Abby’s Ultimate Dance Recap: Twerking Through the Ages

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   April
   Posted November 16, 2012 at 4:38 am

   It was fair to send Lexine home at this point. Jordyn better thank her stars she got hip hop this week or she might have been going home since Lexine has better technique than her. Jordyn rocks the hip hop like no other in this competition. Abby is full of shit because what she knows about hip hop can fit into a paper bag. I saw Dance Moms and her hip hop choreo sucks. You don’t get pissy about little things like foot turnout when doing true blue hip hop. It is about speed, funk, attitude and precision and skill. Nothing else. Not pointed toes. Now if you do jazz/hip hop then your jazz moves need to be right. We did jazz/hip hop a lot at my studio. That is hip hop with some technique moves thrown in as well.

   I was kinda like WTF!? when Yvette was being nice to Tiger Mom for two seconds helping her with the costume. See she has it in her to be nice. Why can’t she tap into that more?

   I said on the other recap, I don’t blame Kristie for going off on Yvette. Sometimes you gotta stand up to the bullies. She is nice to everyone else so I don’t think she is a shit starter or anything. Sure its best to just ignore, but like Kristie I would rather hero up and take the bullies on in their own game. Just not in front of the kids. Never in front of the kids.

   I LOLed at the Drop Dead Gorgeous reference. That is one of my favorite movies of all time. I used to do pageants too so yeah, that movie is the funniest thing in the world to me. Also the Rupaul reference. Love me some drag queens.

   The heels thing…well sometimes we danced in those character shoe heels and put tap shoes on them. I think I was about 13 14 when I did that the first time. So yes, she could have had heels, but depending on the moves she was doing, heels are not always going to work for complicated turn sequences or something like that. Either way, I doubt she had anything to do with costume or shoe choices that is a choreographer thing.

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   April
   Posted November 16, 2012 at 4:39 am

   Oh yeah and I am getting a little pissed how much they kiss Asia’s ass. I get it. She is young and cute and good for her age. But she is not perfect and her face does not make up for everything else.

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   Lisa
   Posted November 16, 2012 at 8:04 am

   I just don’t understand or agree with any of the judges crtique’s . I’ve only watched 2 or 3 episodes but I don’t think I’ve agreed with the judges once. And I personally thought that Hadley danced better than Amanda. And seriously, Asia winning the challenge???

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   Megan
   Posted November 16, 2012 at 8:27 am

   For anyone who watches dance moms too, are you noticing that Asia is turning into her Maddie? As a past dancer and now dance teacher, the “improv” she did had no dance to it. She merely pulsed and crawled around like a skanky stripper. But just like Maddie, she does no wrong. Yuck!!

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   keebler elf
   Posted November 16, 2012 at 10:19 am

   does anyone know what studio yvette teaches at?

   i saw on youtube that jordyn is in a singing group called the 5 lps (5 little princesses) they’re kinda cute.

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   April
   Posted November 16, 2012 at 10:29 am

   Amanda last episode danced better technically than Hadley. Hadley had more animation and enthusiasm in her face. So they both had strong points and weak points in that number.

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   April
   Posted November 16, 2012 at 10:32 am

   Well Abby likes them young. About 6 is the age she picks you as a favorite and then trains you up and gives you tons of attention. Then when you grow up some, she loses interest. It was Brooke, than Maddie and now she is kinda starting to favor Mackenzie.

   So it does not surprise me that Abby loves Asia cause she is that perfect 6.

   I don’t know what Asia would do with a Joffrey scholarship. She would show them her moves and their eyes would bug out of their heads most likely. Serious ballet never likes rump shaking or anything like that.

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   Dani
   Posted November 16, 2012 at 11:21 am

   Amanda IS a better dancer than Hadley, but that was just mean to say that on stage, in front of an audience, parents, other dancers, etc.. Probably felt uncomfortable for Amanda as well. As much as I despise Yvette and want them to go home, that was just cruel to say that to Hadley. I don’t think Hadley is in the same category as Amanda, Madison and Brianna. Asia is most definitely NOT at the same level and it’s getting nauseating just watching them all fawn over her week after week. Yeah, she’s cute, we get it, but come on! I agree with April about Lexine and Jordyn. I think Lexine is actually the better all around dancer, but Jordyn is the best hip-hop dancer and that’s what she got to do this week, so worked out well for her… My guess is that Jordyn will go home next week. I just think they are going to drag it out with Yvette and Kristi (Hadley/Asia). I will seriously be pissed if one of the 3 I mentioned above (Madison, Brianna and Amanda) are sent home BEFORE Hadley and Asia. If so, this “competition” is a total joke!!!

