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message 1: by MarielaBlu (new)

MarielaBlu (queenscove) Write about your faves or not faves.

These are the top 20 dancers:

Girls

Randi Evans
Dance Specialty: Jazz
Hometown: Orem, UT
Currently Resides: Springville, UT
Age: 23

Evans began dancing at an early age and performed in the closing ceremonies at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games. She currently attends Utah Valley University where she is majoring in elementary education.

Karla Garcia
Dance Specialty: Jazz/Contemporary
Hometown: Oxon Hill, MD
Currently Resides: Brooklyn, NY
Age: 23

Garcia is a graduate of New York University. Her early dance experience included learning traditional Filipino folk dancing. Garcia performed on Broadway in “Hot Feet,” danced in the ensemble of the “Radio City Christmas Spectacular” and went on to tour with “Wicked.” She is a member of “Boogie Bots Crew.”

Caitlin Kinney
Dance Specialty: Contemporary
Hometown: Annapolis, MD
Currently Resides: Annapolis, MD
Age: 21

Kinney graduated from the Baltimore School for the Arts in 2005. She danced at North Carolina Dance Theatre as an apprentice for two years and is an experienced gymnast. After beginning as a competitive gymnast, Kinney found her way to dance though an acrobatics program at “C&C Dance Company”. After graduating from Baltimore School for the Arts in 2005, she then joined North Carolina Dance Theater, first as an apprentice then later as a second company member.

Asuka Kondoh
Dance Specialty: Latin Ballroom
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Currently Resides: Irvine, CA
Age: 25

Kondoh loves swimming, golf and tennis and has played piano for 13 years. She is a graduate of University of California, Irvine, and has worked as a Latin Ballroom instructor for the last two years.

Janette Manrara
Dance Specialty: Salsa
Hometown: Miami, FL
Currently Resides: Hialeah, FL
Age: 25

Manrara began performing in musical theater at age 12, and started her formal dance training at 19, studying Ballroom, Ballet, Pointe, Jazz and Hip Hop. She currently attends Florida State University.

Jeanine Mason
Dance Specialty: Contemporary
Hometown: Miami, FL
Currently Resides: Pinecrest, FL
Age: 18

A recent graduate of the Ransom Everglades School, Mason plans to attend the University of California, Los Angeles in the fall. She began her dance training in Ballet and Lyrical and then went on to study Jazz, Acrobatics, Hip Hop, Modern and Contemporary.

Kayla Radomski
Dance Specialty: Jazz/Contemporary
Hometown: Aurora, CO
Currently Resides: Aurora, CO
Age: 18

Radomski has been dancing for most of her life, and participating in SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE is one of her most rewarding experiences. She is grateful to her amazing mother who has supported her love of dance for so many years. Radomski also enjoys acting and singing.

Melissa Sandvig
Dance Specialty: Ballet
Hometown: Los Alamitos, CA
Currently Resides: Los Alamitos, CA
Age: 29

Sandvig has been dancing for most of her life. She has danced with the Milwaukee Ballet Company, LA Opera, Long Beach Ballet and Helios Dance Theater. A highlight for Sandvig was performing “Le Coeur Illumine” at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

Paris Torres
Dance Specialty: Contemporary
Hometown: Issaquah, WA
Currently Resides: Issaquah, WA
Age: 19

Torres is a graduate of Skyline High School. She began dancing when she was 6 years old and now teaches at a studio near her home. She was also a Miss Washington Teen pageant winner, and was a Seattle Storm and Seattle Sonic Jr. dancer from 2000-2003.

Ashley Valerio
Dance Specialty: Contemporary
Hometown: Mesa, AZ
Currently Resides: North Hollywood, CA
Age: 22

Valerio has been dancing for most of her life. She is a graduate of Mountain View High School.

Guys

Kupono Aweau
Dance Specialty: Lyrical/Contemporary
Hometown: Honolulu, HI
Currently Resides: Kailua, HI
Age: 23

Aweau graduated from the Kamehameha Schools and has been dancing since he was 16 years old. He loves his home state of Hawaii, and is an avid collector of home furnishings.

Tony Bellissimo
Dance Specialty: Hip Hop
Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Currently Resides: Buffalo, NY
Age: 20

Bellissimo has been dancing for most of his life. He is a graduate of Frontier High School, and played on the school’s soccer, football and lacrosse teams. He likes to write short stories and poems, and his favorite professional dancer is Barry Lather. He finds inspiration working with children in a local pre-school and mentoring young kids between the ages of 6-12 in an after school program.

