Tonya Plank: So You Think You Can Dance Top Eight, and Desmond Richardson!

This show outdoes itself each week. I was in a very blissful state of shock Wednesday night to see none other than the breathtaking Desmond Richardson, one of the greatest Ballet / Contemporary dancers in the world right now, helping to choreograph. I only wish they'd had him perform, though Will does resemble him. Here's a picture I took from my cell phone of a video of him getting ready to jump and rise god-like over New York's Lincoln Center Plaza in David Michalek's mesmerizing Slow Dancing exhibit last summer. And what a lovely tribute from Nigel. "You bring your love of the art of dance wherever you can," he said, likening Richardson's being on this show to Nureyev's tap dancing on The Muppets . So true! So Comfort got another shot, due to Jessica's injuries (I can't imagine dancing with a broken rib!) and, probably surprisingly (at least to some in the live audience), she won enough votes to stay for yet another week. I was sorry for Kherington and Gev go, but at this point, ... [link]