SYTYCD - Top 20 - Week 01
February 17th 2008 10:46
Skipped a few episodes before settling on the first live show with the Top 20, there wasn't really much to talk about because there was so much damn crying, about an hour of each ninety minute episode that it became ridiculous, especially if you watched The Biggest Loser before SYTYCD (although they have more believable sob stories). Obviously they think that the audience like hearing sob stories and seeing drama, but we've seen the American season, we just wanna see more dancing. Let's just remember that there's no such thing as reality tv, so no surprises with at least one of the dancers in each partnership doing their own style.
First up is Rhiannon and JD doing Hip Hop, which is their forte and probably could've been done a bit better if JD took control over the choreography (obviously didn't get along well with with guest choreographer, Manuela). Chris Brown's 'Kiss Kiss' is being smashed by all the Hip Hop classes around Australia at the moment, so not surprised with the song choice. It was so interesting when Jason noticed they weren't completely in unison, hitting either the beginning or the end of the beat. Not many people even realise this is possible, it's either hit the beat or don't. What was up with Natalie's question: "Have you arrived?" I mean aafter performing and still on a high, what would you say to that, "umm yes I just came".
Courtenay aka crybaby is doing lyrical street jazz with Hilton, a crowd favourite, in a Romeo and Juliet inspired routine. I typed through most of it and hope Hilton stays until the top 4 at least and Courtenay leaves after this week. They seemed a bit unstable, doing a couple of lifts. Matt comments that Courtenay is likeable (gag) but fakes her technique well and Bonnie noted that Courtenay cried a lot.
The cute ballerina with the really high pitched voice, Vanessa has teamed up with finance student Henry for Salsa, his forte. It was nice to see that neither of them had opted for fake tan, seeing how much skin they were both showing so hopefully a large part of the audience will remember there's nothing healthy about a tan, and you don't need one to look sexy. [EDIT: so far I haven't seen anyone with an unhealthy tan] Lots of flashy moves and tricks.
Camilla and Seramsah do Musical Theatre. Seramsah is so insecure, so unsure and never satisfied with himself. But that routine was HOT and he's one of my favourites now, even though he majorly stuffed up on the lift. They work really well together, nice partnership.
Jemma and Rhys get the Waltz. Rhys' dad is so cool, what a great supporter. Their routine feels really magical with the gorgeous white dress and sparkly white lights, wow. A nu skool waltz to Celine Dion, so beautiful. Jason and I share this routine as our favourites.
Laura and Anthony doing Contemporary Lyrical. It was a nice, real routine, in that it was something that a lot of people 20y/o in a relationship could relate to, signified by the matching black slip and pajama pants as though they were just any other couple with issues.
Stephanie and Marko will be Jive-ing in some punk gothic outfits. There seems to be a flip in nearly every routine. Matt has to stop pointing because his hand covers his face a lot (although a lot of people I know would prefer that). I agree with Jason in not getting the costumes and music with the style of dance, Bonnie disagrees with him but doesn't say how.
Kate and Khaly doing Jazz, and I agree with Jason again, wondering what the routine was about... it seemed like less of a partnership throughout the whole routine and more about showing each's own strengths but Khaly still has my vote because he's a good friend of mine and I hope he gets a lot of support. I really want to see him progress and do other styles (I wish Don was still in the competition though!)
Demi! My favourite bgirl (the illest bgirl in the country) and Jack are doing Boogaloo. It's interesting that they're calling it Boogaloo and not just Popping, probably because Nacho told them so (he's not a Hip Hop dancer, he's a Popper-Boogaloo style, just to get it straight). For those who have seen Nacho perform many times before can recognise his favourite tracks and moves and they pulled it off with their pimp 'fits. At least people are learning more about funk styles. I hope they do some (proper) locking routines in the future.
One more routine before we switch off the tv, Kassy and Graeme doing lyrical Hip Hop which is Kassy's style choreographed by Yannus... and lyrical Hip Hop is becoming more like contemporary lyrical but danced to R&B.
I wish they brought Cat Deeley, host of the American version down here to host the show.
Goodnight.
First up is Rhiannon and JD doing Hip Hop, which is their forte and probably could've been done a bit better if JD took control over the choreography (obviously didn't get along well with with guest choreographer, Manuela). Chris Brown's 'Kiss Kiss' is being smashed by all the Hip Hop classes around Australia at the moment, so not surprised with the song choice. It was so interesting when Jason noticed they weren't completely in unison, hitting either the beginning or the end of the beat. Not many people even realise this is possible, it's either hit the beat or don't. What was up with Natalie's question: "Have you arrived?" I mean aafter performing and still on a high, what would you say to that, "umm yes I just came".
