helloman

Alex Wong, a Vancouver native, was a shoo-in for Season 5 but couldn’t compete in the Top 20 due to a previous contract obligation with The Miami Ballet.
Now he is back and just makes the top 10.

helloman

It's not like British Columbian Alex Wong didn't have a lot going for him already when it comes to dance.
He was the first Canadian to win an apprenticeship in the prestigious Prix de Lausanne dance competition in Switzerland in 2004. After spending a year with the American Ballet Theatre in New York City, he joined the Miami City Ballet, becoming a principal soloist with the company. He was one of Dance Magazine's "25 to watch in 2010." That's no slouch for just 23.
But Alex walked away from his ballet career to take part in So You Think You Can Dance.
"I just have to follow my heart," he said in a phone interview. "It felt like something I wanted to do, like something I needed to do."
"Just because I had been watching it for so many seasons," when the show held Miami tryouts last year, he figured, "why not give it a shot."
When he made it to Vegas, "I was off, I didn't have anything to do. And I went and I was taken by surprise.
"I didn't realize what I was going to feel when I went there. I saw all these different dancers, these amazing dancers, do all these different forms of dance.
"It was very satisfying to be able to express myself in so many different forms of dance. It caught me off guard. I didn't think it was going to be like that. When I found out I had made the top 20 and couldn't continue, it really crushed me. In the end, it made me want it even more."
You could say Alex's dance career began in his family home.
"I was dancing around my house all the time. I would kind of bring my family into the room, turn off all the lights, hand my dad a flashlight and say, 'Spotlight me,' " said Alex, who was born in Edmonton and lived in Mission and Surrey, B.C., as well as Vancouver.
His formal training started at 7, with tap and jazz. Ballet lessons followed when he was 9 and a half, at the Goh Ballet Academy in Vancouver (founded by the parents of former National Ballet principal dancer Chan Hon Goh, who now runs the school).
He found ballet boring at first but grew to appreciate its "finesse and precision."
Alex, who at 5-foot-8 considers himself short for a male ballet dancer, still has plenty of admiration for the dance form.
"Ideally it would be great to be in a ballet company and be able to do this at the same time. But there's just nowhere it happens," he said.
"I felt So You Think You Can Dance has done so much to publicize dance. I really wanted to be a part of it.
"I really wanted to make my own mark in the dance world today."
He's loving the whole SYTYCD experience: learning new genres of dance; working with choreographers like Wade Robson and Mia Michaels; working with the other contestants and the past seasons' all-stars; sharing an L.A. apartment with Jose Ruiz, Kent Boyd and Robert Roldan; and being on television.
"To be on that stage with the audience screaming, to hear the beginning of the music for So You Think You Can Dance. You hear it on TV, the fact you're actually on it, it's insane. I'm here. I'm doing it. I'm enjoying every minute of it," Alex said.
"The competition isn't for everyone," he added. "It's very stressful. There are days I wake up and I can't walk, I'm so sore.
"But the experience is unforgettable, it's amazing, you will learn so much.

                                                   
                               Alex Wong and Allison Holker – Contemporary – Hallelujah

                  



The show is on CTV on Wednesday night and Thursday night.

jasonimageca

今天alex和Twitch的hip hop太牛了。

babyphat

ALEX WONG 有望成为本季度得主。

闲里太忙

Just watched the show; Alex is soooo..  good!!!!

helloman

Post by jasonimageca;2613642
今天alex和Twitch的hip hop太牛了。

Yes, as a ballet dancer, it is incredible that he can pull off the hip hop in such impressive fashion.

http://tvwatch.people.com/2010/0 ... tycd-hip-hop-dance/

helloman

Alex Wong has suffered a lacerated achilles tendon. He will have an operation on Tuesday.
Alex is eliminated.

rehab on a torn Achilles tendon is realistically six-nine months of rehab to  get full mobility, strength and flexibility back. Nigel was full of it when  talking about three months last night. Beckham was expected to be out 6-8  months. NFL players are listed as out 9-12 months when they tear an  Achilles.

http://www.mlive.com/spartans/in ... kalin_lucas_to.html  <- this article, about a college football player, says rehab starts 5-6 weeks  after surgery but they wear a walking boot for three months and the main part of  rehab starts after getting it off.

It's a really, really serious injury,  and as much as I loved to watch Alex dance, they did the right thing tonight.  There is absolutely no way he's dancing for a long time.