Top 20 contestants Audrey Case and Matthew Kazmierczak performed a contemporary routine on "So You Think You Can Dance" Wednesday on Fox, channel 23, cable 5. ADAM ROSE/Fox
Edmond's Audrey Case and her dance partner Matt Kazmierczak earned a standing ovation from the judges and mesmerized the audience on Wednesday’s live edition of "So You Think You Can Dance" on Fox.
Choreographed by Travis Wall to the Righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody," Case and her partner were the Jack and Rose of "Titanic" fame with moves that included her leap off a Victorian loveseat into the arms of her "Jack" with the crescendo of the music.
The dance moves of the lithe Case, 18, and Kazmierczak, 21, literally flowed with the music, twisting and turning their bodies (particularly hers) in ways you wouldn't think the human body could bend but all with a ethereal grace plus poise and power beyond both their ages.
The judges Nigel Lythgoe called their performance his "favorite of the night" and Mary Murphy and Kenny Ortega (choreographer of both "Dirty Dancing" and the "High School Musical" films) both agreed.
Next week will be the first performance and results show. The 10 couples will perform again but in a new dance genre.
Viewers' votes will also be revealed and the six finalists who make up the bottom three guys and bottom three girls will be revealed. Each may be given a chance to perform solo routines. The judges will then decide which dancers stay and which two will be eliminated.
If couples are split apart, the dancers who remain will form new couples.
"SYTYCD" airs at 7 p.m. Wednesdays on Fox, channel 23, cable 5 in Tulsa.
Fans who want to follow the 2012 graduate of Edmond North High School can do so on Twitter.com/Dance9Audrey and facebook.com/Dance9Audrey.
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