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I have historically not been all that excited about the audition weeks of SYTYCD beyond YAY IT'S BACK IT'S BACK, but they've really been doing a MUCH better job with them the last couple years and I only had to ffwd through one little segment last night. And then rewind one and watch it a couple times.

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OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD OHHHMYGOD.

I love dance. Not in the way a dancer loves it, I'm sure, and not in a way where I spend money to go and see people dancing on a regular basis, but I love that we can make art and tell stories with our bodies as well as with all the other media we find to use. I absolutely loathe competition TV shows on the whole, but every cringe-inducing moment is worth it so that I can see the dancing on SYTYCD. And I'm often moved by it. Getting teary-eyed when I watch is not a new thing.

But I have NEVER ended up doubled over, ugly crying, with goosebumps on every inch of my body, gasping for air before. Twice. Because I had to watch again.

That speech he gave before he danced about taking your fears and about souls and all that stuff that made Nigel bitchface... It's hard to listen to something like that and believe it's true. But apparently it's true. I feel like I'm a markedly different person having seen that dance in a way that I usually only get from novels. (I don't know that I AM a markedly different person, but I feel like it.)

I want to see so much more from Mr. Williams.

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OH MY GOD HE WAS SO AMAZING.

SERIOUSLY, GIRL. GIVE ME ALL OF YOUR SYTYCD FEELINGS ALWAYS. I WANT THEM. I LOVE THIS SHOW LIKE BURNING AND HAVE BEEN WATCHING SINCE SEASON 2.

HE WAS INCREDIBLE AND I CAN'T EVEN HANDLE MY FEELINGS AT ALL. I NEED TO WATCH IT FIFTY MILLION MORE TIMES.

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I started watching it in S5? I think. When I came back to the states in any case, and then I went and dld all the previous seasons (except 2 because the files had been deleted) and I LOVE IT SO MUCH. I also want to marry Cat someday, but that is another story (mostly)

oh god I made my colleague watch it at work and I got all teary again right there on the shop floor (with no customers in thank goodness) and I just. I CANNOT. WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THAT AMAZINGNESS.

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THAT WAS SO INCREDIBLE. I mean, I love that show and I think some breathtakingly beautiful art has come from it, but there was something about the power of his performance that made everything else seem so trivial. Which was why I liked when Nigel was like, "I don't know how you'd do on this competition show, but I don't give a shit," because it felt like exactly that sentiment to me--yeah, you may not be the guy for this competition (though he might be!), but who cares, you're an artist and we're all extremely lucky to have been able to witness that. I can't even imagine what it was like to be in the theatre with that kind of energy. (I also loved C's comment about wanting to kick him in the face. HEEEEEE. I want Li'l C to be my life coach, SERIOUSLY. ♥ )

Like you, I haaaaaaaaaaaate competition shows in general but I really appreciate that SYTYCD has collaboration built into its structure; yes, the dancers are competing against each other, but they're also working together, and those partnerships are always one of the major highlights of the show for me. And unlike the talent competitions that are looking for "stars" (whatever that even means), SYTYCD absolutely REQUIRES a pretty high level of ability, and because dancers don't have the place in popular culture that musicians do, finding the Next Big Thing isn't even on the table, so it allows them to focus more on the actual skill, including both technical ability and performance. I hate the bullshit and the trappings (though I will say I have never felt like there was a winner who was completely undeserving; my favorites haven't always won, but I've always at least felt like whoever won was a really talented dancer/performer) but I still think SYTYCD has significantly LESS bullshit and trappings than pretty much any other competition reality show I've seen (except maybe America's Best Dance Crew). Which is why it's the only one I watch, for all that I love several American Idol peeps. :)

YES! I think that is one thing I enjoy about SYTYCD that is absent in the other glimpses of competition shows I've seen. Even as it's coming right down to the very end, the contestants are not only encouraged to, but MUST work together in order to succeed. I don't feel like there's a sense of being better than the other dancers so much as being better than the limits you've placed on yourself. which is not to say there is none of the forced drama or audience manipulation that I also hate, but DANCING. IT'S WORTH ALL THAT FOR THE DANCING.

I would absolutely love it if he turns out to be another Twitch, who can turn his hand at all the other styles, but if he isn't, I hope that we do get to see some more of THAT. I cannot think of any other art that has made me have such a violent visceral reaction. GORGEOUS.

Ha, yes! I was crying ten seconds in. So good!

I am super stoked for SYTYCD to be back. AND CAT.

CAAAAAAAAAT. MY LADY LOVE.

I am so excited toooooo. I was just blown out of the water by him. I can't believe the way he just spit his soul out on that stage through movement.

I AGREE!! I was SO SURPRISED at the violent reaction I got from watching him. It was amazing. Omg. Goosebumps just thinking about it.

I was fond of quite a few people at the auditions, and I think that this season is going to be FILLED with talent. ♥

There were some GREAT auditions. I wasn't feeling the girl they did the whole 1920s thing with in the same way the judges seemed to, and so I was a little bit worried, but then it was up up and away! :D :D

whoot! ♥

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