Review: SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE “Top 20 Perform” June 11, 2008 Reviews, So You Think You Can Dance And so it starts again. SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE is back for its 4th season, with an all new “cast.” Let’s find out how they did on their first night: Rayven Armijo & Jamie Bayard – Hip Hop Choreography: Tabitha and Napoleon D’Umo Music: “American Boy” by Estelle feat. Kanye West Thoughts: First of all Tabitha and Napoleon are great choreographer, that was such a great routine. And these two were great. Loved it! Rating: 4/4 Video: Susie Garcia & Marquis Cunningham – Smooth Waltz Choreography: Hunter Johnson Music: “Dark Waltz” by Hayley Westnera Thoughts: You know usually I am pretty bored with these types of dance, but I really loved this one. The music was beautiful, the movements were beautiful. I really loved it! Rating: 4/4 Video: Matt Dorame & Kourtni Lind – Jazz Choreography: Mandy Moore Music: “Tainted Love” by Soft Cell Thoughts: I thought the choreography was so cool and I really liked their performance. Rating: 3/4 Video: Chelsea Traille & Thayne Jasperson – Cha Cha Choreography: Tony Meredith and Melanie Music: “Oye Como Va (Latin/Trance Remix)” by Celia Cruz Thoughts: I just thought it was ok. Nothing to get excited about. I probably won’t remember it tomorrow. Rating: 2/4 Video: Chelsie Hightower & Mark Kanemura – Contemporary Choreography: Mia Michaels Music: “Beautiful” by Me’Shell Ndegeocello Thoughts: Well, just the fact that Mia Michaels choreographed this already gives it an advantage. I thought both of them were good other than that. Rating: 3/4 Video: Kherington Payne & Twitch Boss – Broadway Choreography: Tyce Di Orio Music: “Too Darn Hot” from Kiss Me Kate Thoughts: I thought it was ok. I wanted them to relate to each other a little more to be honest and I was definitely not as excited as the judges. But I will say that I am a fan of Twitch so I hope that he does well. Rating: 2/4 Video: Comfort Fedoke & Chris Jarosz – Jive Choreography: Tony Meredith and Melanie Music: “Boom Boom” by Big Head Todd Thoughts: I really liked it a lot. These two were hot! And it was so fun to watch. One of the best tonight. Rating: 4/4 Video: Katee Shean & Joshua Allen – Hip Hop Choreography: Napoleon and Tabitha D’Umo Music: “No Air” by Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown Thoughts: This is my absolute favorite so far! WOW! They were amazing. Katee was great and Joshua is amazing! I have no words. Rating: 4/4 Video: Jessica King & William Wingfield – Tango Choreography: Hunter Johnson Music: “Tango” by Cirque du Soleil Thoughts: I was pretty bored during the whole thing so I guess I didn’t really like it that much. Rating: 2/4 Video: Courtney Galiano & Gev Manoukian – Disco Choreography: Doriono Sanchez Music: “Boogie Wonderland” by Earth, Wind & Fire Thoughts: I don’t know if it’s because the choreography didn’t work for me, but the performance just wasn’t that good. I was quite bored and didn’t really care for it. One of the weakest of the night. Rating: 1/4 Video: Well, I thought tonight was a good start. So far my favorites are Katee Shean, Joshua Allen, Rayven Armijo & Jamie Bayard, and Twitch. But to be honest I have no idea who’s going to be eliminated tomorrow. Special thanks to Vance at Tapeworthy for finding all the videos, and also make sure you read his review of So You Think You Can Dance, turns out we usually have the same taste. Read all our So You Think You Can Dance coverage here. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)
