SYTYCD News Roundup

TVSquad talks to Shane Sparks. He discusses making the transition to America's Best Dance Crew and his inspiration for knocking down the 4th wall.




Salon.com asks "what if a trend is popular because it's good?"




Tonya Plank knows dance and shares her observations on this week's performances.



So You Think You Can Dance is a frequent subject of inter-office IMs at Crosswalk.com.




Several familiar names were recognized at the 2nd Annual Choreographer Media Awards.

News Roundup

We get our first LOLCatDeely of season 4 when Leee recaps last week at T!YBE. He does a more traditional recap at C17.



We're still seeing a surprising amount of search traffic for auditioner Evan Kasprzak. Let's hope we see him next season.



JabbaWockeeZ talk about preparing for their appearance on Canada's Much Music Video Awards.



Australia's favorite dancers, Jack Chambers and Rhys Bobridge, performed with the elite at a recent event in Melbourne.

Another New Season 4 Choreographer?

If you can believe this, Cris Judd will help fill the void left by the departures of choreographers Shane Sparks and Wade Robson.

Choreographer Salsa

They choreographed Henry & Vanessa's Salsa in the top 20 show, but Oliver Pineda and Luda Kroiter show here they do a pretty mean Salsa themselves.

Auction For Charity

BAFTA/LA and the Television Academy are hosting an on-line auction benefiting both Academies’ Educational Outreach Programs that includes a hand painted and signed tea pot by the choreographers of So You Think You Can Dance. As I write this, the current bid is $140. The auction ends at 6pm ET tomorrow, Friday the 28th.

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Around The Web

Yahoo's Buzz Session gives us a video recap of Wednesday's performance show, and interviews Sabra after the finale. We get to check in with several dancers and choreographers.

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Korbi Ghosh goes to the wrap party.

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Emily at Eclaire Fare recaps, and speaks for all of us when she says:

...let’s pretend like the “Cat and Nigel dancing” fiasco never happened. What a total waste of valuable time that was.

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Lacey posts to he Myspace blog:

wow! you guys i have no words for you...other than thank you! its been a real pleasure dancing for yall and cant wait to do more for you guys on tour! i wanted to say thanks for all the endless support and love...and know this is not the end...i love you guys so much!

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Despite early claims from Boise, Idaho, Utah is proud of Sabra and several other contestants. What's with all the dancers from Utah?

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Choreographer's Corner

Wade Robson teaches a solo.


Wade dancing.


Brian Friedman is in the UK working on a show called X-Factor, but he's still a favorite of So You Think You Can Dance fans. Here he's teaching a class that includes season 1's Blake McGrath, season 2's Jason Williams, and season 3's Lauren Gottlieb.


We haven't seen Tovaris Wilson this season, but some of his lyrical choreography has been memorable. Check his Myspace page for more videos.

New Choreographers

We found some info on 2 new choreographers we'll be seeing on the show soon. Mild spoiler after the jump.

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Toni Redpath and partner Michael Mead, are 4-time undefeated world ballroom champions. Check out Toni's Wikipedia entry, and Toni & Michael's website, ClassicDancers.com.



Maria Torres article

Maria on Hustle dancing:

Choreographer Corner

A clip from season 1 with Mia Michaels and Blake McGrath


Shane Sparks' choreography reel


Wade Robson at Vibe Studio


Former (and hopefully, future) SYTYCD choreographer Brian Friedman teaching.


Dave Scott and Debbie Allen. Debbie will be judging a show sometime this season.


Another group video. Shane Sparks, Brian Friedman, Mia Michaels, Wade Robson, and Chris Judd, at the end of a Pulse dance convention in Houston.

New Choreographers

Last night's show featured 2 choreographers we hadn't seen before.

MOHH has some info and clips of Dave Scott at their blog.

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PBS has a bit on Hunter Johnson and his wife Maria. It's about halfway down the page.

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Choreographer's Corner

A Shane Sparks promo for digitaldancers.com.


Wade Robson teaches a class.


Dan Karaty, with Teresa Espinosa, teaching in Norway.


Mia Michaels, Shane Sparks, Wade Robson, and Brian Friedman teaching. It's a low quality video, but it's interesting to see them all together.