Hanson
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Nigel likes to foster the perception that someone off the street can be given the opportunity via SYTYCD to become a great dancer. In order to do this, he compartmentalizes a lot of the dancers as beholden to one style when in fact almost all of the dancers have cross trained. He would talk about how great it was that a B-Boy like Sara could pull off a non-hip hop when in fact she more training in fields other than hip hop.
Joshua, Gev, and Mark have more training than these labels lead you to believe (Mark is really more of a hip hop dancer than contemp). Courtney dances jazz and hip hop for a living. Twitch has had training which they acknowledge because he's the story they wanted, a guy who was raw, trained specifically to be on the show, and then, beacuse of Nigel, became the best all around dancer and winner of the season. Unfortunately, Twitch is not that good, and the script will have to be rewritten because it's going to get a lot of the audience pissed off if the true talent loses to someone like that due to undue pimping and overpraising. I know it's America's favorite dancer, but jebus -- there has to be some standards.
Rather than start a new post, I'll just add this here:
Based on group of factors that include technical skill, performance ability, partnering skills, and charisma/star quality, I would rank the top ten like this:
Joshua – Very high to maxxed out scores across the board
Mark -- Very high to maxxed out scores across the board
Chelsie -- High to maxxed out scores across the board, but her hip hop is not nearly as strong.
Katee -- Maxxed out scores across the board except for charisma/star quality. When she’s not performing, she’s kind of nerdy and non-descript.
Kherington – I struggle to put her this high because I don’t think she’s that great. But it appears that for many people (that are full blown Twitchingtards) her performance and charisma are ticks higher than Courtney. Also, she may have to get props for her partnering skills – as much as Will has carried Jessica, Kherington has carried Twitch. When she’s not fully on, Twitch is exposed.
Will – Not sold on his partnering skills, and some of his charisma just doesn’t come across to some viewers. His performances aren’t consistently goose-bump inducing or even rewatchable.
Twitch – Pitiful technical skills, awful partnering, will die on the floor in any ballroom that requires fleet footwork or hip action. But he has some very palpable charisma that a lot of viewers respond to, and for bonus points, he has some sort of jedi mind trick power that makes people think his dancing was great when he doesn’t even do much.
Courtney – Mid to High scores across the board, a bit lower for performance. She’s slightly more charismatic than Gev.
Gev – Mid to High scores across the board.
Jessica – Low marks across the board. Falters constantly, can’t hold poses or make smooth movements. Terrible partner. Other than boobs, is pretty low wattage in the charisma dept. Should have been cannon fodder. Would have much rather had Chelsea Trail in the top ten.
Joshua, Gev, and Mark have more training than these labels lead you to believe (Mark is really more of a hip hop dancer than contemp). Courtney dances jazz and hip hop for a living. Twitch has had training which they acknowledge because he's the story they wanted, a guy who was raw, trained specifically to be on the show, and then, beacuse of Nigel, became the best all around dancer and winner of the season. Unfortunately, Twitch is not that good, and the script will have to be rewritten because it's going to get a lot of the audience pissed off if the true talent loses to someone like that due to undue pimping and overpraising. I know it's America's favorite dancer, but jebus -- there has to be some standards.
Rather than start a new post, I'll just add this here:
Based on group of factors that include technical skill, performance ability, partnering skills, and charisma/star quality, I would rank the top ten like this:
Joshua – Very high to maxxed out scores across the board
Mark -- Very high to maxxed out scores across the board
Chelsie -- High to maxxed out scores across the board, but her hip hop is not nearly as strong.
Katee -- Maxxed out scores across the board except for charisma/star quality. When she’s not performing, she’s kind of nerdy and non-descript.
Kherington – I struggle to put her this high because I don’t think she’s that great. But it appears that for many people (that are full blown Twitchingtards) her performance and charisma are ticks higher than Courtney. Also, she may have to get props for her partnering skills – as much as Will has carried Jessica, Kherington has carried Twitch. When she’s not fully on, Twitch is exposed.
Will – Not sold on his partnering skills, and some of his charisma just doesn’t come across to some viewers. His performances aren’t consistently goose-bump inducing or even rewatchable.
Twitch – Pitiful technical skills, awful partnering, will die on the floor in any ballroom that requires fleet footwork or hip action. But he has some very palpable charisma that a lot of viewers respond to, and for bonus points, he has some sort of jedi mind trick power that makes people think his dancing was great when he doesn’t even do much.
Courtney – Mid to High scores across the board, a bit lower for performance. She’s slightly more charismatic than Gev.
Gev – Mid to High scores across the board.
Jessica – Low marks across the board. Falters constantly, can’t hold poses or make smooth movements. Terrible partner. Other than boobs, is pretty low wattage in the charisma dept. Should have been cannon fodder. Would have much rather had Chelsea Trail in the top ten.