Yet Another SYTYCD Post

[ladysprite]

Okay. I'll admit that Contemporary/Lyrical is not my favorite dance style, so I may be coming into this a bit biased. That said....

Some lyrical routines are beautiful. I accept that. But do they all need to be turgid and depressing and serious and A Story About Something Tragic? We have dances about breast cancer, and dances about dead fathers, and dances about addiction, and tragedy, and loss, and people rolling around on the floor flailing their misery to the four corners of the earth and making us cry....

Is there a law against happy lyrical dance?

Just once - ONCE - I want to see a lyrical routine about a puppy and a kitten playing outside in the sunshine. Or about two siblings in a healthy, functional family, dancing about how awesome life is. Or just about anything positive and upbeat.

Please?

Comments

[citabria]

Okay, now I need to watch SYCYCD tomorrow morning....

[ladysprite.livejournal.com]

They've had some truly beautiful routines this season, and some amazing contemporary routines - not surprising, since 8 out of the 11 dancers were lyrical/contemporary specialists.

Just.... after so many weeks and so many routines all calculated to be Dramatic and Sad and Emotional, and to push buttons and make viewers weep, it starts to lose some of the impact, and seem less sincere and more rote. They look more and more the same, and I want some variety....

[aries-walker.livejournal.com]

I've got tonight's episode on "tape", and haven't yet watched it, but so far I've been liking Lauren and (though he won't last long) Robert. Billy annoyed me at first, but I'm impressed by his amazing control, such as the poses he held in the African dance he did with Jose last week. Jose, by the way, bugs me, but not nearly as much as (shudder) Kent. I don't care how good a dancer he is; he's terribly irritating. AdeChike is good, but not stellar, I don't think. That leaves Ashley, who's good enough I suppose, but I can't get past her big head and distractingly boyish, clothespin-shaped physique.

There you go, my opinions on The Season So Far.

[ladysprite.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on Lauren, Robert, and Billy, though I think that Robert will likely be the next to go - he's been served poorly by bad choreo and the judges' constant overpraising.

I've liked Jose from the start - he's not a great dancer, but he's just so charming and sweet that watching him makes me happy. And I agree on Ashley and Adechike; they just kind of leave me flat.

But..... I have to admit, deep down inside, I kind of adore Kent. I honestly believe that the gee-whiz grin and Smallville persona are for real, and his dancing is pretty darn good. Now that my one true love Alex is gone... I think this is his to lose.

[aries-walker.livejournal.com]

Losing Alex was a killer. Hopefully his ankle will heal and he'll be back up to form for next year, because I thought he was just at a completely different plane than the others, and probably would have breezed to a win. Then again, I thought that about Katee in her season too.

[metaphysick.livejournal.com]

People tend to consider tragedy to hold greater inherent meaning than more lighthearted material; likewise, sad themes automatically evoke pity and/or sympathy. Both are advantageous in a competition. It's really just a case of the most efficient means of emotionally manipulating both the crowd and the judges.

[felis-sidus.livejournal.com]

This! Thank you!

[sirreality.livejournal.com]

Not exactly frolicking bunnies, but there's this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRWdIwCGjbE) one from season 3 with Hok and Jamie that was both really, really good and not at all sad.