Mid-day Update

Jaimie, Sabra, Dominic, and Hok are on the staff for the 15th season of New York City Dance Alliance (NYCDA).



GMMR recaps last night's audition show. Is she auditioning new party partners? What's the matter with these?



Jeff Kouba at Truth vs The Machine hopes So You Think You Can Dance can avoid box-checking this season. No, really.



Elsewhere, JabbaWockeeZ will perform on Canada's Much Music Video Awards, June 15th. Check out KB's straight-leg technique.



If you enjoyed the South Park internet stars video (not safe for work) we recently linked to, you'll love the Pork & Beans music video from Weezer, not to be confused with Weezey.

Travis And Ivan NYCDA Solos (Video)

Travis


Ivan

_{Videos courtesy of dancer2289}

Jaimie And Sabra At NYCDA

Jaimie Goodwin and Sabra Johnson soloing at NYCDA Lansing.

Girl Frenzy At NYCDA

From the Youtube description: A class for all the girls with the power to leave their fear at the door and bring their passion for dance to the floor! This class is taught every weekend at the NYCDA Conventions by some of your favorite ladies!

Sabra, Jaimie, and Allison teach GirlFrenzy

Allison at NYCDA Boston

Season 2 favorite Allison Holker performing at the NYCDA Boston showcase. Stick around and see more from Taja Riley.

Video From NYCDA

15 year old Taja Riley, sister of SYTYCD almost-finalist Deja Riley, performing Travis Wall and Ivan Koumaev's choreography at NYCDA. She reminds me of Josephine Baker in this one.

Sabra At NYCDA Boston

Here's our Sabra performing at NYCDA convention in Boston. Also, stick around for Denise Wall student Corey Cox. You won't regret it.


Thanks to Loralyn for the tip.

NYCDA has a new blog, in addition to their official site and Myspace page.

Jaimie's NYCDA Schedule

Jaimie Goodwin posted her a schedule of her NYCDA appearances to her Myspace blog.

NYCDA weekends so far...

Hey everyone, these are the weekends I'm going to NYCDA that I know of so far... I'll update as i know more!


Nashville- Dec 15-16

Mobile, AL- Jan 5-6

Lansing, MI -Jan 12-13

Arlington, VA- Jan 19-20

Portland, OR-Jan 26-27

Here's Jaimie performing at an NYCDA event before the SYTYCD season.

_{Recorded by Brian from IDF}

Update From Sabra

Sabra Johnson posted the following to her Myspace blog:

The Aftermath:)

I am moving on, having to make my own reason for getting up at a reasonable time these days. So far I love it!

I will be touring with NYCDA this year which I'm so excited about! That's like a dream come true for me. I can't wait to meet hundreds and hundreds of more of amazing dancers. Boston will be my first city but after that I can't make any until January which is not set in stone yet. I'm working on it:).

I am teaching a Broadway Dance Center at the end of December and then again at the beginning of January.

I'm not sure how to just post a bulletin.... I think that's what it is? I could be completely wrong, but anyway I wanted to let you guys know what I'm doing for those who asked and those who care :). Thanks again for wanting to know and still be involved. I will do my absolute best to keep you informed!

Can't wait to meet you crazy people! Lots of Love:)

Don't forget to vote for Sabra again!

Travis Wall Videos

Loralyn found this on Travis Wall's Myspace page. Travis and Jaimie Goodwin in the faculty show at NYCDA in Arizona.


We're laying off the season 3 montages for a while, but this montage of Travis improvs caught our attention.


Travis, along with Ivan, has since left NYCDA and joined up with NUVO. We'll see if we can cover their Atlanta workshop in January.

Loralyn won tickets to her local tour date, as well as passes to a meet-n-greet through a Myspace contest. We can't think of a more deserving fan. We'll expect a full report when Loralyn starts her new blog. Best of luck with that, and thanks for all the great links.

3 From Jaimie

A reader submitted this McDonalds Commercial. Jaimie Goodwin is the one in the red dress, and all the way to the right in the group. It was choreographed by Tyce Diorio.


Our friend Clarita thinks we have yet to see the best of Jaimie on the show. She says:

...she hasn't had as much of a chance to prove it yet because she's only soloed once, but she is arguably the best technical dancer among the females on the show. The thing is that she's nuanced and doesn't have as standout of a personality, so it's easy to miss her, but if you focus on her dancing, it's truly beautiful/amazing. No surprise that she trains at the same place as Danny, Travis and Allison.

She suggests this video of Jaimie at NYCDA.


While preparing this post, we stumbled on this one, solos by Jaimie and Travis at NYCDA Burbank.

Improv In Texas

Another reader-submitted video, this one left us speechless. It's an improv by Travis Wall, Allison Holker, and Teddy Forance to Nellie Furtado's Childhood Dreams. They're joined by Jaimie Goodwin and Nikki Loud. The video was taken by Ivan Koumaev at NYCDA Texas.