Back again! This week we're in Atlanta for the next stop on the audition tour.
Joining Mary and Nigel tonight is Lil' C and it looks like Atlanta is raring to go.
First up is Billy Bell who's only been dancing for five years. He's a very compelling contemporary dancer. Really nice. Nigel critiques some small technicalities, but the judges end up sending him straight through to Vegas.
Next up is Amber Jackson. Holy shit is she ripped (I mean well built, not drunk). She's a really good dancer, but there's not much in her face. Over to the judges and Nigel starts with 'You're movement is tremendous, the performance is shit', meaning her lack of connection to the audience. They send her through for the choreography round and ultimately she's off to Vegas.
Apparently that lacking connection Amber displayed is a common ailment with Atlanta dancers. We go through a montage of mostly half decent dancers with nothing in their faces.
Now we've got Travis Dennison who says he previously auditioned for The Wade Robson Project and that Wade is the reason he became a dancer. Ummm....let's not blame for Wade this. Travis' stuff is fun, but it's not really the kind of dancing for this show. Nigel asks if he's related to Adam Shankman (there is a remarkable resemblance) and Lil' C calls him 'The Hip Hop Adam Shankman' while giggling to death. And then they send Travis home.
Jamal Jackson's up now and he's really good. Straight through to Vegas for him.
Following Jamal is Contemporary dancer Victor Smalley. In my notes all I have is "Like, like, like". He's got great spins and overall a really good performance. He's on to Vegas.
Back for another year are Anthony and Antwain Hart. They've auditioned a few times before and have never broken through. As I remember, they're both really good hip hop dancers, but if I remember correctly, they seem to fall apart during choreography. The judges comment on the amount of growth for both of them and send them through to choreography. Anthony ultimately makes it to Vegas, but sadly Antwain does not.
On to Day 2 and up first we've got Matthew 'Boogie Links' Pollard. He seems slightly more concerned with picking up girls than dancing. He's on stage for his hip hop solo and does a lot of that double jointed weirdness that always wigs the judges out. It's decent enough, but we've seen a lot better. The judges send him off to choreography but ultimately he gets sent home.
Next up is Jessica Jensen who lost her right hand and part of her forearm to cancer. We learn later that she was back in the studio dancing two weeks after surgery. Wow. Her solo is really well done, however, I'm having a hard time envisioning her with a partner. The judges praise her dancing and her courage and ask her to come back for choreography. Sadly, she doesn't pull it together in the ballroom piece and is sent home.
Oh dear. Now we've got Jonathan Bryant who thinks he's just so fantastic. That's generally a pretty clear sign that he's not. Yeah. The solo starts out looking like he's having some sort of seizure or fit. It's all over the map with no real semblance of composition. Lil' C says he needs more control, otherwise it's more like an argument instead of a conversation. Mary starts to criticize but the kid interrupts her before she can really get anything out. And then he keeps interrupting. Over and over and over again. Nigel calls him on it and he starts to cry like a little girl with a skinned knee. Buh bye.
Then there's a lot more crying in the Montage of No's.
Finally, we've got Thomas Hamilton who has clearly had a bit of a rough life thus far. He was born addicted to drugs and was raised by his aunt as his mother was - and still is - a drug addict. His solo is really strong though I'm getting a little of that lacking connection again. Nigel loved the dancing but comments on the insular-ness of the dance. The judges send him through to choreography where he does quite well and eventually gets sent to Vegas.
That's it for tonight. Auditions continue tomorrow night in New Orleans! I'll refrain from blabbering on about how much I love New Orleans because I will blabber. Looks like it'll be a fun show.
I'm back tomorrow for Canada's results and the next audition show. See you then!
Cheers!
Joining Mary and Nigel tonight is Lil' C and it looks like Atlanta is raring to go.
First up is Billy Bell who's only been dancing for five years. He's a very compelling contemporary dancer. Really nice. Nigel critiques some small technicalities, but the judges end up sending him straight through to Vegas.
Next up is Amber Jackson. Holy shit is she ripped (I mean well built, not drunk). She's a really good dancer, but there's not much in her face. Over to the judges and Nigel starts with 'You're movement is tremendous, the performance is shit', meaning her lack of connection to the audience. They send her through for the choreography round and ultimately she's off to Vegas.
Apparently that lacking connection Amber displayed is a common ailment with Atlanta dancers. We go through a montage of mostly half decent dancers with nothing in their faces.
Now we've got Travis Dennison who says he previously auditioned for The Wade Robson Project and that Wade is the reason he became a dancer. Ummm....let's not blame for Wade this. Travis' stuff is fun, but it's not really the kind of dancing for this show. Nigel asks if he's related to Adam Shankman (there is a remarkable resemblance) and Lil' C calls him 'The Hip Hop Adam Shankman' while giggling to death. And then they send Travis home.
Jamal Jackson's up now and he's really good. Straight through to Vegas for him.
Following Jamal is Contemporary dancer Victor Smalley. In my notes all I have is "Like, like, like". He's got great spins and overall a really good performance. He's on to Vegas.
Back for another year are Anthony and Antwain Hart. They've auditioned a few times before and have never broken through. As I remember, they're both really good hip hop dancers, but if I remember correctly, they seem to fall apart during choreography. The judges comment on the amount of growth for both of them and send them through to choreography. Anthony ultimately makes it to Vegas, but sadly Antwain does not.
On to Day 2 and up first we've got Matthew 'Boogie Links' Pollard. He seems slightly more concerned with picking up girls than dancing. He's on stage for his hip hop solo and does a lot of that double jointed weirdness that always wigs the judges out. It's decent enough, but we've seen a lot better. The judges send him off to choreography but ultimately he gets sent home.
Next up is Jessica Jensen who lost her right hand and part of her forearm to cancer. We learn later that she was back in the studio dancing two weeks after surgery. Wow. Her solo is really well done, however, I'm having a hard time envisioning her with a partner. The judges praise her dancing and her courage and ask her to come back for choreography. Sadly, she doesn't pull it together in the ballroom piece and is sent home.
Oh dear. Now we've got Jonathan Bryant who thinks he's just so fantastic. That's generally a pretty clear sign that he's not. Yeah. The solo starts out looking like he's having some sort of seizure or fit. It's all over the map with no real semblance of composition. Lil' C says he needs more control, otherwise it's more like an argument instead of a conversation. Mary starts to criticize but the kid interrupts her before she can really get anything out. And then he keeps interrupting. Over and over and over again. Nigel calls him on it and he starts to cry like a little girl with a skinned knee. Buh bye.
Then there's a lot more crying in the Montage of No's.
Finally, we've got Thomas Hamilton who has clearly had a bit of a rough life thus far. He was born addicted to drugs and was raised by his aunt as his mother was - and still is - a drug addict. His solo is really strong though I'm getting a little of that lacking connection again. Nigel loved the dancing but comments on the insular-ness of the dance. The judges send him through to choreography where he does quite well and eventually gets sent to Vegas.
That's it for tonight. Auditions continue tomorrow night in New Orleans! I'll refrain from blabbering on about how much I love New Orleans because I will blabber. Looks like it'll be a fun show.
I'm back tomorrow for Canada's results and the next audition show. See you then!
Cheers!
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