Kristin & K.G's Swansong
Last night (Tuesday 9 September 2008 at 19h00) Kristin and K.G. were the first dancers to be eliminated from So You Think You Can Dance SA.
Unfortunately for them they were given a terrible Tango routine to dance on Saturday's first live show and ended up paying the price with both the public and the judges.
Also in the bottom of the voting-pile alongside them were:
Louisa and
Thabiso; and
Tania and
Alistor.
Each of the six danced for their lives and after deliberations the judges vetoed that Kristin didn't have enough attitude and that K.G. hadn't delivered as he should.
18 dancers remain to dance the night away this coming Saturday.
***Show Of The Year***
Saturday night's first live show was the bomb in a Big way - I had such a rip watching, commenting and chuckling away at Nigel's American choppers (teeth) - that I didn't want it to finish. By the time the credits came up I decided that the show has to go down as
The Best SA Show Of 2008. My reasons:
1. It's tight, tight, tight in all ways - it's 21st century hott and hipp. The techno picture quality's excellent, the pace's perfect , the lighting's edgy, the costume's are great - except for three of them - and while the sound had moments of being iffy at the end I'm trusting they'll have it sorted next week.
All in all the live show lived up to the
high expectations set up by the audition phase and created the excitement for
more.
2. The dancing's killer - everything was so dynamic and constantly different and interesting. There wasn't a moment where I lost concentration or felt bored. The different choreography and intriguing music choices kept all my senses enthusiastic and glued. I also very much enjoyed seeing and judging the different choreographers.
3. Lurrrrrve seeing so many different dance forms. SO want to be a Crumper you have no idea.
4. The show's authentic to the international reality format and genre, while being strongly and proudly South African. It's globally connected mixed with being locally rooted, giving it a sense of worldwide scale and buzz.
5. It's very artistic. I recently heard a fab description of what art is - on a Heartlines insert on SABC2. It's an insert about a photography project happening in Cape Town and the guy organising it describes the essence of art as "breaking down every barrier" - which SYTYCD does
.It doesn't matter where the dancers are from, what their beliefs or backgrounds are - they all become unified and one through the show. Together they transcend every socially imposed barrier that results in something indescribably spiritual.
Saturday Night Fever 2
Here's who's paired up with who and who's-dancing-what on this Saturday's show:
Tania and Nqaba : Contemporary (fast)
Darren and Megan: The Pasadoble
Katlego and Elizma: The Foxtrot
Blaze and Marise: Afro-fusion (slow)
Taekwondo and Lee: Hip hop (fast)
Bathembu and Tamara: Crumping
Ashley and Kim: Pantsula
Louisa and Tabs: Salsa
Tanya and Alistor: Tango
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