Courtenay aka crybaby is doing lyrical street jazz with Hilton, a crowd favourite, in a Romeo and Juliet inspired routine. I typed through most of it and hope Hilton stays until the top 4 at least and Courtenay leaves after this week. They seemed a bit unstable, doing a couple of lifts. Matt comments that Courtenay is likeable (gag) but fakes her technique well and Bonnie noted that Courtenay cried a lot.
The cute ballerina with the really high pitched voice, Vanessa has teamed up with finance student Henry for Salsa, his forte. It was nice to see that neither of them had opted for fake tan, seeing how much skin they were both showing so hopefully a large part of the audience will remember there's nothing healthy about a tan, and you don't need one to look sexy. [EDIT: so far I haven't seen anyone with an unhealthy tan] Lots of flashy moves and tricks.
Camilla and Seramsah do Musical Theatre. Seramsah is so insecure, so unsure and never satisfied with himself. But that routine was HOT and he's one of my favourites now, even though he majorly stuffed up on the lift. They work really well together, nice partnership.
Jemma and Rhys get the Waltz. Rhys' dad is so cool, what a great supporter. Their routine feels really magical with the gorgeous white dress and sparkly white lights, wow. A nu skool waltz to Celine Dion, so beautiful. Jason and I share this routine as our favourites.
Laura and Anthony doing Contemporary Lyrical. It was a nice, real routine, in that it was something that a lot of people 20y/o in a relationship could relate to, signified by the matching black slip and pajama pants as though they were just any other couple with issues.
Stephanie and Marko will be Jive-ing in some punk gothic outfits. There seems to be a flip in nearly every routine. Matt has to stop pointing because his hand covers his face a lot (although a lot of people I know would prefer that). I agree with Jason in not getting the costumes and music with the style of dance, Bonnie disagrees with him but doesn't say how.
Kate and Khaly doing Jazz, and I agree with Jason again, wondering what the routine was about... it seemed like less of a partnership throughout the whole routine and more about showing each's own strengths but Khaly still has my vote because he's a good friend of mine and I hope he gets a lot of support. I really want to see him progress and do other styles (I wish Don was still in the competition though!)
Demi! My favourite bgirl (the illest bgirl in the country) and Jack are doing Boogaloo. It's interesting that they're calling it Boogaloo and not just Popping, probably because Nacho told them so (he's not a Hip Hop dancer, he's a Popper-Boogaloo style, just to get it straight). For those who have seen Nacho perform many times before can recognise his favourite tracks and moves and they pulled it off with their pimp 'fits. At least people are learning more about funk styles. I hope they do some (proper) locking routines in the future.
One more routine before we switch off the tv, Kassy and Graeme doing lyrical Hip Hop which is Kassy's style choreographed by Yannus... and lyrical Hip Hop is becoming more like contemporary lyrical but danced to R&B.
I wish they brought Cat Deeley, host of the American version down here to host the show.
Goodnight.
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HISTORY of SAM, BOOGALOO & POPPING: taken from
WEBSITE: www.electricboogaloos.com
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The Birth of Popping and Boogaloo
In a town called Fresno, California, there lived a shy boy named Sam. Inspired to create his own style of dance after seeing the original Lockers perform on TV, in 1975 Sam started putting together movements which later became known as boogaloo or boog style.
The name came from the old James Brown song "Do the Boogaloo". One day when Sam was dancing around the house, his uncle said "Boy, do that boogaloo!" A puzzled Sam asked his uncle, "What's boogaloo?". "That means you're gettin down" his uncle replied. From that day on he was known as Boogaloo Sam.
Not many people know what boogaloo style is or how to do it. Boogaloo is a fluid style that uses every part of the body. It involves using angles and incorporating fluid movements to make everything flow together, often using rolls of the hips, knees, head. Making your legs do wierd things, and covering a lot of space on stage using "walkouts" or other transitions to get from one spot to the next spot. Although it is described as fluid, please note that boogaloo is different from the style known as waving.
Popping was another style created by Sam. People get confused about what this style is. They think it is the name for all the styles that came out of the funk movement (1970's California). It is not. Popping is a style in itself, that involves snapping the legs back, and flexing your muscles continuously to the beat to give a jerky/snapping effect. Popping is a unique style. It's not the universal name for all the funk styles. If you pop, then you're a popper. If you wave, then you're a waver. If you Boogaloo, you're a boogalooer, and so on.
