New URL for the American Idol buzz blog!
Please go to the new American Idol Buzz blog at http://blogs.ajc.com/american-idol-blog/
Access Atlanta > American Idol Buzz > Archives > 2007 > October > 22 > Entry
10/23: So You Think You Can Dance tour
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Before I get to a brief recap of the “So You Think You Can Dance” tour at Gwinnett Arena Monday night, here’s a spot you can sample the new Carrie Underwood and both her and Bo Bice’s new CDs here. Thanks, MJs Big Blog for finding these. It’ll be interesting to see how many CDs Bo will be able to sell when he’s only selling it at Wal-Mart. I’m certain Carrie will sell at least 300,000 copies, probably closer to 400,000.
The tour at the Gwinnett Arena was a satisfying greatest-dances reprise from the show, a quick two-hours and a half that seemed to go by faster than the “Idol” tour last month. And the dancers fit the personalities we got to know over the summer. Sara, my favorite B-girl, was confident and just plain hot. Lauren was boisterously sweet. Winner Sabra exuded flair and confidence. Neil received the most squeals from the crowd and didn’t disappoint with his acrobatic moves. Pascha was charming, Dominic, a flirty jokester and Danny, technically amazing but emotionally distant. A few backups got to perform, too, including Jesus and break dancer Hok, as well as amazingly sexy couples dancer Anya and unmemorable Shauna, who covered for an injured Lacey adequately but not exceptionally.
The tour producers didn’t mess with most of the best dances, such as the robot hip-hop dance with Lauren and Pascha, Lauren and Neal’s “Angel and Devil” and the “Sweet Dreams” table dance with Sabra and Neil.
Here’s a video from the Philly stop of that “Sweet Dreams” dance:
I would have liked to have seen more extensive solos than the 30-second “dance for your life” bits mostly taken from the show, too. There were a few cool group dances, including one from the “Lion King.” And the video clips meshed seamlessly between dances. (A review of the season which included that Kennesaw robot dancer got huge cheers.)
The audience was heavily female, slightly younger than the “Idol” crowd a month ago. It was also slightly smaller, the small top balcony areas empty. But I’d say it was still at least 7,000 people, a very solid audience number.
I’ll post something more extensive info later today with photos I took from about 30 feet away from an inadequate camera and link to our pro Robb Cohen’s much better shots.
Permalink | |
