Jaimie lives on, but her partner Hok is forced to leave
In a decision that wasn’t a shocker, Hok was eliminated from So You Think You Can Dance tonight. It’s too bad the judges could not reward someone with such unique solo talent (and someone who did surprisingly well in a number of the styles), but it’s not surprising they kept around the “contemporary” dancers instead.
There seems to be a degree of arrogance involved with the evaluations, where the dancer “elites” like Mary Murphy and Mia Michaels seem to not respect people who have break dancing and hip-hop dancing as their primary styles, because these styles don’t involve “Formal Training”. Also, the whole “inner circle” structure of the show, where you have last year’s contestants involved with the choreographers (or even being choreographer’s themselves), some of this year’s contestants being choreographers assistants before, and various family relationships among constants throughout the seasons, make it seem like there is some inner group that you need to be a part of if you want to really excel.
This is further pushed by the fact that the original partner assignments played such a huge roll in things this year. Faina was axed early because she was dancing with Cedric while some stiff like Cameron can stick around because he’s the partner of last year’s champions sister. One of the only group who I feel has really “earned” where they are every week is Dominic and Sabra, who have danced extremely well the past few weeks and have earned their votes…instead of just being related to Benji.
To finish up, I’ll mention that once again Jaimie’s solo was a joy to watch. (I am beginning to wonder if it’s possible for her to lean over without extending her leg perfect straight up to the ceiling…it seems almost like a reaction at this point…)
I’ll end with the last video of Jaimie and Hok dancing together.
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