For your viewing convenience: I tag all the asks as "asks" for simplicity's sake , so you can blacklist them if they clutter your dash! Disclaimer: I'm a hip hop dancer, so take my critiques of non-hip hop dancing with a grain of salt! I…liked the solos better than the duets this week. This was almost cool, but I need for her to do something else. Also there were some balance checks.
I actually liked this. Miles better than her solo last week. Everything he does looks so cool. There must have been a music clearance problem since he used a song that we already heard last week, so this looked a little thrown together, but man, that leap right on the music swell? It wasn't anything particularly memorable, but second solos usually aren't.
This was strong and on par with everything we've grown to know, love, and expect from Madison. A bright red vest with matching pants and shoes! A shaking booty! Ezra is awesome, and this performance was fun and fabulous. A new partnership! And wow. Wow wow wow. Cue the waterworks, amirite? Sophie and Gino danced beautifully together. Their chemistry was immediate.
This was just lovely. Laurieann called this pairing magical. Nigel said their chemistry is magnificent. Mary, through tears, said this routine will be remembered all season, and Dominic thanked Sophie and Gino for this performance. I want to be Mariah when I grow up. She used her half a minute to perform with life, passion, and purpose—as she always does. Did anyone else get The Notebook vibes from this performance?
It was slow and sweet, with all the signature, stylized elements that make a piece distinctively Broadway, but without the flash, the jazz, the sparkles, the spotlights.
It felt almost indulgent to linger in the moments of stillness, of quiet, of calm. Nigel called it gentle and beautiful, but said it wasn't what people are likely to vote for.
Mary said it was played just right, with just the right amount of magic. Dominic used the word genius! This style is, historically, a potential death sentence on this show. Fittingly, the choreographers explained, Ezra represents death in the piece. Ezra, of course, is a bona fide ballroom babe. But, he admitted during rehearsals, this style is one in which he has zero training. And yet, they pulled it off. These two really do dance well together.
They're so strong individually, that when it comes time to move in unison, it seems almost Nothing about this show is easy, but these two make it look that way every week. Holy cow. It wasn't particularly remarkable or memorable, but it was good. And that last lift was excellent. Mary noted how difficult the choreography was, with all the complicated combinations, lifts, and tricks—and said they did it all beautifully.
Dominic gave Ezra some love, which was nice to hear. Laurieann called it intense and cinematic, and Nigel said it was well done. Shirtless with a skirt and slicked-back hair.
You win, Benjamin, All the solos were good, but Benjamin really went for it. This was so energetic, so explosive, so much.
It was the only solo of the night we were begging not to end! Does anyone else keep forgetting that Anna is a hip hopper? Every week, she has proved that she can do other styles really, really well. This solo was a nice, if somewhat tame, reminder that she's an OG hip hopper. Could not possibly love this guy more.
Meanwhile, Mariah said she was pumped to get to finally dance in her style. And OMG. These two. This piece. The rooftop prop was a lovely touch, and something the show, in its 16 seasons, has never seen. Mandy and Elizabeth really created something special here. And Bailey and Mariah danced it so beautifully, really giving into the choreography without letting the prop take over the routine. This isn't easy! It was reminiscent of Katee and tWitch's door routine. This was just really nice to watch.
Dominic said this was one of his favorite routines in all 16 seasons. Laurieann called Bailey brilliant and said "Muffin" Mariah did well, too. Nigel said they are still the team to beat, and Mary told the world she wants Mariah and Bailey to be partners for the rest of their lives.
In this piece, Gino and Sophie were tasked with, uh, being a new couple getting to know each other. Pretty fitting for the pair dancing together for the first week! And oh baby, was this a way to get to know each other! I, personally, have never had a first date twirl me around quite like Gino twirled Sophie.
Anyone else? Sophie was sharp and sexy, and Gino was strong and swaggy. The first half was flirty, and the second half was high-energy. There was one lift that was a near-miss, but Gino salvaged it! Look, we were sad to say sayonara to Steph and Eddie, but it meant getting these two as partners, which is an absolute treat. What fun! Laurieann said it was soulful and called Sophie and Gino the new couple to beat.
Nigel agreed, saying Mariah and Bailey have "great opponents. Bailey for President. Bailey for everything. We said Benjamin's solo was the best of the night so far, but then Bailey came out and did this.
Tough call. Loved 'em both. They were serious, but alluringly kind of sexy. Mysterious and angsty. And by the end, Gino and Benjamin were shirtless. Mary called it strong, powerful, and tough. All the judges loved it, and notably loved the shirtless part.
Dominic talked a lot about the abs. Everyone laughed a lot. But yeah, unanimous praise and loads of giggles. After last week's votes, Cat chimed in with an update: Gino was safe, meaning Benjamin was in danger. Mariah was also safe, putting Madison in danger of leaving. Sophie, Bailey, Anna, and Ezra's group routine had a totally different vibe than the contemporary crew. It was primal and exciting. It started slow, then built to a high-energy explosion of tricks and really, really, really fast choreography.
This looked exhausting. Mary was feeling it, Dominic thanked the dancers, Laurieann welcomed them to the dream, and Nigel Can't blame him! Ultimately, the judges saved Madison and Ezra, which meant Anna and Benjamin were the next two voted off the island.
And then there were six The call came after a lengthy audition process with Spielberg in the room, and the role, originated by Wilma Curley on Broadway in and later portrayed by Gina Trikonis in the film, was her biggest dream. In fact, it's something Garcia-Lee says she manifested from the day plans for the movie were announced in January On top of her regular training, she would travel multiple hours each day to New York City and New Jersey for classes with Steps on Broadway and the Princeton Ballet School, respectively.
Her bedroom walls were lined with cutouts from the pages of Dance Spirit , which served as inspiration for her goals. Her mother, Terri Garcia, was a professional dancer in the s she even danced Francisca in the West Side Story tour in , and Garcia-Lee was eager to follow in her footsteps. Garcia-Lee went to high school at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where she studied first ballet and then drama.
As a sophomore, she was cast as Graziella in her school's production of West Side Story. The magic of performing Jerome Robbins' iconic choreography never left her. What kind of pattern is that? Further confusing matters, the solos came roughly in the opposite order of the couples routines, emphasis on roughly , since Randi and Kupono, Evan and Kayla, and Jeanine and Jason all danced after each other, but Brandon and Melissa and Ade and Janette did not.
Keeping a handle on that heart pendant alone was super tricky — in fact, I suspect a healthy portion of you are going to be talking in the message boards about how the pendant was too literal and too cluttered, one artistic touch too many. But I actually loved how Jason and Jeanine let it make the number a little messy, keeping the smoldering story they were telling grounded in just how confusing it would be for two long platonic friends to start up a romantic relationship.
The tallest woman picks the shortest man, and the shortest woman picks the tallest man. The two dancers whose partners went home last week get partnered up. Hawaiian man. Totally unplanned. And oofdah, butcher it they did, delivering probably the worst routine of the season thus far. Speaking of Ms.
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