O Brother (Where Art Thou)The Vegas round show is awkward. The rounds come and go around; the “dance-for-your-lives” are not lively, as the sharks and the jets shimmy in Vegas, America… Everybody cries… everybody cried and cried and cried, and I also feel like crying as I’m bored to death with this show tonight.
I pity the judges: a week of this! I give thanks to the editing guys. The cutting floor spares us the cutting scenes as dozens of dancers doing the same and the same and the same do not make it round after round after round. The persistence of dancers does come through, though, and the tough reality of a dancer’s life is showcased. Hundreds of young people had a bit of a taste of what it is to be cast into a show. A dancer’s life is a life of passion, passion for the underlying desire in their heart. It is a life of sacrifice to satisfy that passion, with scant opportunities to relax poolside. Professional dancers often hold three and four jobs as they try to make a living and the rent, and have politicians and others dismiss them as dispensable commodities in our society’s well being. The cuts that Nigel and friends made are the kindest. It is when arts school programs, municipal, and federal budgets are cut that dance is cut out from us all. Power to all the ones who made it to Vegas! Power to all who auditioned for Season Five! You have made all of our lives better.
Sorry to be such a downer tonight. The crying game got me down tonight. Let’s see what the
show brings tomorrow, with the revealing of the top twenty. Among the girls, I expect Asuka to be in as one of the top ten girls for sure. Among the guys, Brandon Bryant and Alex Wong should make it. Any other predictions are kind of hard, honestly, because the show tonight seems to be showcasing people that are NOT going to make it into the top twenty. One thing I’m sure is that the two Krapscak brothers, Evan and Ryan, are not going to make it too much further (or should not, in my view).
Yes, I must say, it’s almost hard to believe that “somewhere in amengst thes crowd,” as Cat says in her best Catish accent, “is Ameriques Faverite Dencer!”
….So ye thenk ye ken dence, dence, dence…”
I pity the judges: a week of this! I give thanks to the editing guys. The cutting floor spares us the cutting scenes as dozens of dancers doing the same and the same and the same do not make it round after round after round. The persistence of dancers does come through, though, and the tough reality of a dancer’s life is showcased. Hundreds of young people had a bit of a taste of what it is to be cast into a show. A dancer’s life is a life of passion, passion for the underlying desire in their heart. It is a life of sacrifice to satisfy that passion, with scant opportunities to relax poolside. Professional dancers often hold three and four jobs as they try to make a living and the rent, and have politicians and others dismiss them as dispensable commodities in our society’s well being. The cuts that Nigel and friends made are the kindest. It is when arts school programs, municipal, and federal budgets are cut that dance is cut out from us all. Power to all the ones who made it to Vegas! Power to all who auditioned for Season Five! You have made all of our lives better.
Sorry to be such a downer tonight. The crying game got me down tonight. Let’s see what the
show brings tomorrow, with the revealing of the top twenty. Among the girls, I expect Asuka to be in as one of the top ten girls for sure. Among the guys, Brandon Bryant and Alex Wong should make it. Any other predictions are kind of hard, honestly, because the show tonight seems to be showcasing people that are NOT going to make it into the top twenty. One thing I’m sure is that the two Krapscak brothers, Evan and Ryan, are not going to make it too much further (or should not, in my view).Yes, I must say, it’s almost hard to believe that “somewhere in amengst thes crowd,” as Cat says in her best Catish accent, “is Ameriques Faverite Dencer!”
….So ye thenk ye ken dence, dence, dence…”
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