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So You Think You Can Dance Australia Round-Up: Blame The Choreographers
Posted by Clem Bastow at 2:01 PM on April 2, 2008
Booted So You Think You Can Dance Australia contestant and beanpole Anthony Ikin has come out sooking following his 'eviction', reckoning that were it not for dodgy choreography, he'd still be in the contest.
(We'd say something here about the INTENSE sexual tension between Ikin and The Bass on Monday night, but we think our picture - above - speaks for itself, particularly if you listen to Somewhere while you look at it. "Theeeeere's aaaaa plaaaace for uuuussss...")
Apart from a handful of solo performances, the former sport aerobics champion is peeved that he never really got a routine he could sink his teeth into thanks to some less than earth-shattering choreography.
"And I think the judges knew that too because they made a lot of comments saying as much," Anthony told Confidential yesterday.We're inclined to agree. A similar fate was suffered by Marko, who was actually a fabulous dancer but suffered the indignity of that punk jive and "swap" - and his DREADFUL wardrobe and make-up curse didn't help him much, either."But, you know, it's the nature of the competition and that's what you get yourself into. We can only dance the steps we are given. But I would have loved to have been able to dance a ballroom routine choreographed by Jason Gilkinson.
"But I didn't get to do a routine of his. Which is a shame."
Seriously, we doubt even Rudolph Nureyev would've been able to do much with the utterly pointless genre mash-ups the SYTYCDAus choreographers seem to be keen on. Poor Anthony was hobbled with "soul swing" for example, which seemed to entail a lot of loping around the floor as though he had strings attaching his limbs to a trampoline. As for the abominable "contemporary" routine, well. We're surprised he hasn't sued the producers for emotional distress.
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d291173
Posted April 2, 2008 8:29 PM
Ya know what? Looking at the "contemporary" routine, which earned the couple the nicknames of Bore-a and Blandthony in some circles, I can see where he's coming from, but let's face it, even his solos were shit boring.
dontuan
Posted April 5, 2008 2:48 AM
The thing is I had warned him in the beginning through fan messages about his high use of acrobatics. 'Move with meaning' was what I wanted to get through to him. He had only done this at his first audition and somewhere near the end when he was in danger of being eliminated. Most of his dancing looked like a gymnastics floor routine or an aerobics performance. His circumstance as a dancer would be compared to SYTYCD US Season 3's Neil Haskell, who's challenge was to take his gymnastics background and evolve into a dancer. Jason Coleman made note of this through the show and Nigel Lythgow's comments emphasized about this sort of dancer. Factors such as receiving no constructive criticism from the judges and poor choreography may have prevented him from becoming better then what he is. But either way kudos to you Anthony and your hard work! Your Top 10 which is a big achievement! Congrats and the very best. :)