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   SaraKate
   Posted November 16, 2012 at 11:27 am

   I think Robin is (gasp!) right – the character shoes (heels) would have added that extra ooompf to the 20′s routine and would have been apropos for the time period. But I doubt they all have them just handy, and teaching her the moves in unfamiliar character heels in less than a week would have been downright dangerous.

   I”m torn on Asia…that girl can PERFORM. She has the stage presence that you simply cannot teach. But she doesn’t have the technique the other girls do, and she really is just a baby. IT’s about time for her to go, I think. I’d love for Hadley to go first, just on principle, though. I can’t stand her mother.

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    April
    Posted November 16, 2012 at 1:18 pm

    I am impressed with Asia’s maturity. I have 5 year old boys and they cry and whine all the dang time. Asia has been pretty chill and non baby like from what I have seen. If she was in this competition 4 years in the future, she would kill all of them on the dance floor. She is a talent. There is no denying that.

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    Dani
    Posted November 16, 2012 at 2:58 pm

    Yes, there is no denying Asia is incredibly talented, but if this is a fair competition where they are judging kids at how they are dancing NOW, then she should have been gone awhile ago. She is very cute, and for her age, she’s amazing, BUT she is not (at this time) a BETTER dancer than most of the dancers still there and a lot that have already left. I bet she’s learning a lot out of this experience and will be very beneficial to her in her dance future. She’s learning new styles, new choreography, etc.. I do hope that if she does continue to dance in the future that her mom puts her in more ballet classes and they stop with the sexy, provocative moves she makes. I’ve watched some of her stuff on youtube when she was only 5 and some of the stuff she does really unnerves me. I really don’t feel like a little girl, or boy, should be dancing in such a sexual manner at such a young age.. It bothers me, but yes, she is very talented indeed.

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    ellemenop
    Posted November 16, 2012 at 5:40 pm

    i loved the gogo routine, but only because you can put carrot top doing something 1960s in front of me and i’ll think it’s cool. i really loved the hip hop routine because it really IS jordyn’s forte, and she has TONS of energy — i think i have as much energy ALL WEEK that she has in one hip hop dance. she sold me on her number.

    i, too, support kristie’s response to yvette’s bullying. she reminds me of myself in that regard; i’m the nicest person and try to be fair towards everyone, until someone starts being an asshole, and ESPECIALLY when they pick on someone who can’t/won’t defend themselves, and then it’s ON. i don’t get in people’s faces like kristie, mostly because i don’t want their spit on my face, nor do i care to smell what they had for lunch, but i get pretty riled up when people bully me or (especially) others.

    i feel a little bad saying this, but if we are being honest, am i the only one who DOESN’T think asia is adorable??? i HATE her “sexy” moves (seriously, she’s SIX — it makes me want to throw up sometimes!), and, honestly, she is very … stout. she is built more likea gymnast or an acrobat with those short, ripped legs. but above all, i just can’t stand her moves and pornstar faces. *barf*

    @april — i also loved the drop dead gorgeous pic … lol. that movie is all kinds of priceless. it’s like heathers or ferris bueller’s day off for me — i can watch it hundreds of times and still think it’s funny.

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    NatalieClove
    Posted November 17, 2012 at 12:14 am

    I absolutely HATE asia !!! She gets so much attention just because of her face. Her technique is HORRIBLE. She is a little too young to be dealing with this kind of pressure anyway.

    Does anyone know that name of the song Asia danced to ?

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    NatalieClove
    Posted November 17, 2012 at 12:16 am

    Also, does anyone know the name of the song Jordyn danced to?

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    jewel64
    Posted November 18, 2012 at 2:28 am

    It appears Abby is setting up Asia to win, which is unfortunate. This is not \Abby’s Ultimate Sassy Face Competition.\ Asia is extremely talented and mature for her age, but she is turning into a one-note dancer by pulling faces to detract the judges from her poor technique. Asia would do well in acting classes, but Faux-Lo Kristie better put her in ballet and contemporary classes to correct her lousy technique. I do find some of Asia’s movements and faces to be overtly sexual and creepily adult. I’ve seen a You-Tube video where she’s dressed like a Female Cop complete with bare midriff and booty shorts, as if she’s been hired to perform a strip-tease at some bachelor party. Ugh.

    If Faux-Lo wants her darling daughter to grow up to be a Skanky Ho Pole Dancer and the Cheetah Club, she’s well on her way. Her parents, teachers, and agent aren’t allowing her to be a six-year-old; apparently they feel age-inappropriate costumes, facial expressions and movement are the way to sell their precocious daughter to lecherous Hollywood producers or controversial people like Abby. Way to encourage the pedophiles, folks, with over-sexualizing a 6-year-old. They are doing this talented little girl a great disservice by encouraging this approach to dancing/performing instead of putting her in ballet and contemporary classes to learn technique. Right now she’s all tricks and gimmicks.

