Tuesday the 1st

SYTYStill Watching? Hmm...

• Noelle and Ryan, Hip-Hop. This left me bored, and I was struck by how much Noelle looked like Tabitha while she was dancing. Or like she was imitating Tabitha. Ryan kept up, but he looked like a performer on an old variety show trying to do a hip new routine.
  
  
• Legacy and Ashleigh, Contemporary. This routine was REALLY neat, and I loved how they kept using each other as platforms. Their sync was hit or miss, though - there was one section where they were mirroring each other, face to face, and just as I was thinking "WOW, they're really timing this well" they got... off. I admit that I enjoy watching Ashleigh dance a lot more now than I did in the beginning - but the face pulling still gets to be a bit much. Not that Legacy is much different, actually, but his fit the tone of the piece better. The ending pose with Legacy on his head was WAY cool.
  
  
• Mollee. No doubt the girl is athletic, but her solos have a "cheerleader" vibe rather than "dancer".
  
  
• Russell. He is AWESOME. Creative disrobing, a fall into an elbow stand, and the last leap into a one-legged squat? C. Razy.
  
  
• Kathryn and Nathan, Broadway. Oh, she is just too adorable. So classy, and she danced that beautifully. He? Looked kinda oily. I'm having a hard time getting past his "Little Prince" personality, but was also bugged bc he ALSO pulled faces like mad. If he and Ashleigh got paired, it would be very, very painful.
  
  
• Noelle. She does look joyful. Some of her extensions were a bit off. Pretty standard contemporary fare.
  
  
• Jakob and Ellenore, Quickstep. Cute little routine, and I liked the separated section. Ellenore looked a bit stiff, but that may have been because she was doing this well. I think they would have scored 2nd or 3rd in an actual Quickstep contest.
  
  
• Ryan. Had a really impressive leap in there where he reached his head back and almost touched his toes. And has anyone used "Rock You Like a Hurricane" for a Paso Doble yet? Bc that would totally work.
  
  
• Kathryn. Gosh, I like her. This was a pretty piece - nothing earth-shattering, but pretty.
  
  
• Mollee and Russell, Lyrical Jazz. I was distracted by the lame song and the even lamer remix of the song. And I think it was kind of lame choreography overall. I kept getting bored and had to remind myself to keep watching. They danced very well, this piece just felt hollow to me.
  
  
• Nathan. Has some beautiful movement, but... is he acting here? Or just freaked out bc he isn't as popular as he thought?
  
  
• Noelle and Ryan, Smooth Waltz. The opening made me laugh out loud, bc it is exactly what I would do if I were pretending I could waltz. And sweeeep the arms, and looook awaayyy, and sppppiiiiiiiinnnnn in my floaty dress.... Yeah, that's all I got for this one.
  
  
• Ellenore. Oooohhh, she's from Santa Cruz.... Her quirkiness just became even more endearing. And this was the first solo I wanted to rewind and watch again. Heart her.
  
  
• Ashleigh and Legacy, Hip Hop. That was dull. Just - dull. I blame Dave Scott. Nothing happened, and Ashleigh looked like she was trying awful hard.
  
  
• Nathan and Kathryn, Rumba. He was a good frame, but again with the faces. She was still splendid, but I don't think she killed it with the Latin here.
  
  
• Legacy. Wow. WOW. See, now I love him because I believe only Legacy can do what Legacy does, y'know?
  
  
• Ellenore and Jakob, Contemporary. Fan-freakin'-tastic. That head to head section at the beginning was killer. They were so perfect for this piece. (And I totally agreed with Adam Shankman that this was like "The Garden" part 2.)
  
  
• Ashleigh. Solo samba rolls - pretty cool.
  
  
• Russell and Mollee, Jive. I loved Russell in this piece. Mollee was OK, a little clunky. I think Pasha and Anya did a great job choreographing this piece. It was fun, but I think it would have actually been great if it had still been Russell and Noelle.
  
  
• Jakob. Huh. That was a surprisingly generic contemporary male solo. Good and all that, but... just good.
  
  
• Prediction: Jakob and Legacy are safe, Ellenore and Kathryn are safe. I think Ryan and Noelle may be going home.