androgynous

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I am a big fan of So you think you can dance, and i'm even bigger fan of a few dancers who out shined the rest of the dancers on the show (in my own definition). In session 6, Jacob Karr caught my attention from the first episode till the last. His Jason Derulo "whatcha say" routine was my all time favorite. But, Sadly he didnt won. And in latest season, Billy Bell made my eyes glued on the screen every time he danced, but again, he got voted off at top 6.

The executive producer Nigel lythgoe commented something 'weird' about Billy in his final episode with SYTYCD. "Androgynous" was the word Nigel used to describe Billy. The word was not in my vocabulary dictionary and i had to google it in order to understand his comment. Apparently, the executive producer explained himself to tabloids post to the show.

“’Slightly androgynous’ means that it’s asexual. It’s not something you see guys or girls do – it’s his own unique style, and it’s asexual. It’s not like a male, it’s not like a female…It’s obviously not connected with America.. But that style is still being respected by the lovers of dance, choreographers, and artistic directors.” Nigel.

Wow, i felt that's kind of labeling remarks. In a another words, he hypothesized that because Billy is not masculine in his dancing hence it turned the American viewers off. Well, I do agreed that Billy best pieces does not involved alot of sexy masculine dancing with lady partners, such as the "Mad world" with Ade and "Bitter earth" with Alex Wong and Ade. However, what he said was kind of sound like borderline homophobic comments and what even distasteful was that he 'assume' the rest of the viewer is of homophobic nature as well.

Watch "Mad World" by Billy and Ade, choreography by Stacy Tookey, here

Watch "Bitter earth" by Billy, Ade, Alex Wong, choreograph by Mia Micheals, here

Again i am making a blasphemous statement here by saying its not wrong for a guy to act soft, or "sissy" as what commonly applied to guys of that category. I love Kurt in the Glee. He is really one of his kind. It really doesnt matter if the character is gay or not. It just make me smile every time he dressed up in his extravagant style of fashion, or singing in his angelic choir boy voice, or holds a funeral and dedicating a song to his dead pet bird.

I do understand that we need a differentiation of the gender personality in order to draw the line between the two sexes. However, when it comes to artistic appreciation, i think the essence of the art itself precedes the conventional frame of the definition of the gender. The dancer/actor is acting as an individual, and not as a role (of a male/female) which is conform to the cultural perception, if its fits the cookie cutter exactly, we wouldnt have call it as an art in the first place.

Seriously i dont mind if I have a guy friend who dressed great and enjoy shopping together with ladies. In fact a used to have 2 friends with such personalities. Boy, they write good poetry, read good books (which i can totally connect to), they are understanding and sensitive, and they are fun to hang out too!

Call me an anti, but i'm totally appose the Americans for voting off Billy. Now i am really dreadful to finish off the rest of SYTYCD episodes, the show just lost its sparks.