SYTYCD Recap: There Be Dragons Here!

So You Think You Can Dance

By PottyMouth | Monday, June 11, 2012 | 12:00 pm | 14 Comments
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Hiya Gasmi!  Before we even get into the next round of auditions, my apologies for the tardiness of this recap.  I was already running behind because we had the end of the year banquet for my son’s dance team, THEN I spent the entire day yesterday on my hands and knees….and NOT in the fun way!!

Uh…..thanks for sharing????

So this time around we are meeting up with the judges in Atlanta, and DEBBIE FREAKINGALLEN is joining Mary and Nigel at the judges table!

LOVE her!

First up this evening is Audrey Case.  She’s a cute girl who has listed amongst her talents the ability to fart with her neck and lick her elbow.  I like her already.  Of course Nigel’s delicate sensibilities are offended that such a cute girl would even think the word fart yet alone list it as a talent.  It’s not how he imagines a young lady should behave.

Grinding your ass in my face would be perfectly acceptable however!

She gives a brief demo of the neck fart which turns out to be more of a squeak, so Nigel thinks she should re-label it as neck squeaking should the occasion arise again to discuss talents other than dance.  Speaking of dancing….

She’s good.  She’s sassy without being overtly sexual, and there’s something about this girl that just makes me smile.  The crowd goes wild when she’s done, and the judges give her a standing ovation.

Nigel tells her she is magical.  Like a little Tinkerbell.  He says they’ve had some wonderful, terrific dancers that get to Vegas and then are terrible because all they can do is what they do which doesn’t work on this program.  He says she’s got to be able to do other things and he’s got that feeling she can.

I hope he’s not talking about what I think he’s talking about.  BARF.

Debbie starts singing “She’s Gotta a Ticket to Ride” so Audrey is going to Vegas!

Next up is Boris Penton, hip hopper and member of a crew of dancers called Dragon House.  Not only do these guys dance together, they live together as well.  Three of the crew (not sure if that’s the WHOLE crew) have come down today to audition, and Boris is the first to go.

HOLY BALLS!  This guy is amazing!!  The fact that he performed to an instrumental piano piece was surprising (in a good way), and his musicality is phenomenal.  I could watch this over and over and never get bored.

Another standing ovation from the judges.  Nigel thinks he is mesmerizing.  He tells him that it was stunning to watch and he didn’t want to stop him.  Fabulous, really fabulous, and Nigel thinks it was a privilege to see him.

Mary agrees; she doesn’t think there’s a person in the theatre that wasn’t blown away by what he did.  She thinks he’s extraordinary.  Debbie says he is a real artist; that was pure artistry and really amazing.  Nigel asks Boris if he’s heard enough compliments.  Boris sweetly says yes, and Nigel tells him to come and get a ticket for Vegas.  It’ll be interesting to see if he can hang once he gets there.  I’m hoping he can.

We move from hip hop to contemporary and this dancer is named Joshua Alexander.  He also sings and plays guitar and has a weirdly gravelly voice.  Nigel points out that the fact that Joshua is a musician should come across in his dancing, and then he begins.

Another really good one.  I wasn’t sure I was going to like him when he began; some of his facial expressions seemed a bit forced for me, but once he settled in, he won me over.  I’ll be shocked if he doesn’t get through to Vegas.

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PottyMouth

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14 Comments

  1. 1
    sagittariuskim sagittariuskim
    Posted June 11, 2012 at 1:08 pm

    I love Cat! I don’t think that can be said enough.

    If were the dancers from the other cities, I would be really jealous that the Atlanta dancers got to have Debbie Allen watched them.

    I loved the belly dancer, but I might be a little bias since I’m from Alabama too. I love belly dancing and would love to learn how to do it.

    Loved the Dragon House dancers, especially the last guy. I really hope at least makes it the top 20 too, but since I want it to happen it probable won’t happen.

    The Selena Gomez Stalker was super annoying. He’s one of those people you just want to punch in the face every time they talk . And the more he kept talking the more that urge grew for me.

    I’m really happy for your recaps PottyMouth. For the second week in a row a thunderstorm started during the show, knocking the satellite signal out. So I miss the beginning of the 2nd day and the first 2 dancers.

  2. 2
    blazergirl
    Posted June 11, 2012 at 7:57 pm

    So first I have to admit I did watch The Choice. I had no intention whatsover until I heard Cat was hosting so I figured I would give it a chance. And it was awful, and slightly disappointed in Cat for being a part of it. It was really painful. But since Cat’s amazing, hopefully it will soon be just a blip on her radar and no one will remember.

