Its the last day to wear white, so our dancers start out the night wearing all white.
Its Labor Day, so weve eliminated…one of the hardest-working dancers in this competition?
What a big day for defying expectations.
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Lex and All-Star GabyChoreographer: Luther Brown, Hip-HopHumble by Kendrick Lamar
FINALLY.
Justice for Luther Brown.
Justice for Lexs personality, whichexistsand isfun,thanks very much.
And sure, every style that isnt Riverdance is basically Lexs style his first performance was hip-hop!
but its still a treat to see a dancer this poised have this much fun.
Hes sharp, he gets low, and I clapped when he landed that backflip at the end.
The only thing better than this routine may be the quotes it inspires from our experts.
Im the happiest Smurf in the village; I can tell you that, Luther says.
Mary opens her critique with, Okey damn dokey, Luther.
And Cat raves, I love it when Mary gets street.
(Presumably shes referring to Marys use of dope and not okey-dokey.)
Nigel loves a good double pirouette in second that ends in a leg grab (honestly, same).
I, a couch person, was tired just watching this one.
Logan, an alien, is so energized that he screams when theyre through.
Take it down, Daniel Day-Lewis.
Keeping things culturally insensitive (on Beyonces birthday, of all days!
Just wait until the end of the show, buddy.
Kaylee and All-Star CyrusChoreographer: Tyce Diorio, ContemporaryDKLA by Troye Sivan feat.
I might be easy pickings, but I was moved.
To quote Mary, it was like a reverberation I could feel all the way back here.
To quote Vanessa: strongness.
ASIDE: Im very into Vanessas Mila-Kunis-in-Forgetting-Sarah-Marshalllook tonight.
He says of his first childhood performance, It was lit.
Hepulls a Beyand responds to, You have made it so far, with, Thanks.
He shrugs when Nigel asks if hes glad he auditioned: Um.
I rewound it to be sure I wasnt dreaming.
Marys put-that-on-a-t-shirt exclamation is prompted by you guessed it a prop routine.
And they catch them all!
And thats all that matters!
I thought Kiki was alittlebit stiff here at times.
Did you know there were canes in this routine?
Theyve both got style for miles, and they sell this number like its nothing.
To quote Mary, these two are slick.
Nigel loved the tricks.
Vanessa loved it so much she HIJACKS THE HOT TAMALE TRAIN, which is BLASPHEMY.
That train is off limits.
Its just, like, the rules of feminism.
I was starting to forget what I loved about Taylor.
I love it when Mary cries; shes just so ready to be moved by these dancers.
(Cat, from the balcony: Shall I jump?
And Mark and Comfort have both been waiting for this: Theyrenotin a love story.
Vanessa is more enthusiastic.
Visually, its kind of like Seasons of Love, but in a great way.
But it also exposes how much more work she has to do to get on Lex and Logans level.
Those boys are something else.
Sean describes this piece as his hope for the world: Its our diversity that makes us stronger.
They are really diverse.
As Vanessa points out, America needs this right now.
Can you fax a dance routine to an elected official?
Anyway, art comes at a cost.
Out of these three, hed have been my last pick to leave.
It just feels like a cop-out.
Keep it in the Comfort zone.
