Yours truly made this list, alongside some other top notch dance blogs. If you get a moment or are interested in branching out to some other authors, this page gives you direct links to 30 of the best blogs tapping into topics such as costumes, music, and moves.
As for me, you should expect to see more posts coming your way. I opened my own studio (Undergound Dance Academy) this past November so feel free to drop by that page or blog!
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5,6,7…wait takes a second to stop and not only just watch but dive into the world of dance and examine and explain different aspects. There are a varied amount of aspects of dance and ways to get involved outside of sitting on your couch and watching who wins the next episode of So You Think You Can Dance. Read more…
And man, were they good. Check out the three guys at 1:43-insane!Web series to premeire next year directed by Jon M Chu.
At least if you didn’t already know before, now you really know she’s “real”. Don’t be fooled by the rocks that she got.
Poor J Lo…she was previously known to be able to shake her talented body. She will now be known for that horrible fall she took last night at the AMAs during her performance.
However, if you saw the whole dance, the choreography was done by Tabitha and Napoleon D’umo, (Nappytabs) two choreographers made popular by their work on So You Think You Can Dance.
But hey, her little disaster got people talking about her didn’t it? It’s not often I google Jennifer Lopez (I wanted a quirky lyric to open up with).
Ain’t it funnyyyy…
Okay, and end with. Happy fall-ing.
The main thing that a typical dance movie is missing would have to be good acting. I refuse to believe that there isn’t an amazing dancer out there that can’t also act.
With the exception of movies like Chicago and Footloose which are also musicals, the strictly dance movies could use some help with their lines. However here is a list of some of my favorite dance movies.
10. Take the Lead. Good story about using dance to straighten up the trouble students.
9. Stomp the Yard. Once again, dance starts as a fun activity and turns into a way to change the main character’s life after his brother is killed.
8. Step Up. This was interesting the way they incorporated an untrained freestyler with a trained female lead role. Step Up 2 however, had worse acting than You Got Served. Wow.
7. Save the Last Dance. Great and inspiring story, breaks boundaries, and turns a terrible situation into a happy ending using dance.
6.You Got Served. Terrible acting but awesome dance battles. Worth watching strictly for the dancing.
5. Footloose . Classic. You go Kevin Bacon. Fight for dance! His warehouse dance scene is awesome.
4. Chicago. My personal all time favorite movie, musical, everything. Love the style, the execution and the story line.
3.Center Stage. Great ballet movie. Ballet tends to bore people but with the story line it keeps the viewer intrigued. Very inspiring.
2. Honey. This movie made me want to be a choreographer and touch children’s lives with the power of dance.
1. Dirty Dancing. Nobody puts baby in the corner. This movie is a classic for obvious reasons. Rest in Peace Patrick Swayze.
Improv Everywhere proved every place is a stage when they broke into song and dance in a grocery store last month and created their own musical.
“Improv Everywhere causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places. Created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, Improv Everywhere has executed over 100 missions involving tens of thousands of undercover agents,” according to the website.
However, the acts aren’t neccesarily improv. While they are performing random acts in public, the performance is still planned out.
If you haven’t already heard about the craziness they stir up, check them out. They also performed another musical last month.
Ah…it’s so refreshing when a choreographer utilizes the talent of her dancers. Why would you make a breaker attempt any type of leap or jump that you know is going to end in disaster anyway?
Instead, it is the choreographer’s job to create a dance using the full potential of each dancer to mold together one piece.
Personally, this week of So You Think You Can Dance was lacking compared to prior years. I think the talent might be a bit weak this season.
But Stacy Tookey’s contemporary to “2 Steps Away” was nothing short of beautiful. It is a piece in which Legacy Perez is acting as Kathryn McCormick’s fear.
I love when breakers actually learn and execute choreography. I usually doubt the ability for street dancers to go far in a competition that thrives on contemporary dancers but Legacy is really growing on me already this season.
So you think they can dance?
Mia Michaels may have shaved her head and left So You Think You Can Dance but she doesn’t have cancer and she is not finished in her dance career.
Instead, she is trying to focus on new projects that she has been presented with outside of SYTYCD.
“It’s been an amazing five-year journey and I am in a place where I have all these great opportunities that have been presented to me and I am ready to take on all these challenges,” Michaels told People.
The contemporary choreographer is currently in the hopeful process of turning one of her projects into a dance show of her own.
Typical. A choreographer gets some exposure that turns into an unexpected turn at fame then all of a sudden they are too good for where they came from.
“I knew in that moment and we had not even talked about contracts or anything for the new season yet, so I was just ready to move while I had all this other opportunities in front of me,” Michaels told People. “Before I got into the season with the dancers — you know actually getting into a room and creating on them — I just thought it was best for me to step out before I did that.”
Sure, there is certaintly more to dance than reality television. But, knowing how many fans she has developed over the years and dancers she has inspired, I think she could have left in a better fashion.
With that said, I’m curious to see how this season unfolds without Michaels. I’m also anxious to see what will make her dance show different than any other attempted show that failed in competition to SYTYCD.
What do you think?
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Tagged contemporary dance, Mia Michaels, so you think you can dance, SYTYCD
Twitter has me thinking so at least.
Mia Michaels posted a tweet yesterday that read “I AM OFFICIALLY AN ADORING FAN OF SYTYCD….THANK U FOR 5 WONDERFUL YRS.”
She then posted two more all within the same hour that read “TO CREATE MOMENTS AND MOVEMENT FOR THE WORLD TO SHARE WITH ME WAS A GIFT…..” and “THANKS SYTYCD AND LOOK FORWARD TO WHATS AHEAD FOR ME…LOOKOUT WORLD!!!!!”
Apparently, she announced this as well on her Facebook page yesterday saying that “Today was my official resignation of the U.S. show.”
Michaels won two Emmys for choreography on the show. The first was for “Calling You” in 2007 and the second was for “Mercy” which she won this year.
What an unfortunate loss for SYTYCD. Even though, there are other inspiring and moving choreographers out there who I’m sure can fill her place. One possible woman in my book is Emily Shock, choreographer of Teddy Tedholm’s audition to “If It Kills Me” this year.
I wish the best of luck to Michaels (even though she doesn’t need it). She had a good run on the show, made her name known to a lot more people, and even won awards. It’s amazing the fame that comes from reality television these days.
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Tagged Emily Shock, emmys, Mia Michaels, SYTYCD, Teddy Tedholm
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