    I loved Glitch because it’s so rare people that do popping and locking or the robot show much emotion. But he just lit up the stage with his smile and showed all sorts of facial expressions and emotions. I loved his two buddies too. This was definitely the best audition show in a long time.

    PM, thanks for the recap; wonderful as always!

  3. 3
    Moli Moli
    Posted June 11, 2012 at 8:18 pm

    I don’t know there is something about Joshua I don’t like, he’s an excellent dancer…just something…Karate guy seems a tad smarmy, don’t like him either. WTF, did you see that horrible ‘ballet’ judges?? You saw that crap live, it s-u-c-k-e-d-. Nigel had a pervgasm watching Glitch. I loved all the Dragon House! I have to watch the second half, I just haven’t gotten to it yet.

  4. 4
    fawm316
    Posted June 12, 2012 at 9:33 am

    I am loving how people are actually doing choreography for there auditions instead of just a bunch of moves. I also love the variety of guys we’ve seen (especially Hugh…what he’s not auditioning?) but as wonderful as the girls have been I wish I could see a girl that isn’t jazz/lyrical/contemperary knock it out of the park. Love this show, love PM, love all the commenters!

  5. 5
    Yanksfan24
    Posted June 12, 2012 at 1:05 pm

    @Blazergirl…you took the words right outta my mouth. Cat Deeley is one of my favoritest people on reality TVso I watched “The Choice” solely out of my love for her. It wasn’t funny or cute or so-bad-you-had-to-watch. It was just plain bad. I didn’t even know who two of the dudes were. Cat, God love her, tried so hard to make it watchable but we turned it off before the end.

    Anyway, love the recaps and can’t wait for the performance shows to start!

  6. 6
    Andrea
    Posted June 13, 2012 at 1:18 am

    The auditions so far have been crazy good, but has anyone else noticed they haven’t shown ONE ballroom dancer? Unless I’m forgetting, everything seems to be hip-hop, then contemporary with the occasional other style (belly dancing, etc).

    It doesn’t seem believable that no good ballroom dancers have auditioned yet, and obviously some of them are going to make the top 20 so where are they…?

  7. 7
    lifesabeach
    Posted June 13, 2012 at 8:11 am

    I was super impressed with the ATL auditions. Other than the karate guy and those twins (GAH-I hate them), all of the auditions they showed in full were actual good dancers.

    And @fawm-I agree. This audition round had actual choreography instead of the stick my leg up in the air olympics.

    I thought the belly dancer was great in her style, but I’m interested to see how she does in Vegas. I can totally tell that chicken hasn’t had the greatest training. She has a decent foundation, but there isn’t alot of power in her moves. Nothing she did really went to the next level-her teachers seem to have taught her really basic stuff. Solid, but still. Although the husband think she looks like she took dance classes from the local strip club and then tried to translate it-so who knows.

    Potty you are AWESOME as always. Did you see Hugh on the Tony’s this weekend? And Alex Wong?

  8. 8
    sarcasatire sarcasatire
    Posted June 13, 2012 at 12:54 pm

    Dragons, Zombies, Exorcists…is this SYTYCD or Game of Thrones?

  9. 9
    blazergirl
    Posted June 13, 2012 at 8:47 pm

    Alex Wong was on the Tony’s????? I’m not happy I missed him!

  10. 10
    wcsdancer
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 11:07 am

    Last night featured a fabulous ballroom danced named Witney Carson. She reminded me a lot of Chelsie Hightower.

  11. 11
    blueberryPancake
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 1:27 pm

    Imagine if Dragon House crew was on ABDC…sickening!

  12. 12
    lifesabeach
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 9:37 pm

    @blazergirl He’s in the Newsies cast. As is Evan (season 5), Thayne (season 4), and Jess (season 8). But Alex was featured in the Tony telecast.

    Heck-Evan apparently has a few lines in a speaking role.

  13. 13
    FuriousFlipper
    Posted June 17, 2012 at 9:27 pm

    Thanks for recapping what I think were probably the best, or one of the best, audition shows ever. Just a great show. Amazing dancers. Loved the Dragon House dudes. Pure artistry. And if they don’t make it past Vegas, I hope that they bring them back as guests. A very positive and heartening show!

  14. 14
    FuriousFlipper
    Posted June 17, 2012 at 9:29 pm

    Correcting my grammar – “what I think “was” the best…” Ahahaha. Neurotic? Yes.

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