I was a young child in elementary school when I saw Ramalama dance was performed and even years later I still remember the zombie dance even though it’s been 20+ years. It has always been my favorite dance to date
Ramalama still gives me chills. I even danced along! 🤣 The anniversary routine to Puttin' on the Ritz was also really fun to watch. It's always a pleasure to watch the judges get involved.
I stopped watching SYTYCD many years ago, but it will always have a special place in my heart. Getting to watch Ramalama the night that episode premiered reminded why I loved dance so much (and how much it hurt to have left the dance world.)
I stopped watching SYTYCD maybe around season 10 so I didn't know Mark went on to choreograph for the show but seeing he did the group dance choreo to a ru paul song is so fitting and fills my heart with joy. Also Ramalama will forever be my fave and wade robson is a name I will never forget. His choreos were always my favorite!
I Rise was incredibly powerful and it amazed me in its simplistic power. The Ritz was simply next level, never seen anything like it. That was beyond impressive besides sheer raw talent the camera work is out of this world in its setup and execution. Ramalama was succesfully freaky and chaotic its truly brilliantly done.
Wade Robson's choreography is a gift to the dance world. His pieces are always crowd pleasers look like they would be so much fun to dance. He's absolutely amazing!
Too bad he was banned from the show after participating in the Michael Jackson documentary that accused Jackson of molesting children. Robson was one of the children that Jackson groomed and molested for years.
Jmho but Mark Kanemura ABSOLUTELY understood the assignment with his choreo in Call Me Mother! That choreo was the best out of all of these. And who in this world could take their eyes off of Robert Roldan. 😲🤯 That choreography had Kanemura written all over it! Standing O 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I 100% agree! It's like dark, electric energy was just coursing through the entire performance. It was spectacular! That said, I also agree with the #2 and #1 choices. They were just in a class of their own - stratosphere level excellence
Ramalama was my favorite by far. So much so, that during my WoW obsession, I named a troll Shaman "Ramalama" lol. I miss the old stage and classic choreo.
I miss everything about SYTYCD ... except the loud ass audience that doesn't know when to stfu and not ruin what would be perfect moments with screaming and "YAASSSS OMG YASSSSS". Enjoy the show, but please respect the art D:
Puttin on the Ritz as a one-take with tricky camera work and nuanced choreo was cool. The train station with its story, set, and varied movement. Rupaul’s Mother-lots of choreo done to that song over time but this is the top notch #1 of it: fast, complex, and queen level execution.
I have every season since the beginning and I am still amazed at the talent these dancers AND choreographers have. Now I'm going have to watch a couple of seasons... Seasons 8 thru 11 are my faves, with Twitch, Cyrus, Melanie, Fik shun, Whitney dancing and the best in the country choreographers including Travis Wall (runner-up Season 2), Mia Michaels and Nappy-Tab. So must, must see.
I was waiting patiently for the group dance to Pitbull's "Calle Ocho" to be on this list and with squealed delight it was!! All the group dances chosen were really good but this was definitely the best one out of all the seasons that I remember!! Good job!
Great choices. There's just no way I could make a top 20 list - just too many good dances. I wish they would release the show on a streaming service, I'd love to rewatch it.
Felt like you could have included season 9's lion king performance. Undoubtedly one of the best productions, music, choreography and the all star cast was immaculate.
Ahhhh thank you for this!! Mia Michaels’s choreo on this show should never be forgotten. Her choreography and Imogen Heap’s music was just oofff. Perfection. They hit me right in the feels. She had the dancers putting on full on Broadway worthy performances here. I do miss being able to see her art like this. Wade Robson and his wife also put on some amazing performances. That Comanche piece and the Ramalama Roisin Murphy piece were so damned cool. Unforgettable. Travis… some really spectacular pieces. The Tabitha and Napoleon Calle Ocho piece! Omg I’d forgotten about the Mark Kanameura choreo.
Ramalama Bang Bang and many of the duet pieces with Twitch will always be memorable, replayable dance moments for me on this show. It rekindled love for dance and training. Always the first love. 😊💙🖤✨
soooooo great so missing the hope inspiration creativity of what SYTYCD dancers choreographers and judges brought to the world hope they will be back next year! or ever! thnks for this great combo
Excuse me - hand fasting is still done by people. It wasnt just a Scot thing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handfasting Ireland has its roots in 1700 BC as well.
Ramalama Bang Bang and Aha (#6) are my two absolute favorite dances from this show. I haven't watched since the early seasons but i still love both of them so much.
