wannabestartinsomthin21
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Sabra Johnson, the winner of last season's SYTYCD had only been dancing for 4 years and not in a professional capacity. Danny Tidwell, the runner up had been dancing for more than half his 22 years as a contemporary ballet type dancer. He was phenomenal but Sabra beat him out with the most popular vote, not the best dancer vote.
For the most part they are not professionals. SYTYCD look for dancers who can incorporate choreography different from what they are accustomed to doing in their everyday life. You don't have to be professional to do that. You have to just be able to audition well. Some dancers can't seem to step (dance) outside the box.
Well I don't watch the show regularly and have only caught it a few times. But the majority of the dancers on the show appeared to me to have some form of training. Not all, but most, as I said. Of course, the challange is their ability to conform to other forms outside of their genre. That boils down to natural ability, not training. Natural talent wins versus practice always. But most of them, from what I've seen, appeared to be trained, which is the same as professional, if they had talent to go along with it. The dancers on this particular show aren't on the level of professionals. If they were exceptioanlly talented, maybe, but they're not.
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