Who Do You Want To See In The Top 20?

There are too many to do a poll, so I'll list the names I have. If I missed one, let me know, and please give us 3 or 4 of your favorites in comments.

Los Angeles
Devin Oshiro
Stephen "tWitch" Boss
Phillip Chbeeb
William Wingfield
Erika Gee
Leonidas Proskurov
Aliona Vetrenko
Ricky Sun
Asuka Kondoh
Kherington Payne
Robert Muraine

SLC/Dallas
Chelsie Hightower
Gev Manoukian
Lindsey Judkins
Kelli Baker
Ryann Race
Matt Dorame
Thayne Jasperson
Kortney Pearson
Michelle Stringham
Paige Jones
Joshua Allen
Arielle Coker

DC/Charleston
Sheila Kaiser
Jeremiah Hughes
Anthony Hart
Antwain Hart
Courtney Galiano
Claire Calloway
Megan Campbell
Markus Shields
Brandon Bryant


Keep in mind that we still have Milwaukee auditions tomorrow night, and that we didn't see 3 of last year's eventual final 4 until the Las Vegas round.

So You Think You Can Dance News Roundup

Brandon Bryant, with partner Candace Rodriguez, won the Young Dancer category of Star Search in 2003. Videos of their performances are here in the third column to the right. You'll need RealPlayer. Thanks to the folks at TWOP.



One disillusioned viewer recounts her niece's experience auditioning for season 4. Gray at Fame Or Famine picks up the thread.



Sarah Kickler Kelber at the Baltimore Sun:

I wasn't totally blown away by the first three episodes, which focused on the auditions. I couldn't believe how many repeat bad auditioners there were. Did we really need to see "Sex" again? Why let him back for a third try? He's been sighted on Idol and Make Me a Supermodel, so clearly he's just trying to get on TV. If only producers would stop cooperating! And Gold Inferno again? Come on!

I'm pretty sure I spotted Limbert Capelin in her video from the DC auditions. He made it deep into the Las Vegas auditions last year.



The Fayetteville Observer gives us some background on the Hart brothers, Anthony and Antwain.




When So You Think You Can Dance Canada airs this fall, it will follow the Wednesday/Thursday schedule we're familiar with.

BJ Harris's Audition

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More News

Leee works his magic on last week's So You Think You Can Dance audition shows.



Amazon.com has a 6 minute trailer from American Mall, with Neil Haskell in a supporting role.



Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods, in which Jerry Mitchell looks for a new lead for his Broadway musical, is on MTV tonight.



Jabbawockeez show up all too briefly during this Pussycat Dolls performance at last night's MTV Movie awards.


Speaking of JabbaWockeeZ, check out some crews in the running for America's Best Dance Crew season 2.

News Update

Catch Anthony Bryant's account of the his season 1 ribbon dancing experience on So You Think You Can Dance at the Stepp Stewart Show site. You'll need Quicktime, and it only worked for me in Internet Explorer, not Firefox, but your mileage may vary.



Dave Chung recaps the week at DaveChung.com. Dave's been busy lately. Yesterday he reviewed Sex In The City and Strangers for Rotten Tomatoes, and this morning he Twitter-blogged the fire at Universal studios.

Middle-Eastern Dance

Reader Naiilah took exception to the way Middle-Eastern dance was portrayed in this post from So You Think You Can Dance Greece. I invited her to send me some quality examples and she has been kind enough to do so.


Amar Gamal

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There's also a style called tribal. The Urban Tribal Dance Company:

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More of Naiilah's links after the jump.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YamDoDK71Ds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqR1Gm468Dw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG-u2Z-1Wls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9ZXtQzZE2c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlJ2XsoZsy0


Tribal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMruDVCfjjU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydMv17AsMJo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqJsaqykhLo

Scandinavian Experimental

From So You Think You Can Dance Scandinavia
Ronni & Mynte - Experimental - Katrine Bølstad


Videos and translation courtesy of packingforthecrash.

Choreographer: This routine is based on a lot of small movements, and it's very detailed.
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Ronni: It is...
Mynte: Very peculiar.
Ronni: Very peculiar, but it could end up being really cool.
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Ronni: The hands are always supposed to connect, they're never supposed to lose each other.
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Ronni: It doesn't look hard but it's..
Both: superhard...!
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Mynte: It'll be exciting to see how people react to this. It's a mixed candybag.
Ronni: Yeah.

---Judges---

Benke: It feels like some mix of modern and boogaloo, really nice to look at. I think you do it greatly, you work well together. And first and foremost, Ronni, you're like a damn chameleon, you've found another style that you're just fantastic at.
Mynte doesn't come just as far, I think, but a really great routine, extra points to Ronni!

Niclas: I have to say what I've said earlier: You just have to vote for these two also! Because Satan, was that good!

They may get a little Sprockets-ish at times, but they're doing some really interesting things. Here's the top 6 group performance:


I'm glad to see my favorite is in the top 6.