So You Think You Can Dance, S7, Top 9

So You Think You Can Dance was amazing or not, depending on the dance, tonight. I was most impressed by Alex. He's an incredible ballet dancer. He's strong and smooth and emotional. Tonight he had to perform hip hop.

Now let's think about this? Do ballet dancers make very good hip hop dancers? Not really. The styles are completely different and normally it would take quite awhile to unlearn the precision of ballet enough to let go and give a great hip hop performance.

Well guess what? Alex had a week. He was paired up with one of the best, if not the best, and former So You Think You Can Dance contestant, Twitch. When twitch was in competition 2 seasons ago I wanted him to win. He came in second. Nonetheless he's a top hip hop performer and does quite well in other areas of dance also. What I mean to say is, thus far in the competition none of the new contestants have been able to keep up with Twitch when doing a hip hop routine.

Alex nailed it. I was sitting there with my mouth open. All of the curse words in the world cannot explain how great he was. You really had to see it...Hopefully someone will post a video of it soon on youtube. They performed to Outta Your Mind by Lil Jon and LMFAO (first video). I think that's probably one of the best all time performances on the show.
I have a feeling he could win this season...




Another performance that I had a strong reaction to was a contemporary piece danced to the song Jar of Hearts by Christina Perri. There were 2 reason behind my reaction.
1. The dance was about a woman who was struggling to get over a man she loved who left her and then he returned.
2. The song has great lyrics and is very sad. Christina Perri also has a beautiful voice.

1. By now everyone who reads this knows that #1 is my love life on repeat. But I was shocked at how much it captured how I feel when I'm in a down swing. It's a low that's hard to describe, but then the dance is a perfect description...then again I dance and I could probably express it through that (hmm maybe it's time to begin choreographing again?). I am not currently at a low, but I could feel the pain through that song and dance. I guess you could say the struggle is kind of like hitting a brick wall and pounding on it continuously...

No wait it's exactly like that. If my struggle to get through to Luke, it would look like this:
Pounding on a brick wall until you're bruised and bloody...and then continuing until 1 small brick starts to crack. You keep pounding through the pain and exhaustion until the brick breaks. You take a break to appreciate the accomplishment and look through the small hole in his defenses. Then you repeat. One brick at a time.

So here is the song:


and here are the lyrics, since they aren't posted online yet:
You know I can't take one more step towards you,
'Cause all that's waiting is your (something),
Don't you know that I'm not your ghost anymore,
You lost the love I love the most,
I learned to live half alive,
And now you want me one more time

Chorus:
And who do you think you are?
Running round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts,
And tearing love apart,
You're gonna catch a cold,
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me,
Who do you think you are?

I hear you're asking all around,
If I am anywhere to be found,
But I have grown too strong,
To ever fall back in your arms
I learned to live half alive
And now you want me one more time

(Chorus)

Dear(?) it took so long just to feel alright,
Remember how to put back the light in my eyes,
I wish, I had missed, the first time, that we kissed,
Cause you broke all your promises,
And now you're back,
You don't get to get me back

Chorus:
And who do you think you are?
Running round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts,
And tearing love apart,
You're gonna catch a cold,
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me,
Don't come back at all

Chorus:
And who do you think you are?
Running round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts,
Tearing love apart,
You're gonna catch a cold,
From the ice inside your soul
Don't come back for me,
Don't come back at all,
Who do you think you are
Who do you think you are
Who do you think you are