choreography-related stories
Posted Sep 23rd 2009 10:02PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, Reality-Free, Glee
(S01E04) Lies, lies and damn lies. There are plenty of them on
Glee in between the musical numbers, but in a truly fine episode like this one, at least one major truth emerges and that's what you take away from the show. Still, it's that darn song I'm humming and one more reason
Glee keeps me coming back.
By the way, before we go on, how great is it that
Glee has been renewed for a full season? Way to go, Fox! Yes, maybe it was a given that this show would be given a chance, but there are no sure things, and I think the network deserves a thumbs up when they take a chance. Anyway, more on tonight's show and all the plot developments after the jump.
Continue reading Glee: Preggers
Posted Jun 4th 2009 2:04AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, So You Think You Can Dance
Were the Vegas rounds ever this hard? I never remember the intensive dancing in previous seasons, but I feel as though the contestants were pushed really hard because they were all a lot better than the judges expected.
It's a little childish, but I laughed when Mia Michaels exclaimed, "I'm a cutter." She seems to always say or do things that are a little risqué, but her opinions are always heard. As for the other judges, Mary was sedated, Lil C only said "buck" once, and I missed Debbie Allen for being that supportive mother type.
Instead of day by day analysis, we're going to take a look at some of the hits and misses for the dancers.
Continue reading So You Think You Can Dance: Vegas Part 1
Posted Jun 12th 2008 12:04PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, So You Think You Can Dance
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S04E06) The first night of performances and we've got a lot to consider. Nigel and Mary were joined by hip-hop choreographer Dan Karaty at the judges table and they led us through ten couples. We saw everything from smooth waltz to Broadway. And only one thing is for certain: it's going to be a tough competition. As Dan said in the beginning of the show, there are no front runners.
But after the ten couples strutted their stuff, the pack of ten had some leaders. Find out what happened last night on
So You Think You Can Dance after the jump.
Continue reading So You Think You Can Dance: Top 20 perform
Posted Jun 6th 2008 8:00AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, So You Think You Can Dance
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S04E05) How happy am I that
Jason covered the last night of auditions on Wednesday! I'm going to agree with him about the two tappers. The second girl, Liz, was fabulous. With tap, the excitement happens below the knees so performers have to be conscious of what's going on with their upper bodies.
Okay, I have a word problem for you. What do you get when you take hundreds of dancers then make them do four different styles, deprive them of sleep, critique them on national TV, and make them play some sick version of
Mother May I to see if they get to the next round?
The Vegas episode of
So You Think You Can Dance, of course!
Continue reading So You Think You Can Dance: Vegas and the Top 20 revealed
Posted May 30th 2008 12:02PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, So You Think You Can Dance
(S04E03) Last night we joined Cat, Nigel, Mary, and Tyce in Charleston, South Carolina for more auditions. I, for one, am getting sick of the two-hour audition shows already. We talked about this last week and I have to point it out again: maybe if they showed more dancing, these audition shows would be better.
Cat assured us at the beginning of the program that Charleston would not disappoint as
SYTYCD went there in season two. Who did they find in South Carolina? Natalie, Dimitri, finalist Heidi and none other than Travis Woll, season two's runner-up. In the second hour, Mary and Nigel headed to D.C. where they were joined by Dan.
Find out what happened in both cities after the jump.
Continue reading So You Think You Can Dance: Charleston and Washington, D.C. auditions
Posted May 23rd 2008 9:21AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, So You Think You Can Dance
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S04E01) It's back! *sings terribly* "Oh, I wanna dance with somebody. With somebody who loves me!" I am psyched for
So You Think You Can Dance. We kicked off tonight with the L.A. auditions and a two-hour season premiere. There were a lot of Russians, a lot of pelvic thrusts, a lot of repeat dancers, and a lot of Mary Murphy's infectious/irritating laugh. I can't decide about that one. Some times I can't stand her and some times I want to sit next to her at the judges table. What about you?
But enough about Mary, let's get to the good stuff ... the auditions!
Continue reading So You Think You Can Dance: LA Auditions (season premiere)
Posted Nov 2nd 2006 4:45PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: OpEd, PBS, Music and Variety, Celebrities
Movin' Out, choreographer Twyla Tharp's take on the music of Billy Joel, is
coming to television, thanks to PBS warhorse
Great Performances.
Movin' Out received mixed, leaning towards favorable, reviews during its Broadway and out-of-town runs. Tharp won a Tony for her choreography, and Joel shared a Tony for its orchestration. This Joel-inspired outing hasn't been nearly as
panned as Tharp's most recent take on Bob Dylan's catalog -
The Times They are A-Changin'.
While the show has yet to be filmed by PBS, we can expect to see it on the air in the late winter or early spring of 2007.
Continue reading Billy Joel musical coming to PBS
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