    Moreover, it seems that Asia always has the cuter costumes or the more colorful costume that stands out from the other dancers when she’s put in a group. Abby obviously has told the choreographers to put Asia front and center, making sure she is noticed. It’s a set up to me, and will be a huge farce if Asia wins with her Skanky-Ho-Face Technique. Abby says she wants the most \well-rounded\ dancer. Well, a dancer with sloppy, shitty technique who resorts to sassy facial expressions and ass-shaking is NOT a well-rounded dancer. There’s other dancers so much better (Brianna, Amanda, Madison) who are just as expressive, though they don’t resort to the Skanky Ho faces to get them through the next round. They have more beauty, technique and class.

    Yvette is totally obnoxious and it’s clear she’s been cast as the villain. Faux Lo’s intentions of defending Elisabeth against Yvette’s cruel teasing started off noble, but quickly descending into Jerry Springer territory with her threats of physical violence. No matter how obnoxious Yvette is, physical threats is not the answer and to me, Kristie acts just as much of a bully as Yvette does. She seems to be a chola-like J-Lo Wannabe; she’s married to a former professional Body Builder who is a Born Again Christian. I wonder what he thinks of his wife threatening physical violence on TV? Guess she’s not a churchgoer like he is.

    Dancing in heels makes your legs look more shapely and feminine and helps to emphasize leg lines. However, for a developing contemporary dancer like Brianna, it would not be safe and she would need more than just a few days to get used to dancing in heels. Her center would be very different in heels versus flats. It takes a more experienced, more developed dancer to be able to adjust her center and posture in shoes of different heel heights. Heels thrust your weight forward as opposed to flats, where the weight is more evenly distributed.
    I’m a ballroom dancer, and we dance in heels because they look more formal and make the leg lines look nicer as opposed to flats. Also, you want your weight more forward in ballroom dancing, which heels will do. But ballroom dancers don’t do as complex or as bendy dance movements like a contemporary dancer, so depending on the choreography, dancing in heels would be a detriment. Robin Antin does not understand the basic mechanics of dance, physics and movement which would explain why you don’t see too many contemporary dancers wearing heels, unless it is for a novelty piece. And if that botoxed bitch mentions the Pussycat Dolls one more time, I’m gonna scream.

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    Gwen
    Posted November 18, 2012 at 4:22 pm

    “The almost-too-gay-to-function Richy Jackson says Brianna is the type of dancer that he would love to work with.”

    Too gay to function? That’s only okay when I say that! (Sorry, I had to).

    I really like Brianna. She’s incredibly talented and seems like an all-around nice girl. Madison too. And their moms are normal. If not for the Asia-favoritism thing, I would bet that Brianna would win this.

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    Aunty Kim
    Posted November 19, 2012 at 10:55 am

    I totally agree with the following post:

    i feel a little bad saying this, but if we are being honest, am i the only one who DOESN’T think asia is adorable??? i HATE her “sexy” moves (seriously, she’s SIX — it makes me want to throw up sometimes!), and, honestly, she is very … stout. she is built more likea gymnast or an acrobat with those short, ripped legs. but above all, i just can’t stand her moves and pornstar faces. *barf*

    I cannot stand Asia, and she should have been voted off a while back, as her technique is NOT up to par with the other girls at this point. Plus the others are held behind as she takes so much LONGER to learn a routine, that’s probably why she uses her face as much as then it takes away from the lousy dancing.

    Yes, she’s good for 7 now, (not 6 anymore), but still NOT UP TO PAR with these other competitors..>I really HOPE she’s the NEXT VOTED OFF!!!

    Please NO MORE references to Pussy-Dolls!!!

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    Lemon
    Posted November 19, 2012 at 12:36 pm

    I don’t think Asia is a talented dancer at all. All she does is pose, gyrate, and make ridiculous faces. She isn’t cute. And she isn’t talented.

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    April
    Posted November 20, 2012 at 4:28 am

    Lemon: She can do a heel stretch spin. That is talent. I worked on that for months as a high schooler and could not get it. And I was a great dancer. So yes, she is talented. She can tumble. Her spins need work but she is only 6 and they will improve. Remember choreography is not the kids responsibility. If she was my student I would have less of those adult moves and work more on age appropriate stuff and technique with her. But to say she is not talented is not true. I taught plenty of girls how to dance competively and I can see potential and talent.