Ramalama is a great dance, giving Helena Bonham Carter/Sweeny Todd vibes with the costuming, i still listen to this song after hearing it when this aired
The joy of movement the expression is amazing to see....it is beauty it is wonderful and is within all of us to enjoy it to do it to be it.....dance it well set you free....this was amazing enjoyed it so much thanks for the video amazing just amazing.
So...it's problematic for me to have "Still I Rise" used here. Maya Angelou's poem isn't about "diversity and inclusion". It's about discrimination and brutality against African Americans and how we survive and thrive and RISE despite it. If there were no Black dancers in the competition at that point; I don't feel the poem should have been used. It's a co-opting of Ms. Angelou's words and meaning. There are plenty of spoken word performances that can be used to speak to diversity and inclusion that don't require a re-articulation or manipulation of the author's words and meaning. Ms. Angelou's meaning is perfectly clear, and particularly now...today -- shouldn't be re-interpreted.
I totally thought the same thing. They could have done “On The Pulse Of Morning” which fits that narrative better without changing the intent of the original work. It’s short sighted.
Seeing as it was choreographed by Sean Cheesman, a Black choreographer, I think your argument about manipulation of the author’s words and meaning is moot in this particular instance. There may not have been any Black dancers left in the competition, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t still a Black voice and vision being represented here. Sean’s voice and vision matter, and his choreography and art should still be seen, regardless of the dancers he had left to use. It would not be fair to Sean to have to pull his choreography simply because there was no visible Blackness involved.
Beautiful choreography but to choose a piece of art so beautiful in its original form and convert it to a meaning not true to it impact and messaging seems to degrade one artist’s work in favor of another - an unfair, unnecessary choice. Let me celebrate and enjoy each, in their own right.
@@kennydreadfuls861 thats not what they wanted and didnt solicit your input for what to use either. I believe the author would have graciously been flattered that someone could see a beautiful other meaning.
What an amazing compilation!!! So cool thank you for sharing. :) I love dance. It has grown in its diversity of movement, creativity and inclusion which makes me very happy. Never seen this before. The ART!!!
Wow the last dances it's so well done I got a chill as they were walking down the stairs. It was so creepy the way they all moved the same way but I loved it, especially watching the ladies from downstairs
Russell is a krumper who is versed is contemporary, jasmine has those amazing long legs, Emilio is so smooth with his movement. Fikshun is his amazing self, Marco is as sharp as usual.
Anyone else able to spot Ariana DeBose in Season 6 Top 20 (starts around 14:54)? She's got short straight hair and in a green dress. I saw an interview with her where she said she was the first of the top 20 eliminated and that made her more determined to succeed. Definitely didn't hurt her career!
Great list, absolutely love #8, #7, #5, #4 snd #1! The collaborations are always fun. I would include some of Nappytab's and Christopher Scott's routines and more season 14 group routines! But I know we only have a top 10 ;) **Edit** Just realized there's a top 20 and some of my other favorites are there! Thanks for the work!
Ramalama Bang Bang is the most memorable of all time in my opinion. I miss those classic choreographers of the early seasons.
Ramalama is very ICONIC
AGREED I remember getting home from school when I was little and watching that exact dance with my mom while we folded laundry :,)
I agree!!!!!
SAME. Season 2 was on another level
I 110% agree with you!!!
wade robson has ALWAYS understood the assignment
Interesting. Hmmmmm
Man I miss this show. It was, seriously, the highlight of my year when summer rolled around and SYTYCD came on.
I was a young child in elementary school when I saw Ramalama dance was performed and even years later I still remember the zombie dance even though it’s been 20+ years. It has always been my favorite dance to date
20 years plus?! I feel old😐
Ramalama still gives me chills. I even danced along! 🤣 The anniversary routine to Puttin' on the Ritz was also really fun to watch. It's always a pleasure to watch the judges get involved.
❤❤ 4:47 4:47 😊. M😊
I stopped watching SYTYCD many years ago, but it will always have a special place in my heart. Getting to watch Ramalama the night that episode premiered reminded why I loved dance so much (and how much it hurt to have left the dance world.)
the sweet disposition piece has a special place in my heart. i can't help but feel joy every time i watch it
I stopped watching SYTYCD maybe around season 10 so I didn't know Mark went on to choreograph for the show but seeing he did the group dance choreo to a ru paul song is so fitting and fills my heart with joy. Also Ramalama will forever be my fave and wade robson is a name I will never forget. His choreos were always my favorite!
