[To better cover the technical talents of season 6, we've brought on  Dr. Goddess, a guest columnist with decades of dance experience. She will share her dance-pertise in a weekly column recapping and reviewing So You Think You Can Dance with an eye on technique.]

Parting is such sweet sorrow and the So You Think You Can Dance results show is always bittersweet. On the one hand, someone is going home. On the other, we get to see a wonderful opening number and great guest performers onstage. This week, I realized that Tyce Diorio is a hit-or-miss type of choreographer. Rarely does there seem to be room for contemplation with his numbers. Either he knocks it out the park or a piece is an epic fail. This time, his opening number was a "blah" epic fail, wherein the dancers looked as though they were simultaneously dancing for their lives in one chaotic mess or practicing random power moves and poses for an appearance in Dance Spirit magazine. The all-black costuming to a Billy Joel number did not help one bit. Bless your heart, Tyce. You are due for a great one.

The showcased performers for this season's So You Think You Can Dance have beenstupendously inspiring. First Paloma Herrera and then the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers. They were superheros, indeed! This magnificent posse of humanity graced the stage in a manner unprecedented. They mocked the tightness of their suit jackets with robotic, pop-locking fun while other dancers performed multiple, in-synced crab walks across the floor. The various head, hand and arm stands with deep backbends and fancy footwork was nearly too much to bear. This was a great performance group and we hope to see much more of them!

The Solos

The bottom four were rather unsurprising except for Kathryn's appearance. I was rather hoping for Mollee, quite frankly, although she did perform well with Russell as her new partner. Still, it is only a matter of time and the talent is immense. At this point, it is simply about audience favorites, not really commentary on the quality of any of the dancers.

Now, we are simply playing musical chairs---or feet. Noelle's solo was a beautiful compilation of grand battements, split jetes, pirouettes, a beautiful attitude into arabesque into full extension and layout. She is extraordinarily flexible and certainly has the talent. When she was eliminated, she seemed so sincere in her appreciation and willingness to see this experience in context. And like Debbie Allen shared with us long ago, "it's a big television show, baby, but it's not the end of the world."

Kathryn's solo showcased a wonderfully sustained reach and releve' (holding oneself up on the balls of the feet only) in her beautiful solo of split leaps and movement across the floor. Mary is right. Kathryn has exhibited a ton of poise, style, elegance and grace throughout the entirety of the competition. The only problem is that she's not the only one and she also has not communicated the fullness of her personality very well. Indeed, she entered the contest as one of the two town criers. Thankfully, she held off crying for quite some time---until Cat Deely prompted her to share her thoughts. Poor thing...I can't put my finger on why her particular cry is annoying but . . . it is.

Ryan's solo was a horrible mix of a hideous rock tribute and a pseudo-strip routine on a cruise ship. Seriously. And that is so beneath someone of Ryan's caliber. The only thing that made his solo worse this evening is that he just performed the same hideous solo the day prior! Hello?! Do they not have dance coaches on So You Think You Can Dance? Or do they not have any choreographers willing to work with Ryan? This seems unjust because ballroom dance is inherently a partner sport. Mary and the other judges need to stop complimenting Ryan by telling him he's "the best ballroom dancer we've ever had on this show" and help him out backstage!

Nathan's solo was a beautiful, Ellenore-esque, eclectic number to the great song choice of Maxwell's "Pretty Wings. Nigel was right. Nathan should have been sent home last week; but I think Mary and Adam wanted to test the commitment of the tween market. For some strange reason, they seemed to have betrayed Nathan and embraced Jakob. In all honesty, I think Victor Smalley would still be standing, ready to duke it out with Jakob.

In an equally strange way, Mollee has stayed. I guess her High School Musical Days are paying off. No disrespect to Mollee because she is a great dancer but I certainly hope her days are numbered. The fact is, Kathryn, Ashleigh and certainly Ellenore bring more to the table than the energy of a high school cheerleader coming-of-age. Sorry, Sweetie but I suspect you are next, unless any of the other girls has a bad week.

Either way, much of this arrested development is the fault of the judges for putting the Nathan and Mollee tween sensation pair together in the first place. Everyone else was paired with someone who would inspire growth and change. After the disco routine and the bollywood number, most of what Mollee and Nathan performed went downhill.

On this night, we lost Noelle and Nathan, whose video montages and teary-eyed, cheering parents made us cry. But we are at least comforted in knowing that every person who gets eliminated from this point forward is still going on tour. There is a balm to soothe your woes!

Until next time, stay tuned and keep dancing!--Dr. Goddess, BuddyTV Guest Columnist
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Dr. Goddess is a performing artist, dancer, choreographer, poet and scholar whose been dancing since seven years old, loves the art of dance and has been following So You Think You Can Dance since season one! In many other places in the world, she's known as Kimberly C. Ellis.