'Dancing With The Stars' Season 14 Dream Casting
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So You Think You Can Dance: LA Auditions (season premiere)
(S04E01) It's back! *sings terribly* "Oh, I wanna dance with somebody. With somebody who loves me!" I am psyched for So You Think You Can Dance. We kicked off tonight with the L.A. auditions and a two-hour season premiere. There were a lot of Russians, a lot of pelvic thrusts, a lot of repeat dancers, and a lot of Mary Murphy's infectious/irritating laugh. I can't decide about that one. Some times I can't stand her and some times I want to sit next to her at the judges table. What about you? But enough about Mary, let's get to the good stuff ... the auditions!
Most Interesting/Entertaining of the Night: 
I'm not even going to mention Sex. Wait ... I just did. Okay, start again.
Let me clarify something before I get to the meat of it. When I say "entertaining," I'm talking either way here. They could be awesomely bad or just awesomely awesome. Also, I'm only picking a few so feel free to leave your favorites in the comments.
Now, that that's out of the way. Laura, the visually-impaired dancer, was certainly one of the most interesting auditions of the night. Mia completely broke down after her performances and I have to admit, I was a little misty myself. It was indeed awe-inspiring that she could even dance as well as she could with such an impediment. How does she balance? How does she turn? Unfortunately, the handicap is a real setback for anyone with aspirations of being a professional dancer. First, it's nearly impossible to follow choreography, especially in a large audition setting. Second, half the experience of watching a dancer is the expression in his or her eyes and his or her eye contact with audience members. But, major props to her. As Mia said, she was inspiring.
On the second day of Los Angeles auditions we met Victor. He wasn't you're average breaker. Every year, I watch the breakers and I think I've seen it all. And every year, someone comes out with something new, some unique trick that makes me say, "Wow." Victor had everything: great tricks, great facial expressions, and great musicality. He even walked off stage (on his hands, mind you) and sat in the audience. As Nigel put it, "I don't know what else we could ask for."
And then there's Rijiy who stripped down to just his jazz shoes and tighty-whities (thank God he left those on). Then Rijiy, who later explained his outfit made him a "clean slate" for the show to mold, ran around the stage grabbing his head and revealing his privies. I loved the "Dance" sign over his unmentionables.
Who's Going to Vegas?
Devon, who's music was wrong at first (not a very auspicious beginning to the show)
Twitch, who almost got onto the show last year, but Hok made the top 20 instead
Phillip (or as I call him, Mr. Wavey Arms), who auditioned last year and came back with more footwork
William, who auditioned to a spoken word song (Can I call that a song?)
Erica, who was there for a third time and...it was a charm
Leonidas and Alionda, the ballroom dancers who not only dance together, but live together too
Riki & Oska, who came to the auditions despite her being dreadfully sick
Kherrington, the soccer player who stole Dominic's heart
Robert, who is the most ridiculous popper I have EVER seen (check out a video of him here)
And a bunch more that we saw quickly at the very end of the show...
Best Outfit of the Night: Irina's red dress and black knee-highs. The outfit was helped further along by her declaring she left her husband in a half million dollar house for her freedom. I feel like she may have left in that dress.
Best Line of the Night: "I have many years of extensive training." --Sex from Smithtown, NY
Overall, it was a good season premiere. What did you think?
| Leonidas and Alionda | |
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| Riki and Oska |
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