January 29, 2009
Superstars of Dance Music Episode 5
Written by: JohnIn our final Superstars of Dance music entry for season 1, here’s the music from the final episode of Superstars of Dance. You can find all the Superstars of Dance music listed here. Just click on the iTunes images to be able to download the Superstars of Dance music on iTunes.
Flatley Performance on Tape to “Yankee Doodle Boy” ![]()
Group-Australia
Speedy J singing the song “Actor Nine” ![]()
Solo-U.S.A.
UltraBlack singing the song “Dodge Traffic”
Solo-Russia
Leon Minkus to the song “Don Quixote” ![]()
Solo-Ireland
(Bernadette Flynn)
Ronan Hardiman singing the song “Celtic Dream” ![]()
Solo-India
American Blend (soundtrack) to the song “Kathak/Kathak Rap” ![]()
Group-China
Shaolin Kung Fu Masters to the song “Freedom To Move”
Duet-Australia
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies singing the song “Ding Dong Daddy of the D-Car Line” ![]()
Duet-S. Africa
Dreamgirls (soundtrack) to the song “One Night Only”
sung by Anika Noni Rose, Beyonce and Sharon Leal
Duet-Argentina
Forever Tango (cast album) Luis Bravo singing the song “Tanguera” ![]()
Group-U.S.A
Todd Burns/Common singing the song “Bradley’s Intro/Universal Mind Control” ![]()
Superstars of Dance Music – Episode 4
Written by: JohnFinding the Superstars of Dance music took a lot longer than I would have expected it to take. However, I’m finally able to post the music from the final 2 episodes of Superstars of Dance. Here’s the music from episode 4 of Superstars of Dance. You can find all the Superstars of Dance music listed here.
Group-India
(India Dancers)
Bombay Dreams (soundtrack) singing the song “Ganesh” ![]()
Duet-Australia
(Giselle & Henry)
Sum Svistu singing the song “Lo-Lo Dzama”
Solo-Ireland
(Bernadette Flynn)
Ronan Hardiman singing the song “Celtic Dream” ![]()
Solo-S. Africa
(Mamela Nyamza)
Saint-Saens singing the song “Carnival Of The Animals: The Swan” ![]()
Group-China
(Shaolin Monks)
Shaolin Wheel of Life singing the song “Journey”
Duet-U.S.A.
(Eric & Georgia)
OneRepublic singing the song “Apologize” ![]()
Solo-India
(Mythili Prakash)
Dance of Shiva singing the song “Mythili Prakash” ![]()
Solo-Argentina
(Carolina Cerisola)
Wendy Frasier & Nelson Kole singing the song “She’s Dangerous” ![]()
Groovaloos vs. Shaolin Monks
INTRO: “Theme From Enter The Dragon” sung by Lalo Schifrin ![]()
CHALLENGE: “Know The Ledge” sung by Erik B. & Rakim ![]()
Duet-Russia
(Pasha & Aliana)
Bond/ Michel Camilo singing the song “Libertango
/Caribe” ![]()
Group-Ireland
(Lord of the Dancers)
Ronan Hardiman singing the song “Lord of the Dance” ![]()
January 13, 2009
Superstars of Dance Music Episode 3
Written by: JohnBelow you’ll find a list of music from the third episode of Superstars of Dance. Click the iTunes images to download the music from iTunes (where available). Here’s a link to find the previous Superstars of Dance music.
Opening Ceremonies
Group-Australia
(Los Huincas)
Black Eyed Peas’s (under special license from Amnesty International-from the CD ‘Instant Karma: Save Darfur’- www.amnestyusa.org) song “Power To The People” ![]()
Duet-Ireland
(Bernadette & Damien)
Solo-Russia
(Maria Kochetkova)
English National Ballet’s song “Le Corsaire: Pas de Deux Et Variations (Interpolation for 1899 Revival)” ![]()
Solo-U.S.A.
(Robert Muraine)
Ultrablack’s song “Machine”
Group-S. Africa
(Gumboot Dancers)
Patricia Nyandeni & Todd Twala’s song “Umoja” ![]()
Duet-Argentina
(Miriam & Leonardo)
Forever Tango’s (cast album) song “Libertango” ![]()
Solo-India
(Amrapali Anbegaokar)
Anoushka Shankar’s song “Red Sun” ![]()
Solo-Australia
(Reed Luplau)
Spiderbait’s song “Shazam!” ![]()
Duet S. Africa
(Victor & Claudia)
Dulce Pontes’s (Primal Fear soundtrack) song “Cancao Do Mar” ![]()
Group U.S.A
(The Groovaloos)
The Groovaloos’s song “Clocking In”
January 6, 2009
Superstars of Dance Music – January 5, 2008
Written by: JohnOpening Ceremonies
Group-Argentina
(Los Huincas)
Fernando Quevedo’s song “Gauchos Opening/Gauchos Finale”
Solo-India
(Mythili Prakash)
Mythili Prakash’s song “Lahiri Cascade”
Solo-Ireland
(Kelly Hendry)
Ronin Hardiman’s song “Gypsy”
Duet-Australia
(Gisele & Henry)
Malcolm McLaren’s song “Club Le Narcisse”
Duet-S. Africa
(Victor & Claudia)
Whitney Houston’s song “I Have Nothing” ![]()
Solo-China
(Yang Yanan)
Shaolin Kung Fu Masters’s song “Earth”
Solo-U.S.A
(Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards)
Michel Legrand’s song “Typewriter” ![]()
Group-Russia
(Cossack Dancers)
Barynya’s song “Cossack Dance” ![]()
Group-India
(India Dancers)
Jab We Met’s (original soundtrack) song “Nagada Nagada” ![]()
Solo-S.Africa
(Mamela Nyamza)
Madosini’s song “Wenu Se Goli” ![]()
Solo-Argentina
(Miriam Larici)
Astor Piazzolla’s song “Tango Apassionado (Prologue)” ![]()
Duet-Ireland
(Bernadette & Damien)
Ronan Hardiman’s song “Stolen Kiss” ![]()
Duet-China
(Zheng Zhen Zhu & Nan An)
Yao Zhuang’s song “Ding Shang Ba Lei”
Solo-Russia
(Maria Kochetkova)
Leon Minkus’s song “Don Quixote” ![]()
Solo-Australia
(Reed Luplau)
Robert Anthony Navarro and Hal David’s song “One More Town” ![]()
Group-U.S.A.