Oh yes! In case you didn't see it, he choreographed a dance in S10 to I'm The Best by 2NE1. Just search for Jenna and Mark SYTYCD and you'll find it
@@debbiedoodiedandi omg really?? As a kpop fan that is definitely something I need to see! Thank you for enlightening me 😊
Shoutout to the camera crew and production as well, these incredible pieces would not have been the same without.
Ramalama is the reason I'm here. That dance was amazing
Ramalama Bang Bang is an all time favorite. The dancers and choreo that season were 🔥.
I Rise was incredibly powerful and it amazed me in its simplistic power.
The Ritz was simply next level, never seen anything like it. That was beyond impressive besides sheer raw talent the camera work is out of this world in its setup and execution.
Ramalama was succesfully freaky and chaotic its truly brilliantly done.
Wade Robson's choreography is a gift to the dance world. His pieces are always crowd pleasers look like they would be so much fun to dance. He's absolutely amazing!
Agree! I love the David Bowie song as well…
Too bad he was banned from the show after participating in the Michael Jackson documentary that accused Jackson of molesting children. Robson was one of the children that Jackson groomed and molested for years.
Jmho but Mark Kanemura ABSOLUTELY understood the assignment with his choreo in Call Me Mother! That choreo was the best out of all of these. And who in this world could take their eyes off of Robert Roldan. 😲🤯 That choreography had Kanemura written all over it! Standing O 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I 100% agree! It's like dark, electric energy was just coursing through the entire performance. It was spectacular! That said, I also agree with the #2 and #1 choices. They were just in a class of their own - stratosphere level excellence
Ramalama was my favorite by far. So much so, that during my WoW obsession, I named a troll Shaman "Ramalama" lol. I miss the old stage and classic choreo.
Everything Mia choreographed SENDS ME....... 🖤
I miss everything about SYTYCD ... except the loud ass audience that doesn't know when to stfu and not ruin what would be perfect moments with screaming and "YAASSSS OMG YASSSSS". Enjoy the show, but please respect the art D:
What makes it even more annoying is that there's no reason the producers can't cut the sound out. Just have the track/audio played over the video.
I know! It's like, "Zip it people! You're not at a concert. Calm down!"
Puttin on the Ritz as a one-take with tricky camera work and nuanced choreo was cool. The train station with its story, set, and varied movement. Rupaul’s Mother-lots of choreo done to that song over time but this is the top notch #1 of it: fast, complex, and queen level execution.
Rama Lama Bang Bang at #1? The taste jumped OUT. Also really glad to see Call Me Mother on this list.
The musicality in that performance - it's obsessively memorable 15 years later
@@ToyTALLz you mean in Rama Lama bang bang ?
@@hadhemibaili7732 Yeah!
Mia Michaels - I don't think there's a piece of art that she can create that isn't mind-blowing in some fashion. Absolutely incredible.
My favorite group dance will always be the one to Pitbull!! I get so excited every time I see it! Best choreography EVER!!!
And Jason Derulo to "talk dirty to me." Oh my my!
Ramalama Bang Bang = goosebumps all these years later. When they came down the stairs 🔥
That Train Station performance was beautiful🥰
Ramalama remains my #1 choreographed piece of dance to this day. I guess it is just me down in my soul and someone captured it.
I have every season since the beginning and I am still amazed at the talent these dancers AND choreographers have. Now I'm going have to watch a couple of seasons... Seasons 8 thru 11 are my faves, with Twitch, Cyrus, Melanie, Fik shun, Whitney dancing and the best in the country choreographers including Travis Wall (runner-up Season 2), Mia Michaels and Nappy-Tab. So must, must see.
I was waiting patiently for the group dance to Pitbull's "Calle Ocho" to be on this list and with squealed delight it was!! All the group dances chosen were really good but this was definitely the best one out of all the seasons that I remember!! Good job!
Great choices. There's just no way I could make a top 20 list - just too many good dances. I wish they would release the show on a streaming service, I'd love to rewatch it.
Thank you for keeping these routines alive and available for us to watch on CZcams! Watching these again is like listening to a favorite old mixtape 💿
Even without the wires, the ability to dance feels like flying.
They should make this show about collaborations only. No competition. It is so much more entertaining.
Ramalama is perfection IMO.
The train station routine is my favorite. I could watch it all day.
