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SYTYCD = True Collaboration

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Well, here it goes… in just my second blog post I’m potentially ruining all credibility as a designer (or professional in general) as I blog about one of my favorite TV shows, Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance“. (Yep… I’ve already lost some of you.) I will admit to having an obsession with this show, its contestants, and choreographers. Say what you will about dance, but this show can teach huge lessons about what true collaboration looks like.

The show takes dancers of different styles, pairs them together, and then they perform in yet another style. For all intents and purposes the end product could be merely passable or even a train wreck. But the dances that become the showstoppers are the result of each dancer and choreographer removing barriers, communicating openly, and working together for the best final product as a team.

This You Tube clip shows a routine from Season 4 of SYTYCD. It is a hip-hop routine to Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis, choreographed by Napoleon & Tabitha Duomo (known by fans as Nappy Tabs), and danced by Chelsea (ballroom dancer) and Mark (contemporary dancer).

Click here to view the embedded video.

The lesson and our challenge… at the start of each new project to come together as a team that doesn’t deliver what is expected or passable, but what is exceptional by exceeding the expectations of others and ourselves.

(Season 6 of SYTYCD kicks off tonight… yes, the first couple of weeks does just show auditions, but once it gets to the meat of the competition… you are hooked.)


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