Brandon Bryant
Dance Specialty: Contemporary
Hometown: Miami, FL
Currently Resides: Salt Lake City, UT
Age: 19

Bryant began dancing ballet at age 10. He is a graduate of Coral Reef Senior High School and now attends Miami Dade College. His most memorable dance experience was performing for Madonna at her daughter’s birthday party.

Phillip Chbeeb
Dance Specialty: Popping
Hometown: Houston, TX
Currently Resides: Los Angeles, CA
Age: 20

Chbeeb has had no formal dance training, but began dancing when he was 15 years old. At age 16, he founded the Marvelous Motion Studio in Houston. He is currently an engineering physics major at Loyola Marymount University.

Jason Glover
Dance Specialty: Lyrical/Contemporary
Hometown: Fresno, CA
Currently Resides: Fresno, CA
Age: 21

Glover began dancing at age 12, studying Tap and Hip Hop. He is a graduate of Bullard High School, and his favorite dancer is Michael Jackson. Tapping onstage with Gregory Hines, in one of his last shows, changed Jason’s life.

Vitolio Jeune
Dance Specialty: Contemporary
Hometown: Pétionville, Haiti
Currently Resides: Miami, FL
Age: 26

Jeune began dancing at age 18, and is a graduate of Florida’s New World School of the Arts. He loves motorcycles, and his favorite dancer is Desmond Richardson.

Max Kapitannikov
Dance Specialty: Latin Ballroom
Hometown: Moscow, Russia
Currently Resides: Brooklyn, NY
Age: 26

Kapitannikov has been dancing for as long as he can remember. He comes from a dancing family, and his mother is a ballet teacher. He also enjoys sculpting and playing the guitar. He attended the Manhattan Comprehensive High School.

Evan Kasprzak
Dance Specialty: Broadway
Hometown: West Bloomfield, MI
Currently Resides: West Bloomfield, MI
Age: 21

Kasprzak graduated from Wylie E. Groves High School and currently attends Illinois Wesleyan University. He has been dancing since he was 6 years old, and his most memorable dance experience was performing in a Gregory Hines tribute with Hines’ family in the audience.

Ade Obayomi
Dance Specialty: Contemporary
Hometown: Chandler, AZ
Currently Resides: Orange County, CA
Age: 20

Obayomi has been dancing since he was 6 years old. He is a graduate of Corona Del Sol High School and currently attends Chapman University. A dance highlight for him was performing at Radio City Music Hall.

Jonathan Platero
Dance Specialty: Salsa
Hometown: Sanford, FL
Currently Resides: New York, NY
Age: 21

Platero was a gymnast before he began dancing at age 16. He is a graduate of Seminole High School, was a World Salsa finalist in 2006-2007 and performed as a dancer and acrobat in “High School Musical.”




message 2: by [deleted user] (new)

OMG Kupono shouldn't have made it the 2 brothers should have!



message 3: by [deleted user] (new)

i love evan kasprzak!! i was bummed that his brother didn't make it tho! :(



message 4: by Brigid ✩ (new)

Brigid ✩ i know! :(


message 5: by Brigid ✩ (new)

Brigid ✩ Ravenclaw Rules (Christina) wrote: "OMG Kupono shouldn't have made it the 2 brothers should have!
"


awww i like kupono ... he's cool ...


message 6: by [deleted user] (new)

i don't...


message 7: by [deleted user] (new)

he's okay i'm glad he cut his hair


message 8: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Parker (sarahlizaparker) Christina wrote: "OMG Kupono shouldn't have made it the 2 brothers should have!
"


I KNOW!!!


message 9: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Parker (sarahlizaparker) Kaela wrote: "he's okay i'm glad he cut his hair"

Me too!


message 10: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Parker (sarahlizaparker) ♥ Brigid ♥ wrote: "Ravenclaw Rules (Christina) wrote: "OMG Kupono shouldn't have made it the 2 brothers should have!
"

awww i like kupono ... he's cool ..."


He is weird!


message 11: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Parker (sarahlizaparker) My favorite dancers are Brandon and Janette/Evan and Randi.


message 12: by Brigid ✩ (new)

Brigid ✩ Luna wrote: "♥ Brigid ♥ wrote: "Ravenclaw Rules (Christina) wrote: "OMG Kupono shouldn't have made it the 2 brothers should have!
"

awww i like kupono ... he's cool ..."

