Kayla and Kupono work with Sonya Tayeh on a dark, vampire-themed, somewhat violent performance. Calling all Twilight nuts! It is, like many Sonya pieces, kind of esoteric and strange, but they look amazing and strong on the dance floor. Nigel says he enjoyed his trip to the dark side and that Kupono was a new man this week. He points out that there was a lot of technique blended into a very modern routine. Mary: "This song was all about the death, wasn't it, but these two were alive and kicking!" Oh, Mary. Mia says they are gorgeous together, that the costuming and makeup are brilliant and that this is Sonya's best piece ever on the show. She adds that Kayla commits to every movement and that Kupono has applied every note they have given him and has gotten better and better each week.

Randi and Evan are doing Broadway with Joey Dowling, and in the performance they have to fight. In rehearsal, it looks really complicated, but they seem to have figured it out since then because during the performance, they are very in sync and they are really selling the story with their faces, too. Nigel tell us it's an homage to Bob Fossey and that it was terrific. He tells them their wrists need to be a little more flexible in this particular case. He says that Randi carried it off, but, as per usual, he expected a little bit more flair from Evan. Mary says that Evan and Randi mostly got the character well, though it could have been a little brighter. Still, though, she was entertained. Mia says they needed to take the work to the next level because of their slight height. Mia says Randi was a little "heavy," though she is careful in her use of the word to make sure that it's about Randi's movement, not her size. She says they did a good job but she wants more.

Caitlin and Jason are next. (By the way, in case you missed it, Mary McCauley interviewed Caitlin's family today about her time on the show.) They are doing pop-jazz with Brian Friedman, and it's pretty weird: Caitlin is a space alien who has destroyed earth and is searching the planet for the last man alive so she can procreate. Hmmm ... OK. The whole dance is very strange and out-there, and Caitlin is wearing an outfit that might even rival the crash-test dummies from a couple of weeks ago. No matter what, it's definitely interesting, but there was so much going on, it's hard for me to judge. Nigel says that Brian is from another planet and that it was very weird, but that to make it work, they had to commit themselves 100 percent and that they did that. Nigel says that if she is trying to get impregnated, she might be a little too covered up: "It's like the dancing condom or something." "Safety first, Nigel, safety first," Cat says. Mary says it didn't play to their strengths, but they dug in and had a lot of fun doing it. "It just didn't sit right with me," she says. But she still loves the two of them and hopes they won't be in trouble. Mia says she thinks Brian just wanted to have some fun and that they danced it really well.

Phillip and Jeanine are doing hip-hop with Napoleon and Tabitha, and their story is about how they are locked together into this partnership on the show. And in a totally not-subtle move, they are connected together with a chain. This seems kind of gimmicky and actually a little dangerous to me. I mean, I don't mind props altogether, but there seems to be a lack of grace in the idea of, "Oh, I know, let's do a dance about people who are locked together in a partnership, and let's ... lock them together!" Just not that novel, you know what I mean? That said, they dance it well, though Jeanine does seem to trip on the chain toward the end. (Not that we can tell because the camera work is so tight at that point. That annoys me sometimes -- gets too fancy and you can't actually see what the dancers are doing!) Nigel says if they keep dancing like that, they should be chained together for life. He credits Jeanine for making it look like every style is her style, when actually she hasn't done her own style yet. Mary thought it was creative and fabulous and that they handled the props well and that Jeanine was crazy-good. Mia says she is a big fan of Napoleon and Tabitha and that the concept was there, but she found herself getting caught up in the "chainography" -- which was a little sloppy and uncontrolled. Basically, she found it distracting.

Melissa and Ade are doing a pas de deux from Romeo and Juliet with choreographer Throdal Christensen. Melissa (the ballerina, luckily) says it has been her dream to dance Juliet, so she gets to live her dream on national television. That's pretty cool. The dance is lovely and wonderful, and I love seeing ballet on this show. Melissa is a total natural, and Ade holds his own. I worry, though, that because it's a quieter style of dance than some of the others that people won't be as pressed to call in for them. But I hope they do. Nigel says it's amazing that they are doing classical ballet on this show and that it was beautifully danced. He says Ade's feet could be a little better, but his carriage was amazing. Mary says she just loved it and found the chemistry flawless and believable. She says they put her in a dreamlike state she didn't want to wake from. Mia says she's excited to be celebrating classical ballet on the show and excited that it was danced as well as it was danced. She also says, "I also love that it's a black and white Romeo and Juliet. ... You can't fake classical ballet; it exposes everything." And they did it!

Last tonight are Karla and Vitolio with the quickstep. 

Before that, they announce the Dizzy Feet Foundation, a new group that will avoid scholarships to underprivileged youth, starting with 10 students. The committee includes Katie Holmes, Debbie Allen, Carrie Ann Inaba and others. Nigel mentions that July 23 will be the 100th episode and will feature a Judy Garland tribute dance by Katie Holmes choreographed by Tyce DiOrio. 

So then it's actually time for new couple Karla and Vitolio and their quickstep with the Genereauxs. They are supposed to be in a museum, and Vitolio is a statue. It's a crowd-pleaser, with lots of speed and lifts and energy, very cute. Not to mention, it has a very impressive costume change -- at first Karla is wearing a poufy black-and-white polka-dot dress, but once she and Vitolio start the quick part of the quickstep, they do ... well, I'm not sure exactly what, and suddenly the dress turns almost inside-out, and she's wearing a sparkly pink and orange gown. Nigel: "There were so many good things about that." He loved the choreography and the costume change and the footwork and most of the lines. Mary: "Well so much for the kiss-of-death dance!" She says Vitolio did a magnificent job, as did Karla. Mia says that Jean-Marc is a genius (she's all about praising the choreographers tonight) and that she isn't taking away from their performance when she says that. She is amazed by how they did. Vitolio says he hoped they turned the kiss of death into the kiss of joy. Mia says, "You made out with it!"

What did you think about tonight? I feel like people stepped it up a notch (um, as it were). I'm afraid for some of the more surreal performances, but I can't name one huge misstep.

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