I have something better for you: How To Tell an Audition is Going To Suck Monkey Balls. Rule Number One: You are doing a style you made up yourself. Rule Number Two: You are going to show the judges something they've never seen before. Rule Number Three: You have given yourself a nickname because you have no friends. Rule Number Four: You are a fucking wack job. Look out for these signs; beware of what they foretell.
Time for Caitlin Kinney. Her sister Megan auditioned in Miami and made it through to Vegas. We did not see her audition; she was part of one of the montages. Maybe they thought it unfair to show both? I like Caitlin. My only real complaint is that she has too much acro in her routine, but that's a pet peeve of mine. Other than that, she's lovely.
Although the upside down split is pretty impressive even for someone that isn't crazy about the acro.
We find out that she was a gymnast before she was a dancer, and has been training in classical ballet only for the last five years. But I wonder what she did before that? Nigel says the camera loves her, and he wonders if America will. She hopes so. Awww, she seems really sweet. She's also had hip reconstruction surgery. Holy Crap! Mary thinks this is her destiny, and Lil C had chills. Obviously she is going straight through to Vegas. I think I'd actually like to see her in the top twenty.
Cat tells us that after the choreography round, six more dancers are going through. Wait! Isn't that the twins from last year? I forget their names. Antwain & Anthony?
Right?
We start off day two in Memphis with another Fokey. Anna Dunn's father killed himself about a year ago. She says dancing is her outlet because she can't really talk much about it to people. Anna. There's a person operating that camera you're talking to. Listen, I'm not heartless. I feel sorry for her, I do. Especially when they show us pictures of her and her dad with them both looking happy. I've just had all I can take of rolling out the dead relatives on TV.
I'm sort of torn about her. She's not bad, but I'm not really digging her. I think it's all the rolling around on the floor and circling of her head. She's not really doing too much, you know? Nigel says she is over-choreographed, and he didn't like all the head whipping about. Mary concurs. Lil C can relate to her situation because his dad took his life also. He says even though it hurts, you have to connect with that pain. By connecting with it, you will help to ease it. I love Lil C. They decide to send her through to choreography, but I'm sure with that sob story she'll make it through to Vegas.
We move on now to Travis Prokop. His dad is a football coach in a town where football is huge. I wonder what the team's name is? I'm going to go with The Wolverines.
Sorry. I just can't help myself. Anyway. His dad says he's never been disappointed that Travis didn't play football because he's happy doing what he does. Awwww. His dad is awesome you guys. Travis says he got teased a lot in high school and his dad talks about how hard it is and how you want to protect your kid. He talks about what it's like when your kid comes home crying because people are making fun of him, and Travis says he's blessed to have a dad like that. Yeah you are.
He's pretty good although he seems a little sloppy. Nigel mentions that he's really tall, so that may be why he's looking sloppy to me. He'd like Travis to do some strength training because when you're that big you can't really get away with anything. Mary agrees. I know, I know, it's so rare that she agrees with what Nigel is saying. Lil C says that Travis is graceful for his height. "You're graceful like a giraffe, but you have the strength of a hamster." Hee. Nigel gives a shout out to his dad for being supportive of a son who wanted to dance, and they advance him to the choreography.
Cat does a little bit about family support and then segues it into brothers Evan and Ryan Kasprzak. Evan auditioned last year, and made it to the top forty before getting cut. I really like him. A lot. Evan will be doing a Gene Kelly style dance, while Ryan will be doing an a cappella tap routine with accompaniment by a whoopie cushion. Oh. I guess I'm looking forward to it?
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Comments (10)
Great recap. I can tell that you know what you are talking about.
My favorites were Janette, Silky, Marico, Evan, and Ryan.
1 of 10 | Posted by tv freak | Posted on May 31, 2009 3:49 PM
I loved this recap, too. So far, my absolute faves are Silky (LOVE!!) and the whoopee cushion/ Gene Kelly brothers.
2 of 10 | Posted by here4beer | Posted on May 31, 2009 4:11 PM
Is it me, or did Tyce start acting far more flamingly than he has in the past? Perhaps I just didn't notice that affectation in the past seasons. Ah well, regardless, he didn't impress me as a judge either.