RIP Danny
I can't listen to sweet disposition without thinking of this routine
The second one, AWEESOOMEE
without any note, just words and moves, and pure emotions
The best I've ever seen!!❤️❤️❤️
Ramalama Bang Bang is my all time favorite dance from my all time favorite season!!!!!
Felt like you could have included season 9's lion king performance. Undoubtedly one of the best productions, music, choreography and the all star cast was immaculate.
Yes!! 100%
Ahhhh thank you for this!! Mia Michaels’s choreo on this show should never be forgotten. Her choreography and Imogen Heap’s music was just oofff. Perfection. They hit me right in the feels. She had the dancers putting on full on Broadway worthy performances here. I do miss being able to see her art like this.
Wade Robson and his wife also put on some amazing performances. That Comanche piece and the Ramalama Roisin Murphy piece were so damned cool. Unforgettable. Travis… some really spectacular pieces. The Tabitha and Napoleon Calle Ocho piece! Omg I’d forgotten about the Mark Kanameura choreo.
I hope you enjoy this! Please share your favourites in the comments and don’t forget to check out the first part of this series!
Ramalama Bang Bang and many of the duet pieces with Twitch will always be memorable, replayable dance moments for me on this show. It rekindled love for dance and training. Always the first love. 😊💙🖤✨
I’m coming back as a dancer my next life.
Me 2 😂😂😂
Was just saying this to myself lol
Never too late to dance for your own enjoyment, find an adult class...never too late
Let's talk about how amazing call me mother was and robert!?!?! Yes!
Rama Lama Bang Bang is my absolute favorite dance
Benji and Heidi will always be my faves
soooooo great so missing the hope inspiration creativity of what SYTYCD dancers choreographers and judges brought to the world hope they will be back next year! or ever!
thnks for this great combo
I love all the choreography on this show...not to mention all the dancer's who performed so beautifully
I saw Danny and I cried, may he rest in peace
OMG what happened? NO!!
@@highlightslight11 he died last year from a car accident. Travis was in distraught from what happened to him.
@@TravisVane I stopped following sytycd few years back. What a horrible news. Danny was so talented. His poor husband and family.
@@highlightslight11 if I remember he died at around march, so he just entered his 1 year death anniverssary.
I so did the same! :'( I had to pause the video for a minute before continuing... He was one of the most beautiful dancers I've ever seen!
I was so pleased to hear Roisin Murphy and also Imogen Heap.
Costuming and lightning so critical to complete the entire experience and I think helped put these top ten above the rest
Number 1 will ALWAYS BE THE BEST JUST AMAZING
I really liked the first routine, almost like they were hand fast together like the Scots did in the ole days.
Excuse me - hand fasting is still done by people. It wasnt just a Scot thing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handfasting Ireland has its roots in 1700 BC as well.
@@MrWmJosephSmithIII please excuse my ignorance of the customs of these countries. Thank you educating me.
My favorite was the dance group Sweet Dispositions!!! Positivity through dance!! 👍😊❤️❤️❤️
Ramalama Bang Bang and Aha (#6) are my two absolute favorite dances from this show. I haven't watched since the early seasons but i still love both of them so much.
Ramalama is a great dance, giving Helena Bonham Carter/Sweeny Todd vibes with the costuming, i still listen to this song after hearing it when this aired
I love the first one. It shows the men's strength in dance. The got on that rope effortlessly.
Hanging on is my favorite, it gives me the most feeling ❤️
omg I was wondering where my favorite performance was....and it was #1! LOL sooooo memorable. i still remember the dance moves.
This show was so magical and I miss it with every fiber of my soul.
This show was such a good show to showcase dancers, who are, unfortunately, always in the background. I even miss Nigel and Mary. LOL.
The joy of movement the expression is amazing to see....it is beauty it is wonderful and is within all of us to enjoy it to do it to be it.....dance it well set you free....this was amazing enjoyed it so much thanks for the video amazing just amazing.
So...it's problematic for me to have "Still I Rise" used here. Maya Angelou's poem isn't about "diversity and inclusion". It's about discrimination and brutality against African Americans and how we survive and thrive and RISE despite it. If there were no Black dancers in the competition at that point; I don't feel the poem should have been used. It's a co-opting of Ms. Angelou's words and meaning. There are plenty of spoken word performances that can be used to speak to diversity and inclusion that don't require a re-articulation or manipulation of the author's words and meaning. Ms. Angelou's meaning is perfectly clear, and particularly now...today -- shouldn't be re-interpreted.
