SYTYCD Videos: Quest Crew dances with LMFAO; Farewell montage for Wadi Jones

LMFAO performed "Party Rock Anthem" with Quest Crew on the June 23, 2011 results show for So You Think You Can Dance. The show also saw the too-early departure of bboy Wadi Jones. Here's a farewell montage from mrduckbears18 Youtube.

Videos: Nappytabs choreography on 6/22 SYTYCD + reminder: Quest dances on tonight's show

Napoleon and Tabitha D'umo (aka Nappytabs) choreographed two dances for the Top 20 dancers on So You Think You Can Dance on June 22, 2011. Click here to watch the first --Miranda Maleski and Robert Taylor Jr. impersonate woodpeckers.  In the second,  Alexander Fost plays/dances a soldier returning from Afghanistan to reunite with his "wife"Sasha Mallory. What do you think about these two dances?

And, as a reminder, Quest Crew will dance with LMFAO on tonight's SYTYCD results show.

SYTYCD Videos: the 4 hiphop dancers in the top 20; choreo by Christopher Scott (LXD) and Sonya Tayeh

So You Think You Can Dance Season 8 picked their top 20 dancers, including 4 who specialize in hip hop: Chris Koehl, Tadd Gadduang, Wadi Jones and Robert Taylor Jr -- click here to see their group performance.  The show that aired on June 9, 2011 featured some stellar choreography including the top 10 girls dancing Sonya Tayeh's interpretation of "Pop, Drop and Roll" by Chonique Sneed (one of America's Best Dance Crew's choreographers), and the top 10 boys dancing to Christopher Scott's (LXD) choreography:

SYTYCD videos and ABDC connections: Samara Cohen, Virgil Gadson

sIt looks like So You Think You Can Dance is going to be the summer series to watch for fans of America's Best Dance Crew. Virgil Gadson of Phresh Select made it to the Las Vegas round on the show -- click here to watch his performance. We think this is the first time that an ABDC alum went on to the second round on SYTYCD, though we know it's gone the other way with SYTYCD alums later appearing on ABDC (e.g., D-trix and Hok of Quest, Brandon of Dynamic Edition, PacMan of IaMmE, Donyelle of Artistry in Motion). And, here's the audition appearance from wacker Samara Cohen. Thanks for the tips, MichaelC.,Altern, and DirtfaceX!

Another SYTYCD Finale highlight video: Russell Ferguson and Lil C Krump it out

So You Think You Can Dance 6 winner Russell Ferguson returned for the SYTYCD7 finale, krumping with Lil C. Video from Rickey.org.

Video: ABDC battles SYTYCD!

AG (a reader and frequent commenter on this site) created a video with an intriguing concept -  a battle of the best hip hop dances on America's Best Dance Crew vs. So You Think You Can Dance. It's an interesting way to contrast the two shows (self-choreographed vs. professionally choreographed, pairs vs. teams, self-taught vs. professionally trained). And, it captures some of my favorite moments from both shows. From his Boogieotics Youtube Channel  -- Thanks AG!

Video: Remote Control Crew on So You Think You Can Dance

Brian Gaynor auditioned for So You Think You Can Dance this season. He was rejected because his scoliosis limits his ability to dance all the styles on the show, but Executive Producer/Judge Nigel Lithgoe promised that SYTYCD would feature Gaynor's dance crew on a future show. The group is called Remote Control (also spelled Remote Kontrol, so I am not sure of the correct spelling!) and they appeared on the June 24 results show. What do you think?