Acting Without the Drama

Disappointments

June 19, 2009. Last blog I mentioned my disappointment with the last SYTYCD episode. I have since clarified in my own mind what it was about that episode that was tough for me. I went back and looked over the dances and realized how many of them I really enjoyed. Then I went over them again and realized where my slight sense of gloom was coming from.

Some of my favorites struggled. Actually, most of them struggled.

Every single one of my favorite dancers was in the bottom three during the results show, even though one of the pairs REALLY shouldn’t have been there. For any of you watchers out there, it was Max and Kayla. WHAAAAAT??? That routine was brilliant!!

Anyway, I knew, even before the results show, that some of my favorites were going to be in trouble. I was just a little bit psychic in that moment.

As it turns out, I’m actually sort of ok about how it turned out. I didn’t want Ashley to go home. I thought she had a lot more to give in the competition. I wanted Max to stay, but wasn’t nearly as attached to him as I was to some of the other male dancers.

And, in the end, it has created a partnership that I am so excited to see in action. Kayla and Kupono? Wow. That’s either going to be unbelievably amazing, or it will be a total train wreck. I’m thinking the former is by far the most likely, but we’ll see…

Just a little side note to relate this to our lives as artists (you know how I do). Things that are disappointing, even devastating, can yield some amazing results. Those that have followed the progress of my business partner and my progress in building our production company have some idea of the catastrophic events that occurred about 10 months ago. We weren’t sure we would ever recover. I’m not sure that friends and family, looking in on the situation, thought that we would recover. But we did.

Many of the positive things that have happened since then would never have come to pass if it weren’t for those painful experiences. We’ve learned so much and hope to continue to do so. Difficult (even “catastrophic”) events can work to our benefit if we stay connected.

I can’t wait for next Wednesday’s show!