Seriously? OMG! WTF?

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This came from his MySpace fan page, so I am not sure if it is true or not. I hope it is not. 

In between rehearsals for the Fox reality show “So You Think You Can Dance,” Bensalem dance instructor Heidi Groskreutz reflected on the beat of Bucks County. Philadelphia, New York and New Jersey have a different rhythm than California, she said via a phone interview from Los Angeles. “People on the East Coast just tend to move faster. They have a different rhythm,” she said. “Out here, it’s much more laid back and I’m just not a very laid-back person.”Anyone who’s seen Groskreutz dance knows that’s very, very true.Her students at Bensalem’s La Luna Dance Studio, on Bensalem Boulevard, describe Groskreutz as a “Maserati” on the ballroom floor. She has danced her way into the top six finalists on the popular dance competition, which airs again Wednesday on Fox.Until then, she’ll likely just keep dancing. “Every single day, we spend between 10 to 12 hours dancing,” she said. “We have to be ready to go some days at around 6:30 a.m.“I just try to take many, many vitamins and get as much sleep as I can. I also try to eat as much as I can,” she continues, adding that she doesn’t need to count calories after 12 hours on the dance floor.Groskreutz has been dancing since age 3 and is a six-time champion of U.S. swing competitions. Her dream is that the Fox show will open doors to commercial work in television and movies and jobs that pay well. Being a dancer doesn’t pay very well, she added.“It got to a point where I was spending so much money on training that I didn’t know if I’d have enough money to eat,’’ she said. She also doesn’t buy into the myth that some people are good dancers and others aren’t.“Dancing is all mental,” she said. “With everything in life, it seems to be about staying focused. If you want to make something happen, you can make it happen and that’s what I continue to tell everyone I teach.”Groskreutz was born in New Jersey and moved to California when she was a child. She moved back to the East Coast and now lives in North Jersey.

Philly Burbs (story) and Heidi’s MySpace fanpage (photo)

Not only does Benji Schwimmer think that he can dance. So does America. The 22-year-old Redlands man is a finalist on the nationally broadcast Fox television program "So You Think You Can Dance." Whether it’s the waltz, jazz, hip-hop or mastering the mambo, Schwimmer has been dazzling the judges. He also has remained enough of a fan favorite to stay alive in the competition that borrows from the "American Idol" format of relying on viewers’ votes."Somebody in the audience held up a sign that read ‘I.E. Pride,’ " Schwimmer said in a telephone interview this week. "I was jumping up and down. I gotta represent the 9-oh-9 and the 9-5-1." Schwimmer started dancing at age 3 and now specializes in West Coast swing, just like his father, Buddy "The King of Swing" Schwimmer.Buddy and Laurie Schwimmer, Benji’s mother, teach West Coast swing at their 5678 Dance Studio in Redlands. Benji Schwimmer is so good at swing dancing that he once earned an invite to teach Kathie Lee Gifford, former co-host of the ABC morning talk show "Live With Regis and Kathie Lee."On "So You Think You Can Dance," Schwimmer is the one with the smile from here to Santa Monica.He pulled off a mambo routine with long-time partner and cousin, Heidi Groskreutz, 24, that wowed the judges. It started with a doughnut drop that resembled a man weightlifting, with Groskreutz representing the weights. "Magnificent!" said a beaming Nigel Lythgoe, the judge with the British accent. Lythgoe said the Schwimmer-Groskreutz performance was an example of why the Fox show received almost 8 million viewers the previous week. He also called it the best performance of the night.Choreographer and judge Mary Murphy criticized the couple in jest, saying that the number didn’t have enough spins. She said she counted 98 spin moves — but it should have had 100. Then she said: "No (other) two dancers on this show could have done that number."And judge Dan Karaty called the two the most refined dancers."This is the most professional routine," Karaty said after the mambo. "You leave nothing to criticize."
Schwimmer, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who served at a Mexican orphanage for two years while on his mission, said he is humbled by the praise."More than anything, whatever I’ve achieved is given to me by the man upstairs," Schwimmer said.Buddy Schwimmer said he believes his son can win it all.He said he was scheduled to be a choreographer for the program but told Lythgoe that his son was trying out and he worried that there could be a conflict of interest.Lythgoe said that there shouldn’t be a problem and noted that the show is drawing thousands of tryouts, Schwimmer said."I told him, ‘You don’t know my son.’ "Sure enough, Benji made the cut, and the elder Schwimmer had to back away from the choreography commitment. Even more so than all his son’s dance moves, Buddy Schwimmer said he is proud of his son for something else. "He’s out there having a good time," Schwimmer said. "He makes the people have a good time, and that’s the important thing. They all enjoy him as a person."

The Press Enterprise (Story) and Benji’s MySpace fanpage (photo)

I did not know that his dad could’ve been one of the choreographers on the show. I guess he will do SYTYCD 3. In the meantime, go Benji!

OMG! How amazing were they last night. I just love watching him! The way he moves his body is so fun to watch, his legs are like rubber! Benji! Benji! Benji!

But then my friend said if he wins he will not be able to do Celine’s show because it is all contemporary and he will not be able to do that. He has not done that yet on the show, but I am sure when he does my friend will eat his words.

Now the other dancers from last night. Ivan really pulled it out last night and deserves the right not to be in the bottom two. So that means Travis and Ryan willl be there, and Ryan should be out. It is really painfull to watch Ryan dance and if he does his solo again I hope he doesn’t do a mini-version of Center Stage again. I love that movie and not him. On to the girls I think Donyelle will make her first appearance in the bottom two. She will be joined by Natalie who had the misfortune of dancing with Ryan and he brought her down. I think Allison who does not really seem to have the popular vote will get some votes because Nigel mentioned she was in High School Musical. That might get her though another week, but I am not sure it will get her to the finals. The final two should be the people pictured on the right!

Photos from Heidi’s MySpace Fansite 

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