He is weird!"


*gasp* why is he weird? he's amazing!! ><


message 13: by Brigid ✩ (new)

Brigid ✩ Luna wrote: "My favorite dancers are Brandon and Janette/Evan and Randi."

oh yeah i love all of them too!! :D


message 14: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Parker (sarahlizaparker) Cool


message 15: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Parker (sarahlizaparker) ♥ Brigid ♥ wrote: "Luna wrote: "♥ Brigid ♥ wrote: "Ravenclaw Rules (Christina) wrote: "OMG Kupono shouldn't have made it the 2 brothers should have!
"

awww i like kupono ... he's cool ..."

He is weird!"

*gasp* why..."


He is REALLY gay.


message 16: by Brigid ✩ (new)

Brigid ✩ umm like almost all the guys on sytycd are really gay, and kupono was not the gayest anyway. :P he was awesome. and i don't see why being gay makes him weird to begin with.


message 17: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Parker (sarahlizaparker) Hello gay?


message 18: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Parker (sarahlizaparker) gay is VERY weird.It's not you can't help it.You can choose to be gay or lesbo.


message 19: by [deleted user] (new)

wait who else is gay?


message 20: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Parker (sarahlizaparker) nobody?


message 21: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Parker (sarahlizaparker) ok...........


message 22: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Parker (sarahlizaparker) ................


message 23: by Brigid ✩ (new)

Brigid ✩ Luna wrote: "gay is VERY weird.It's not you can't help it.You can choose to be gay or lesbo."

Don't mean to turn this into a debate but THAT IS SO NOT TRUE!!! Why do you think people are gay? To get attention???!!!!!! please ...


message 24: by Brigid ✩ (new)

Brigid ✩ ~☺Jenn☺~ wrote: "Anna wrote: "Luna wrote: "gay is VERY weird.It's not you can't help it.You can choose to be gay or lesbo."


theres nothing wrong with being gay
"

..."


Does "..." imply that there is something wrong with being gay? Because if there is, I'd like to know what it is.


message 25: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Parker (sarahlizaparker) Yeah it makes you weird!!!!!


message 26: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Parker (sarahlizaparker) Why are you gay/lesbo?


message 27: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Parker (sarahlizaparker) ok


message 28: by Brigid ✩ (new)

Brigid ✩ Luna wrote: "Yeah it makes you weird!!!!!"

may i ask why?


message 29: by Brigid ✩ (new)

Brigid ✩ Luna wrote: "Why are you gay/lesbo?"

not at all. does that give me no reason to defend innocent people against your judgmental comments?


message 30: by Brigid ✩ (new)

Brigid ✩ hehe kinda ... O_o srry i get worked up about these things. i can't stand homophobes ...


message 31: by Thomas (new)

Thomas I think I'm the only guy here. -_- Anyway, I hated season five after Asuka and Jonathon got voted off, XDD. Season 1-4 were much better =)

And who gives a phuck if ur gay or lesbo, it's the dancing that matters on a dance show.


message 32: by [deleted user] (new)

oh lol :)


message 33: by Brigid ✩ (new)

Brigid ✩ Thomas wrote: "I think I'm the only guy here. -_- Anyway, I hated season five after Asuka and Jonathon got voted off, XDD. Season 1-4 were much better =)

And who gives a phuck if ur gay or lesbo, it's the danc..."


IK, RIGHT???


message 34: by Brigid ✩ (new)

Brigid ✩ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Jenn Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ wrote: "♥ Brigid ♥ wrote: "hehe kinda ... O_o srry i get worked up about these things. i can't stand homophobes ..."

lolz, it's okay...

i think this group is probably gonna be dead until season 6 starts...."


yeah i guess. :P although season 6 starts in, like, what? two weeks? that's weird. i'm so used to waiting for months between seasons. lol


message 35: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Parker (sarahlizaparker) NOT TRUE!!


message 36: by Brigid ✩ (new)

Brigid ✩ what's not true??


message 37: by Brigid ✩ (new)

Brigid ✩ Ah. Well, maybe it matters to some people, but it shouldn't. Definitely doesn't matter to me.


message 38: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Parker (sarahlizaparker) ok................


message 39: by Brigid ✩ (new)

Brigid ✩ Exactly, it doesn't matter. The only time it matters is if, say, you're considering dating the person. lol.


message 40: by Brigid ✩ (new)

Brigid ✩ yeah


message 41: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Parker (sarahlizaparker) That's true....


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