12/05/2008
Canadian Dancers Miles and Nico Show Off Some Capoeira
The final four contestants on Canada's version of So You Think You Can Dance include Miles and Nico, who thrilled the crowd with a Brazilian Capoeira number.
Watch it, AFTER THE JUMP...
And who does that host think she is? Madonna?
Posted 1:47 PM EST by Andy Towle in Brazil, Canada, Dance, News, Reality TV | Permalink
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She doesn't think she's Madonna; she just doesn't realize she's annoying.
Posted by: S. | Dec 5, 2008 2:12:48 PM
She does NOT think she is Madonna. She is Leah Miller...she's hot and she's funny and she actually won a Gemini (canadian Emmy) for hottest television host.
Also.. GO MILES!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Canadian | Dec 5, 2008 2:41:25 PM
She does NOT think she is Madonna. She is Leah Miller...she's hot and she's funny and she actually won a Gemini (canadian Emmy) for hottest television host.
Also.. GO MILES!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Canadian | Dec 5, 2008 2:42:35 PM
friggin HOT!
Posted by: Dan B | Dec 5, 2008 2:53:55 PM
just to clarify, this isn't a joga de capoeira or capoeira match, just some capoeira moves set to some brazilian music, nevertheless very creative
Posted by: tj | Dec 5, 2008 3:00:55 PM
wait.. does the US version ever have same-sex pair dance routine?
Posted by: jannho | Dec 5, 2008 3:18:21 PM
On Sunday evening Nico Archambault, the guy with the tattoo on his right arm, will win the $100,000, the Mercedes C230 and the title of Canada's Favourite Dancer. He's the best!
Posted by: excy | Dec 5, 2008 3:19:15 PM
I've seen some of those same moves in a Bjorn porno.
Posted by: Will | Dec 5, 2008 4:08:05 PM
Yes, the US version does have same-sex pair dance routines, usually when it is down to the final four.
Posted by: DanInSeattle | Dec 5, 2008 4:10:54 PM
Leah pinches Miles' bum at the very end! Oh, and if you think she's mildly annoying on this program, her regular gig at MuchMusic, with its long stretches of improvisational banter, showcases what a poor host she actually is as she largely relies on squinting and smiling to get through each set.
Posted by: ThunderBay | Dec 5, 2008 4:19:14 PM
Yum!
When I was an undergrad, the university had a capoeira course, but it wasn't offered the semester I wanted to take it.
Posted by: Eric | Dec 5, 2008 4:57:57 PM
Thunderbay! VID! Is that you?!?
And what was she doing at the end? She was totally feeling up his ass.
Posted by: Jason | Dec 5, 2008 7:57:12 PM
I'm all for two hot bodies being viewable online but if it was about the dancing, that was barely interesting.
Posted by: tim | Dec 5, 2008 8:05:32 PM
coming next season on cbc - so you think you can govern!
Posted by: brad | Dec 5, 2008 10:05:59 PM
What an amazing clip!!! Thanks Towelroad! The Capoeira dance form is very exciting and I want to learn more about it now. The dancers did an astounding job! Also, the commentary by the panel was refreshing and "grown up"! How nice to have comments be free of hetero-sexist, degrading terms, with only celebration for the art!
Bravo!
Posted by: Jim B. | Dec 6, 2008 12:06:31 PM
Nico's just dreamy. I walked pass him on my break a couple of weeks ago. Oddly enough, in person he looks average-ish.
Posted by: Shabaka | Dec 6, 2008 6:08:24 PM
Thank you for commenting on how Leah Miller is a horrible host, GAH. She cries and whines when her favourites get voted off and she talks over the opening of dances.
And yes the same sex dances are during the Final 4, when everyone dances with each other. Anyone noticed that the girls dance, no one ever likes. I think its sabatoge, LOL. Though Nico is so gonna win!
Posted by: kilmo | Dec 6, 2008 6:39:26 PM
I'm not so sure there wasn't some homophobia contaminating this process. First they have 2 guys dancing but it's all based on fight moves so everyone can relax - nothing faggy there. And then 2 of the judges make rousing statements that all fathers watching can just relax, see how 'masculine' they are. Your boy can also dance and it's just like sports, only without sports and with dancing. Pshaw!
Posted by: Tony | Dec 6, 2008 10:57:50 PM
What? So not homophobic. What are the male judges going to say, 'You guys totally made me want to cream my jeans?" That was hard-core athleticism. The fact that nobody said it looked really faggy, is, well, like the opposite of homophobia... Really hot, though. Both guys are sweet. And swell dancers.
Posted by: Jack | Dec 8, 2008 1:40:49 AM