3 of 10 | Posted by Allison | Posted on May 31, 2009 4:12 PM
Weeeeeee!!!!!! You included my present...Shirtless Hugh Jackman!!!!
And a kickass recap, too! You're the best :)
4 of 10 | Posted by cattyfan | Posted on May 31, 2009 8:38 PM
I too, am really in love with Evan and Ryan, they are just awesome!
I really loved the ballroom dancers - Jannette and her partner, forget his name, as well as the police officer (Marico) and of course, Silky!
I have a soft spot in my heart for tap dancers. I am trained mostly in ballet, but I did several years of tap and it's SO DARN FUN. You can engage the audience a lot more with a tap dance than a pointe number, usually, because pointe is so technical, there isn't any room for just getting into the music and having fun. With tap, you need to worry about having clean sounds and stuff, but you don't need to have perfect posture and turnout and straight arms, you can kind of fool around with it.
I also liked Caitlin Kinney and from the 3 seconds we saw, her sister Megan looked good too.
Also, I really liked Travis, although I think it's mostly because I absolutely ADORE his father. When he said that his dad is a football coach, I was prepared for the usual story about the macho crap he got from his father and how he's practically been disowned, but I thought it was adorable that it was the complete opposite. Love.
5 of 10 | Posted by georgiababe | Posted on May 31, 2009 11:10 PM
Great recap, Potty!!!
I think you should make shirtless Hugh Jackman/Wolverine a trademark for your SYTYCD recaps. LOVE IT!!! (and if you do, I have an idea which auditioner from LA/Seattle you might use ;-) )
Also, I've noticed that 4 tappers have gotten through to Vegas, and all have been featured auditions. I'm wondering if that's a conscious move on the part of the producers..... I hope so, because they've all been wicked good!
6 of 10 | Posted by slumrville | Posted on June 1, 2009 6:34 AM
i noticed the tap thing too. i really like all the tappers, esp the boys, i cant choose one! but also, there hasn't been many hip hop dancers, no breakers that i can remember and only like 2 poppers. besides contemporary, those are some of my favorite genres. so fun to watch!
7 of 10 | Posted by cansnuts | Posted on June 1, 2009 8:22 AM
Yeah this is definately the year of ther tappers and I do think the producers really wanted tap on this year which I don't have a problem with. Hopefully they show more hip hoppers soon cause they haven't shown much I appreciate the contemporary dancers but the hip hoppers bring so much excitement to the show. I loved Silky the tapper and the Gene Killy brothers.
8 of 10 | Posted by bigjr6633 | Posted on June 1, 2009 10:57 AM
Of all the dancers they've show SO FAR, I think that Caitlin Kinney will go furthest.
9 of 10 | Posted by ohhhyeah | Posted on June 1, 2009 3:26 PM
tv freak: Thanks! I like those four as well (I know it’s REALLY hard to figure out who I like and who I don’t)
here4beer: The whoopie cushion was the biggest surprise for me. When I saw it, I thought for sure it was going to be an issue, but he used it so well!
Allison: I don’t know – we’ve really only had him in small doses most of the time. My issue with him was that I thought he was trying waaaaaayyy too hard to be snarky/funny.
cattyfan: It’s the gift that keeps on giving :-D
georgiababe: I was never great at tap, my sister was the tapper. But I also love to watch tap and think it can be a lot of fun. I’m hoping that they can also handle other styles. As with any dancer, some adapt better than others, but I’d love to see at least one tapper in the top twenty.
slumrville: Mwahahaha. You never know…… :P
cansnuts & bigjr6633: I’m hoping we’ll see more b-boys and poppers/lockers in Vegas. I can’t imagine them not including at least ONE in the top twenty.
ohhhyeah: I think she could go far definitely. It doesn’t hurt that she’s adorable on top of being a really good dancer.
We’re getting closer and closer to our top twenty. I can’t wait to see who makes it. As always, thanks so much for reading and sharing your comments. Keep ‘em coming!
SWAK, PottyMouth
10 of 10 | Posted by PottyMouth | Posted on June 2, 2009 6:52 PM