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Okay, so I'm still not over my recent obsession over So You Think You Can Dance's Season 5 dancers. Now I hear that Mia Michaels, an internationally-known choreographer who does work for the show won an Emmy for Outstanding Choreography. It's actually her second Emmy Award and I think maybe her fourth nomination. But really, that's not the point of this post. The point is, one of the routines that Mia won an Emmy for is "Gravity/Addiction" danced by SYTYCD S5's Kayla Radomski and Kupono Aweau, and somehow, that makes me extremely happy. :) 



Congrats, Mia! Congrats Kayla and Kupono! Although Mia's piece was very powerful, I think it could have easily been ruined if K2 weren't able to deliver. Below are screencaps from the finale show of SYTYCD S5 where the routine was picked as one of Nigel Lithgoe's favorites of the season. Kayla danced the routine after she learned that she got eliminated. That must have been particularly hard but it didn't show. I mean, she was crying at the end but the piece itself is extremely emotional. Many of the judges cried.



Once again, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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