‘So You Think You Can Dance:’ Miami and Memphis auditions
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Did “So You Think You Can Dance” send out some kind of memo in Miami and Memphis that called for brothers and sisters to audition together?
There seemed to be a disproportionate number of siblings grooving onstage last night – and, as the Guadix twins in Miami illustrated, it’s usually a recipe for disaster.
But then the show moved down South, and Memphis proved that talent can, in fact, run in families.
Caitlin and Megan Kinney tried out in separate cities – Caitlin in Memphis, Megan in Miami – and both got Golden Tickets to Vegas. Both deserve to go, but boy, does Caitlin have the more dramatic story.
The insanely muscled girl has only been training in dance for five years – before that, she was a gymnast – and she’s coming back from a hip replacement surgery. Perhaps her surgeon was the same one who operated on the Bionic Woman, because, damn, Caitlin could do some flips.
Then there were the Guerra twins, who performed together perfectly in sync, yet managed to show the judges their individual styles. I wasn’t wild about brothers Evan and Ryan Kasprzak – Evan did a Broadway routine, and Ryan tapped around a whoopie cushion – but the judges loved ‘em both. I thought for sure they’d at least have to handle a choreography round, but they were sent straight through to Sin City.
Other non-related stand-outs included Joseph “Sha-Wam!” Smith, whom the judges liked a lot, but I couldn’t get past his close resemblance to Steve Urkel.
Gio Smith frightened the judges a bit with his frenetic African dancing – although Mary liked his feathered headdress – but he was good enough in other styles during the choreography round to get a plane ticket.
Paris Torres did a contemporary number to a slowed-down version of Britney Spears’ “Toxic,” complete with weird, wind-up doll-like movements. (I expect Mia Michaels can’t wait to get her mitts on this one; she’s right up her wacky choreography alley…)
Memphis police officer Marico Flake showed off a style called “Memphis jukin’,” which especially wowed guest judge Lil’ C. And speaking of Lil’ C, he made an unlikely bond with contemporary dancer Anna Dunn, whose father committed suicide a year ago. C revealed that his own dad had taken his life, too, and he encouraged Dunn to continue to use dance as an outlet for her pain. (Wildly introspective for a guy whose signature comment last season was “buck.”)
So those were the good dancers. Then there were the just plain bad ones – and there was no getting around the disdain that guest judge Tyce D’Orio felt for those rotten contestants.
Either Tyce didn’t take his medication during the Miami auditions, or he felt robbed of screen time last season, because he was just a medley of cheesy catchphrases. (Not that they weren’t a lot of fun, of course!)
According to Tyce, Tony “Tony style” Riendeau was so terrible, it was “flush you like a public toilet, bad.” The Guadix twins were “traaaaaaagic,” and one dancer needed to have the “dance police” called. Another audition was “like a milkshake full of Tylenol.”
And just when it seemed that his head was going to explode, Tyce got called out by Wislande Letang (whose parents need to be arrested for simply giving her that name). Yes, Wislande was horrifyingly terrible, but she told Tyce that he didn’t need to look so disgusted. Tyce backed down, claiming that he wasn’t disgusted, just “shocked” by her poor use of “chasses.” Wimp.
Anyway, the dance party moves on to Los Angeles and Seattle tonight – and next week, it’s on to Vegas, baby, yeah!!!
So was there anyone from last night’s auditions that YOU think might sail right through to the Top 20? Did you see any future Joshuas, Katees, or Twitches?
As for me, I don’t know if I’ve seen America’s next Favorite Dancer yet…
(Photos courtesy of FOX)
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hahaha did u see the jumping guy? he looked like he was giving praise to a sun god or something!