Deaf dancer auditions for SYTYCD

[garden_hoe21]

I thought people here might get a kick out of how Nigel (the white male judge with an English accent) "talks to" the auditioner. (Bonus points for "so inspiring! So brave!")

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[dirty_diana]

Luca Patuelli! (Wikipedia says he has Arthrogryposis, a muscle condition.) His performances were great but Tre crying about how inspirational he was? was *terrible*. And the place they chose to cut him was sketchy, to me. It was pretty obvious that they were never truly considering putting him through to ballroom, which made the whole thing feel like a circus act.

And I agree that the choreographers work around people's strengths and weaknesses all the time. But Toronto Week and its equivalents are all about culling the non-conformers.

(I think that's the same year that a girl with epilepsy made herself sick staying up all night during the group round. I wanted to yell at the tv, take care of yourself! But at 20ish and chasing a big break, I probably would have done the same thing.)