I totally thought the same thing. They could have done “On The Pulse Of Morning” which fits that narrative better without changing the intent of the original work. It’s short sighted.
Seeing as it was choreographed by Sean Cheesman, a Black choreographer, I think your argument about manipulation of the author’s words and meaning is moot in this particular instance. There may not have been any Black dancers left in the competition, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t still a Black voice and vision being represented here. Sean’s voice and vision matter, and his choreography and art should still be seen, regardless of the dancers he had left to use. It would not be fair to Sean to have to pull his choreography simply because there was no visible Blackness involved.
Beautiful choreography but to choose a piece of art so beautiful in its original form and convert it to a meaning not true to it impact and messaging seems to degrade one artist’s work in favor of another - an unfair, unnecessary choice. Let me celebrate and enjoy each, in their own right.
@@aaldelphia8272 and you feel she would have felt that way, or been amazed it could be interpreted another way?
@@kennydreadfuls861 thats not what they wanted and didnt solicit your input for what to use either. I believe the author would have graciously been flattered that someone could see a beautiful other meaning.
Это 🙄что_то за гранью😬ТИПО слов нет😢сколько тренировок и сил потрачено. 👏👏👏
What an amazing compilation!!! So cool thank you for sharing. :) I love dance. It has grown in its diversity of movement, creativity and inclusion which makes me very happy. Never seen this before. The ART!!!
Travis wall - waves and send in the clowns should've been in the top 10
Waves.... that ending! Incredible
i am obsessed with the rupaul routine!
RuPaul did not do a routine.
@@MrWmJosephSmithIII Call Me Mother is a RuPaul song
I miss this show so much...hope it comes back😩
EVEN THE SMALLEST GOOD DEED CAN CHANGE THE WORLD !
Absolutely talent phenomenal dancers
Love this show!!
Omg! That first act completely had my attention even after they left the screen!
I also LOVE the incorporation of Fosse's dance style!!!
It was hard o comment because I was watching in such awe!! So I love with these dancers!,
The best bits were when the choreographers were included, dancing beside the young folks. And the judges. All proving they can keep up. Awesome.
Wow the last dances it's so well done I got a chill as they were walking down the stairs. It was so creepy the way they all moved the same way but I loved it, especially watching the ladies from downstairs
group routines were always my favorite
Absolutely agreed with the top 3! These sparked such emotion in me the first time
Still, THE ONE N ONLY SYTYCD
miss mama Mia
Rip Danny you were one of the best dancers to ever grace the sytycd stage.
Russell is a krumper who is versed is contemporary, jasmine has those amazing long legs, Emilio is so smooth with his movement. Fikshun is his amazing self, Marco is as sharp as usual.
Anyone else able to spot Ariana DeBose in Season 6 Top 20 (starts around 14:54)? She's got short straight hair and in a green dress. I saw an interview with her where she said she was the first of the top 20 eliminated and that made her more determined to succeed. Definitely didn't hurt her career!
thank you so much for compiling these videos!!! love it!! ♥
Ramalama Bang Bang is perfect, iconic, Unique
Ramalama bang bang had us all in a chokehold
Yeah, whenever I think of SYTYCD it’s always Ramalama that I think of. ❤
Great dancers, choreography, and costumes...how I miss SYTYCD...
I've never seen a dance routine with a poem before, that was cool. And the first dance was really elegant too.❤
I love the top 10 with the door dance ..
The top two spots are WELLLL deserved
"Ramalama" will never be topped.
I miss this show so fucking much. Dance always fills my spirit so much.
My personal fave is Fame. The tea party number.
I expected it to be in the top 3 of this list. It was so good and a lot of fun to watch.
Great list, absolutely love #8, #7, #5, #4 snd #1! The collaborations are always fun. I would include some of Nappytab's and Christopher Scott's routines and more season 14 group routines! But I know we only have a top 10 ;) **Edit** Just realized there's a top 20 and some of my other favorites are there! Thanks for the work!
I loved this show with my all. Mia Michaels always get me!
ramalama...i will always remember as a TOP FAV!
Anything Mia Micheals touches turns to gold
Hanging On should be a Cirque du Soleil routine for real.
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The energy and attitude of Comanche, still my fave of the series
I remember that last dance! I watched it as a kid and loved how it was creepy. Happy to see it again.
I really miss this show there aren't enough dance shows on anymore
Surprised the seven nation army dance wasn't on this. It was my favorite of all time.
Wow Ramalama is still bloody amazing.