I walked into the room where my wife was watching the American program So You Think You Can Dance - sort of an American Idol for dancers as opposed to singers. To my amazement, one of the American teams, Joshua and Katee - an African-American and an Asian-American - were performing a highly emotive, kick-ass Bollywood number to to Hindi music. The song was Dhoom Taana from the Bollywood picture Om Shanti Om. This was ground-breaking fun for an otherwise cheesy television show. I loved the whole idea and was pleasantly surprised to see another of my favorite blogs, Salon's How the World Works writing about it as well. YouTube.
I walked into the room where my wife was watching the American program So You Think You Can Dance - sort of an American Idol for dancers as opposed to singers. To my amazement, one of the American teams, Joshua and Katee - an African-American and an Asian-American - were performing a highly emotive, kick-ass Bollywood number to to Hindi music. The song was Dhoom Taana from the Bollywood picture Om Shanti Om. This was ground-breaking fun for an otherwise cheesy television show. I loved the whole idea and was pleasantly surprised to see another of my favorite blogs, Salon's How the World Works writing about it as well. YouTube.
As for Mia, you either love her or hate her. Personally, I find her brilliant. to each their own.
Benji is not the first season winner. Benji was on the 2nd season of SYTYCD.
The winner of the 1st season is Nick Lazzarini
It really is a fantastic show. I wish people would be more open-minded about it, but then most people really don't understand the difficulty and complexity of dance.