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"So You Think You Can Dance" Season 11 Recap: Top 16 Perform

I’ve gotta say, ” So You Think You Can Dance,” last night’s show was a little underwhelming. On a scale of 1 to 10, the Top 16’s talent level is about a 13. But the choreography—on average—scored close to a 6 in my book. Obviously, there were the exceptions, like Mandy Moore’s routine to “Foolish […]

"So You Think You Can Dance" Season 11 Recap: The Top 20 Perform

“So You Think You Can Dance” isn’t wasting any time this season. Not only did the 20 contestants get only eight seconds each to introduce themselves to America, but there were roughly zero seconds of unnecessary banter between segments during Season 11’s first live episode. (Serious dancers, rejoice!) So to take a page from everyone’s […]

Karate Cole Returns as Bruce Lee

I hate goodbyes, which is why I have a really hard time when my favorite dancers get eliminated from “So You Think You Can Dance.” I’m totally that girl who tears up during their highlight video reels. I just get so attached! But my mom (fellow “SYTYCD” fanatic) and I found a way to cope: […]

Let's Talk About Those Emmy Award Dance Numbers

If you’re like me, you were really, really sad for the first half of last night’s Emmy Awards. Song-and-dance king Neil Patrick Harris was hosting, and we’d been promised big, dance-y things. But for more than an hour there was nary a dancer in sight. Then came the middle of the show. And there was […]

This Year's Emmy-Nominated Choreographers Will Create a Dance for NPH

“Where my choreographers at?” (Neil Patrick Harris – photo AP/Mark J. Terrill) Up until now, the Emmy award for choreography has been presented at the smaller Creative Arts Emmys ceremony rather than the big Primetime Emmy awards. And while we’re happy the Emmys at least HAVE a choreography category (*cough* Oscars, get on that! *cough […]

"So You Think You Can Dance" Recap: The Top 20 Perform

I love the first week of competition on “So You Think You Can Dance.” It’s that wonderful time when nobody’s injured, everyone’s amped up and, since there are no eliminations, we can pretend all the dancers are going to stay around forever and ever. In that spirit—and because last night’s show was pretty fun—I’m going […]

"SYTYCD" Season 9: The First Elimination

Last night on “So You Think You Can Dance,” the Top 20 became the Top 16. The six dancers who received the lowest votes “from America” were Janaya, Alexa, Witney, Nick, Daniel and Chehon. The judges chose to save Witney and Chehon from elimination, and so we said goodbye to the other four. Major bummer. […]

All Eyes On Chantel

“The first time I saw Chantel Aguirre dance was in a video,” recalls choreographer Travis Wall. “My first thought was that she had crazy lines. My next thought was that I wanted to meet her.” A few months later, Wall did meet Chantel, who was 18 at the time and working as an assistant at […]