Lauren: Rumba, paso, argentine tango, VW, (She reminds me of Rumer Willis when she performs)

Robert: Salsa, samba, cha cha, quickstep, Paso, contemporary, VW

Whitney: AT, VW, samba, jive, Paso

Jordan: Quickstep, charleston, cha cha, rumba, AT, VW

Elaine: All of the ballroom dancer tbh, AT and Paso

I think that would 100% be Daniella and Val. Their choreography is the only one I'm genuinely excited for, but i think the fact that they have something extra spicy in their movement and dancing also helps sell the choreography better than the other pros. If we also included last year's pros, Mark and Witney would also be up there for me.

Who would you say have been the best choreographers on the show (in terms of the pro dancers)? We talk about how some of the pros tend to choreograph with the same tricks, and I’m trying to think of pros who were opposite from that.

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And what are the programs they’ve choreographed that you think everyone should watch?

I think Rohene Ward’s programs for Jason Brown put him up there for me.

Do you have any favorite underrated choreographers?

I know P21 hired some new teachers so we’ll probably see some new dances come out of the studio but do you think we’ll see some new choreographers rise to the forefront of the dance community soon? I’ve noticed that a lot of the same big names like Molly Long, Shannon Mather, Ricky Ubeda, Chase Hudson, Danny Lawn, and Travis Wall (I don’t know why people are still hiring him but), etc. have been consistently recognized for years (and for good reason, their work is amazing). I just feel like it would be exciting to see some fresh choreographers gain more recognition alongside them. What do you think?

Group

1st: The Endless Ever (Elite Danceworx)

2nd: How the Light Gets In (Mather), From Under My Feet (Vlads)

3rd: Return (Stars), Paquita (Vlads)

4th: Where Did You Go and Why Did You Leave (Dance Unlimited), That Is Love (Vlads), Should I (Westchester), Get in to the Groove (Fitzsimmons)

5th: Thursday (Young Dance), Serenity (Stars), Past the Present (Studio 413)

Line

1st: Rapture (Elite Danceworx)

2nd: Seconds Before (Vlads)

3rd: Miss You (Mather), C Jam Blues (CDC)

4th: Drop It Like It's Hot (Dance Unlimited), Being Alive (Vlads)

5th: This City Holds My Heart (Vlads)

Ext. Line

1st: There Is Still A Light On (Elite Danceworx)

2nd: Night Breath (Elite Danceworx)

3rd: Diablo Rojo (Impact)

4th: O Quarto (Stars), Night Crawlers (Vlads)

5th: Valleys of the Ocean (Mather)

Production

1st: Look At Me (Stars)

2nd: Drop It (Stars)

3rd: Alvin and the Chipmunks: A Furry Tail RelationShip (Rhythm DC)

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Ballet

1st: Paquita (Vlads)

2nd: Grand Pas from Paquita (Elite Danceworx)

3rd: Final Ascension (Westchester)

4th: L'Atmosfera (Young Dance)

5th: Pause (CCJ), Charisma (CDC)

Tap

1st: C Jam Blues (CDC)

2nd: Get Into The Groove (Fitzsimmons)

3rd: Thursday (Young DA)

4th: Duelo (Evolve)

5th: Something Big and Endless (Fitzsimmons)

Lyrical

1st: Seconds Before (Vlads)

2nd: Miss You (Mather)

3rd: This City Holds My Heart (Vlads), How The Light Gets In (Mather)

4th: Return (Stars)

5th: Teach Me (Focal Point)

Contemporary

1st: Night Breath (Elite Danceworx)

2nd: Rapture (Elite Danceworx)

3rd: O Quarto (Stars)

4th: The Endless Ever (Elite Danceworx)

5th: Valleys of the Ocean (Mather)

Ballroom

1st: Roxanne (Stars)

Hip-Hop

1st: When It Rains It Pours (Vlads), Timberland (Dance Unlimited)

2nd: Show Me (Focal Point)

3rd: CB (Elite Danceworx)

4th: Lottery (CCJ)

5th: Drop It (Stars)

Jazz

1st: Look at Me (Stars)

2nd: Sexy Magic (Mather)

3rd: Jet Black (Vlads)