(The Groovaloos)
Busta Rhymes’s song “Don’t Touch Me (Pour Da Water On ‘Em)” ![]()
————————-Previous (probably Duplicate)Music Findings———————————–
I previously posted the music I could find from the premier of Superstars of Dance music. I’ll be trying to post all the music from Superstars of Dance, but it’s been pretty difficult to figure out the songs. There’s such a unique set of interesting music on the show. Probably due to the diversity of countries.
Here’s where I’ll add all the music from the second episode of Superstars of Dance:
Indian group danced a Bollywood to the song “Nagada Nagada” sung by Javed Ali & Sonu Nigam from the Indian movie Jab We Met
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US Hip Hop Group (US Group) danced to the song “Don’t Touch Me (Throw Da Water On ‘Em)” by Busta Rhymes
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Dormesha Sumbry-Edwards (US Solo) did a tap dance to the song “The Typewriter”
by Leroy Anderson
Reed Luplau (Australian soloist) danced to “One More Town” sung by Hal David
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Damien O’Kane & Bernadette Flynn (Irish step dance duo) danced to the song “Stolen Kiss” from Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance sung by Ronan Hardiman
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January 5, 2009
Superstars of Dance Music from the Premiere
Written by: JohnI 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” ![]()
Solo-U.S.A.
(Robert Muraine)
Ultrablack performing “Rigid”
Solo-Argentina
(Carolina Cerisola)
Susan Joyce performing “Les Gitans” ![]()
Duet-Russia
(Pasha & Anya)
Da Silva performing “Indissoluble”
Duet-India
(Nishi & Sangita)
Devdas(original soundtrack) performing “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” ![]()
Solo-Ireland
(Damien O’Kane)
Ronin Hardiman performing “Cry of the Celts” ![]()
Solo S. Africa
(Sduduzo Ka-Mbili)
Margaret Singana (Shaka Zulu – original soundtrack) performing “We Are Growing” ![]()
Duet-USA
(Eric & Georgia)
V For Vendetta (original soundtrack) performing “Remember, Remember”
/”Evey Reborn”
/”Knives And Bullets” ![]()
Duet-Argentina
(Miriam & Leonardo)
Forever Tango (cast album) performing “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
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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
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Irish Soloist danced to the song “Celtic Cry” from the Boondock Saints soundtrack
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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.
Tags: Anya Garnis • Eric Luna • Georgia Ambarian • Nigel Lythgoe • Pasha Kovalev • So You Think You Can Dance • Superstars of Dance • Superstars of Dance MusicJanuary 4, 2009
Premiere of Superstars of Dance
Written by: JohnIn about an hour I’ll be sitting down to enjoy the premier of Superstars of Dance. I really can’t wait to see what Nigel Lythgoe has planned since leaving American Idol. The previews have looked amazing and I love the work that Nigel Lythgoe has done on So You Think You Can Dance, so I’m excited to see what he’s going to do with the broadening of what we consider dance.
Check out this video of the Superstars of Dance hosts, Michael Flatley and Susie Castillo, and Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe explains a little bit more about what I’ll see on Superstars of Dance.
I love the idea that there’s really 4 competitions going on at once. Basically Superstars of Dance brings together dancers from 8 countries each doing a solo, duet, and group dance. Each category of dance competes against each other and then each country competes against each other in the overall score.
Let’s hope that Nigel does a good job covering the scores of the various dancers. Otherwise, following 4 competitions will just be confusing and not very good television.
Here’s a nice set of video interviews with the various Superstars of Dance contestants:
As always, I’ll be doing my best to compile a list of the various music used on Superstars of Dance. I have a feeling that it will be difficult to compile, but I’ll do the best I can. If you’re from one of the 8 countries and know the music from your country that was used on Superstars of Dance, then let me know and I’ll add it to my Superstars of Dance music.
Tags: American Idol • Michael Flatley • NBC • Nigel Lythgoe • So You Think You Can Dance • Superstars of Dance • Superstars of Dance Music • Susie Castillo











