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SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (SYTYCD) – Elimination round #2 with 16 left/Listen to your judges.

Stephen Koester — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:53:14 +0000

While the dancing this week was fine, as expected, I thought the judges were better, who constantly threw out sagely pearls of insight and knowledge. Adam had the most to say. Though not an exact quote, I loved that he…

Getting Ready for Turkey, Bursa, Turkey, That Is.

audemutah — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:48:27 +0000

Six of us social work faculty are preparing departure to Bursa, Turkey, via Istanbul for the Alliance of UniversRuthiRuth ties for Democracy (AUDEM) conference. AUDEM is a collaboration of American and Eastern European counties that are interested in promoting the…

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (SYTYCD) – Elimination round #1/Fate takes over.

Stephen Koester — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:44:47 +0000

You might think art is created from a grand vision that seamlessly progresses to its desired end. While vision is required, art equally reflects circumstances that have nothing to do with the master plan. Run out of yellow paint and…

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (SYTYCD) –Los Angles. We have the final twenty. Finally.

Stephen Koester — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:19:07 +0000

There’s not much to say about a SYTYCD show in which there was no actually dancing. At least we now have the top twenty, making my job a lot easier with complete dance numbers and the same dancers seen weekly.

Though…

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (SYTYCD) – Las Vegas. Athletes, Doctors and Lion Tamers.

Stephen Koester — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:25:30 +0000

The dancers were again in Las Vegas where the pool was cut to 37. We actually didn’t see much dancing; the show was more about the audition process, part of which had the dancers choreographing a routine. I wondered why,…

You’d go to the University of (fill in the blank), why?

happygolucky — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:08:51 +0000

It’s October. The foothills are draped with color. The kind of colors that folks apparently book bus trips to drive through Vermont to look at. I just have to raise my eyes to the horizon to take in a rainbow…

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (SYTYCD) – Salt Lake City and Las Vegas. Random Thoughts.

Stephen Koester — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:23:36 +0000

Auditions ended this week in Salt Lake City. Fortunately, the city came across pretty well, at least better than last time SYTYCD came to town. Back then, the dancer human-interest profiles all seemed to reinforce Utah stereotypes with young contestants…

U Talk – Straight From the Source

Evil Duck — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:58:54 +0000

So I hear U president Michael Young will be interviewed this Sunday morning on KTVX Channel 4 by Chris Vanocur on his show “On the Record.” I have to admit, I’m kind of blown away by that.

Slow Coffee

happygolucky — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:47:21 +0000

In a world of instant gratification and multi-tasking, take a moment to do one thing slowly and well.

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (SYTYCD) – Atlanta and New Orleans. It’s a fine line to be a great dancer (and judge).

Stephen Koester — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:58:36 +0000

If anyone thinks there’s a single formula to becoming a great dancer, they’re wrong. Watching SYTYCD this week reminded me of the many attributes that must be finely balanced against each other, a balance probably different for each dancer. To…