January 11, 2009

Full List of Superstars of Dance Contestants

Written by: John

I previously started a list of all the cast of Superstars of Dance. Below you’ll find the complete list of Superstars of Dance dancers.

Argentina
Carolina Cerisola
Miriam Larici
Miriam Larici & Leonardo Barrionuevo
Los Huincas Gauchos

India
Amrapali Ambegaokar
Mythili Prakash
Nishi Munshi & Sangita Sanyal
Team India (name not given)

Australia
Sean Robinson
Reed Luplau
Henry Byalikov & Giselle Peacock
Australian Dance Theatre

South Africa
Sduduzo Ka-Mbili
Mamela Nyanza
Victor Da Silva & Claudia Savvides
Gumboot Dancers

United States
Robert Muraine
Dormesha Sumbry-Edwards
Georgia Ambarian & Eric Luna
The Groovaloos

Ireland
Damien O’Kane
Kelly Hendry
Damien O’Kane & Bernadette Flynn
Irish Stepdancing Team (name not given)

Russia
Julia Bantner
Maria Kochetkova
Anya Garnis & Pasha Kovalev
Cossack Dancers (name not given)

China
Bei Zheng
Yang Yanan
Zhen Zhu Zheng & An Na
Shaolin: Wheel of Life

Also, check out the eclectic mix of music on Superstars of Dance.

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January 5, 2009

Superstars of Dance Music from the Premiere

Written by: John

I finally was able to find an entire list of music from Superstars of Dance. The search for the music is over (mostly). If there is an iTunes image next to the song, then you can download the song on iTunes. As expected, many of the songs on superstars of dance isn’t available on iTunes.

Opening Ceremonies
Group-Ireland
(Lord of the Dancers)
Ronin Hardiman performing “Planet Ireland” Az Orff Együttes Tagjai - Rácz Aladár Zeneiskola 2006 - Orff Ensemble Matyasföld - Lord of the Dance - Planet Ireland

Solo-U.S.A.
(Robert Muraine)
Ultrablack performing “Rigid”

Solo-Argentina
(Carolina Cerisola)
Susan Joyce performing “Les Gitans” Dalida - 40 Succès en or - Les gitans

Duet-Russia
(Pasha & Anya)
Da Silva performing “Indissoluble”

Duet-India
(Nishi & Sangita)
Devdas(original soundtrack) performing “Dola Re Dola” K.K., Kavita Krishnamurthy & Shreya Ghosal - Devdas (Original Soundtrack) - Dola Re Dola

Solo-Australia
(Sean Robinson)
no music – just tapping a cappella

Solo-China
(Bei Zhen)
Vinci Chan performing “Departure”

Group-S. Africa
(Gumboot Dancers)
Patricia Nyandeni & Todd Twala performing “Usegoli”

Group-Australia
(Australian Dancers)
Lae & Chocolate O’Brian performing “Hands Up” Black Eyed Peas - Elephunk - Hands Up

Solo-Ireland
(Damien O’Kane)
Ronin Hardiman performing “Cry of the Celts” Ronan Hardiman - Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance - Cry of the Celts

Solo S. Africa
(Sduduzo Ka-Mbili)
Margaret Singana (Shaka Zulu – original soundtrack) performing “We Are Growing” Yvonne Chaka Chaka - Real Earth, Vol. 1 - We Are Growing (Shaka Zulu)

Duet-USA
(Eric & Georgia)
V For Vendetta (original soundtrack) performing “Remember, Remember” Dario Marianelli - V for Vendetta (Music from the Motion Picture) - Remember Remember/”Evey Reborn” Dario Marianelli - V for Vendetta (Music from the Motion Picture) - Evey Reborn/”Knives And Bullets” Dario Marianelli - V for Vendetta (Music from the Motion Picture) - Knives and Bullets (And Cannons Too)

Duet-Argentina
(Miriam & Leonardo)
Forever Tango (cast album) performing “La Cumparsita” Broadway Cast Recording & Lisandro Adrover - Forever Tango - La Cumparsita

Solo-Russia
(Julia Banter)
Everything Is Illuminated (original soundtrack) performing “Little Jonathan/The Wall”

Solo-India
(Amrapali Ambegaokar)
Guru Sandarlal Gangani performing “Computer Thihai & Shivastuti”

Group-China
(Shaolin Monks)
Shaolin Kung Fu Masters performing “Freedom To Move (Shaolin Mix)”

————————-Previous Music Findings———————————————-
I think it’s going to be really hard to compile all the music from the Superstars of Dance since Nigel chose not to display the name of the song like he did on So You Think You Can Dance, but I’m going to do what I can do to find it.

Here’s the music I’ve found from the premiere episode of Superstars of Dance so far.

Eric Luna and Georgia Ambarian (US Duet) danced a cabaret to the song “Evey Reborn” sung by Dario Marianelli from the V for Vendetta motion picture
Dario Marianelli - V for Vendetta (Music from the Motion Picture) - Evey Reborn

Nisha and Sangita (Indian Duet) danced Bollywood to the song Dola Re Dola from a movie called Devdas sung by K.K., Kavita Krishnamurthy & Shreya Ghosal
K.K., Kavita Krishnamurthy & Shreya Ghosal - Devdas (Original Soundtrack) - Dola Re Dola

Irish Soloist danced to the song “Celtic Cry” from the Boondock Saints soundtrack
Joja Wendt - Mit 88 Tasten um die Welt! - Celtic Cry

Pasha and Anya (Russian Duet) danced to “Indissoluble” by Perla off the album Vol. 3- La Private Show
Not Available on iTunes (Thanks Leah!)

Indian soloists both had original classical pieces that were probably composed specifically for their performances. (Thanks sarika!)

