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Learn more- After five seasons, the summer sensation that is "So You Think You Can Dance (Dance... Dance... Dance...)" arrived on the fall schedule Wednesday night with host Cat Deeley promising the best season ever. It might have been more interesting if she said this season would probably rank about third or fourth on the all-time list.
The one-hour audition show brought us to Los Angeles, where the contestants were subjected to the same rules fans already know: the best dancers would get a ticket to the next round in Las Vegas, the worst would go home, and the in-betweens would be asked to come back at the end of the day for a bit of group choreography as a last chance to see if they belong.
Cole Clemens vowed to be unique and succeeded. He made little use of judge Nigel Lythgoe's standard line of "Cue, music." Cole moved without music and did some kind of living art type of deal that ended with him blowing out an invisible candle in the palm of his hand. After working to contain their laughter, the judges told Cole he wasn't what they were looking for.
Mollee Gray, an 18-year-old Utah resident whose mom brought her out to L.A. to make her dream come true, vowed to make her mom proud. She captivated the judges immediately, with guest Adam Shankman saying during her audition that "she is so this show." The judges told Mollee she was great, but still had room to grow. She'll get that chance in the next round after getting voted through unanimously.
After a montage of more good dancers who earned their tickets to Las Vegas, we got to see the reunion of two of last season's dancers who were eliminated too soon: Ryan Kasprzak, the older brother of Evan, who finished in third place last season; and Bianca Revels, who vowed that last season was her last chance, came back.
Ryan, whose strength last season was Broadway-style dance, took tap dancing head on and did a routine with no musical accompaniment. Adam said it was "perfect" and one of the best auditions he'd ever seen. Nigel agreed and called it "one of the most unique and brilliant auditions" they'd ever seen. Ryan got his ticket punched for Vegas.
Bianca was welcomed back and Nigel introduced the idea of a tap battle. He threw down the gauntlet and asked Bianca if she'd battle Ryan. She took him up on the offer, with Ryan clarifying that in tap it's called "trading" not "battling." Regardless of what anyone called it, Bianca will be joining Ryan in Vegas.
Christopher Aguilar claimed he had a plan to produce a Fred-and-Ginger-inspired movie and call it "Drum Song." His routine started with an ill-fated backflip in which he landed on his knees. It didn't get any better, but it was amusing as the judges joined in the singing of "All That Jazz." Christopher went away after being told he was "fascinating and interesting," but not good enough for the show.
The second day in L.A. brought about even more great auditions, starting with Amber Williams, who danced in honor of her mother, who was left partially paralyzed during a routine operation gone awry. Amber wowed the judges with the lightness of her feet and Mary Murphy called her "a force to be reckoned with." She'd continued to be a force in Las Vegas.
Amber was followed by contemporary dancers Alexie Agdeppa and Paula van Oppen, who mesmerized the judges with their routines and moved to the next round.
Christina Santana wanted to offer up something a little different, which she called a salsa-hip hop kind of fusion. Nigel said she put a smile on everybody's face and called her audition "thrilling to watch." Christina told the judges she also does ballet, jazz and belly dancing. She might get a chance to show those other moves in the next round.
Phillip Attmore, who was roommates with Ryan Kasprzak when they were on tour with "Fosse," said Ryan has a happy face on his butt. Phillip was a tapper and Nigel said it was the year of the tappers as he and the rest of the judges sent Phillip through to the next round.
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