, fantastic choreography and they danced it perfectly.
Let's recap. All the dances with Evan, I hated. All the ones without him, I loved. Discuss.
I'm in a much better mood than I was 2 hours ago and didn't have to go for a second root beer float. Not the best finale, but I still love this show.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
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