Blogcritics Category: Culture: Dance

Dance Review: So You Think You Can Dance Live

Sherry Lipp — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:18:37 EDT

The finalists from the hit show dazzle on the live stage.
So You Think You Can Dance kicked off its live concert tour on September 20 in Tacoma, Washington. The Top 10 finalists from season four, plus three special guests (also from season four), are hitting over 40 cities across America. The tour concludes November 17 in Tampa, Florida.In addition to attending the opening performance of the tour, I...

TV Review: So You Think You Can Dance - Week Last

Matt Springer — Thu, 7 Aug 2008 18:20:05 EDT

Goodbye, So You Think You Can Dance. So I think I might cry. And skip the finale.
As I write this, it's Thursday afternoon. A busy day has left me little time to peck out my thoughts on So You Think You Can Dance -- oh, if only I could be paid in the low six figures just to blog about shitty reality shows! For that, I dream.I haven't decided if I'll write about the true conclusion of this season -- since it'll be...

TV Review: So You Think You Can Dance - Week 8

Matt Springer — Fri, 1 Aug 2008 07:29:10 EDT

The final performance show before the finale provides the perfect opportunity to handicap the remaining six dancers. Also, why Cat Deeley is wonderful.
The end is in sight for this season of So You Think You Can Dance. Remember all the laffs we've had, all the teary cries we've shared late Thursday nights, as our fave hunky dancing fool was escorted weepily off the SYTYCD stage by Miss Cat Deeley? Oh, has it been a season! A season... of joy.And now, I sit and type just days away from the...

TV Review: So You Think You Can Dance - Week 7

Matt Springer — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:25:54 EDT

Down to the dancing wire -- the elite eight, and two more weeks of show.
Hold on. Two weeks away from the So You Think You Can Dance finale?!What are you smoking, FOX? I'm not ready! I haven't gotten over my initial boredom to fall in love with Mia Michaels all over again!Oh well. With so little time left for me to ponder this show and its infinite mysteries, I'm gonna focus exclusively on what really...

DVD Review: Step Up 2 The Streets

The Masked Movie Snobs — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:53:30 EDT

Stimulating and easy to watch.
Written by Pollo MisteriosoThere has been a new genre of dance films that seem to be doing very well at the box office, and to think they play like 90-minute music videos. Step Up 2 The Streets is the newest dance film that incorporates dance troupes and drama that makes for a visually entertaining film that is predictable, but gratifying. Films...

Getting "Real" With So You Think You Can Dance

Matt Springer — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:10:41 EDT

Reality TV: Only as "real" as you allow it to be.
This is getting to be a little ridiculous. As a fan of reality shows, I don't like to think often of the "reality" behind them. Yes, yes, I followed "Paulagate" earlier this year on American Idol, where it seemed clear that her responses to the acts were at least outlined before they were actually performed, if not outright...

TV Review: So You Think You Can Dance - Week 3

Matt Springer — Tue, 1 Jul 2008 07:38:34 EDT

The Internet's first-ever narcoleptic reviewer!
I'm mostly tired. All of the time. Sleepy, sleepy, sleepy. I ingest caffeine like it's water; I sleep in and go to bed early. In other words, I try. Still ... tired. Which is my only reasoning behind sleeping through much of this week's So You Think You Can Dance. I made it to about 9 p.m. for the performance show before passing out,...

TV Review: So You Think You Can Dance - Week 2

Matt Springer — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:44:43 EDT

This week on So You Think You Can Dance: Leopard print earns its own constitutional ban.
If all you can make is pizza, don't enter Hell's Kitchen. If all you can sing is "Unchained Melody," don't audition for American Idol.And if all you can dance is the "street salsa," don't bother showing up for So You Think You Can Dance. (I think I ordered the Street Salsa at Taco Bell last night. Oh,...

Dance Review (Milan): Diavolo Dance Theatre at Teatro Arcimboli

Robert Machray — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:26:06 EDT

Diavolo shows Milan a bit of the ether.
Diavolo Dance Theatre is really its own category of dance: part dance, part gymnastics, part spectacle, called "hyperdance." I have admired Jacque Heim's work since I first saw it at UCLA, then later in KA in Vegas, and finally at the Hollywood Bowl last summer. I caught up with him again at the magnificent Teatro Arcimboli in Milan, Italy, at a...

Theater/Burlesque Review (NYC): Revealed

Jon Sobel — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:46:31 EDT

Bawdy fun in the East Village.
One of the great things about being a writer is getting invited to all sorts of interesting events, including some that fall outside the categories you're used to. Like, say, an evening of lovely women taking off their clothes."Burlesque" originally meant a comedic, parodic style of variety show, of which striptease was only one...