4th: The House (Dance Unlimited)

5th: Show Me How (Mather)

Musical Theatre

1st: Being Alive (Vlads)

2nd: Alvin and the Chipmunks: A Furry Tail RelationChip (Rhythm DC)

Specialty

1st: There is Still A Light On (Elite Danceworx)

2nd: Diablo Rojo (Impact)

3rd: Night Crawlers (Vlads)

4th: Drop It Like It's Hot (Dance Unlimited)

5th: That Is Love (Vlads), Should I? (Westchester)

Acro

1st: Cloud (Elite Danceworx)

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Best Performance Nominees

There is Still A Light On - Elite Danceworx

C Jam Blues - Canadian Dance Company

Miss You - Mather

Night Crawlers - Vlads

O Quarto - Stars

Diablo Rojo - Impact Dance Studio

 

This will be one of my last genuine appreciation threads for a while so it breaks up my thoughts and doesn't seem to much like spamming or anything like that, I just have very long bus rides home and to volunteering so I tend to think and write the most during these times and this is the only forum I really am active in so please bare with me lol.

At first from working out in my room and trying to learn the 'Save Me' by BTS Dance to now trying to dance as a workout in my apartment although I have improved on some parts it helps give me that admiration for idols in general. Especially when they have so many back to back comebacks all within the same year. But at the same time I've come to really enjoy choreography videos and dance practices in general, although I still personally love BoyFriends Witch, Obsession Era and the dance practice they did with the light up chairs I also love the iconic YG iKON/Winner Dance Practice Room (a little basis there in all fairness as I love those groups) but it wasn't up until to long ago I branched out from artists I followed and began watching other dance practices for different artists such as MCND's classic of their ICE AGE choreography.

I used to write a lot for these two kpop sites and would write about various artists, independent artists, newly debuted and stuff like that. Although by far some of the most popular and talked about dancers are Taemin, Hoshi, Ten, San, Lee Know, Kai, Chaeyeon and many many others. (Sorry don't follow a ton of female artists).

Each artist has their own style, from Astro's really tasteful yet brilliantly done choreo such as my fav All Night, to A.C.E's UnderCover (yes I'm worried for BK's back and their poor knees...), Clover or Callin, to songs and dance practices to ATEEZ and XIKERS footwork causing the lights to shake, TXT's unique take on choreography (their poor backs...), or even the style of DKB's dance practice and acro bactic practice from their pre debut are really cool. Sure not everyone is always going to be the best dancer all the time and not everyone in the group will suit dancing, but its really enjoyable to just see so many options for dance and dance practices now.

Even if I do still truly watch Ten's solo choreography videos, you can really tell when some enjoy what they do and it makes it even better, but sometimes it doesn't always get as noticed to. Here are some of my favourites outside of just my ults (but please do check out 8TURN!) that I personally enjoy watching and want to highlight and my favourite releases so far~:

(I may not know a ton of some of these suggestions but I do recommend them!, also I didn't realize how hard it was to dance in timberlands (those boots you see everywhere...)

1. AIMERS.

I really enjoy their style and musical sound, its cool that two members are of the same former group Spectrum. They just released their preview for some video/dance to, I'm curious for the full review. Debuted 2022.

https://youtu.be/kES_23tla84

https://youtu.be/W6e3X-DqAcs

2. Arrc. Debut 2024.

https://youtu.be/RISb64-wJBI?list=PLAoPfTOIPcA3bnfv4XMjW4wJt_p1OQTD_

https://youtu.be/5N0I0LL9GfA?list=PLAoPfTOIPcA3bnfv4XMjW4wJt_p1OQTD_

https://youtu.be/sn9J0rfb3Ps?list=PLAoPfTOIPcA3tarIHQH1QweZvbZWo70wJ

2. TIOT. Debut 2024.

https://youtu.be/ZSexU_1zczU

3. NEXZ.* Debut 2024.

Simmer & Choreography videos.

https://youtu.be/_JJcbdmpV5o

https://youtu.be/4_Xg2tmm0w0

https://youtu.be/zWz897rIvm0

4. POW. Debuted in 2023.

https://youtu.be/lytjU54NmEI

https://youtu.be/XemeYIuc4J0