‘So You Think You Can Dance’ injuries: Is the show working its dancers too hard?
It’s almost not shocking anymore. From week to week, we turn our televisions to Fox, prepared to take in another awesome episode of So You Think You Can Dance during this relatively solid season. But then, while watching the dancers’ introduction, we realize there’s one dancer missing from the pack. When Alex Freaking Wong injured his Achilles tendon two weeks ago — forcing him to bow out long before his time — it seemed a tragic anomaly. Then last week, Ashley Galvan hurt her rib, which led to her elimination. And as soon as Nigel announced Billy Bell had suffered a knee injury last night, it was clear: There’s something afoot in SYTYCD land.
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SYTYCD: What’s With All the Injuries?
This season of “So You Think You Can Dance” is looking more like “Survivor” than a dancing competition. In the last three weeks, there have been three injuries. Alex Wong and Ashley Galvan were taken out of the competition by a lacerated Achilles tendon and a broken rib, respectively, and Billy Bell was sidelined for a week by an unspecified knee injury.
In a phone interview, Dr. Ron Noy of Prestige Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Manhattan compared the dancers learning unfamiliar dance styles with running a marathon if you’re not a runner: The less preparation, the higher the chance of injury when your body is doing something new, he said.
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‘America’s Got Talent’ announces first live tour
Following in the footsteps of American Idol and Dancing With the Stars, America’s Got Talent is going on tour this fall with a live show.
The show, produced by FremantleMedia North America and Simon Cowell’s SYCO Television, plans to hit 24 cities on its first tour, beginning Oct. 1 at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland. Hosted by Jerry Springer, the stage version will feature the Season 5 winner, who will be crowned during the show’s season finale on Sept. 15, along with other finalists and favorites.