If you know the other songs I’ve missed, please leave a comment and I’ll update the list of music.

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January 4, 2009

Superstars of Dance Premiere Review

Written by: John

Superstar of Dance Dancers
Irish Step Dancers (Ireland Group) – Incredible to watch. Having a bunch of beautiful girls didn’t hurt either. The guy in the front that was kind of running around wasn’t very good, but it was fun to watch.

Robert Muraine (US Solo) – Robert had performed a couple times on So You Think You Can Dance. I still love Robert and he does some incredibly things. I think he had a really poor song choice and the camera angles didn’t do what he did justice. However, I could watch him dance over and over again. Check out some of his better stuff from So You Think You Can Dance.

Carolina Cerisola (Argentina Solo) – I’m sure that Argentina has a better solo dancer than this person. She wasn’t horrible and she got better once the music picked up. However, she definitely wasn’t a superstar. Carolina could have also left the hat out of the routine completely.

Anya Garnis and Pasha Kovalev (Russian Ballroom Duet) – Another set of dancers from So You Think You Can Dance. They should have stuck to their audition for So You Think You Can Dance. This one had way too much foreplay and not enough action. The song was horrible and it wasn’t nearly as good as I’ve seen them do. Whoever choreographed this number was horrible. Pasha and Anya are so much better than this. Russia should be disappointed and should ask Karina Smirnoff to come on the show, but I’m pretty sure Dancing with the Stars won’t be giving her up anytime soon.

Nishi Munshi & Sangita Sanyal (Indian Bollywood Duet) – An interesting Bollywood Duet with 2 very beautiful girls. Something seemed just off. I think maybe the song was too fast and so they didn’t have a chance to complete all the various moves. Of course, maybe I’m just not as familiar with Bollywood and so I needed more time to enjoy the moves.

Sean Robinson (Australian Tap Dancer) – What the heck was he wearing? The problem with tap dancing is that we’ve all seen tap dancing. In fact, most of us have even seen some great tap dancers. Unfortunately, he’s probably not even as good as those other tap dancers we’ve seen.

Bei Zheng (China Ribbon Dance) – Much better than I thought it would be. I guess I was just a little disappointed, because ribbon dancing is much cooler when there’s a whole crowd of people doing a ribbon dance in well synchronized patterns. Bei did represent China well.

Gumboot (South Africa Group Dance) – Definitely not the most impressive dancing I’ve ever seen, but I enjoyed watching it thoroughly and couldn’t stop watching. I think the fact that it was pretty unique made it fun to watch and very entertaining.

Contemporary Dancers (Australia Group Dance) – Some interesting material. I don’t know why, but I just couldn’t get over the knee pads. Why have those annoying looking black knee pads. Just looked odd and annoying. A bunch of really great dancers on the floor. Would have just liked to see a little better choreography.

Damien O’Kane (Ireland Solo) – Pretty good. I much prefer Irish step dance in a large group. Also, I would have preferred seeing a girl do the solo, but that might just be because I’m male. I’m surprised the judges scored him so high. Didn’t deserve that high of a score.

Sduduzo Ka-Mbili (South Africa Solo) – A zulu dance? I like the name of the dance. The guy was very flexible. However, it just felt like an odd mix of cheerleading, contemporary and the lawnmower move some high school students might do. A lot of energy coming out of that man.

Georgia Ambarian & Eric Luna (US Duet) – Some absolutely jaw dropping lifts. I once saw the US Amateur Cabaret Championships and it was one of the most thrilling performances I’d ever seen. This wasn’t quite up to that level, but still should have been scored higher than they were scored. 7, really?

Miriam Larici & Leonardo Barrionuevo (Argentina Duet) – Honestly, is this the best Argentinean Tango they could find? Maybe I’m just used to the US version (if that exists), but I was rather disappointed with what can really be an incredibly sexy and wonderful dance to watch. I will admit that the section at the end where they were doing all sorts of quick kicks was pretty nice, but otherwise it felt really flat.

Julia Bantner (Russia Solo) – Seemed like a very russian style, a russian song and a russian look. I enjoyed her dancing a lot and wish that all of the dances would have been as good as hers. Too bad the judges didn’t like it at all. I’d love to hear why the judges scored what they did.

Amrapali Ambegaokar (India Solo) – Incredibly impressive. Could be my favorite dance of the night. A great display of dance from India and an even better example of the types of dances that should have been brought to the show. The bells around her ankles made the spins even more interesting and fun to watch.

Shaolin Monks (China Group) – A stunning performance and a great way to end the show. Some people might say Kung Fu wasn’t dancing, but it was indeed great dancing. All of it except for the little spear stunt at the end. I enjoyed it thoroughly and they certainly deserved the high score they got. The kids were really fun to watch too.

Check out the final Master Scoreboard for each country (not that they really mean anything):
Argentina 123
Ireland 123
China 117
Australia 114
Russia 114
United States 114
India 113
South Africa 112

Hosts
Michael Flately should stick to dancing and stop the judging. He just added nothing to the show. Susie Castillo was surprisingly good. The biggest problem for her is that there wasn’t any rhyme or reason to when we’d see her and when we wouldn’t. I hated that they didn’t have continuity in that regard.

Judges
Honestly, what’s the point in showing the judges. They pretty much say nothing. If they aren’t saying anything, then showing them revealing the scores is incredibly boring TV.

Also, Did China know how to speak English? maybe that’s why he only ever gave a score of 8. It’s the only score he knew how to say. Sad, because there are so many Chinese that speak English better than most Americans. Ok, so he scored a few other things, but it was just embarrassing.

See you tomorrow night. Let’s hope it’s a little better than tonight. It wasn’t horrible tonight, but I expected more from Nigel.

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