Sam would say the word "pop" (under his breath) every time he flexed while he danced, similar to the way someone might make machine noises when they do the robot, Sam would say the word "pop, pop, pop". People would always say to him, "Hey do that popping stuff!"
A lot of people ask what Electric Boogaloo style is. Electric Boogaloo style is combining popping and boogaloo style together. The two styles compliment each other well and is known worldwide as the signature style of the EB's.
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I myself dont do iether stylez but my good friend past dance collegue and Top 100 contestant Nikki aka B-girl Essentz does and she has rubed off some of her knowledge on me...thanx Nik xo
YES DEMI is awesome and JACK is from Queensland so GO DEMI and JACK!!!
I agree Courtney crys 2 MUCH and it makes her unlikeable...I also loved the Romeo Juliet twas surprized by both Jemma and Rhys VERY HONEST performance.
I quite disliked Laura and Anthony doing Contemporary Lyrical. For me he lookes to technicaly perfect that I cant see personality past it and Laura i'm unure of yet but in that performance stumbled in the preperations and balance the whole way as if she has no centre of balance so I just couldn't see how the judges missed it???
Cant wait to see more of Rhiannon and JD
Im Out...Peace Love & Dance baby!!!
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Comment by Danis Kool
In regards to your Boogaloo and Popping section
Do you believe that it is so? Its a very big call to claim that you have created something.
Personally I dont see Sam as a creator, i see him more as an Innovator. But i can see the reason why people may think that he is the creator (correct or not), his boogaloo style has stood the test of time and is one of the most popular "FunkStyle" (note the quotations) that is practised throughout the world.
Until the day that all the OGs have sorted out their differences. Ill will continue to question about the origin of this dance.
Peace
Comment by Danis Kool
That the term "Funkstyles" is a new term that was coined by Poppin Pete in the early 2000s.
On the other hand, there is forum post (i cant seem to find it) where Mr Wiggles explains the origin of the word Funkstyles. From memory it was not intended to be an umbrella term, but an event name.
I can usually tell what style a 'popper' does by what word they say as their umbrella term.
I personally do not use the term any more. But as long i understand the meaning behind it, its cool.
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Comment by Anonymous
"Boogaloo is actually NOT exactly popping... its a related style created by Boogaloo Sam"...
The info I provided (taken from the WEBSITE:www.electricboogaloos .com
actually does not label him as the creator so that was a wrong choice of word for me to use and as you said Danis said "Inovator" would be the best description.
In this inital thread I found 2 statements I had to question?
1) "It's interesting that they're calling it Boogaloo and not just Popping, probably because Nacho told them so (he's not a Hip Hop dancer, he's a Popper-Boogaloo style, just to get it straight). "
Because Nacho told em so...?
- Isn't it because it wasn't straight popping it was actually Boogaloo?
And...
2) "I hope they do some (proper) locking routines in the future."
- I understand this is probably intended to mean I hope to see a popping routine...but it can also sound like its emplying Boogaloo is not proper!
It was not was my intention to create a post that focused on Sam rather the Styles & History of boogaloo & popping as many ppl & dancers have no idea and suddenly we see it on National TV lol.
In no way am I saying I know everything cos I dont, as I said I never done the styles but I did feel those 2 statements could be confusing for ppl who had no idea bout popping & boogalo. So I just wanted to share some History about the styles for those who never heard of or seen popping or boogaloo.
So I rekon this is not about setting things straight but educating ourselves bout Street styles, we can never know it all but share in the History and have an idea of profiles and cultures of the dancers who initially did them.
Danis, you mentioned Mr Wiggles
Anyone who is interested in learning more about Mr Wiggles & the History of Hip Hop, Funk dance or "funkstyles" should check out the following.
www.mrwiggles.biz
Go 2 Hip Hop History...You can actually find some statements on the above subject:
"THERE WERE ALLOT OF STYLES OF DANCE THAT EXISTED IN THE EARLY 70'S IN NORTHERN CA THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH POPPIN.BUT IN THE ELECTRIC BOOGALOOS OPINION, "BOOGALOO SAM" WAS THE FIRST TO DO WHAT WE SEE AS POPPIN TODAY...
FLEXING OF THE MUSCLES TO THE BEAT WHILE DANCING...NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE ROBOT OR AND OTHER FORMS OF PANTOMIME DANCE THAT EXISTED BEFORE POPPIN".
Peace Out!
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Could someone please tell me how and why the term lyrical hiphop came about?
Ta!