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    Dani
    Posted November 22, 2012 at 10:00 am

    I think Asia IS very talented, BUT I can understand Lemon’s point when you see her gyrating and making those faces. Basically, it takes away from her talent and also just creeps you out to see a little girl do that.

    I do agree with Aunty Kim that Asia DOES have the kind of body very suited for a gymnast and that would probably be a really good sport for her to go into. You can tell that she is most likely going to have a short/muscular type of body when she matures- ideal for a gymnast, not so ideal for a dancer. She does have good showmanship, which I think she has developed because of being exposed so early and being an extremely confident child. I think when you see her making those “pornstar” faces that it detracts from her talent because it is unsettling to see that from a 6 or 7 year old child. I DO NOT think she should be there still. She is not as good as the other girls left. maybe she will be when is is 12 or 13, but right now she’s 6 (or 7) and isn’t there yet. So, yeah, I do think she is talented, but the things she does sometimes take away from her talent (in my opinion)- her gyrating, her sexy moves, her “pornstar” faces, etc.. She needs to be given choregraphy that is suited for a young child and stop with trying to sexualize this little girl. It’s disgusting! But, that is the fault of her dance teachers and her parents for encouraging it, or allowing it.

    Ok, so who do you think will go home next? I hope Asia, but have a feeling it may be Jordyn..

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    Lilly219
    Posted November 22, 2012 at 12:45 pm

    Oh I love little Asia , she isn’t the best all around dancer there by any means but she has great potential & I think that is what Abby is looking at the other girls are at least 5 or 6 maybe even more, years ahead of her. With more experience and training she can and will be amazing. Abby is deffinitly looking at the potential , she is without a doubt the best with the facials (In this competition) the other girls lack that some what & once she has more experience and works on her technique in the years to come , she will be the full package, bc yes the facials are deffinitly part of the package , also I don’t know if anyone else knew this or if I already said it but Asia’s father is a professional body builder & Asia often does fitness performances at his fitness shows . Asia also posted a pic of her dad and Abby on her Instagram

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    Lilly219
    Posted November 22, 2012 at 12:48 pm

    Also jordyns mother Kelly stated in an interview , that I can’t remember where I read, that jordyn will be featured in all 10 episodes . So if that’s true that must mean she will make it to the final 2, maybe even win ?!

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    Lilly219
    Posted November 22, 2012 at 12:58 pm

    Jordyn is also a member of the 5lps ?? Apperently they are a tween girl group , they have a record with 2 songs , also jordyn has apperently danced with cee lo green , Bruno mars and others
    http://5lprincesses.com/default.asp.f-aboutme
    & Amanda made it to the final rounds of live to dance , I think that’s the name of the show. So these girls are no rookies , they have most deff worked professionally before

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    April
    Posted November 22, 2012 at 3:01 pm

    Wow Jordyn really does have star quality in those 5LP videos. Never heard of them before. She might make it far just because of her stage presence and star quality. I think she is my favorite on this show.

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    April
    Posted November 22, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    See the thing about those 5 LP videos. The girls are properly dressed cute without showing a bunch of skin. They use happy cute facial expressions without making porn star faces. They do cute advanced dance moves that are age appropriate. That is what girls that age should be doing. That is how we always ran our Junior competition teams. Jordyn almost was like the star of that group she had a lot of solos. They had a huge following in those videos so I am surprised I have never heard of them.

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    Loreet
    Posted November 29, 2012 at 11:55 pm

    Keeping Asia on every week and sending home dancers who are clearly better technically is taking this show from a thrilling weekly experience to a bad joke. I LOVE watching the other girls, who work hard and are graceful and attain the highest artistic and technical levels of their ages and abilities. When Asia dances, I cringe and walk away until her dance is over. she is just not up to the rest of the girls’ levels and it shows the judges to be biased unfairly. Her continued presence is a mockery of the concept of the show. My young daughter also thinks Asia is by far the poorest dancer and has stopped watching the show because she believes it is rigged and lost respect for the show and the judges weeks ago. What a great idea gone wrong by … what? greed for ratings? I don’t know anyone who thinks that girl is better than the last 6 kids sent home, including Zach.

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    April
    Posted December 1, 2012 at 10:50 am

    Where are our recaps?! I need to gab with you ladies about the show! Hope everything is okay.

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    melisa
    Posted January 22, 2013 at 6:10 pm

    this is the saddest part of the show AUDC, lexine was sent home after just a week on top, and asia is a mess with technicals and she stays,there are may little girls her age that are way way better, i think the producers bank on her commerciability and keep her at the end, oh well, congrats Brianna, see you on dance moms lol