So You Think You Can Dance results show 8/2

OMG that paso doble was gorgeous. I sat there with my mouth open. Such incredible strength, bearing and control - his lines were beautiful. I watched it 4 times.

The rest of the solos? Eh. I'm with you.

I think our bottom 4 is going to come down to Danny, Pasha, Sabra and Lacey. Neil has just been too stiff (but I think based on Wednesday, he did NOT belong in the bottom 4, Danny should've had that spot).

Ultimately? I think of the dancers we have *left*, Sabra & Pasha should be the final 2, with Sabra walking away the winner. I'm afraid, however, that the fan base will vote Lacey ahead of Sabra, even though I think Sabra is so much more versatile.

Next week - I think we'll see Lauren & Neil go. I don't think Lauren is anywhere near on par with Lacey and Sabra. And I can't see Neil staying and Danny going. I think that battle is going to come down between Pasha & Danny, and Pasha is just going to outclass him.

 

I would have rather had Lauren go instead of Sara, but as neither of them are going to win I guess the order doesn't matter much. And I hated to see Dom go, but it was his time. He sure got some Cat hugs in, though.

Didn't Danny look smashing with the guyliner?

 

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LOL...how red was Cat during the very last segmant? She already looked like she had over tanned during the show but then when Dom was all over her she really got red.

I agree with Nigel that a lot of this is going to come down to luck as far as who gets paired up with who and the routines they get. One wrong pick or dance could totally change things.

I do think Niel (he's too acrobatic for me) and Lauren need to go next.

Danny I just don't connect with and I do think he is very arrogant. Everytime I see him it looks as if he's dancing a solo and there just so happens to be a partner there with him.

 

Ditto. This is what I'd hope would happen.... at the very least hopefully both Lauren and Neil go next week.

And yah... loved that pasa doble. I've been saving the recordings, so I can show my girls various dance style, but deleted last nights... I had forgotten about that one.

Tammy

 

This question has nothing to do with the 8/2 show, but can someone explain Contemporary dance to me? (Murgatroyd???) I'm really being serious here. It seems like they are usually danced to ballad type songs. But, to me, the dance doesn't seem to go with the music. It seems as though the dancers are dancing to a song that is going on in their head. Usually what I see is running all over the stage with arms-a-flailing.

Can anyone help me appreaciate it for what it is?

 

I don't have a good explanation, but just wanted to share with you that my wife asks me the same question each time there's a contemporary piece on the show.

 

I'm no expert, but I think contemporary is more about the emotion behind the piece than it is about the technical aspects of dancing. We've heard the dancers with a ballroom backup say they have to unlearn everything they know to do the contemporary pieces. We also heard Nigel comment that they did so well last week because they forgot about technique and just... danced.

 

That's pretty much how I see it too! I don't get Contemporary at all.

I know nothing about dance. I started watching the show for the pretty girls and am just blown away by some of the routines.

Once it got down to the final 8, it is just too close to call for me (since I know nothing about dancing). I just know what I like when I see it.

To me, it was a toss-up between Lauren & Sara this week. Same for Neil & Dominic.

As for the rest, any of the others (after Lauren & Neil leave) could win it in my opinion.

 

My favorite girl is Lacey, but I concede she didn't do that well this week. My favorite dance of hers was many weeks ago (can't remember exactly which week), when she kept going limp in the middle of her dance. Her oscillations between dancing and going limp, somehow had me mesmerized.

 

I just looked up Contemporary dance on wikipedia and it was...not helpful.

Myself I always just describe it as "falling down while they play music". I guess flapping your arms about helps, too.

 

Contemporary dance usually just looks to me like someone is externalizing their angst.
Occasionally I see something like the park bench thing that just reaches me, but mostly I don't get it.

 

Contemporary for me is a style that has no gray area. I either hate it or I love it. Far more often, unfortunately, seems to be the "hate" part.

The park bench - gorgeous. The whole 'meeting my dead father'? Puzzling and confusing and I never would've gotten it without the backstory. Even with the back story, it did nothing for me. A couple of people jumping around in plastic flowers. Shrug.

 

Whew!!! At least I don't feel like I'm alone in not understanding it!! Thanks everyone for your interpretation as well as validation that I'm not bonkers!

 

I like Sabra and I liked Sara. I'm tired of Lacey. Sure, she's a good dancer, but she comes across as pretty phony to me, and she doesn't seem to care all that much about it. Kind of like Danny.