Archive for May, 2008
SYTYCD - Are the Judges Jerks This Year?
Posted by admin at 27 May, 2008 5:48 PM
‘So You Think You Can Dance’ - I don’t know about you but I was a little stuck after watching the first episode of the season this year. Having been a major fan and watching it since the jump, I’ve come to develop my own personal ‘TV relationship’ (if you know what I mean) with each of the judges and what they like/don’t like compared to what I like/don’t like. They all have their reasoning & it makes the whole thing gel.
This year, I was surprised more than once by how the judges just ripped into a contestant or two like the icy north wind on a frozen lake. Yeah, they’re paid to be sharp and honest & I respect that. But do they respect the people who are trying their hardest up there?! A couple of times I wasn’t convinced…
It was also a little bit weird because in one scene the judges were just having a rousing good time & then next it was all serious again. That’s cool but it seemed like the editing was trying to hard for hills & valleys of emotions or something? Mia seemed to have the most heart of the panel & I’ve come to expect that from her. She’s bomb! I just couldn’t shake the feeling that the producers of the show were feeding them alcohol or something to get them to be more reactionary or bombastic or something? I think Mia even mentioned that once and it didn’t surprise me.
You drink a little, you lose a little control, you say shocking things = what a TV producer wants for his/her ratings. It’s a little suspect if you ask me…. I hope this show keeps it’s integrity this season. I’m not judging it yet but it’s a little shaky so far. Just my 2 cents.
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So You Think You Can Dance - May 22, 2008
Posted by admin at 23 May, 2008 9:17 AM
The new season of So You Think You Can Dance starts tonight…in case you didn’t know. What’s really great about this show is that it gets so many people excited about dancing. It seems to get more of a younger segment of people excited. Yes, most of them unrealistic expectations about how talented they are when they walk into your studio. BUT, if you can keep the excitement up for this student, you can change their lives.
Maybe we can learn from the show and take that into the studio and mix it up a bit? For example, it seems what happens on the show is that they see a bunch of bad dancers come out and audition. Then, they cut to a brilliant dancer that seems to light up the room & helps everyone fall in love with dance again. Think about what it’s like for a new student and what you’re doing with them? Are you just getting them into a lesson right away? Yeah, maybe you can’t show them your studio’s best dancer(s) right before each new student lesson, but wouldn’t it help to show the new student an awesome dancer at some point when they’re still new?
It can’t hurt.
What about using a technique like this for increasing student retention? When a student is in the inevitable trough of their studies, perk their life up with a command performance or two.
I don’t know about you but when I get to feeling a little burned out or un-inspired, I got get inspired. I know enough to do that for myself. But, can you assume your new student does? Dance is your life…not theirs.
