Oh I didn’t tell you? We’re going on tour to Russia next week.
Yup.
Official.
Going to see this guy in this show tonight. SO excited.
jesse--boy asked: What are your thoughts on shows like Dancing with the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance?, America's Best Dance Crew, etc...?
My only major issue with shows like those is that people are starting to think that that’s all dance is—that there is no realm of professional dance outside of SYTYCD or music videos. Dancing With The Stars and America’s Best Dance Crew aren’t really on my radar. They’re too specific of a niche so they don’t really affect me. SYTYCD is a different story.
Don’t get me wrong, the dancers on that show are phenomenal… at what they do. But like I said, too many people, including young dancers, are getting the impression that making it big as a professional dancer means making it onto SYTYCD. And that’s as ridiculous as thinking that the only way to make it as a singer is to get onto American Idol (or The Voice? or whatever ridiculousness is popular now). I feel like these shows are skewing people’s ideas of the art and what is successful art.
All of that kinda irks me. But what pisses me off the MOST is when I talk to people, some of whom may be dancers themselves, and they find out what I’m doing, and who I’m dancing for, and all the amazing things I’ve done and accomplished, and they smile and ask that godforsaken question: “So when are you going to audition for SYTYCD?!?!?!” Fuck you, anonymous hypothetical person.
I know a lot of the people who have either been on SYTYCD, or have worked and choreographed for the show behind the scenes. And they are all incredible artists. But they don’t represent dance the way people think they do.
Let’s forget about the fact that this is a picture of me taking a picture of a picture of me, and let’s focus on the fact that my modeling career (somehow?) died in 1998. Much like Naomi Campbell’s.
